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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material.http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer/entities/en/1510.htmlenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/DEH69ZwsIn4/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/DEH69ZwsIn4/index.htmlHere are reactions to the posting on WikiLeaks.org of tens of thousands of leaked U.S. military and diplomatic reports on the war in Afghanistan:Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-abff0af1fcb5592f34c30da5426cfc0ccnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/YMDS0_F_NKQ/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/YMDS0_F_NKQ/index.htmlNo final decision had been made regarding whether embattled CEO Tony Hayward will leave BP, the company said in a statement Monday morning.Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-a25c61cc246af432ea16defd26d9568ecnnenhttp://www.daralhayat.com/portalarticlendah/166436http://www.daralhayat.com/portalarticlendah/166436Jihad el-Khazen The Supreme Court in Israel has decided to double the sentence of the Israeli policeman who killed a Palestinian as he was fleeing the scene of an attempted car theft. The policeman, Shahar Mizrahi, killed the suspected thief Mohammed Ghanaim, as he was moving away from him.Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200daralhayat-e6949867085f5293b007030fc8f1eccddaralhayatenhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7910473/Moscow-hit-by-smog-in-soaring-temperatures.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7910473/Moscow-hit-by-smog-in-soaring-temperatures.htmlThick smog blanketed large parts of Moscow as dozens of forest and peat bog fires raged outside the Russian capital amid soaring temperatures.Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200telegraph-5409d5409b3telegraphenhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/7910117/What-is-Wikileaks.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/7910117/What-is-Wikileaks.htmlIt has just released confidential documents that shed light on the war in Afghanistan, but how has Wikileaks become one of the most important whistle-blowing sites on the web?Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200telegraph-66e2aecc4a0679d6bb79d0fd1f0f2b3etelegraphenhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1297677/Browns-account-global-financial-crisis-published-November.html?ITO=1490http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1297677/Browns-account-global-financial-crisis-published-November.html?ITO=1490The former prime minister is spending his time on the backbenches bashing out his book at a rate of 10,000 words a day.Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200dailymail-a16901cc4d29c94c135aae6e6b933edadailymailenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/0Tty9oVeq-A/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/0Tty9oVeq-A/index.htmlConservative firebrand Tom Tancredo will run for governor of Colorado despite strident objections from the state GOP, the former congressman is set to announce later Monday, according to The Denver Post.Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-4054c4ca1e82e9d7476249756a50c97acnnenhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/V1lQ4QlQ8F4/sns-afghanistan-missing-americans,0,1003108.storyhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/V1lQ4QlQ8F4/sns-afghanistan-missing-americans,0,1003108.storyKABUL, Afghanistan -- An insurgent faction that claimed to have killed one U.S. serviceman and captured another offered to exchange the slain man's body for an unspecified number of prisoners, an Afghan official said Sunday.Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200latimes-28e7f437cdfacb6ea05c67e0dfb9e001latimesenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/ups6_9tk7D0/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/ups6_9tk7D0/index.htmlThe top diplomats from Iran, Brazil and Turkey met for lunch at a posh hotel on the banks of the Bosphorus, in an effort to reboot stalled negotiations over Iran's controversial nuclear program.Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-180a31bcf14aee2f7ee8a21ca1a3d7cdcnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/dN8NCDvCOKc/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/dN8NCDvCOKc/index.htmlBP Sunday refused to confirm reports that its embattled chief executive Tony Hayward was on the verge of leaving the oil giant. British media reported today that Hayward could be out as soon as Monday.Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-38784b66b738e012ccce90b00c8603f2cnnenhttp://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=40184http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=40184The welfare and wellbeing of both nations are interdependent. Now they must make that fateful choice: Do they want to live in hatred and debilitating hostility, leaving a shameful legacy to the next generation, or do they want to live in amity and peace, and become a model of prosperous, neighboring democracies? Asks Alon Ben-Meir .Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200middle-east-online_en-392ab5e00ea45bac7fc803509122a727middle-east-online_enenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/3pjzQot7QIg/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/3pjzQot7QIg/index.htmlTwo U.S. drone strikes killed eight suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal region Sunday, officials told CNN.Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-e3c9d810f88545a31dcb77c5de9805ebcnnenhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7908939/US-and-South-Korea-begin-military-drills-in-the-face-of-nuclear-threat-from-North-Korea.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7908939/US-and-South-Korea-begin-military-drills-in-the-face-of-nuclear-threat-from-North-Korea.htmlThe United States and South Korea began military drills off the Korean peninsula in defiance of threats from North Korea that it would respond with a "nuclear deterrent".Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200telegraph-5b6154d173c45503ae47a13c90386cdetelegraphenhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/25/sanders-after-you-my-dear-alphonse/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/25/sanders-after-you-my-dear-alphonse/ANALYSIS/OPINION: The miniature mid-July ballet danced by American, Chinese and U.N. statisticians only obscures a much larger geopolitical drama: China's unquenchable thirst for and America's unbreakable dependence on imported oil. When an official from the U.N. International Energy Agency last week named China the world's No.Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200washtimes-fbfbf64befb0d8d3d828e44036ab5686washtimesenhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-10739764http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-10739764Scots Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill defends his decision not to attend a hearing on the release of the Lockerbie bomber.Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-d63af38da326d1d82b3dd660cb934ac7bbcenhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128744231&ft=1&f=1001http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128744231&ft=1&f=1001Pentagon brass offered Gen. Stanley McChrystal a bittersweet farewell at his retirement ceremony Friday -- weeks after damning comments appeared in a Rolling Stone article that forced him to resign his post in Afghanistan. Guest host Audie Cornish speaks with James Fallows of The Atlantic about the....Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200NPRnews-9d57a2ac547e5756407b81626e7e6953NPRnewsenhttp://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=3260c096962cb684751edb83a9511f61http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=3260c096962cb684751edb83a9511f61On July 20, in the East Room of the White House, U.S. President Barack Obama and visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron held a joint press conference. Xinhua reporter Zhang Junshe: July 20: British Prime Minister Cameron visited the United States.Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200watchingamerica-f1be6c22bd16b2aaf36144934c48f38fwatchingamericaenhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7908128/Chelsea-Clintons-wedding-ready-for-her-big-moment-and-more.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7908128/Chelsea-Clintons-wedding-ready-for-her-big-moment-and-more.htmlAs Chelsea Clinton prepares for her wedding, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt that she is also being groomed for an even bigger role.Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200telegraph-d518000e7acb2084b344ee2d3243c91dtelegraphenhttp://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/us-geithner-rejects-fears-of-double-dip-recession-20100726-10qta.htmlhttp://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/us-geithner-rejects-fears-of-double-dip-recession-20100726-10qta.htmlUS Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner dismissed fears of a double dip recession in an interview aired Sunday, but warned of a slow US recovery with the economy only gradually gaining strength.Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200smh-75aa3b9b9e04f7606567a6ace3c09352smhenhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128717270&ft=1&f=1001http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128717270&ft=1&f=1001BP and U.S. officials say the storm could delay work to plug the broken well for good by an additional 12 days. Engineers were confident enough in the strength of the well cap that they decided to leave it shut even as most of the ships on the surface were told to leave the area.Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200NPRnews-70c29dab07b5ab6e88ed5970dbafa446NPRnewsenhttp://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/netanyahu-tells-greek-pm-i-m-worried-about-increasing-turkish-extremism-1.303511http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/netanyahu-tells-greek-pm-i-m-worried-about-increasing-turkish-extremism-1.303511President Shimon Peres told Papandreou when the two met on Wednesday that Israel wanted to restore its good relations with Turkey, but did not understand what happened to relations and what Turkey had against it. Papandreou and Netanyahu met privately, after which their advisers joined them for lunch at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem.Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200phantis-16768bbcd1ef4bc4df2a88af8260d6b5phantisenhttp://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=110198&Itemid=39http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=110198&Itemid=39Briefing the media about his visit, Mr. Kaira said that he had held meetings with various officials of the UK Government to observe its communications strategies and systems in order to strengthen Pakistan’s public diplomacy and public outreach capacity so that the democratic government could....Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200app-en-7b867233532a33793c8eb1121109d7d0app-enenhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7906296/North-Korea-threatens-physical-response-to-US-war-games.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7906296/North-Korea-threatens-physical-response-to-US-war-games.htmlNorth Korea has threatened a "physical response" to plans by the United States to hold joint military exercises with South Korea this weekend.Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200telegraph-1fe388b033e375319cfcfd323c514094telegraphenhttp://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=110224&Itemid=39http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=110224&Itemid=39UNITED NATIONS, July 23 (APP): The Security Council on Friday welcomed the commitments made this week by the Afghan Government towards greater security, improved governance and tackling corruption, and urged the international community to back those efforts.Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200app-en-f64bbe40015ea40a83415076815e9eeaapp-enenhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/22/al-qaeda-inmates-escape-days-after-us-transferred-/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/22/al-qaeda-inmates-escape-days-after-us-transferred-/BAGHDAD (AP) Four al Qaeda-linked detainees have escaped from a Baghdad area prison that was handed over by the U.S. to Iraqi authorities a week ago, Iraq's justice minister said Thursday a daring escape that embarrasses a government struggling to prove it is capable of operating without U.S. ...Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200washtimes-00bc56ebe06197bb4cedb17dbb717879washtimesenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/22/burma-three-princesses-electoral-fighthttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/22/burma-three-princesses-electoral-fightFormer leaders' daughters – and close friends of Aung San Suu Kyi – to stand in elections they know will end in victory for junta A lifetime of frustration in Burmese politics has not wearied Cho Cho Kyaw Nyein. Her years as a political prisoner have not blunted her sense of humour.Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200guardian-386d78e600ee20f307c609c634658fa4guardianenhttp://www.technologyreview.com/blog/energy/25522/http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/energy/25522/Senator Harry Reid opts for a bill without carbon dioxide limits or renewable electricity standards. Last year, comprehensive climate and energy legislation was well on its way to becoming law. After a version passed the House, pundits were concerned mostly with whether it would be passed in time for the Copenhagen climate talks last December.Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200technologyreview-9d572dd36721aff31788b1a470f2ccdctechnologyreviewenhttp://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/23/business/20100723071837&sec=businesshttp://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/23/business/20100723071837&sec=businessWASHINGTON: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Thursday that the fragile U.S. economy needs government stimulus spending to strengthen the recovery and help reduce unemployment.Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200thestar-4612a9239c483b8b74db57a9b606c9a1thestarenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/34oEelZHH0o/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/34oEelZHH0o/index.htmlThree officials in a Los Angeles suburb whose high salaries sparked statewide outrage will step down from their jobs, the city's mayor said Friday.Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-877ddf3eed36cfe69e6d623da9117469cnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/W7trU23Gw2g/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/W7trU23Gw2g/index.htmlOne of the most outspoken gay critics of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy said Thursday that he has been discharged from the Army.Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-ac7f583e0d586e7470c1ae9197f3713acnnenhttp://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6704182nhttp://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6704182nPublicly silent on the matter, President Obama called Shirley Sherrod and apologized for her firing after misleading video excerpts from a speech she delivered were posted online. Chip Reid reports.Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200CBSnews-604ba7a5dd70c6ff6b2f2221a9de3ccdCBSnewsenhttp://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Swiss_see_highs_and_lows_in_aids_fight.html?cid=18018236&rss=truehttp://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Swiss_see_highs_and_lows_in_aids_fight.html?cid=18018236&rss=trueThere have been reasons for both optimism and pessimism at the International Aids Conference in Vienna, a Swiss delegate says.Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200swissinfo-0a8218f4d758d2a466ff3d94cde220f9swissinfoenhttp://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/fix-budgets-now-ecb-chief-tells-top-economies-20100723-10om7.htmlhttp://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/fix-budgets-now-ecb-chief-tells-top-economies-20100723-10om7.htmlEuropean Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet launched an outspoken warning to top industrialised countries on Friday to cut spending and to tax now, not later for fear of derailing recovery.Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200smh-896ed8b46462ec0bc6ebc72e7beb150esmhenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_8829000/8829306.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_8829000/8829306.stmLiam Fox has admitted that mentoring and training forces may be needed in Afghanistan "for some time".Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-10c6dd0c86cdbc68c199af72e6d119f9bbcenhttp://sana.sy/eng/21/2010/07/22/299704.htmhttp://sana.sy/eng/21/2010/07/22/299704.htmDamascus, SANA_ Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad emphasized Thursday the necessity of the United Nations to assume responsibility towards the Israeli practices against the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan andThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200Sana-en-1750e827b46535f0c77813b80e3d530aSana-enenhttp://www.daralhayat.com/portalarticlendah/165327http://www.daralhayat.com/portalarticlendah/165327Zuheir Kseibati Israeli Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi did not link his threat of the “upcoming” war on Lebanon this time to an emergency factor or a change in Hezbollah’s approach for example. Rather, he insisted on UNIFIL’s inability to discover the weapons which he accused Hezbollah of storing in residential areas south to the Litani River.Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200daralhayat-f5ef7f3e398bfbd2926f33f4d50a6737daralhayatenhttp://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE66L1AU20100722?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Reuters/UKWorldNews%20%28News%20/%20UK%20/%20World%20News%29http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE66L1AU20100722?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Reuters/UKWorldNews%20%28News%20/%20UK%20/%20World%20News%29NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has a legitimate role to play in stabilising Afghanistan but peace can not be brought to the region without help from its nuclear-armed rival Pakistan, U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke said Thursday.Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200reuters-0986c901613611d9860d1089efb5b424reutersenhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1296764/Did-BP-Photo-shop-ANOTHER-oil-spill-image.html?ITO=1490http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1296764/Did-BP-Photo-shop-ANOTHER-oil-spill-image.html?ITO=1490New claims have emerged that yet another image on BP's oil leak response website has been shabbily doctored.Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200dailymail-a94bcbc43b0ea4f9c7cf1eb1d8f4e2d7dailymailenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/21/nick-clegg-pmqs-illegal-invasion-iraqhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/21/nick-clegg-pmqs-illegal-invasion-iraqClegg's reference to the Iraq war reminds us that his new allies backed the greatest foreign policy misjudgment in 70 years There were many curiosities about today's PMQs , starting with the first appearance of a Liberal politician in the prime minister's spot at the dispatch box since the 1920s –....Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200guardian-d8f9af629ce3191aa084097d11242e3dguardianenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/A5x44H_sjxI/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/A5x44H_sjxI/index.htmlShirley Sherrod, who was forced to resign from her government job in Georgia based on incomplete and misleading reports of a speech she gave, has been offered a new job by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. But, she said Wednesday night, she will have to "think about it."Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-d4665b8e2c179c11f2a47490a82e6073cnnenhttp://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/07/22/nb-dfo-salmon-miramichi-1000.html?ref=rsshttp://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/07/22/nb-dfo-salmon-miramichi-1000.html?ref=rssThe Department of Fisheries and Oceans has closed three areas on the Miramichi River to fishing to protect salmon that are under stress from the ongoing hot weather.Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200CBC-96b81c40d83e119d63129492eb506eacCBCenhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1296793/G20-policeman-escapes-charges-death-Ian-Tomlinson-protests.html?ITO=1490http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1296793/G20-policeman-escapes-charges-death-Ian-Tomlinson-protests.html?ITO=1490Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer ruled there was no 'realistic prospect' of a conviction for manslaughter or assault.Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200dailymail-dde704728bdead22dd5dc81c82bdcb86dailymailenhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1296833/Desmond-Tutu-retires-public-life.html?ITO=1490http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1296833/Desmond-Tutu-retires-public-life.html?ITO=1490Tutu - one of the last great icons of South Africa's anti-Apartheid movement and the man who labelled his country the 'rainbow nation' - said 'the time has come to slow down'.Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200dailymail-e95dfac991f02df97b38379a4c61f967dailymailenhttp://www.smh.com.au/world/us-lifts-ban-on-training-with-indonesian-special-forces-20100722-10n0i.htmlhttp://www.smh.com.au/world/us-lifts-ban-on-training-with-indonesian-special-forces-20100722-10n0i.htmlJAKARTA: The United States has announced it will resume military ties with Indonesian special forces for the first time in more than 10 years, after they were severed in 1999 over human rights abuses committed by the commando unit.Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200smh-cd543f20cb5403495f8b48521d868311smhenhttp://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CLINTON_ASIA?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULThttp://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CLINTON_ASIA?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTBy 2010-07-22T07:48:09Z HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday urged Vietnam to improve its human rights record and pledged greater cooperation in dealing with the lingering impact of Agent Orange from the Vietnam War....Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200AP-12a383d1c57b91e6b5d72a9a9d0ae91dAPen