|  Moody's Slashes Portugal Rating to Junk   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:50 PM PDT Portugal received a fresh blow as Moody's downgraded its sovereign debt rating to junk status, saying just like Greece it will likely require further aid.   
 
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  |  Seoul Makes Final Push For '18 Winter Games   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:59 PM PDT South Korea is resurrecting a government-business partnership for its final presentation to be chosen host of the 2018 Winter Games.   
 
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  |  Boat sinks off Sudan coast, 197 killed: report   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 01:05 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A boat packed with refugees bound for Saudi Arabia sunk off the Sudanese coast, killing 197 people, Sudanese media linked to the government said on Tuesday.    
 
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  |  U.S. drones kill four militants in Pakistan's Waziristan   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:51 PM PDT MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two U.S. drone aircraft fired three missiles into a house in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing at least four militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.    
 
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  |  Boy fractures skull in roof fall   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:47 PM PDT A nine-year-old boy is in hospital with a fractured skull after falling off the roof of a school in Twinbrook.   
 
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  |  As Budgets Are Trimmed, Time in Class Is Shortened   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:40 PM PDT School districts across the country are gutting summer-school programs, cramming classes into four-day weeks or lopping days off the school year.    
 
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  |  ArtsBeat: Cy Twombly, Idiosyncratic Painter, Dies at 83   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:29 PM PDT Mr. Twombly was out of step with the movements of post-war American art, but he became one of the era's most important painters.    
 
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  |  UN 'disturbed' over Somali hunger crisis   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:19 PM PDT Some children fleeing to Ethiopia and Kenya to escape war and drought have died of malnutrition on the way, UN says.   
 
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  |  Partner tried to save cobra man   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:26 PM PDT The partner of a snake expert killed by one of his cobras tells an inquest into his death how she tried to save him.   
 
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  |  Somalia 'human tragedy' warning   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:36 AM PDT The levels of malnutrition among children fleeing Somalia's drought could lead to a "human tragedy of unimaginable proportions", the UN refugee head says.   
 
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  |  Indian Minister Offers Clarification on Gay Sex Comments   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:50 PM PDT Ghulam Nabi Azad said he had been misquoted at an AIDS prevention meeting when he appeared to describe homosexuality as a "disease" brought by foreigners.    
 
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  |  Restive City a Test of Syrian Will   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:19 PM PDT The scene of the largest protests yet, Hama has emerged as a potent challenge to President Bashar al-Assad.    
 
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  |  Casey Anthony Not Guilty in Slaying of Daughter   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:44 PM PDT The jury found the Orlando mother guilty of lesser charges in a case that transfixed America for three years.    
 
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  |  Casey Anthony Acquitted of Murder   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:26 AM PDT A Florida jury has acquitted Casey Anthony of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.    
 
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  |  Chavez hails Venezuela's 200th 'birthday'   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 01:06 PM PDT Parade marks two centuries since independence but Chavez, recovering from cancer surgery, limited to televised address.   
 
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  |  Afghan death soldier identified   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:59 PM PDT A British soldier found dead after going missing in southern Afghanistan is named by the Ministry of Defence as Highlander Scott McLaren.   
 
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  |  3D DIY chocolate printer debuts   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:08 AM PDT Chocolate lovers may soon be able to print their own 3D creations thanks to work by UK scientists.   
 
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  |  Fighting kills 11 in Libyan city   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:31 AM PDT Renewed fighting around the Libyan rebel-held city of Misrata kills at least 11 people, as the rebellion against leader Col Muammar Gaddafi continues.   
 
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  |  Guards bag prisoner in Mexico suitcase jailbreak   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:32 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican prisoner hoped to take a trip to freedom by packing himself into his girlfriend's suitcase.    
 
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  |  Portugal debt downgraded to junk   Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:57 PM PDT The credit ratings agency Moody's downgrades Portugal's debt to junk status saying there is a growing risk it will need another bail-out.   
 
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