Japanese spacecraft may have dust from asteroid (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:49 PM PDT AP - Japanese scientists say they have detected tiny particles collected by the first spacecraft to return to Earth after landing on asteroid. But it could take months to determine if the dust came from the asteroid or was picked up by the spacecraft on its return trip.  
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Veggie prices likely to rise after plants poisoned (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:33 PM PDT AP - Was it a competitor or just a vandal who poisoned 7 million vegetable plants at a seedling nursery in Australia?  
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Will Noriega Serve Full 7-Year French Prison Sentence? (Time.com) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:25 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  
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Repeat of SKorea, US cyberattacks does no damage (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:38 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of computers that caused a wave of outages on U.S. and South Korean government websites last July launched new attacks on the same sites, but no major damage was reported, police said Thursday.  
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Afghanistan War: Petraeus to Review Rules of Engagement (Time.com) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:25 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  
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Deadly Iraq attacks target pilgrims Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:09 PM PDT The relentless violence against Shiite pilgrims in Iraq intensified Wednesday evening, with at least 33 people killed by bomb attacks, officials said.  
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Europe to Limit Banker Bonuses Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:53 PM PDT The European Parliament agreed to what officials described as the world's strictest rules on bankers' bonuses, capping big cash awards across the EU in time for 2010 payouts.  
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Subway Plot Tied to Planned U.K. Attack Posted: 07 Jul 2010 06:27 PM PDT Federal prosecutors charged a senior al-Qaeda leader with helping to mastermind last year's attempted bombing of New York City's subway and said the effort was part of a larger plot that included a failed terrorist attempt in the U.K.  
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BP to Resist Early Notice of Asset Sales Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:05 PM PDT BP plans to push back against a request from the U.S. government to provide it with advance notice of asset sales, acquisitions or corporate restructurings following the Gulf oil spill, a person familiar with the company's thinking said.  
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Oil-Sands Push Tests U.S.-Canada Ties Posted: 07 Jul 2010 06:52 PM PDT A battle over whether the U.S. should curb its use of oil produced from Canada's oil sands is straining ties between the countries and comes amid a wider debate about the safest and cleanest ways to extract fossil fuels.  
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Validation for a Soccer Genius Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:32 PM PDT Johan Cruyff helped build the Dutch and Spanish teams—one will win the World Cup.  
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5.4 earthquake rattles southern California: USGS Posted: 07 Jul 2010 05:10 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -A magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattled Los Angeles, San Diego and parts of southern California on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said. Read more...  
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Former bin Laden aide pleads guilty at military commission Posted: 07 Jul 2010 01:10 PM PDT A former driver and bodyguard for Osama bin Laden pleaded guilty Wednesday before a military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to supporting al Qaeda and conspiring to commit terrorism, the Department of Defense announced.  
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Cuba to release 52 political prisoners, Catholic Church says Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:42 PM PDT Fifty-two Cuban political prisoners are set to be freed and will be allowed to leave the country, Cuba's Roman Catholic church announced in a written statement on Wednesday.  
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Solar Impulse pilot faces overnight challenge (AFP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:30 PM PDT AFP - Andre Borschberg, the pilot of an experimental solar-powered aircraft making a historic bid to fly around the clock, will be counting partly on a high-tech garment -- his jacket -- to keep him awake through the night.  
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N.Zealand activist 'welcome' on anti-whaling missions (AFP) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 06:50 PM PDT AFP - Conservation group Sea Shepherd said Thursday that activist Pete Bethune would be welcome on future Antarctic missions despite being handed a two-year suspended jail sentence in Japan.  
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Every day is laundry day for Mumbai's dhobis (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:25 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Rajkumar Kanodjia swings a pair of wet pants over his head and sends them crashing against a cement slab. Water flies off all along the arc â€" then with a smack comes an explosion of soapsuds on the stone.  
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Bombing suspect arrives in Cuba to face charges Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:06 PM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - A Salvadorean man arrested in Venezuela last week was flown to Cuba on Wednesday to face charges that he carried out bombings of Cuban hotels in 1997.  
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Netanyahu offers Palestinians talks on settlements Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:02 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he was prepared to discuss "right away" the future of Jewish settlements if Palestinians entered direct peace talks with Israel.  
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Another iPhone4 Snag Posted: 07 Jul 2010 05:12 PM PDT After hours: Alcatel-Lucent promises a phone fix, shares rise; Lebron boosts Madison Square Gardens.  
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