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• Fugitive terrorist a suspect in Indonesia bombings (AP)
• Clinton defends US demands for anti-terror help (AP)
• Post-coup Mauritania holds presidential vote (AP)
• World's oldest man, WWI veteran dies (AP)
• US fighter jet crashes in Afghanistan; 2 crew dead (AP)
• How the Jakarta Bombers Slipped Through Hotel Security (Time.com)
• Amir Khan wins WBA light-welterweight title (AFP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,327 (AP)
• Mediator proposes Honduras crisis plan; govt balks (AP)
• Mauritania: detained Islamists killed American (AP)
• US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 667 (AP)
• Ken Loach takes Israel stance down under (AFP)
• 2 million pilgrims visit shrine as Iraqi security forces pass test (McClatchy Newspapers)
• A Sequel to the Case of the Pregnant Nine-Year Old (Time.com)

Fugitive terrorist a suspect in Indonesia bombings (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 09:52 AM PDT AP - The mangled faces of two suspected suicide attackers may be the main clue linking the bombings of two luxury American hotels in the Indonesian capital with a notorious al-Qaida-linked militant network that has struck many times before.

Clinton defends US demands for anti-terror help (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 11:50 AM PDT AP - Off the injured list and back on the world stage, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday gave an impassioned defense of American demands that India and other countries do more to tackle terrorism and global warming.

Post-coup Mauritania holds presidential vote (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 02:18 PM PDT AP - A former army general who seized power by overthrowing this Islamic republic's first freely elected president last year is gunning for Mauritania's presidency again — this time legitimately, through the ballot box.

World's oldest man, WWI veteran dies (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 11:10 AM PDT AP - Only death could silence Henry Allingham.

US fighter jet crashes in Afghanistan; 2 crew dead (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 08:27 AM PDT AP - A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet crashed early Saturday in central Afghanistan, killing the two crew members, the U.S. military said.

How the Jakarta Bombers Slipped Through Hotel Security (Time.com) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 10:35 PM PDT Time.com - While security had been beefed up, the suicide bombers still managed to take advantage of lax enforcement and cracks in the system

Amir Khan wins WBA light-welterweight title (AFP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 04:23 PM PDT AFP - Amir Khan successfully stepped up a weight division to capture the World Boxing Association (WBA) light-welterweight title from Andreas Kotelnik with a unanimous points win here Saturday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,327 (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 04:52 PM PDT AP - As of Saturday, July 18, 2009, at least 4,327 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Mediator proposes Honduras crisis plan; govt balks (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 05:01 PM PDT AP - Hopes for a quick resolution to Honduras' political crisis dimmed when its interim government balked at a plan presented in talks Saturday to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya and form a national unity government.

Mauritania: detained Islamists killed American (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 10:51 AM PDT AP - Mauritania's state security chief says two men detained in a late-night shootout in the capital are part of an al-Qaida-linked terror cell that killed an American citizen last month.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 667 (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 05:16 PM PDT AP - As of Saturday, July 18, 2009, at least 667 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 Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Ken Loach takes Israel stance down under (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 08:42 PM PDT AFP - Filmmaker and activist Ken Loach has moved to withdraw his work from Melbourne's International Film Festival in protest against partial sponsorship from Israel, a report said Saturday.

2 million pilgrims visit shrine as Iraqi security forces pass test (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 11:30 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces passed their first big test minus American troops with flying colors -- and with veil-to-sandal searches of an estimated 2 million pilgrims at one of Shiite Islam's most sacred shrines.

A Sequel to the Case of the Pregnant Nine-Year Old (Time.com) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 10:35 PM PDT Time.com - The Catholic Church came under criticism after it excommunicated the family and doctor in a controversial abortion. Now, it has clarified its position

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