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A South Korean man looks at a map of North Korean capital of Pyongyang beside a picture of a North Korean rocket, which was fired in April, on display in Paju near the border village of the Panmunjom, South Korea, Sunday, July 5, 2009.
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 The Australian 
S Korea steps up alert after North fires seven missiles
| SOUTH Korea's military was on guard last night after North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles in a show of improved firepower that earned widespread international condemnation. | The missiles -... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
An Airbus A330-200 from Yemenia Airways, taxies on the tarmac at Roissy airport, north of Paris, before taking off for Sana'a, Yemen, Friday July 3, 2009.
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 The New York Times 
Black Boxes Are Detected From Yemeni Jet
| PARIS - France announced on Sunday that search teams had detected the acoustic beacons from the two flight recorders of a Yemeni jet that crashed last week in the Indian Ocean. | The French Office o... (photo: AP / Michel Euler)
Shell CFO Peter Voser, left, and CEO Jeroen van der Veer, right, arrive for a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday Jan. 29, 2009.  The New York Times 
A New Chief at Shell, and a Rocky Inheritance
| NEW YORK - Even as Jeroen van der Veer was preparing to pass the baton to Peter Voser, who took over as chief executive of the oil giant Royal Dutch Shell last Wednesday, the contentious legacy of t... (photo: AP / Fred Ernst)

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Poverty: Poor India mother and her baby in a street-Dharamshala-India  The Guardian 
Poor face more hunger as climate change leads to crop failure, says Oxfam
| • Seasons appear to have shrunk in variety | • Storms and heavier rains more common | Hunger may become the defining human tragedy of the century as the climate changes and hundreds of millions ... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)

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The President of the United States, Barack Obama, right, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shake hands during their meeting ahead of the G20 summit in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Kansas City Star
US-Russia framework deal on arms control expected
More News | The White House said Sunday it President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to announce progress in negotiations that could lead to a new nucl... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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New Opel GT Roadster front - PSM 2009 in Poznan. The Guardian
German EconMin says Opel deal still open-paper
* GM Europe head expects to sell Opel to Magna soon -paper * China's BAIC lobbies for its Opel bid -paper (Adds bullet points, detail on BAIC bid) FRANKFURT, July 5 (Reut... (photo: GFDL / Michge)

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Armored personnel carriers and trucks carrying paramilitary officers patrol the streets of Yining, western China's Xinjiang province BBC News
China's Xinjiang hit by violence
| The city of Urumqi in China's restive Xinjiang region has been hit by violence with cars burned and traffic blocked, Chinese state media says. | An unspecified number o... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)

Asia   China   HumanRights   Photos   Xinjiang  
Passengers wear masks as a precaution against the swine flu in the morning rush hour in Sannomiya, Kobe, western Japan, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. BBC News
Swine flu total in Wales hits 50
| At total of 50 people have now been diagnosed with swine flu in Wales. | Health officials have confirmed eight new cases, including a 15-year-old boy from Cardiff who h... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)

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Colin Powell Star Tribune
Colin Powell: Sotomayor shouldn't be labeled racist because of affirmative action stand
| WASHINGTON - Colin Powell, one of the nation's most prominent African-Americans, is going after people who attacked Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor because of her... (photo: Creative Commons / Martin Drrschnabel)

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Weather-sky-forest-mountains-Dharamshala-India The Guardian
The G8 must lead on emissions reduction
| World leaders have a unique opportunity this year to lay the essential foundations of a solution to the global climate crisis. At the G8 summit in Italy next week, and ... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)

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