| World News  | G8 to punish those responsible for Zimbabwe chaos
The Star
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - The Group of Eight agreed on Tuesday to impose targeted sanctions against leading Zimbabwean officials after a violent election last month that extended President Robert Mugabe's 28-year rule. Victims of Zimbabwe's post election violence camp outside the U.S. embassy in the capital Harare July 3, 2008. (REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo) The grouping of major industrial powers said it was deeply concerned by events in the...
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|  | Magnitude 6 quake startles southern Peru
The Star
AREQUIPA, Peru (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake rattled southern Peru early on Tuesday, startling residents in the Andean country's second-largest city, Arequipa, who ran out of their homes into the streets. The epicenter of the quake was located 53 km north-northwest of Arequipa, according...
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|  | Vatican regrets C of E women bishops
The Australian
THE Vatican last night regretted the decision by the Church of England to ordain women bishops, saying it would present a "new obstacle" to reconciliation between the Holy See and the Anglican communion. The vote of the General Synod earlier yesterday had sent a signal to Rome that the ecumenical goal of full visible unity had never been further away. "We learned with regret the news of the vote of the Church of England that opens the way to the...
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|  | Nadal poised to claim No 1 spot
The Australian
RAFAEL Nadal stands on the verge of becoming the world's top player - even if the latest rankings show that he is still No2. Regardless of the computer reading which was updated on Monday, Nadal stamped his supremacy over Roger Federer when he ended his Swiss rival's five-year Wimbledon reign in a heart-stopping five-set thriller. The razor-thin margin between the pair is the equivalent of the points difference between winning an ATP...
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|  | South Korean opposition to end boycott
Examiner
SEOUL, South Korea (Map, News) - South Korea's opposition party will end its boycott of the legislature over resumed U.S. beef imports, an official said Tuesday. The Democratic Party, which had refused to take part in the new National Assembly session that was supposed to start in late May, has agreed to rejoin parliament starting Thursday, said Suh Nam-kwon, an aide to the party's floor leader. The move came a day after South Korean President...
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|  | The Group of Eight: What is it?
The Times Of India
What is the G8? The G8, or Group of 8, was conceived of as a forum for leaders of the world’s largest economies and major industrialised countries Italy, France, US, UK, Russia, Canada, Japan, and Germany, to come together and discuss global issues in an informal and cooperative environment. Unlike the UNO and World Bank it does not have a trans-national administration and hence there...
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| Entertainment News  | Knight Rider(TM) GPS by Mio Brings K.I.T.T. to Every Car
PR Newswire
~Mio Technology turns 80's dream into reality with Knight Rider-themed GPS~ FREMONT, Calif., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Are you a lone crusader in the shadowy world of navigation? Mio Technology, a leading worldwide maker of portable GPS navigation devices, introduces the world's first NAVI-tainment portable navigation device with the launch of the Knight Rider GPS. With a design inspired by the original Knight Industries Two Thousand, or K.I.T.T.,...
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|  | Mr Congeniality
The Star
By MUMTAJ BEGUM entertainment@thestar.com.my BEFORE anyone can pose a question to Thomas Dekker, the 20-year-old starts relating how his girlfriend, Sydney, was supposed to come with him to Sydney but was unable to because she didn't have a passport. Thomas Dekker: 'In my whole career, I've played the weirdo, the murderer, the sidekick, the freak.' As we're trying to figure out why an actor especially someone who has been acting for 14 years...
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|  | Annette Bening named to movie academy board
Canada Dot Com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening has been elected to the governing board of the organization that gives out Hollywood's highest film honors, the Academy Awards, the group said on Monday. Bening, 50, who is married to actor Warren Beatty, will now join the 43-member Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which draws up the rules and regulations for the Academy Awards, or Oscars. The...
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|  | Eva Mendes speaks out about rehab
MSNBC
Eva Mendes isn’t “angry” about rehab and celebrity addictions — just outspoken. In a chat with Interview magazine, Mendes was pressed on the subject of celebrities with substance abuse problems, responding to a jab at Alcoholics Anonymous with silence. “They’re going to have to change the name of it to ‘Alcoholics Unanimous,’” interviewer David...
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|  | TV Today
Philadelphia Daily News
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (3-4 p.m., NBC10) - Actor John Stamos (); chef Bobby Flay; young inventors. Oprah Winfrey (4-5 p.m., 6ABC) - Jessica Seinfeld discusses her cookbook, ; teaching children health habits. Hell's Kitchen (9-10 p.m., Fox29) - The slicing and dicing - not to mention the sweating and swearing - come to an end with the season finale of the reality series. One last challenge will determine which of the contestants who started the...
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|  | Shilpa re-lives Big Brother moments
The Times Of India
The reality show diva, Shilpa Shetty is finally getting the best of both worlds. After staying away from films for quite some time courtesy the Big Brother hoopla, the actress is back under the arc lights. But even as she shoots for Sunny Deol’s home production ‘The Man’ in Goa, the actress finds herself re-living some of her Big Brother experiences on the sets. No, the actress is not...
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| Health News  | Investor John Templeton dies in Bahamas
Denver Post
The Associated PressArticle Last Updated: 07/08/2008 09:37:30 AM MDT NASSAU, Bahamas—John Templeton, an investor and mutual fund pioneer who dedicated much of his fortune to promoting religion and reconciling it with science, has died. He was 95. Templeton died Tuesday from pneumonia at Doctors Hospital in Nassau, Bahamas, said his spokesman Donald Lehr. Templeton created the $1.4 million Templeton Prize—billed as the world's...
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|  | Ten ways to lose 10 pounds
Canada Dot Com
Why is it that losing the last 10 pounds is so difficult? For many people, the first 20 or 30 seemed to come off steadily, but now everything has slowed down and summer is almost here. It feels like no matter how religiously you stick with your program, that needle on the scale isn't moving -- at least not downward. It is harder now partly because you already look and feel so much better, says Weight Watchers regional trainer Kelda Gavina. That...
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|  | Will McCafes' java lure coffee lovers?
The Columbus Dispatch
What with fuel prices, food costs and the onset of summer doldrums, you deserve a break today -- or so McDonald's would like you to think. The fast-food giant has, for the past three months, been installing espresso-based coffee bars and training baristas at restaurants across central Ohio. They're in 23 stores so far, in Columbus, Dublin, Lewis Center, Marion, Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon, Newark, Pataskala, Reynoldsburg, Westerville and...
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|  | Baby's smile delivers natural high to mothers
The Australian
A BABY'S smile delivers a natural high to mothers and can be addictive. While that is hardly news to most mothers, a study of the female brain conducted in the US has provided the science behind the experience and offered further insight into the unique mother-baby bond. Queenslander Lane Strathearn, who conducted the study at Texas Children's Hospital, said that when mothers saw photos of their happy, smiling...
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|  | Mwanawasa stable after surgery
News24
Lusaka - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa was in a stable condition on Tuesday after surgery at a hospital in France to improve his breathing after he suffered a stroke in Egypt last week, his deputy said. "Following the minor operation (on Monday) afternoon to improve his breathing, his Excellency ... is recovering satisfactorily," vice president Rupiah Banda said in a statement. "His breathing is much better and Dr Mwanawasa had a restful night...
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|  | Gels to protect women from HIV may help men more
AOL
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gels aimed at helping women protect themselves from the AIDS virus may end up helping men as much or more, researchers predicted on Monday. Computer models predict that if and when such gels or creams are perfected, they would reduce the risk that men could get the incurable virus from women. But women who use such gels, or microbicides, could end up with fewer treatment options if they do become infected with HIV anyway,...
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| Politics News  | Obama will accept nomination in stadium
International Herald Tribune
: In accepting his party's nomination outside of the main Democratic convention hall this August, in the Denver Broncos' football stadium that seats more than 75,000 people, Senator Barack Obama is borrowing from the political repertoire of John F. Kennedy. Obama will be the first nominee to hold his speech outside the convention hall since Kennedy did so in 1960, when he drew a crowd of 100,000 at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. The move,...
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|  | Zimbabwe sanctions could lead to civil war, Mbeki warns leaders
The Guardian
· Bush losing patience with South African diplomacy · Opposition activist's body found tortured and burnt Costume heads representing seven of the eight G8 leaders lie on ground at Odori Koen Park in Hokkaido, Japan. Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, was given a fierce grilling by G8 leaders yesterday at a private meeting at which they told him that they did not believe his mediation efforts...
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