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• Officials say gunmen kill 17 at party in Mexico (AP)
• AIDS conference chief lashes out at world leaders (AP)
• Puerto Rico on alert after drug fugitive's arrest (AP)
• Suicide attacks kill at least 48 in Iraq (AP)
• Tariq Aziz back in Iraqi court, says official (AP)
• Did Credit Suisse Help its German Customers Evade Taxes? (Time.com)
• ZenithOptimedia lifts ad forecast on U.S. and Europe (Reuters)
• Some Gaza women smolder over Hamas' water-pipe ban (AP)
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• Somalia Center Stage Ahead of African Summit (OneWorld.net)
• Suicide bomber strikes Pakistan mosque: police (AFP)
• Australia government holds poll lead as campaign gears up (Reuters)
• U.S. to unveil large aid package to win the hearts of Pakistanis (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Hillary Clinton's Pakistan trip: More talk, less action (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Why Venezuela's Chavez Dug Up Bolivar's Bones (Time.com)

Officials say gunmen kill 17 at party in Mexico (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT AP - Gunmen stormed a party in northern Mexico on Sunday and massacred 17 people, authorities said.

AIDS conference chief lashes out at world leaders (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - World leaders lack the political will to ensure that everyone infected with HIV and AIDS gets treatment, the head of a meeting dedicated to the disease said Sunday.

Puerto Rico on alert after drug fugitive's arrest (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 02:36 PM PDT AP - With the Caribbean's biggest reputed drug lord back behind bars, law enforcement authorities in the region are on alert for potential bloody feuds among rivals and lieutenants trying to take his place.

Suicide attacks kill at least 48 in Iraq (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 10:24 AM PDT AP - A suicide bomber ripped through a line of anti-al-Qaida Sunni fighters waiting to collect their paychecks near an Iraqi military base as nearly 50 people were killed in violence west of Baghdad.

Tariq Aziz back in Iraqi court, says official (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 12:03 PM PDT AP - Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz and several other members of Saddam Hussein's regime appeared in court Sunday just days after their handover from the U.S. to Iraqi custody, an Iraqi official said.

Did Credit Suisse Help its German Customers Evade Taxes? (Time.com) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 07:20 AM PDT Time.com - As part of Germany's continuing crackdown on tax evasion, authorities raided the offices of Credit Suisse on Wednesday, with prosecutors claiming that employees of the Swiss bank were trained to help customers hide their money from the tax man.

ZenithOptimedia lifts ad forecast on U.S. and Europe (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 04:06 PM PDT Reuters - Leading media buyer ZenithOptimedia raised its 2010 global advertising growth forecast for the third time following a faster-than-expected recovery in the United States and Western Europe.

Some Gaza women smolder over Hamas' water-pipe ban (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 01:08 PM PDT AP - There are few pleasures left for Gaza's 1.5 million people, squeezed by both a blockade and Hamas efforts to impose its strict Muslim lifestyle. And women here just lost another one.

(AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 10:51 AM PDT AP - Gunmen storm party in northern Mexico, prosecutors say 17 people slain.

Somalia Center Stage Ahead of African Summit (OneWorld.net) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 01:17 PM PDT OneWorld.net - KAMPALA, Jul 18 (IPS) - The African Union summit opens in Kampala on July 19 amid heightened security following twin bomb attacks a week earlier.

Suicide bomber strikes Pakistan mosque: police (AFP) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 04:41 PM PDT AFP - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in the eastern Pakistani city of Sargodha Sunday evening, wounding at least 12 people, police and rescue officials said.

Australia government holds poll lead as campaign gears up (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is on course for a narrow win in an August 21 election, an opinion poll showed on Sunday, as the economy, border protection and population swiftly emerged as key campaign issues.

U.S. to unveil large aid package to win the hearts of Pakistanis (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 01:49 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD — The U.S. will Monday announce hundreds of millions of dollars worth of civilian aid projects for Pakistan, American officials said, in an attempt to demonstrate that Washington has broadened its relationship with the country, away from just anti-terror cooperation to helping the people of Pakistan.

Hillary Clinton's Pakistan trip: More talk, less action (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 01:43 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Pakistani leaders today in Islamabad in an effort to shore up relations with a country vital to peace negotiations in Afghanistan.

Why Venezuela's Chavez Dug Up Bolivar's Bones (Time.com) Posted: 18 Jul 2010 07:20 AM PDT Time.com - The leader of a self-styled 'Bolivarian' revolution hopes to prove that its namesake was poisoned -- in Colombia, his contemporary adversary

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