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Hole in Fuselage Forces Qantas Jet to Land
New York Times - Jul 25, 2008, 10:05 AM, Fri
The plane, en route from Hong Kong to Melbourne, was forced to land in Manila when the cabin decompressed.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Hole forces Qantas plane to land BBC News
Olympic ticket sale in Beijing starts stampede
Associated Press - Jul 25, 2008, 09:59 AM, Fri
BEIJING (AP) -- Thousands of eager fans who had waited for up to two days swarmed sales windows Friday for the final batch of tickets to next month's Olympic Games, knocking people to the ground and bending metal barricades in the chaotic crush....
Source URL: http://www.ap.org
Blasts Kill 1 in Bangalore
New York Times - Jul 25, 2008, 09:58 AM, Fri
Police said it was too early to speculate on who was responsible for at least seven low-intensity roadside explosions that went off in this southern Indian city.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Nigerian militants kidnap ex-pats
BBC News - Jul 25, 2008, 09:56 AM, Fri
Five eastern European oil workers are kidnapped by Nigerian militants.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Ugandan urges weekday burial ban
BBC News - Jul 25, 2008, 09:56 AM, Fri
Funerals should be limited to Saturdays to stop people missing work, a Ugandan official says.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
US home foreclosures on the rise
BBC News - Jul 25, 2008, 09:53 AM, Fri
The number of homes in some stage of being repossessed more than doubled in the three months to June, a report shows.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Qantas jet lands with gaping hole in fuselage
Associated Press - Jul 25, 2008, 09:47 AM, Fri
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A hole the size of a small car in the underside of a Qantas jumbo jet carrying 346 passengers over the South China Sea forced the pilot to make an emergency landing Friday after a rapid descent....
Source URL: http://www.ap.org
China paper censored for breach
BBC News - Jul 25, 2008, 09:45 AM, Fri
A Chinese newspaper falls foul of the authorities by printing an image from the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Chavez gets royal Spanish welcome
BBC News - Jul 25, 2008, 09:43 AM, Fri
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has talks over breakfast with Spain's King Juan Carlos - who famously told him to shut up last year.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Bitter blow to UK's Brown in local election loss
Reuters - Jul 25, 2008, 09:41 AM, Fri
GLASGOW (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Labour Party lost one of its safest parliamentary seats on Friday, deepening doubts within the party about Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ability to win the next election.
Source URL: http://today.reuters.com
Election loss deals blow to U.K.'s Brown MSNBC
Armed Group Attacks Norway Center for Asylum-Seekers
FOXNews.com - Jul 25, 2008, 09:39 AM, Fri
A group of men armed with bats and iron bars attacked a center for political asylum-seekers in southern Norway, leaving more than 20 people injured, the facility's director said Friday.
Source URL: http://www.foxnews.com
At least 45 killed as Congo boat sinks
Reuters - Jul 25, 2008, 09:36 AM, Fri
KINSHASA (Reuters) - At least 45 people were killed and another 100 were missing after a boat sank on a remote stretch of river in Democratic Republic of Congo, a local government official said on Friday.
Source URL: http://today.reuters.com
Cambodia parties in pre-poll push
BBC News - Jul 25, 2008, 09:34 AM, Fri
Supporters of Cambodia's political parties fill the streets as campaigning comes to an end ahead of Sunday's polls.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Time running out for deadlocked trade talks: WTO
Reuters - Jul 25, 2008, 09:29 AM, Fri
GENEVA (Reuters) - Deadlocked global trade talks will fail unless countries can find compromise in the coming hours, the chair of World Trade Organization negotiations said on Friday.
Source URL: http://today.reuters.com
Labor Party Suffers Defeat in Scotland
New York Times - Jul 25, 2008, 09:24 AM, Fri
The surprising loss in a by-election raised questions about Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s future.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
U.S. Expands Visa Program for Iraqis
New York Times - Jul 25, 2008, 09:23 AM, Fri
The 10-fold expansion of a system to help threatened Iraqi employees obtain U.S. visas and ultimately citizenship comes after criticism over delays.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Ugly Scenes as Chinese Snag Last Olympic Tickets
FOXNews.com - Jul 25, 2008, 09:22 AM, Fri
Eager fans swarmed sales windows in Beijing on Friday to buy the final batch of tickets for next month's Olympic Games after waiting for up to two days.
Source URL: http://www.foxnews.com
'Serial bombs' hit India's IT hub
BBC News - Jul 25, 2008, 09:12 AM, Fri
Seven bombs hit the southern Indian city of Bangalore within minutes of each other killing one person, police say.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Fishing Families Struggle to Survive After Burma Cyclone
FOXNews.com - Jul 25, 2008, 09:03 AM, Fri
Tin Tin Latt is among thousands of widows of fishermen in Burma's cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta who have been forced to become breadwinners without land to farm or the means to earn money from the sea.
Source URL: http://www.foxnews.com
Obama world tour reaches France
BBC News - Jul 25, 2008, 09:02 AM, Fri
US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama arrives in Paris for a brief visit on the latest leg of his world tour.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
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