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Telegraph.co.uk US backs Georgia's Nato ambitionsBBC NewsThe US "fully" backs Georgia's hopes of joining Nato, US Vice-President Joe Biden has told the country's parliament on a visit to the capital, Tbilisi. Mr Biden is addressing fears in Georgia that the US might sideline its ally in favour of improved …Biden pledges support for GeorgiaAljazeera.netUS will stand [...]

Telegraph.co.uk Obama makes case on healthBaltimore SunWASHINGTON — - With many Americans doubtful about his plans to overhaul the US health care system, President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to lay out in personal terms how they stand to gain from the legislation that he has made one of the top goals of …Obama defends health care [...]

Telegraph.co.uk Professor is down-to-earth, friends sayBoston GlobeHarvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. (left) was in New York yesterday and interviewed by CNN's Soledad O'Brien (right). Gates's profile has been raised since being arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct outside his home in Cambridge. …Fierce debate continues over Gates' arrestBaltimore SunWith Vigor, Obama Wades Into a [...]

ABC News Darkness falls in Asia during total eclipseCNN International(CNN) — The longest solar eclipse of the century cast a wide shadow for several minutes over Asia and the Pacific Ocean Wednesday, luring throngs of people outside to watch the celestial spectacle. A woman looks through a refractor telescope with a …Solar eclipse shrouds Asia in [...]

Telegraph.co.uk UK has enough helicopters - BrownBBC NewsGordon Brown has said the UK has enough helicopters for an offensive in Helmand - and said lives lost during the past month were not due to a shortage. It comes after Foreign Office minister Lord Malloch Brown rowed back on comments in a newspaper …Tories and Lib Dems [...]

guardian.co.uk Solar Eclipse Plunges Millions Into Darkness in AsiaBloombergJuly 22 (Bloomberg) — Indians offered prayers, Chinese gazed at the sky and astrologers predicted turbulent times as the longest full solar eclipse this century crossed Asia, plunging millions of people into temporary darkness. …Solar eclipse shrouds Asia in darkness after dawnThe Associated PressSolar eclipse: how it happensTelegraph.co.ukAsia [...]

BBC News US looking for progress in AfghanistanBBC NewsIn Gardez and Jalalabad, at least six Afghan security personnel were killed in a series of coordinated attacks by suicide bombers and gunmen on Tuesday. The bombers strapped explosives to their chests and then tried to run into …Harry Parker, son of British general, loses leg in Taleban [...]

ABC News China eagerly prepares for a rare total solar eclipseLos Angeles TimesAuthorities are on red alert against traffic, stampedes and H1N1, but still the atmosphere is festive. Some fliers will chase the moon's shadow; 20 couples will wed; others quietly plan to skip work. By Joshua Frank Reporting from Beijing — In a …Asia set [...]

Telegraph.co.uk Mumbai Terror Trial Is AdjournedNew York TimesMUMBAI, India — A day after a stunning confession by the lone surviving gunman involved in the terror assault here in November, the judge overseeing the case adjourned the trial after barring journalists from reporting a message the …India media mulls 'early trial'BBC NewsMumbai gunman describes indoctrination in PakistanThe [...]

Telegraph.co.uk Ayatollah warns protesters to end campaign of civil disobedienceLos Angeles TimesReporting from Beirut — Iran's supreme leader on Monday sternly warned government opponents to end a campaign of civil disobedience while defiant reformists provocatively proposed a nationwide referendum to resolve the ongoing …Iran election dispute escalates to new phaseThe Associated PressAli Khamenei warns of 'collapse' [...]

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