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• Deposed Honduran leader prepares risky return (AP)
• Rising casualties raise doubts abroad on war (AP)
• Biden brings tough love to Georgia (AP)
• Clinton, North Korea exchange barbs on nukes (AP)
• Iran opposition leader's brother-in-law arrested (AP)
• The Outrage of South Africa's Poor Threatens Their President, Jacob Zuma (Time.com)
• Berlusconi's call girl accuser a liar: FM (AFP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,328 (AP)
• Venezuela upset by pending US-Colombia pact (AP)
• Mauritania coup leader declared poll winner (AP)
• US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 675 (AP)
• Recession ends in Canada, says upbeat central bank (Reuters)
• Australian postal worker accused of keeping mail (AP)
• Iraq's Maliki: We may still need help after 2011 (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Mumbai trial: India's global stage for case against Pakistan (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Train Chaos Brings Berlin to a Standstill (Time.com)
• Bosnian Serb Commanders Convicted of War Crimes (OneWorld.net)

Deposed Honduran leader prepares risky return (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 04:37 PM PDT AP - Honduras' deposed president headed toward his nation's border Thursday to prepare a risky return home, an attempt to reverse an ouster that is testing the vitality of democracy in Latin America.

Rising casualties raise doubts abroad on war (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 01:47 PM PDT AP - Rising casualties in Afghanistan are raising doubts among U.S. allies about the conduct of the war, forcing some governments to defend publicly their commitments and foreshadowing possible long-term trouble for the U.S. effort to bring in more resources to defeat the Taliban.

Biden brings tough love to Georgia (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 01:45 PM PDT AP - A year after Georgia's disastrous war with Russia, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden assured the small country on Thursday that the United States stands behind it in their continuing conflicts with their region's dominant power.

Clinton, North Korea exchange barbs on nukes (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 01:02 PM PDT AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton and North Korea exchanged pointed barbs Thursday, with Clinton declaring North Korea "has no friends left" and the communist regime calling the U.S. secretary of state a "schoolgirl."

Iran opposition leader's brother-in-law arrested (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 02:07 PM PDT AP - The wife of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said Thursday that her 62-year-old brother is among the hundreds arrested in Iran's postelection crackdown, as Mousavi warned that the country is becoming "more militarized" amid the turmoil.

The Outrage of South Africa's Poor Threatens Their President, Jacob Zuma (Time.com) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - Jacob Zuma rode to power on promises to deliver jobs and services to the impoverished majority. Violent protests across the country signal the impatience of his supporters amid a recession that both deepens their poverty and ties Zuma's hands

Berlusconi's call girl accuser a liar: FM (AFP) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 05:18 PM PDT AFP - A call girl who claims to have spent a night with Italy's scandal-ridden Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is on the payroll of journalists and a liar, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,328 (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 05:47 PM PDT AP - As of Thursday, July 23, 2009, at least 4,328 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Venezuela upset by pending US-Colombia pact (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 05:13 PM PDT AP - President Hugo Chavez says Colombia should not underestimate Venezuela's concerns over the neighboring country's decision to forge stronger military ties with the United States.

Mauritania coup leader declared poll winner (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 03:32 PM PDT AP - The man who led last year's coup in Mauritania has officially won the presidency in weekend elections, the Constitutional Court said late Thursday — just hours after the head of the election commission resigned over doubts about the ballot.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 675 (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 05:48 PM PDT AP - As of Thursday, July 23, 2009, at least 675 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Recession ends in Canada, says upbeat central bank (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 04:48 PM PDT Reuters - The Bank of Canada declared Canada's recession to be virtually over on Thursday and raced ahead of a cautious central banker pack with a mostly upbeat view on the world economy.

Australian postal worker accused of keeping mail (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 01:27 AM PDT AP - Australian police have arrested a postal worker who they say delivered thousands of customers' letters — to himself.

Iraq's Maliki: We may still need help after 2011 (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 03:41 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A day after President Barack Obama said that the U.S. was on track to pull its troops out of Iraq by 2011, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki said Thursday that that timeline could change "if the Iraqi forces required further training and support."

Mumbai trial: India's global stage for case against Pakistan (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The trial must go on.

Train Chaos Brings Berlin to a Standstill (Time.com) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - Severe cuts in Berlin's overland rail service have seen the city grind to a halt -- and only added to the cash-strapped capital's woes

Bosnian Serb Commanders Convicted of War Crimes (OneWorld.net) Posted: 23 Jul 2009 08:37 AM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jul 23 (OneWorld.net) - Two Bosnian Serb commanders were found guilty Monday of war crimes for burning to death Muslim women, children, and elderly men during the conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s.

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