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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.

Black Boxes Are Detected From Yemeni Jet read more
The New York Times

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 of Investigations and Analyses said the signals were located Sunday morning by a submarine and were confirmed to be coming from the "black box" recorders...

photo: AP / Michel Euler

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The soldiers give all, while the politicians starve them of cash read more
The Guardian

When you're left wounded on Afghanistan's plains And the women come out to cut up what remains...

The G8 must lead on emissions reduction read more
The Guardian

World leaders have a unique opportunity this year to lay the essential foundations of a...

G8 or G20 – will it really make much difference to the world? read more
The Guardian

Is there any point to the continued existence of G8? As this week's summit looks increasingly...

Poor face more hunger as climate change leads to crop failure, says Oxfam read more

Poverty: Poor India mother and her baby in a street-Dharamshala-India

The Guardian

• Seasons appear to have shrunk in variety • Storms and heavier rains more common...

photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang

US-Russia framework deal on arms control expected read more

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

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 nuclear arms control treaty by the end of the year. Gary Samore, the president's...

photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko

German EconMin says Opel deal still open-paper read more

New Opel GT Roadster front - PSM 2009 in Poznan.

The Guardian

* 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 (Reuters) - The outcome of the bidding war for German carmaker Opel is still up in...

photo: GFDL / Michge

China's Xinjiang hit by violence read more

Armored personnel carriers and trucks carrying paramilitary officers patrol the streets of Yining, western China's Xinjiang province

BBC News

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 of people also attacked passers-by and damaged property, Xinhua...

photo: AP / Ng Han Guan

Swine flu total in Wales hits 50 read more

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

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 has been linked to cases in Somerset. There are also 28 "clinically...

photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara

Colin Powell: Sotomayor shouldn't be labeled racist because of affirmative action stand read more

Star Tribune

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 stand in favor of affirmative action. Powell, who's from the same Bronx...

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