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• North Korea fires missiles in 4th of July salvo (AP)
• Biden spends July 4 with son, other troops in Iraq (AP)
• 2 US troops die in attack on base in Afghanistan (AP)
• Oasis amidst war, Afghan valley looks to tourism (AP)
• Marines march in grueling Afghan sun for July 4 (AP)
• The bigger issue behind North Korea's missile launch (Time.com)
• Millar primed and hoping for more Tour success (AFP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,322 (AP)
• Exiled Honduran president vows return on Sunday (AP)
• WITNESS: Battling to borrow money in sanctions-hit Sudan (Reuters)
• US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 642 (AP)
• Australia welcomes its first new-born elephant (AFP)
• OAS tells Honduras it can't drop out, but weighs kicking it out (McClatchy Newspapers)
• India decriminalizes consensual gay sex (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Honduras Braces for a Protracted Fight (Time.com)

North Korea fires missiles in 4th of July salvo (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2009 01:35 PM PDT AP - North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles Saturday into waters off its east coast in a show of military firepower that defied U.N. resolutions and drew global expressions of condemnation and concern.

Biden spends July 4 with son, other troops in Iraq (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2009 01:38 PM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden spent the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, while the Iraqi government spokesman publicly rejected the American's offer to help with national reconciliation, saying it's an internal affair.

2 US troops die in attack on base in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2009 09:52 AM PDT AP - Taliban militants fired rockets and mortars at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two American troops in a fierce battle as thousands of Marines in the south continued with their massive anti-Taliban push.

Oasis amidst war, Afghan valley looks to tourism (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2009 01:00 PM PDT AP - There's a new building in town, and it isn't a military barracks or a hospital. It's a Tourist Information Center.

Marines march in grueling Afghan sun for July 4 (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2009 01:43 PM PDT AP - Taliban militants were nowhere in sight as the columns of U.S. Marines walked a third straight day across southern Afghanistan. But the desert heat proved an enemy in its own right, with several troops falling victim Saturday to temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

The bigger issue behind North Korea's missile launch (Time.com) Posted: 03 Jul 2009 10:45 PM PDT Time.com - North Korea has a tradition of marking July 4 with its own fireworks display -- this time by firing at least seven short-range SCUD missiles towards the Sea of Japan

Millar primed and hoping for more Tour success (AFP) Posted: 04 Jul 2009 05:38 PM PDT AFP - Britain's David Millar has a reputation for being laid-back, but the Garmin team rider is hoping his new, relaxed attitude on the bike transforms to big results on this year's Tour de France.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,322 (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2009 04:18 PM PDT AP - As of Saturday, July 4, 2009, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Exiled Honduran president vows return on Sunday (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2009 05:41 PM PDT AP - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Saturday that he would return to Honduras to try to retake office following last week's military-backed coup, despite warnings of a potentially bloody confrontation and the interim government's vow to arrest him and put him on trial.

WITNESS: Battling to borrow money in sanctions-hit Sudan (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2009 05:40 PM PDT Reuters - Andrew Heavens is a reporter and photographer who has worked with Reuters since 2005, from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and now Khartoum, Sudan. His African career followed 10 years of reporting for newspapers in Britain and the United States. In the following story, he recounts his experience of U.S. economic sanctions on the country whose president Omar Hassan al-Bashir is accused of masterminding human rights abuses in Darfur.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 642 (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2009 04:19 PM PDT AP - As of Saturday, July 4, 2009, at least 642 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.

Australia welcomes its first new-born elephant (AFP) Posted: 03 Jul 2009 11:17 PM PDT AFP - Australia has welcomed the first elephant ever born in the country with the arrival of a 100-kilogram (220.4-pound) male calf at a Sydney zoo, according to keepers.

OAS tells Honduras it can't drop out, but weighs kicking it out (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 04 Jul 2009 12:28 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The new government in Honduras may want to wash its hands of the Organization of American States, but the OAS says no, not that way — if there's to be any severing of ties, it'll be the OAS that does it.

India decriminalizes consensual gay sex (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In a historic ruling, an Indian court decriminalized homosexual sex Thursday – a move that was hailed by gay rights activists as the first concrete step toward achieving equal rights for homosexuals in this deeply conservative country.

Honduras Braces for a Protracted Fight (Time.com) Posted: 03 Jul 2009 10:45 PM PDT Time.com - Despite a looming deadline, nobody expects a political crisis symptomatic of the brittleness of Central American democracy to resolve any time soon

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