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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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Peruvian farmers block railway and roads
09 07 2008 Peruvian farmers have blocked inland roads and a railway to the tourist resort Machu Picchu. The two-day blockade is in protest against a free trade agreement with the United States. The farmers fear their country will be flooded with subsidised US agricultural products.

The protesters want the Peruvian government to do more to stop the cost of living increasing and to redistribute wealth more evenly. Large mining companies such as BHP Billiton say they are not affected by the blockades. On Wednesday, a national strike called by Peru's largest union federation begins.

Ministry fails to destroy confidential calls
09 07 2008 The Dutch Justice Ministry has failed to destroy recordings of confidential telephone conversations between detainees and their lawyers according to current affairs programme NOVA.

The recordings were discovered when DVDs were delivered to a suspect, who requested recordings of tapped telephone calls. The DVDs turned out to contain confidential recordings that should have been destroyed. The Ministry of Justice is allowed to record telephone calls of detainees, but has to destroy any confidential calls to lawyers or other confidants.

The Association of Criminal Lawyers thinks this is the top of the iceberg and wants the rules tightened. A prosecution case against Hell's Angels had to be dropped at the end of last year after it was discovered confidential telephone conversations were not destroyed.

Jordanian king cancells visit to Iraq
08 07 2008 A visit by the Jordanian King Abdullah to Iraq has been cancelled because of security problems according to diplomatic sources in the Jordanian capital Amman. No new date has been set for the visit.

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Afghanistan suggests Pakistan responsible for embassy bombing
08 07 2008 Afghanistan is linking Pakistan to Monday's deadly bombing outside the Indian Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

Canada trumpets G8 vow to halve emissions by 2050
08 07 2008 The Group of Eight industrialized nations on Tuesday endorsed halving global emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 in a declaration praised by the Canadian government.

U.S. agent fires at 3 in sleepy town on Quebec-Vermont border
08 07 2008 A U.S. border guard fired shots Monday at three people trying to enter a sleepy town on the Quebec-Vermont border where the library famously lies partly in Canada and partly in the United States.

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U.S. will keep talking with Russia on missile shield
09 07 2008 TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - The United States will continue its dialogue with Russia on a missile defense shield, the White House said on Wednesday after Moscow warned it would use military means if the shield were deployed close to its borders.

Brazil boom lifts millions into middle class
09 07 2008 RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Clearing a space among empty beer bottles, Paulo spreads out a glossy leaflet that envisions an urban development more reminiscent of Tokyo or Singapore than the Rio de Janeiro slum where he has lived for 50 years.

Mexico looks for "dirty war" graves on army base
09 07 2008 ATOYAC DE ALVAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Forensics experts began digging for secret graves on an army base in southwestern Mexico this week to find proof of government atrocities during the country's 1970s 'dirty war.'

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G8 leaders agree on halving emissions by 2050
08 07 2008 TOYAKO (AFP) - The Group of Eight major powers agreed Tuesday to at least halve global carbon emissions by 2050 in what leaders hailed as a step forward, but developing nations rejected as an "empty slogan".

Iran says would strike Israel, US navy if attacked
08 07 2008 TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran would "set fire" to Israel and the US navy in the Gulf as its first response to any American attack over its nuclear programme, an aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Tuesday.

Afghan officials accuse Pakistan of Indian embassy attack
08 07 2008 KABUL (AFP) - Afghan officials accused Pakistan Tuesday of being behind a suicide blast at the Indian embassy that left 41 people dead, saying the attack had the hallmarks of its intelligence agency.

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