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• Spy mystery: Was NY columnist a wife betrayed? (AP)
• NATO accepts blame for killing 6 Afghan civilians (AP)
• Owner of anti-Chavez TV seeks help from OAS (AP)
• Betancourt seeks $6.8 million for kidnapping (AP)
• Iran's Death by Stoning Controversy: A Debate Over Image? (Time.com)
• Russia, U.S. swap 14 in Cold War-style spy exchange (Reuters)
• Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 6 in Baghdad (AP)
• Mexico judge acquits man in cash-seizure drug case (AP)
• Sahel region of Africa facing 'acute' food crisis: Oxfam (AFP)
• North Korea says willing to hold nuclear talks: report (Reuters)
• Canada rate hikes seen after stunning job gain (Reuters)
• Australia plan to divert asylum seekers gets cool reception (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Pentagon allows banned reporter to return to Guantanamo (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraq withdrawal: A US unit prepares Mosul police for self-rule (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Is Burma's Ruling Junta Trying to Develop Nuclear Weapons? (Time.com)

Spy mystery: Was NY columnist a wife betrayed? (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 05:06 PM PDT AP - Vicky Pelaez met her husband, Juan Lazaro — or so he called himself — some 30 years ago in her native Peru. She was a gutsy TV reporter, he a talented photographer and a karate black belt. "To her, he was a hunk," a friend says.

NATO accepts blame for killing 6 Afghan civilians (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 04:25 PM PDT AP - NATO took the blame on Friday for accidentally killing six civilians and wounding several others in eastern Afghanistan — just a day after five Afghan soldiers died in a botched coalition airstrike.

Owner of anti-Chavez TV seeks help from OAS (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 04:30 PM PDT AP - The president of Venezuela's only opposition-aligned television channel asked for help from the Organization of American States on Friday, saying he wants its human rights commission to determine if he truly committed a crime in his homeland.

Betancourt seeks $6.8 million for kidnapping (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 04:16 PM PDT AP - Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt has asked Colombia's government to pay her $6.8 million for damages she suffered during six years in rebel captivity.

Iran's Death by Stoning Controversy: A Debate Over Image? (Time.com) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 04:10 PM PDT Time.com - Iran's apparent decision to commute a death-by-stoning verdict reflects a two-decade long debate on the international image of the Islamic Republic

Russia, U.S. swap 14 in Cold War-style spy exchange (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 04:50 PM PDT Reuters - Russia and the United States conducted the biggest spy swap since the Cold War on Friday, trading agents on the Vienna airport tarmac in an evocative climax to an espionage drama that had threatened improving ties.

Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 6 in Baghdad (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 05:16 AM PDT AP - A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car into an Iraqi army check point in western Baghdad, killing six people and injuring 20 on Friday morning, officials said.

Mexico judge acquits man in cash-seizure drug case (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 04:35 PM PDT AP - A judge has acquitted a man charged with dealing in precursor drug chemicals and allegedly linked to the bust of a Chinese-Mexican businessman who hid $205 million at his Mexico City mansion.

Sahel region of Africa facing 'acute' food crisis: Oxfam (AFP) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:21 PM PDT AFP - Aid agency Oxfam warned Friday that the food crisis gripping the Sahel region of Africa was reaching disastrous levels and called on governments and the international community to act now.

North Korea says willing to hold nuclear talks: report (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT Reuters - North Korea said on Saturday it was willing to return to nuclear disarmament talks and signaled satisfaction that a U.N. Security Council statement did not lay blame on it for the sinking of a South Korean navy ship.

Canada rate hikes seen after stunning job gain (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 11:57 AM PDT Reuters - Canada's economy created six times more jobs than forecast in June, a near-record gain that pressures the central bank to raise interest rates again this month even as cracks in the U.S. recovery threaten to cool the country's scorching growth.

Australia plan to divert asylum seekers gets cool reception (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 09:11 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - An Australian proposal to divert asylum seekers who arrive by sea to neighboring East Timor for processing has run into resistance and cut short a political honeymoon for Australia’s new leader.

Pentagon allows banned reporter to return to Guantanamo (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 06:10 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Thursday reversed its ban on a Miami Herald reporter from covering military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and said the reporter can return to the naval base there to cover a hearing next week.

Iraq withdrawal: A US unit prepares Mosul police for self-rule (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 02:41 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Perched on a couch in a small Mosul police station far from his home in Forest, Miss., Sgt. Wesley Majure sighs with frustration. "That's it? Only three to train?" he asks in his Southern drawl.

Is Burma's Ruling Junta Trying to Develop Nuclear Weapons? (Time.com) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 04:10 PM PDT Time.com - Burma's government is flush with cash, and new evidence suggests that the ruling junta is spending billions on outlandish military projects, including a secretive nuclear weapons program

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