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• Russian president pardons 4 spies for swap with US (AP)
• Suburban spies Russia-bound in Cold War-style swap (AP)
• US denies visa to Colombian journalist (AP)
• Bahamas steps up the hunt for 'Barefoot Bandit' (AP)
• Norway bomb arrests linked to US, British plots (AP)
• Germany's Gift to Obama: Taking in Two GuantÁnamo Inmates (Time.com)
• Eurostar Paris-London service closes over safety fears (AFP)
• Thousands march in Jerusalem for captive soldier (AP)
• Cuban dissident ends 134-day hunger strike (AP)
• Judge suspends "unfair" trial of Congo warlord (AP)
• U.S. gives China pass on currency (Reuters)
• Academic David Johnston named as governer general (Reuters)
• Australian wife of Balibo reporter has day in court (AFP)
• Outspoken Marine general named to lead Centcom (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Shiite pilgrims, Iraqi security forces undeterred by attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Afghanistan: Self-Immolation by Women Still Common (Time.com)
• HIV Vaccine Advances Made Ahead of Global Conference (OneWorld.net)

Russian president pardons 4 spies for swap with US (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 05:15 PM PDT AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree pardoning four convicted foreign spies so they can be exchanged for 10 people accused of spying for Russia in the United States, the Kremlin said Friday.

Suburban spies Russia-bound in Cold War-style swap (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 05:14 PM PDT AP - In the biggest spy swap since the Cold War, 10 confessed Russian agents who infiltrated suburban America were ordered deported Thursday in exchange for four people convicted of betraying Moscow to the West.

US denies visa to Colombian journalist (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:21 PM PDT AP - The U.S. government has denied a visa to a prominent Colombian journalist who specializes in conflict and human rights reporting to attend a prestigious fellowship at Harvard University.

Bahamas steps up the hunt for 'Barefoot Bandit' (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:33 PM PDT AP - The wily resourcefulness of a fugitive teenage thief was on display again Thursday as he eluded an intensifying manhunt on a sparsely populated island in the Bahamas — while earning some grudging respect from locals.

Norway bomb arrests linked to US, British plots (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 04:40 PM PDT AP - Three suspected al-Qaida members were arrested Thursday in a Norwegian bomb plot linked to the same terrorist planners behind thwarted schemes to blow up New York's subway and a British shopping mall.

Germany's Gift to Obama: Taking in Two GuantÁnamo Inmates (Time.com) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:40 PM PDT Time.com - Having rejected U.S. requests for years, Berlin has finally agreed to take in two former GuantÁnamo Bay detainees. But while some observers see it as a shrewd move to strengthen ties between the two nations, others worry it puts Germans at risk

Eurostar Paris-London service closes over safety fears (AFP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 04:58 PM PDT AFP - Eurostar said its London to Paris train service did not operate for several hours Thursday, after a tunnel was closed in Britain due to safety fears.

Thousands march in Jerusalem for captive soldier (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:01 PM PDT AP - More than 15,000 Israelis marched into Jerusalem on Thursday and rallied at a park downtown for the government to conclude a deal for the release of a captive soldier held by Palestinian militants.

Cuban dissident ends 134-day hunger strike (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 05:16 PM PDT AP - Cuban opposition activist Guillermo Farinas ended his 134-day hunger strike Thursday, following signs the communist government is making good on its promise to release 52 political prisoners.

Judge suspends "unfair" trial of Congo warlord (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:37 PM PDT AP - Judges of the International Criminal Court suspended the trial of an accused Congolese warlord on Thursday, saying the prosecution's refusal to disclose information had rendered it unfair.

U.S. gives China pass on currency (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 05:08 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration declined to label China a currency manipulator in a long-delayed report on Thursday, spurring fresh calls from U.S. lawmakers for tough new steps to pressure Beijing.

Academic David Johnston named as governer general (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:59 AM PDT Reuters - Canada named a respected academic on Thursday to become the country's next acting head of state, who will have the final say in settling constitutional disputes.

Australian wife of Balibo reporter has day in court (AFP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:04 AM PDT AFP - The wife of an Australian reporter allegedly killed by Indonesian forces in East Timor in 1975 told a Jakarta court Thursday that she believed her husband was shot after surrendering to the army.

Outspoken Marine general named to lead Centcom (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 04:56 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Pentagon Thursday nominated Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis to head up the U.S. Central Command, the final personnel change in a shake-up brought about by the dismissal of former Afghanistan commander Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

Shiite pilgrims, Iraqi security forces undeterred by attacks (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Undeterred by a string of attacks that left scores of fellow pilgrims dead, Shiite worshipers completed their days-long march to a Baghdad shrine on Thursday.

Afghanistan: Self-Immolation by Women Still Common (Time.com) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:40 PM PDT Time.com - In Afghanistan, abused married women with few resources, some just teenagers, continue to turn to suicide by self-immolation

HIV Vaccine Advances Made Ahead of Global Conference (OneWorld.net) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:15 PM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jul 8 (IPS) - In 1984, then-U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler famously declared, "We hope to have such a vaccine ready for testing in approximately two years." The vaccine in question would prevent AIDS and the goal Heckler set has been missed by over 26 years.

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