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U.S. SENATE PLANS TO HOLD TEST VOTE ON OIL-SPILL ENERGY BILL WED

Source: Reuters U.S. SENATE PLANS TO HOLD TEST VOTE ON OIL-SPILL ENERGY BILL WEDNESDAY - DEMOCRATIC AIDE ...

As food crisis deteriorates in Niger, World Vision expands response

World Vision - USA As food crisis deteriorates in Niger, World Vision expands response Aid agency says annual "hunger season" began early this year 1.5 million children suffering from malnutrition throughout Niger ...

Demos as gutted Arizona immigration law takes effect

Source: Reuters * Demonstrators block street, at least 45 arrests * Ruling seen slowing states mulling copycat laws * Sheriff pushes ahead with crime and immigration sweep (Recasts with Arizona appeal, update ...

U.S. says WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands

Source: Reuters * Leak may costs lives, damage trust with allies -Pentagon * Army intelligence officer at center of leak probe * Doubts growing over war, casualties rising (Recasts with Gates, Mullen comments ...

Kosovo foreign minister sees wave of recognitions

Source: Reuters * Kosovo campaigning for membership in the U.N. * Hyseni sees at least 100 recognitions by end-2010 By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, July 29 (Reuters) - Kosovo's foreign minister predicted ...

U.S. spill panel to hold meeting in D.C. in August

Source: Reuters * Panel still finalizing details of meeting * Panel held first meeting in New Orleans WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - The White House panel tasked with guiding the future of U.S. ...

OIL-SPILL/DUDLEY =2

Source: Reuters WILD MAN OF THE WOODS Hattiesburg today is the main city in southern Mississippi, and is nicknamed "Hub City" because it sits on a main road and rail intersection. A ...

U.S. oil spill response nears turning point-Allen

Source: Reuters * US, Louisiana officials weigh next steps on spill * Plans could shift from response to long-term recovery * BP operation to kill well could proceed this weekend By Chris Baltimore HOUSTON, ...

BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage

Source: Reuters * US judges look at merging civil lawsuits against BP * BP wants cases seen in Houston, US gov't in New Orleans * BP pushes ahead with assets sales to pay for cleanup * BP shares extend gains, ...

Arizona appeals ruling on state's immigration law

Source: Reuters (Adds Arizona governor comment, details) PHOENIX, July 29 (Reuters) - Arizona lodged an appeal on Thursday seeking to lift a judge's ruling blocking key parts of the state's controversial law ...

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Hamas: Direct talks will lead to more Palestinian suffering
Islamist group slams Arab League support for direct talks between Israel, PA; US 'encouraged' by development
David Miliband attacks 'loudmouth' Cameron over Pakistan comments
Former foreign secretary criticises PM for warning that Pakistan 'should not be allowed to promote the export of terror' David Cameron was today accused of being a "loudmouth" by David Miliband, the former foreign secretary and Labour leadership contender, over his claims that elements of the....
Protesters greet Ariz. immigration law
PHOENIX, July 29 (UPI) -- Hundreds of people protested the new Arizona immigration law as parts of it took effect Thursday, including some who blocked the entrance to a Phoenix jail. Law - Arizona - Phoenix Arizona - Immigration - United States
Network Equipment Technologies Announces Financial Results for First Quarter ...
FREMONT, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/29/10 -- Telecommunications equipment maker Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NWK) today reported results for its fiscal first quarter, ended June 25, 2010. Total revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2011 was $13.5 million, down from $18.9 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 and $19.
Rangel Hit with 13 Alleged Ethics Charges
House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday
Mother confesses to baby murders
A nursing assistant has admitted killing eight of her newborn babies and stashing their tiny remains in plastic bags in a small village in northern France, officials said.
Scores dead as boat capsizes in Congo
At least 140 people have died after a ferry overturned in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said on Thursday.
Citigroup agrees $75m fraud fine
Banking giant Citigroup agrees to pay $75m to settle civil charges that it misled investors over potential losses from subprime mortgages.
Russians flee raging forest fires
Raging forest fires have encircled a southern Russian city and torn through provincial villages, forcing evacuations of hospitals and homes.
Missing Russian pilot found in Sudan-diplomats, UN
* Missing Russian pilot freed, is well and safe * Russian diplomat says Sudan paramilitaries behind kidnap (Adds U.N. comment in New York) MOSCOW, July 29 (Reuters) - A Russian helicopter pilot who disappeared in Sudan was found on Thursday and handed over to the United Nations mission in Darfur, Russian diplomats and U.
Al Qaida flag flies after bloodshed
Militants have flown an al Qaida flag over a Baghdad town after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their bodies.
Vicar convicted over sham marriages
A British jury has found a vicar guilty of overseeing sham marriages of illegal migrants to help them stay in the country.
Gulf oil spill plans on target
Preparations for step one of a two-step attempt to plug the blown-out Gulf oil well are going well and it could start by the weekend.
Gaza kids fly kites to break own record
Thousands of kites have filled the sky over Gaza as children gathered to break their world record.
Subdued gay pride march winds through Jerusalem
Thousands of marchers outnumber dozens of protesters in peaceful, sombre demonstration
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HOW TO: Source and deliver the right food to 300,000 IDPs in northern Yemen
SANAA, 29 July 2010 (IRIN) - Feeding over 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Yemen involves complex logistics and coordination.
PAKISTAN: Timeline on human displacement since September 2009
LAHORE, 29 July 2010 (IRIN) - Conflict-related population displacements have been continuing in northwestern Pakistan as the government tries to take the fight to pro-Taliban rebels - highlights below.
BANGLADESH: Spreading the floating farms’ tradition
CHANDRA, 29 July 2010 (IRIN) - As swollen monsoon rivers and rising sea levels threaten to engulf more land across Bangladesh, NGOs are training thousands of farmers in traditional soil-less farming on water.
GUINEA: Climbing out of the donor funding gap
DAKAR, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) - More than two million Guineans do not have enough to eat, basic health services are a shambles and the country is in a fragile transition from decades of military rule, yet most aid donors do not see Guinea as an "emergency".
AFRICA: It's how you spend the money that saves lives
KAMPALA/JOHANNESBURG, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) - Members of the African Union (AU) reaffirmed at the end of their meeting on 27 July in Kampala, Uganda, that they would strive to spend 15 percent of their national budgets on health, but at the end of the day it is about how "effectively and efficiently" you spend the money, not about how much.
MADAGASCAR: Going the way of the dodo?
JOHANNESBURG, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) - Vast portions of Madagascar's unique biodiversity could be lost - possibly forever, and at incalculable cost to ordinary Malagasy and the world - by the continued suspension of environmental funding in response to an ongoing political crisis, says a new report by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the main environmental donor.
Analysis: Time for jaw-jaw, not war-war in Somaliland
HARGEISA, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) - Negotiating a swift end to a conflict in the east that has displaced thousands of civilians in recent weeks should be a top priority for Somaliland's new president if a much larger crisis is to be averted, say analysts.
AFRICA: Mapping health budgets and child deaths
JOHANNESBURG, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) - As many African countries battle to bring down staggering rates of maternal and child mortality, maternal and child health made for a fitting theme at the African Union (AU) Summit this week in Kampala, Uganda.
OPT: West Bank Bedouins worse off than Gazans
AL HADIDIYA, WEST BANK, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) - The road to al-Hadidiya village in the northeastern West Bank district of Tubas is dotted with boulders etched with a warning in Hebrew, Arabic and English: “Danger - Open Fire Area”.
AFGHANISTAN: Flash floods leave over 20 dead
KABUL, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) - Flash floods killed over 20 people and destroyed dozens of houses in different parts of Afghanistan on 26-27 July, according to the Afghanistan National Disasters Management Authority (ANDMA).
GLOBAL: "Seek, test, treat and retain" to stem HIV among drug users
VIENNA, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) - Activists and scientists at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna called on governments to stop criminalizing drug users and instead to provide them with addiction and HIV treatment.
YEMEN: Alarm bells ringing in Saada
SANAA, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) - There is growing concern that another round of fighting between the army and Houthi-led rebels in the northern governorates of Saada and Amran is imminent. Clashes have escalated in recent days and an 11 February ceasefire has all but broken down, observers say.
In Brief: Dengue cases spike in Thailand
BANGKOK, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) - Dengue has reached a five-year high in Thailand, with 41,136 cases and 38 deaths to 20 July, against 22,969 infections and 19 deaths in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Public Health.
SOUTH AFRICA: Child deaths stubbornly high
JOHANNESBURG, 27 July 2010 (IRIN) - The race to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015 is more than halfway run, but new reports say South Africa is unlikely to reduce its burden of deaths in children under five in time to cross the finish line.
GLOBAL: Insights into the ever more complex aid system
DAKAR, 27 July 2010 (IRIN) - As the humanitarian “system” becomes more complex, with new actors and overlapping mandates, different definitions of humanitarian aid, and ever-more ambitious goals, humanitarian aid watchdog Development Initiatives outlines some of the needs, responses and funding trends over the past decade in its 2010 Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) report.