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Palin to Quit as Alaska Governor, Won't Seek Re-Election
Wall Street Journal
Sarah Palin said Friday that she won't run for a second term as governor of Alaska and will transfer her responsibilities to the state's lieutenant governor. In a statement, Ms. Palin, who is in her final year in office as ...
Gov. Palin Announces She'll Step Down at Month's EndABC News
Palin resigning as Alaska governorThe Associated Press
Palin Resigning as Alaska GovernorVoice of America
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Honduras Rejects OAS Appeal to Restore President
Washington Post
AP TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduras' Supreme Court rebuffed a personal appeal from the Americas' top international diplomat Friday, refusing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya before a Saturday deadline. ...
Honduras rejects Zelaya restorationAljazeera.net
US Conservatives Support Ouster of Honduran PresidentVoice of America
Top envoy in Honduras for talksBBC News
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1000 Immigrants Take US Citizenship Oath at Disney World
FOXNews
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — A group of new Americans are celebrating their citizenship at Walt Disney World. More than 1000 immigrants gathered to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States at a citizenship ceremony at Walt Disney World on Friday ...
Fake Obama, New Citizens Open July 4th Celebration At Disney WorldAHN
Robotic "Obama" debuts at DisneyXinhua
Suncoast woman to spend July 4th as an official US citizenWWSB ABC 7
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6 die in London high-rise fire
CNN
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Six people were killed, including three children, when a fire broke out in a high-rise apartment building in south London on Friday afternoon, officials said. A 3-week-old and a 7-year-old died in the blaze, London Metropolitan ...
Six die in fire at London tower blockguardian.co.uk
Six people killed in London tower block fireTelegraph.co.uk
Three children dead in flats blazeThe Press Association
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EU resolve hardens as British workers face Iran show trial
Times Online
Iranian employees of the British Embassy in Tehran face the prospect of a show trial after the regime said that they had admitted conspiring against the Islamic Republic. The announcement, made by Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, 83, the head of Iran's ...
Iran's UK embassy action enrages EUABC Online
Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be triedThe Associated Press
UK seeks to isolate IranHindu
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Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in Darfur: officials
AFP
KHARTOUM (AFP) — Two women aid workers from Ireland and Uganda were kidnapped Friday by armed men in Sudan's volatile Darfur region, the scene of Africa's longest running conflict, officials told AFP. "Unidentified armed men came to the quarters of the ...
African leaders denounce international courtThe Associated Press
Charity worker kidnapped in SudanBBC News
Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in Sudan's DarfurXinhua
Aljazeera.net -PRESS TV -Voice of America
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Sailor's family say death motivated by hate
Houston Chronicle
AP Texas News © 2009 AP BEAUMONT, Texas — Relatives of a slain sailor are calling the 29-year-old's death a hate crime. Rose Roy of Beaumont said her nephew, US Navy Seaman August Provost III, had complained a year before about being harassed for being ...
MILITARY: Navy refutes details of sailor's deathNorth County Times - Californian
Navy: No evidence sailor murder was terrorism-relatedKABC
Slain sailor not bound, gagged or mutilatedNavy Compass
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Suspect Fit for Trial in Nazi Case, German Doctors Say
New York Times
By THE NEW YORK TIMES Doctors in Germany have determined that John Demjanjuk, a retired autoworker accused of being an Nazi extermination camp guard, is fit to stand trial, Munich prosecutors said Friday. Mr. Demjanjuk, 89, is accused of being an ...
Accused war criminal Demjanjuk 'fit to stand trial'CNN International
Prosecutors: Demjanjuk fit to stand trialThe Associated Press
Plain DealerJohn DemjanjukThe Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
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Los Angeles officials brace for Michael Jackson memorial
Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles city officials are planning a massive security operation for Michael Jackson's public memorial service next week, and on Friday urged fans who do not win a ticket in a random drawing to stay away ...
LA police plan for huge crowd at Jackson memorialThe Associated Press
Planning Michael Jackson's Memorial A 'Phenomenal Undertaking'MTV.com
Michael Jackson memorial tickets available via online lotteryEntertainment Weekly
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US Commitment to Iraq Is Contingent on Progress, Biden Warns
Washington Post
BAGHDAD, July 3 -- Vice President Biden warned Iraqi officials Friday that the American commitment to Iraq could end if the country again descended into ethnic and sectarian violence. Biden delivered the warning during a three-day visit ...
VP Biden urges Iraqis to make political progressThe Associated Press
Biden Says Iraqi Violence May Lead US to DisengageBloomberg
Biden Warns Iraq About Reverting to Sectarian ViolenceNew York Times
AFP -MiamiHerald.com -Voice of America
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