EU warns against growing tensions in Kosovo Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:11 PM PDT Concerns grow after ethnic Serbs angry with a Kosovo police operation set fire to a border crossing post in the north.  
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Swatch reports record first-half profit, sales (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:02 PM PDT AFP - The world's biggest watch group Swatch said Thursday its first half net profits soared 24.5 percent to 579 million francs (503 million euros, $722 million), setting a fresh record for the company.  
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Hyundai Motor 2Q profit rises 37 percent (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:06 PM PDT AP - Hyundai Motor's net profit rose 37 percent in the second quarter amid higher revenue and global vehicle sales.  
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Australia massacre video renews old pain (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:54 PM PDT AFP - Australian police on Thursday condemned the posting online of a graphic police video of the aftermath of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre when a gunman killed 35 people, saying it reopened old wounds.  
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Analysis: Revolt or summer fever? Israel ponders tent protest Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:00 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined emergency housing reforms in a televised address, many of the protesters who had prompted the measures by camping out in Israeli cities made derisive hand gestures.  
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Babbage: July 27th 2011 Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:41 PM PDT Mozilla unveils a new operating system for mobile devices, Microsoft shows strong quarterly results and Air BnB raises over $100 million  
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The Future of Scandinavia (Time.com) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:55 PM PDT Time.com - The best action against Breivik is to defend our open society  
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Bus, truck collision in Bangladesh kills 17 (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:50 PM PDT AP - A bus crowded with passengers collided head on with a truck in northern Bangladesh on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 30 others, a police official said.  
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Fighting Terrorism with Democracy: How Norway's Prime Minister Plans to Heal His Country (Time.com) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:55 PM PDT Time.com - In an exclusive interview with TIME, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg talks about the attacks that have shocked his nation, and his determination to promote 'more democracy, more openness, and greater political participation'  
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VIDEO: Life in Sparta amid economic gloom Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:28 PM PDT Austerity measures in Greece have raised fears of long-term joblessness and enhanced the difficulty of keeping a small business afloat.  
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Libya condemns UK recognition of fighters Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:44 PM PDT Decision to welcome National Transitional Council in London called "irresponsible and illegal" in Tripoli.  
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China defends carrier plans, neighbors worry about (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:32 PM PDT Reuters - China's neighbors are worried its aircraft carrier program may in time intimidate regional rivals but its military on Thursday defended the plan as vital for maritime security.  
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Kandahar Mayor's Killing Another Blow to U.S. Afghanistan Effort (Time.com) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:50 PM PDT Time.com - The latest victim in a string of killings of local officials loyal to President Hamid Karzaai, Ghulam Haider Hamidi tried to build good governance against the odds  
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VIDEO: Life in Sparta amid economic gloom Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:28 PM PDT Austerity measures in Greece have raised fears of long-term joblessness and enhanced the difficulty of keeping a small business afloat.  
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China defends carrier plans, neighbors worry about Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:32 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China's neighbors are worried its aircraft carrier program may in time intimidate regional rivals but its military on Thursday defended the plan as vital for maritime security.  
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Man United outclass MLS All-Stars 4-0 (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:44 PM PDT AFP - English Premier League champions Manchester United outclassed Major League Soccer's All-Stars for the second straight year, beating the hosts 4-0 in their friendly.  
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Algeria boosts food imports in bid to quash revolt (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:22 PM PDT AFP - Faced with crumbling regimes across the Arab world, Algeria has dramatically boosted its grain imports to contain social unrest ahead of Ramadan, when food prices traditionally shoot up.  
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Analysis: Asia's small exporters at risk in U.S. slump (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:56 PM PDT Reuters - Asia's small, export-driven economies look most vulnerable to the threat of a deeper U.S. economic slump, which could materialize even if Washington manages to avert a debt default.  
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Ford to Build Its Second India Factory Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:33 PM PDT Ford plans to invest about $900 million to build its second factory in India, as the auto maker strives to gain a bigger foothold in the country's auto market.  
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Army drafted in as storms batter Seoul; 53 dead or missing (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:01 PM PDT Reuters - At least 53 people are dead or missing after the heaviest rains in a century lashed the South Korean capital Seoul and surrounding areas, officials said on Thursday, with damage expected to run into hundreds of millions of dollars.  
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