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No boycott: Sarkozy to attend Olympics opener (AP)
09 07 2008 AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office says he will attend the opening of the Beijing Olympics, putting an end to a boycott threat.

US chief: Iraq needs time to stabilize after fight (AP)
09 07 2008

Joint Chiefs Chairman Ad. Michael Mullen, right, talks with Iraqi Army Gen. Riyadh Jalal Tawfig, the commander of all Iraqi security forces in Ninevah province of Iraq, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 in Mosul, Iraq. The two men were discussing security progress at a combat outpost in western Mosul where al-Qaida held sway until a recent Iraqi-led offensive. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

AP - Even in the chin-high piles of roadside rubble, the crumbled cinderblock and the eerily empty streets of this neighborhood in western Mosul, America's top military officer sees hope. But he also sees peril and an urgent need to get the economy going — jobs, services, some semblance of regular life.

Church of England split on women bishops (AP)
08 07 2008

The leader of the world's Anglicans, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at the Great St Mary's Church in Cambridge in February 2008. The Church of England voted Monday to allow the ordination of women bishops following a divisive debate which pitched conservatives against liberals, British media reported.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)

AP - The Church of England's move to accept women bishops further roiled an already troubled Anglican communion Tuesday, infuriating conservatives and complicating efforts to promote unity with the Roman Catholic Church.

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