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• Ex-MI5 spy chief: No link between Iraq and 9/11 (AP)
• Karzai reaffirms 2014 goal for Afghan-led security (AP)
• Cuba dissidents told Spain exile muddles US asylum (AP)
• Hundreds of dead penguins dot Brazil's beaches (AP)
• China surpasses US as world's top energy consumer (AP)
• BP and the Lockerbie Bomber: Despite Denials, Signs of a Link? (Time.com)
• EU appeals against WTO ruling on Airbus subsidies (AFP)
• Israel lifts warning over travel to Turkey (AP)
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• Gates and Clinton to visit DMZ amid North Korea ire on drills (Reuters)
• Bank of Canada raises rates, sees recovery slowing (Reuters)
• Sex Party promises 'real action' for Australians (AFP)
• Haiti, Still Affected by Quake, Preps for Hurrican Season (Time.com)
• HIV: Finally, Positive Results from a Microbicide Trial (OneWorld.net)

Ex-MI5 spy chief: No link between Iraq and 9/11 (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:21 AM PDT AP - The war in Iraq led to a loss of focus on the threat from al-Qaida, emboldened the group's leader Osama bin Laden, and helped to breed a generation of homegrown terrorists, Britain's former domestic spy chief told an inquiry Tuesday.

Karzai reaffirms 2014 goal for Afghan-led security (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 01:31 PM PDT AP - The U.S. and its international partners agreed Tuesday on a roadmap for Afghan forces to take the lead in securing the nation by 2014 amid doubts that that they would meet the first goal — for the Afghans to assume control in certain areas by the end of the year.

Cuba dissidents told Spain exile muddles US asylum (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 02:40 PM PDT AP - The United States appears to have modified a pledge to take in freed Cuban political prisoners, telling their relatives that it will be more difficult for them to apply for asylum if they first accept a Church-brokered deal to trade jail for exile in Spain.

Hundreds of dead penguins dot Brazil's beaches (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 12:33 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of penguins that apparently starved to death are washing up on the beaches of Brazil, worrying scientists who are still investigating what's causing them to die.

China surpasses US as world's top energy consumer (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 02:56 PM PDT AP - China is now king of the world in energy consumption, surpassing the U.S. years ahead of forecasts in a milestone that left the Asian giant immediately rejecting its new crown.

BP and the Lockerbie Bomber: Despite Denials, Signs of a Link? (Time.com) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - A high-level Libyan official says there was no deal for Megrahi's release but clues abound to the contrary, including intriguing statements by Gaddafi's son

EU appeals against WTO ruling on Airbus subsidies (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 03:15 PM PDT AFP - The European Union said it would file an appeal on Wednesday against the World Trade Organisation's ruling on a US complaint that some state support for aerospace giant Airbus are illegal.

Israel lifts warning over travel to Turkey (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 09:53 AM PDT AP - Israel has canceled a warning to its people to avoid traveling to Turkey, citing an end to stormy protests over Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.

(AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 01:32 PM PDT AP - Hugo Chavez says Venezuelan government will obtain minority stake in opposition TV channel.

Gates and Clinton to visit DMZ amid North Korea ire on drills (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 04:43 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates take their tough talk on North Korea to the demilitarized zone dividing the peninsula on Wednesday amid fears of new attacks by Pyongyang.

Bank of Canada raises rates, sees recovery slowing (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 10:33 AM PDT Reuters - The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate on Tuesday, as expected, but warned the domestic and global recovery will be slower than it had previously forecast, suggesting any further hikes may be gradual.

Sex Party promises 'real action' for Australians (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 02:25 AM PDT AFP - The Australian Sex Party on Tuesday promised to spice up campaigning for next month's elections with a manifesto "unlike Australia had ever seen before".

Haiti, Still Affected by Quake, Preps for Hurrican Season (Time.com) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - The quake-devastated nation is bracing for the coming storms, looking fearfully up at deforested hills. But some plans are in place to mitigate suffering

HIV: Finally, Positive Results from a Microbicide Trial (OneWorld.net) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 04:54 AM PDT OneWorld.net - VIENNA, Jul 20 (IRIN/PlusNews) - The HIV prevention world is abuzz with excitement following news of the first clinical evidence that a vaginal gel - known as a microbicide - can help to prevent sexual transmission of HIV infection.

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