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2010-07-31: Headlines

  • menafn.com: The weeks Top 10 videos on MarketWatch 2010-07-31
    The practice of sitting in one place for too long can lead to a shorter life, even if you exercise, according to a new study. In this week's Health Minute, Kristen Gerencher offers some tips on how to stay healthy. Watch Video Report. | Investors hear the standard calming myths over and over again. Brett Arends discusses four that need extra scrutiny. Watch Video Report.
  • Shanghai Daily: N. Korea draws crowd 2010-07-31
    THE Democratic People's Republic of Korea Pavilion has surprisingly become a hot venue, especially among foreign visitors.
  • Salon: Ethics trail may derail Maxine Waters 2010-07-31
    A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority. | People familiar with the investigation, who were not authorized to be quoted about charges before they are made public, say the allegations could be announced next week.
  • kmph.com: KMPH Fox 26 Central San Joaquin Valley News Source in Fresno, California Entertainment, News, Sports and Weather | AP Top News at 2:00 p.m. EDT 2010-07-31
    Keywords: e death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said.
  • Anorak.co.uk: What Really Happened To North Koreas World Cup Coach 2010-07-31
    Kim Yong Gyu, 45, a researcher of the Academy of Sports Science, said the strong mental power displayed by the Korean footballers in the first match with Brazil, which won the World Cup five times, betokens good results of the Korean team in other matches. | No other reports appeared on the North Korean news service. The World Cup ended on that day — before the lads lost 7-0 to Portugal and went down 0-3 to the mighty Ivory Coast.
  • San Francisco Chronicle: A year later: 3 American hikers still held in Iran 2010-07-31
    While preparing for my upcoming student reporting trip to Vietnam, I was reminded of the three young American hikers still being held in Iran. Their families -- along with President Obama, Secretary of... | President Obama said in a statement on Friday that "their unjust detention has nothing to do with the issues that continue to divide the United States and the international community from the Iranian government."
  • Atlanta Journal Constitution: Admiral: US-led drills not about sending message 2010-07-31
    The commander of military drills in the Pacific says the focus of the exercises was training to combat terrorism, not sending a message to North Korea. | In this July 9, 2010 photo released by the U.S. Navy, soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment approach the Royal Australian Navy amphibious transport ship HMAS Kanimbla aboard U.S. Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles in the Pacific Ocean.
  • Zimbabwe Telegraph: Controversy Flares Over Site for Statue of Zimbabwe Liberation Figure Nkomo 2010-07-31
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  • CounterCurrents.org: The Hidden Face Of Sanctions 2010-07-31
    The sanctions imposed recently aganst Iran by the United Nations, and later separately by the US Congress, have one thing in common.

2010-07-30: Headlines

  • 2point6billion: North Korea€™s New Export €“ Opera 2010-07-30
    Jul. 30 €“ North Korean culture has been wowing Chinese audiences this summer as the Sea of Blood Opera Company has been touring the country. Named after a revolutionary film written by Kim Il-sung in 1961, the company has been traveling China to mark the 60th anniversary of Sino-North Korean relations. | Performing the Chinese classic €œDream of the Red Chamber,€ the company has been playing to sell out theaters.
  • Appleton Post Crescent: Letters: Will games earn Obama same criticism as Bush? 2010-07-30
    A large four-day war games exercise involving U.S. and South Korean forces is about to be under way in the Sea of Japan.
  • The Associated Press: China criticizes Clinton comments on island chains 2010-07-30
    China's military on Friday criticized remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Washington had a strong interest in seeing territorial disputes in the South China Sea resolved peacefully. | Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng told reporters China opposes what he called the "internationalization"
  • Sri Lanka Guardian: Need for India -Vietnam strategic naval dialogue 2010-07-30
    Keywords: by B.Raman" It is clear that military clashes would bring bad results to all countries in the region involved, but China will never waive its right to protect its core interest with military means."--- From a "Global Times" editorial of July 26,2010(July 30, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian)
  • RusBusinessNews: USA can launch a missile attack on Iran in October 2010-07-30
    The United States may launch a bombing and missile attack on the Islamic Republic during the first three weeks of October. This forecast was made by Mikhail Delyagin, Director of the Institute for Globalization Problems, in his lecture in Ekaterinburg on July 29, 2010, "RusBusinessNews" informs.
  • Oshkosh Northwestern: Commentary: With Taliban, win first then negotiate 2010-07-30
    The Wikileaks document download -- illustrating Afghan corruption, Pakistani duplicity and Taliban toughness -- revealed little that is new. But it will intensify a popular kind of desperation.
  • Stars and Stripes: System Administrator: UN Command, N. Korea meet third time on sinking of Cheonan 2010-07-30
    Officials from North Korea and the American-led United Nations Command held a "substantive" third planning session on Friday morning to prepare for higher-level talks about the March sinking of a South Korean patrol ship, a UNC spokesman said.
  • BusinessWeek: Korea Joins India, Malaysia in Raising Power Costs 2010-07-30
    Arizonans will be grateful for some extra help from the National Guard, starting Sunday, in protecting the border and fighting drug violence -- especially now that a federal judge has blocked ke...

2010-07-29: Headlines

  • Korea Times: Fortune-teller and Cheonan 2010-07-29
    Keywords: www.koreatimes.co.kr delivers the latest information on all events and stories taking place in Korea.
  • The Daily Maverick: Wikileaks undermines Obama and Democrats, changes the face of espionage forever 2010-07-29
    Online publication of some 92,000 classified documents and digital images from US military activities in Afghanistan is building into a crisis for President Barack Obama. But it may not be the crisis people think of first.
  • TheDay.com: New sonar designed to close technology gap 2010-07-29
    South Korean Navy personnel walk past the wreckage of the Cheonan at the Second Fleet Command of the Navy in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. The South Korean government claims the ship was sunk by a North Korean submarine in March. | North Korea still denies any involvement in the incident.
  • Australia.TO: Ecoterra: | Status of seized vessels and crews in Somalia, The Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean - July 29 ( 2 ) 2010-07-29
    Status of seized vessels and crews in Somalia, The Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean - July 29 ( 2 ) | Sea-jacked British couple, Paul and Rachel Chandler, aged 60 and 58, were abducted from their 38-ft yacht S/Y LYNN RIVAL, seized October 22, 2009 en route to Tanzania, and are still held in Somalia.
  • Kyodo News: N. Korean foreign minister arrives in Myanmar 2010-07-29
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  • One News Page: N Korea minister in Burma visit 2010-07-29
    Keywords: : North Korea's foreign minister arrives in Burma, days after the US voiced concern about possible nuclear.. Front Page on One News Page on Thursday, 29 July 201...
  • AFP: N.Korean FM in Myanmar amid nuclear worries 2010-07-29
    North Korea's foreign minister arrived in Myanmar on Thursday for talks with the junta, an official said, amid Western concerns about possible nuclear cooperation between the two autocratic nations. | Pak Ui Chun landed in Yangon, where he was expected to visit the Shwedagon Pagoda before travelling to the capital Naypyidaw on Friday to meet his counterpart Nyan Win, the Myanmar official said, asking not to be named.

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