Greece needs Herculean reforms to secure bailout (Reuters)

Greece needs Herculean reforms to secure bailout (Reuters)
Thousands of US-run mine workers strike in Papua (AFP)
Australia pub apology for evicting turbaned Sikh (AP)
French Socialist party head calls for calm amid DSK affair
Thai military 'accepts' opposition polls landslide (AFP)
South Korean marine kills 3 soldiers in shooting spree (Reuters)
Doubt over Mladic's appearance to enter pleas (AP)
Toxic gas halts search for 19 Chinese miners (AP)
VIDEO: Reagan statue for US embassy in London
Thai PM quits party post after poll defeat
Mexican opposition wins key state election
South Korean marine kills 3 soldiers in shooting spree
Mom Visits Hooters and Learns a Lesson!
China Pulls Back Indigenous Innovation Policies
Petrobras Buys Stake in Biodiesel Plant
Castro wishes Chavez well in 1st essay in a month (AP)
Officials: 3 killed, 2 hurt in shooting in SKorea (AP)
Bahrain's Hard Justice: Activists Sentenced to Death and Life (Time.com)
Catching the Numbnuts
Barry's Fairyland at Foggy Bottom

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 11:15 PM PDT

Reuters - Greece is set for an uphill struggle this week launching sell-offs and tax system reforms to meet European Union and IMF conditions for bailing it out.

Thousands of US-run mine workers strike in Papua (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 11:18 PM PDT

AFP - More than 7,000 workers from US company Freeport McMoRan's massive gold and copper mine in Indonesia's western Papua region started a week-long strike on Monday to demand better wages.

Australia pub apology for evicting turbaned Sikh (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:56 PM PDT

AP - An Australian pub chain is apologizing to a Sikh man who was evicted from a bar for wearing a turban.

French Socialist party head calls for calm amid DSK affair

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 11:21 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - The head of France's Socialists urged calm in the party on Sunday as speculation over the political future of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn grew, threatening preparations for the left's 2012 challenge to President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Thai military 'accepts' opposition polls landslide (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:49 PM PDT

AFP - Thailand's powerful military will respect a landslide election win by allies of Thaksin Shinawatra who it toppled five years ago, the defence minister said Monday, easing fears of another coup.

South Korean marine kills 3 soldiers in shooting spree (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:10 PM PDT

Reuters - A South Korean marine went on a shooting spree Monday at a base near the tensely guarded border with North Korea, killing three soldiers in an incident unrelated to the rivals' ongoing conflict, an official said.

Doubt over Mladic's appearance to enter pleas (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:08 PM PDT

AP - Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic has threatened to boycott a hearing Monday at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, where he is scheduled to enter pleas to charges including genocide.

Toxic gas halts search for 19 Chinese miners (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:14 PM PDT

AP - China's state news service says high levels of toxic gas have forced rescuers to halt a search for 19 miners trapped in a collapsed coal mine in the country's south.

VIDEO: Reagan statue for US embassy in London

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:13 PM PDT

A statue of former US President Ronald Reagan will be unveiled outside the US Embassy in London on Monday, 100 years after his birth.

Thai PM quits party post after poll defeat

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:16 PM PDT

Abhisit Vejjajiva resigns as Democrat party head after Yingluck Shinawatra leads opposition Pheu Thai party to victory.

Mexican opposition wins key state election

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:02 PM PDT

PRI boosts bid to retake presidency by defeating ruling PAN in Mexico and strengthening grip on two other states.

South Korean marine kills 3 soldiers in shooting spree

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:10 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean marine went on a shooting spree Monday at a base near the tensely guarded border with North Korea, killing three soldiers in an incident unrelated to the rivals' ongoing conflict, an official said.

Mom Visits Hooters and Learns a Lesson!

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 01:27 PM PDT

Mom is 78. Mom likes fish sandwiches. And, Mom can?t wait for our next trip to Hooters! Yeh, t

China Pulls Back Indigenous Innovation Policies

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 08:23 AM PDT

The government of China said it would scrap critical components of its controversial "indigenous inn

Petrobras Buys Stake in Biodiesel Plant

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 07:28 AM PDT

Petrobras bought a biodiesel plant in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil located next to a fuel distribution

Castro wishes Chavez well in 1st essay in a month (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:38 PM PDT

AP - Fidel Castro ended a more than monthlong silence to laud President Hugo Chavez's recovery from surgery in Cuba, saying he was confident the Venezuelan leader will win his battle against cancer.

Officials: 3 killed, 2 hurt in shooting in SKorea (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:02 PM PDT

AP - A corporal in the South Korean Marine Corps killed three fellow marines and wounded two others during a shooting spree at a Yellow Sea island base near the country's tense border with North Korea, officials said Monday.

Bahrain's Hard Justice: Activists Sentenced to Death and Life (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 09:45 PM PDT

Time.com - America's ally in the gulf claims it is trying to hold a dialogue with the opposition about reform. But its courts are delivering another message