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• French court hands Noriega 7-year prison term (AP)
• 'Barefoot' in Bahamas: Teen fugitive eludes police (AP)
• Church: Cuba offers to free 52 political prisoners (AP)
• Cold War remix: Spy suspect swap appears in works (AP)
• Mexico, Texas evacuate homes as Rio Grande floods (AP)
• Afghanistan War: Petraeus to Review Rules of Engagement (Time.com)
• Solar-powered Swiss plane gets its day in the sun (AP)
• More than 50 killed in attacks across Baghdad (AP)
• Mexico leftist presidential candidate to run again (AP)
• Iran's president: US a global 'dictatorship' (AP)
• Turkish court annuls part of constitutional reform (AFP)
• Taser asks Canadian court to quash critical study (Reuters)
• East Timor hostile to Australian asylum-seeker plan (AFP)
• U.S. casualties to mount as Afghan war widens, general says (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Sarkozy's summer of scandals: Is the French president in trouble? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Will Noriega Serve Full 7-Year French Prison Sentence? (Time.com)
• Cautious Response to Israel's New List of Permitted Gaza Imports (OneWorld.net)

French court hands Noriega 7-year prison term (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:38 PM PDT AP - A Paris court has convicted aging former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega of laundering drug money in France and ordered him to spend seven years behind bars — a decision that left friends and foes worried he might die in a prison far from home.

'Barefoot' in Bahamas: Teen fugitive eludes police (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:55 PM PDT AP - A wily teenage thief who hopscotched his way across the U.S. and escaped in a stolen plane to the Bahamas lived up to his legend Wednesday, eluding a manhunt after allegedly committing a new series of break-ins on a normally quiet island.

Church: Cuba offers to free 52 political prisoners (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:32 PM PDT AP - The Roman Catholic Church said Wednesday that Cuba has agreed to free 52 political prisoners and allow them to leave the country in what would be the island's largest mass liberation of dissidents since Pope John Paul II visited in 1998.

Cold War remix: Spy suspect swap appears in works (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:28 PM PDT AP - U.S. and Russian officials met secretively on two continents Wednesday in a likely prelude to one of the largest swaps of accused spies in decades, a Cold War remix showing the high-stakes race for covert intelligence between East and West endures in the new century.

Mexico, Texas evacuate homes as Rio Grande floods (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:03 PM PDT AP - Reservoirs along the U.S.-Mexico border rose to their highest levels in decades after days of drenching rain, forcing officials to close two border bridges Wednesday, dump dam water into flooded rivers and evacuate tens of thousands from homes, with yet another storm on the way.

Afghanistan War: Petraeus to Review Rules of Engagement (Time.com) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:50 PM PDT Time.com - U.S. soldiers in the guerrilla-ridden country gripe that the rules of engagement are confusing and may be putting them in greater danger

Solar-powered Swiss plane gets its day in the sun (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:06 PM PDT AP - An experimental solar-powered plane whose Swiss makers hope someday to fly around the globe soared into uncharted territory Wednesday — the cold, dark night.

More than 50 killed in attacks across Baghdad (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 01:56 PM PDT AP - Militants struck across the Iraqi capital Wednesday, killing more than 50 people, including 32 in a suicide bombing that targeted pilgrims commemorating a revered Shiite saint, Iraqi police said.

Mexico leftist presidential candidate to run again (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:42 PM PDT AP - The leftist politician who narrowly lost Mexico's last presidential election says he will run again in 2012.

Iran's president: US a global 'dictatorship' (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 02:56 PM PDT AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that the U.S. is a "dictatorship" as it tries to control world affairs.

Turkish court annuls part of constitutional reform (AFP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 01:34 PM PDT AFP - Turkey's top court Wednesday annulled parts of a government-sponsored package of constitutional changes curbing the powers of the judiciary that critics say will tighten the government's hold on power.

Taser asks Canadian court to quash critical study (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:43 PM PDT Reuters - Stun gun-maker Taser International Inc. told a judge on Monday its rights were violated by a Canadian inquiry that recommended police restrict the weapon's use because of safety concerns.

East Timor hostile to Australian asylum-seeker plan (AFP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 09:06 AM PDT AFP - Opposition grew in East Timor on Wednesday to an Australian proposal to process Australia-bound asylum seekers in the impoverished country, despite President Jose Ramos-Horta's guarded support.

U.S. casualties to mount as Afghan war widens, general says (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:32 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — U.S. troops deaths in Afghanistan, which reached record highs in the last two months, will continue climbing, a top U.S. military commander warned Wednesday because the military is trying to oust the Taliban from places they've never been challenged before.

Sarkozy's summer of scandals: Is the French president in trouble? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 11:22 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A court case scandal involving the world’s third-richest woman and her daughter now threatens to engulf France’s highest elected official, President Nicolas Sarkozy. Allegations of corruption â€" as the president's approval ratings slide to a low of 26 percent â€" come on top of a string of other problems for Sarkozy.

Will Noriega Serve Full 7-Year French Prison Sentence? (Time.com) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 02:50 PM PDT Time.com - Former dictator Manuel Noriega is unlikely to serve his full seven-year prison sentence in France. And in Panama, there are plenty of officials who are reluctant to reopen his case

Cautious Response to Israel's New List of Permitted Gaza Imports (OneWorld.net) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 10:01 AM PDT OneWorld.net - GAZA CITY, Jul 7 (IRIN) - The UN and international relief organizations have cautiously welcomed Israel’s easing of import restrictions on the Gaza Strip, but say only the complete lifting of the blockade can address the humanitarian crisis.

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