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Saddam nuclear material sent to Canada
Reno News.Net
US and Iraqi officials have sent a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium to a Canadian port, in a top-secret operation.
Israel accused of burying nuclear wastes in Golan Heights
Reno News.Net
Syria has called on the United Nations to exert pressure on Israel to 'stop its continued practices and aggressions against Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan who suffer from the Israeli daily flagrant violations', the Syrian Arab News Agency reported this week.
US government rushes to secure terror prisoners
Reno News.Net
The Bush government in the US is believed to be drawing up plans to push Guantanamo prison inmates into normal jails.
Mbeki speaks to Mugabe and breakaway MDC chief
Reno News.Net
Thabo Mbeki, the president of South Africa, has held talks in Zimbabwe with President Robert Mugabe and Arthur Mutambara, leader of a breakaway faction of the Movement for Democratic Change.
Obama "puzzled" by Iraq comment frenzy
Reuters
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week...
Hungarian right-wingers invade Gay Pride parade
Reno News.Net
Hungarian riot police have waded into far-right extremists after they tried to break up the annual gay parade in the capital Budapest.
Massive riot in Syrian jail
Reno News.Net
A jail for political prisoners has erupted in extreme violence following a crackdown by guards.
Catholic priest flies into the ocean
Reno News.Net
A Brazilian Roman Catholic priest, Father Adelir de Carli, who flew over the Atlantic Ocean in a bizarre event, is believed to have drowned.
Al-Qaeda re-grouping in Pakistan
Reno News.Net
A senior US security official has reportedly said that al-Qaeda is regrouping itself in tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
DNA frees another US inmate
Reno News.Net
Patrick Waller has become a free man in the US after being wrongly convicted and imprisoned for more than 15 years.
Man decapitates wax
IOL
Berlin - A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum on Saturday, police said. Just minutes after the museum...
U.S. and Israeli militaries discuss attack on Liberty
Reno News.Net
Leading defense officials from the United States and Israel, meeting in Israel this week, raised the controversial attack on the U.S. ship USS Liberty, by Israel, in June 1967.
Obama insists he intends ending Iraq War
Reno News.Net
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama told reporters Saturday he remains committed to ending the war in Iraq.
Afghan parliamentarian assassinated in southern province
Reno News.Net
An Afghan parliamentarian and renowned chieftain from the southern Kandahar province was assassinated overnight by unknown gunmen, an official said Saturday.
California wildfires strain state
New York Post
A wildfire threatening thousands of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyonlands Saturday, straining resources as crews struggled to contain hundreds of...
Helms never changed on civil rights opposition
New York Post
Jesse Helms forever changed North Carolina politics and the conservative movement. The former senator did it without ever changing much about himself.
Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons
New York Post
Riding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch took off Saturday in a third bid to fly from central Oregon all the...
Iran indicates it has no plans to halt enrichment
New York Post
Iran indicated Saturday that it has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium, a day after Tehran sent the European Union a response to an...
Venus beats Serena for her 5th Wimbledon title
New York Post
... amp;quot;I can't believe that it's five," Venus said. "But when you're in the final against Serena Williams, five seems too far away. ... She played so awesome, it was really a task to beat...
Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
New York Post
Earlier in the day as he flew from Montana to Missouri, Obama told reporters he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and reaffirmed his commitment to...
Oil price gives Iran diplomatic strength
CNN
Zakaria says high price of oil makes Iran less vulnerable to economic pressure Potentially more moderate opponent to Ahmadinejad elected Parliament speaker Israeli attack on Iran would delay, not...
Fake priest infiltrates St. Peter
CNN
Vatican judge talks of case in interview published Saturday Fake priest caught after trying to hear confessions No indication when incident happened or if punishment was...

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