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• 35 die in bomb blasts at Pakistan shrine (AP)
• Cyprus hunts for alleged Russian spy paymaster (AP)
• Remnants of Alex drench northern Mexico, 2 die (AP)
• Naomi Campbell subpoenaed in war crimes case (AP)
• NATO intensifies attacks on Taliban leaders (AP)
• On the Ground: The Taliban's Changing, and Deadly, Tactics (Time.com)
• Mideast envoy Blair eyes Gaza supplies deal (AFP)
• Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)
• Guatemalan gov't warns of conspiracy against it (AP)
• Iran leader to visit Nigeria as it takes UN post (AP)
• Australia strikes deal with miners on super tax: PM (AFP)
• Teachers rejects Maple Leaf Foods rights plan (Reuters)
• ICC asks Australia to drop Howard as candidate (AFP)
• L'Oréal trial: heiress Bettencourt's tax shelters, gifts alienate belt-tightening French (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Spy Ring: Why Moscow Admit the Suspects Were Russian? (Time.com)

35 die in bomb blasts at Pakistan shrine (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:32 PM PDT AP - Two suicide bombers struck a popular Muslim shrine in Pakistan's second largest city late Thursday night, killing 35 people and wounding 175 others in the second major attack in Lahore in a month, the city's top official said.

Cyprus hunts for alleged Russian spy paymaster (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 03:53 PM PDT AP - Russian money and influence have long made a splash on this Mediterranean resort island where a suspected spy paymaster vanished after being allowed to walk free on bail.

Remnants of Alex drench northern Mexico, 2 die (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 02:47 PM PDT AP - The sprawling remains of Hurricane Alex drenched much of northern Mexico on Thursday, paralyzing the major city of Monterrey. At least two people were killed when dry rivers roared to life and highways turned into rushing streams.

Naomi Campbell subpoenaed in war crimes case (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 01:16 PM PDT AP - An international court Thursday subpoenaed reluctant supermodel Naomi Campbell to testify this month in the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor about a rough diamond Taylor allegedly gave her in 1997.

NATO intensifies attacks on Taliban leaders (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:45 PM PDT AP - U.S. and Afghan troops seized a key Taliban figure after a four-hour gunbattle — part of a strategy that NATO officials said Thursday had eliminated more than 100 insurgent leaders in the past four months.

On the Ground: The Taliban's Changing, and Deadly, Tactics (Time.com) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:05 PM PDT Time.com - TIME's Jason Motlagh reports alongside U.S. Marines as they deal with enemy guerrillas who continue to adjust to shifts in American strategy

Mideast envoy Blair eyes Gaza supplies deal (AFP) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 03:48 PM PDT AFP - Israel will likely agree in the coming days to develop the range of supplies flowing into the blockaded Gaza strip, the special envoy for Middle East peace Tony Blair said on Thursday.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 01:00 PM PDT AP - October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

Guatemalan gov't warns of conspiracy against it (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - Guatemala's government says opponents are conspiring against it and could be preparing to oust President Alvaro Colom.

Iran leader to visit Nigeria as it takes UN post (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:28 PM PDT AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Nigeria this weekend as the West African nation assumes the rotating presidency of the United Nations' security council, an Iranian diplomat said Thursday.

Australia strikes deal with miners on super tax: PM (AFP) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:16 PM PDT AFP - New Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Friday announced a compromise deal with major mining companies over a 40 percent super tax on resource profits that helped topple her predecessor.

Teachers rejects Maple Leaf Foods rights plan (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 02:03 PM PDT Reuters - Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, the largest stakeholder of Maple Leaf Foods, said on Wednesday it would oppose the Canadian food processor's adoption of a shareholder rights plan, used by companies to protect against takeovers.

ICC asks Australia to drop Howard as candidate (AFP) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:12 AM PDT AFP - The International Cricket Council Thursday urged Australia to find another candidate for its presidency, as former premier John Howard vowed to fight on after his bid to lead the sport was rejected.

L'Oréal trial: heiress Bettencourt's tax shelters, gifts alienate belt-tightening French (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 01:15 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - French celebrity scandals like the one now enveloping Liliane Bettencourt, heir of the L’Oréal fortune and the world’s third-richest woman â€" are typically arcane soap operas of power, family, politics, sex, and money. Even by the standards of France, though, the Bettencourt affair is maxing the genre.

Spy Ring: Why Moscow Admit the Suspects Were Russian? (Time.com) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:05 PM PDT Time.com - When U.S. authorities arrested 10 people accused of spying for Russia, Moscow denied any knowledge of them. But now Russia is claiming the suspects as its own

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