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North Korea on Thursday agreed to submit to China a declaration of its nuclear capabilities. The move shows an apparent step toward ending the country's nuclear weapons buildup. In response, President George W. Bush's administration pulled the Communist nation from the U.S. State Department's list of state sponsors
of terrorism.
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai (right) has taken refuge in the
Dutch embassy in Harare as President Robert Mugabe's security forces close in on Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change. Tsvangirai asked for refuge Sunday, the embassy confirmed, as he announced that he was withdrawing from Friday's presidential election run-off.
Israel's foreign minister says its ruling party must prepare to
replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in light of a corruption
investigation.
Editors' Picks
- Economy
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Inflation up 4 percent in June for 15 euro-using nations: European Central Bank likely to raise rates by quarter point to 4.25%. | RTT News
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Saudi Arabia promises oil production increase: Saudi oil minister seeks to calm worldwide anxiety, pledging to boost output by 200,000 barrels a day for rest of the year if needed, adding to current production of about 9.5 million barrels daily; global market calls for about 86 million barrels a day. | Wall Street Journal
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Mexico freezes prices on more than 150 food items to fight inflation: Government makes deal with Confederation of Industrial Chambers, an umbrella group of industry organizations; food processors want help, too. | Bloomberg
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Eleven senators want Bush administration to file World Trade Organization complaint against OPEC group: 10 Democrats and one independent say OPEC violates GATT trade pact that prohibits nations from setting quotas or imposing import restrictions. | Forbes
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- Govt./Politics
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signs landmark missile defense deal with Czech Republic.: Russia threatens military response to perceived threat from accord that permits U.S. tracking radar station on Czech soil. | AFP
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G8 summit sets goal of cutting carbon emission in half by 2050: Environmentalists say that's pathetic. The U.S. won't set interim goals. The goal appears the same as one set 16 years ago. | BBC
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Burma revokes 1990 win by democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party: Military government says new constitution invalidates previous national election, won in landslide by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy. | AFP
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President Bush hits it off with Russia's Medvedev at first meeting for pair at G-8 meeting: World leaders also debate what to do about Zimbabwe, global warming. | Washington Post
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- Other news
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Explosion in Kabul kills 40: A suicide bomber outside the Indian Embassy also injured more than 140, making this one of the most damaging attacks in Kabul. No group has claimed responsibility, but the Taliban is reasserting itself. | New York Times
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Colombia announces rescue of 15 hostages, including 3 Americans, former presidential candidate: Ingrid Betancourt had been held by insurgent group FARC since 2002; U.S. contractors were taken in '03 after drug surveillance plane crashed.| New York Times
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Attack with bulldozer kills three in Jerusalem: A Palestinian not affiliated with terrorist groups drove into a bus and several cars before being shot. | BBC
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Conservationists push for more protection of whales instead of "managing" how many are killed: International Whaling Commission's annual conference opens with proposal to establish whale sanctuary in Southern Atlantic. | Guardian
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Facing Foreclosure: Granite City
From KETC, Living St. Louis Producer Patrick Murphy visits
Granite City, Illinois, a community hard hit by the mortgage
crisis—with as many as 120 foreclosure cases each month. Illinois has a
judicial foreclosure system that gives you more time before losing your
home. The foreclosure begins with a lawsuit and has to be approved by a
judge which can take as long as a year. If you're facing a mortgage
crisis, the most important thing to do is to ask your lender questions
and seek help.
See more coverage: Facing the Mortgage Crisis
From the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Voices in the news
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Civic Progress served the region well, but changes in the corporate and banking world created a need for a new leaders. The obvious place to look is to the higher education system, writes lawyer John Roach.
Columnists
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Columnist M.W. Guzy looks at an overview of the 2004 election and wonders how John Kerry lost. Exit polls, which are usually much more precise than pre-election polling, showed Kerry with a decent margin of victory in several states. But that margin evaporated when the vote totals were released.
Blogs
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Law Scoop
The U.S. Senate is on the verge of passing a new foreign intelligence surveillance law that U.S. Sen. Christopher S. "Kit" Bond, R-Mo., has described as "a better deal than they even (the White House) had hoped to get." The ACLU calls it "Christmas" at the White House and Barack Obama's social networkers are up in arms.
The Lens
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Lens
Ellen Page's new film, "The Tracey Fragments," falls to pieces.
The Beacon and KETC/Channel 9 are covering mortgage forclosures – how they're affecting St. Louis area residents and where you can find help.
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