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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page St Louis Star.com http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:00:14 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:00:14 -0400 30 Swiss banks are shunning business from the U.S. amid concerns over legal issues and prospects for tighter regulation. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515034/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:13:05 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515034/cs/1/ Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, Amnesty International concluded in a new report published this week. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514934/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:30:37 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514934/cs/1/ South Korea's Defense Ministry says North Korea launched five missiles off its eastern coast Saturday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515051/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:47:08 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515051/cs/1/ Politics in Washington picked up a beat Friday, when former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin suddenly announced her resignation as Alaskan governor. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514935/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:39:56 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514935/cs/1/ The incoming head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says he knows of no hard evidence that Iran is trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear weapons. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514936/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:44:33 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514936/cs/1/ Pakistan's military says a transport helicopter has crashed because of a technical failure, killing 26 security personnel on board. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515052/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:51:03 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515052/cs/1/ A leaked report purportedly drafted by authorities in Myanmar’s military government describes a top-secret visit to North Korea late last year by Myanmar's top brass, during which the two sides pledged to significantly expand cooperation in military training and arms production, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514933/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:22:09 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514933/cs/1/ South African police have seized a large quantity of heroin which they say was smuggled into the country from Iran. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515050/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:42:11 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515050/cs/1/ Israeli attacks with guided missiles fired from aerial drones killed civilians during the recent Gaza fighting in violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said in a report released this week. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514932/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:38:08 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514932/cs/1/ In a bizarre twist a man who lost his female flatmate in a tragic accident will now be prosecuted because of an unrelated incident. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514953/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:31:56 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514953/cs/1/ The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding freedom of expression and press freedom on Friday voiced his strong support for the recent call issued by the foreign ministers of the Group of Eight (G8) nations on Iran to respect fundamental human rights. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514957/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:02:07 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514957/cs/1/ Islamabad, July 4 (Xinhua) Twelve militants were killed Saturday after security forces bombed their hideouts in northwest Pakistan, TV reports said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515186/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:10:15 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515186/cs/1/ Panama City, July 4 (Xinhua) A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted the Panama capital Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515187/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:10:15 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515187/cs/1/ London bookmakers were breathing a massive sigh of relief after avoiding a financial bath thanks to the Wimbledon semi-finals loss of Andy Murray. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515183/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:10:11 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515183/cs/1/ The German Olympic Committee (DSOB) Saturday reacted with caution to a doping ban on the nation's most successful Winter Olympian, speed skater Claudia Pechstein. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515182/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:10:09 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515182/cs/1/ Bangkok, July 4 (Xinhua) Twenty-six people were killed Saturday in a pile-up involving a passenger bus and six cars on a highway in southern Thailand, the police said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515180/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:10:07 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515180/cs/1/ Twenty-six Pakistani soldiers were killed when a helicopter in which they were travelling crashed in the Orakzai tribal agency close to the Afghan border, a media report said Saturday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515151/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:10:09 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515151/cs/1/ Torrential rains and flooding forced more than 150,000 people from their homes, cut power and destroyed crops across southern China, state media reported Saturday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515150/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:10:08 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515150/cs/1/ North Korea fired its seventh missile from its eastern coast Saturday, the South Korean defence ministry said, as Pyongyang raised tension in the Korean peninsula. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515147/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:10:06 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515147/cs/1/ Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share genetic roots that seem to be specific to serious mental disorders, new studies have revealed. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515146/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:10:05 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515146/cs/1/ Sexist jokes induce an attitude that equates violence against women with a macho image, according to a recent study. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515145/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:10:04 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515145/cs/1/ Former Pakistan chief selector Abdul Qadir is preparing ammunition for his July 14 meeting with a parliamentary committee and says he will candidly inform the Members of the National Assembly (MNA) about the irregularities in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515118/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:00:02 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515118/cs/1/ Finishing blues cost Indian golfers dearly, as Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia, was the only one of the four to make the midway cut at Open de Alstom Friday. Even Chowrasia bogeyed three of his last six holes, and dropped from a likely top-15 placing to tied 44th at the Le Golf National here. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515116/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:50:10 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515116/cs/1/ Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair Friday finally got to publicly thank the man credited with crafting his Labour party's win and putting him into power - courtesy of an Indian medal. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515114/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:50:08 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515114/cs/1/ Sanya Richards of the United States lowered her 2009 world best over 400 metres at the Bislett Games as she remained in the hunt for athletics' Golden League $1-million jackpot. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515111/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:50:06 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515111/cs/1/ More than two million Pakistanis who have been displaced by the ongoing war between security forces and militants, but who have not got admission into any relief camp, are in appalling condition as they have no access to government aid, the Amnesty International has said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515109/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:50:04 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515109/cs/1/ The Myanmar junta Saturday snubbed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's requests to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, or even to visit the Nobel peace laureate, who is currently in a Yangon jail, sources said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515087/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:50:06 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515087/cs/1/ The military operation in northwest Pakistan is not against any tribal group but targets the Taliban led by Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said, stressing that the government has not signed any peace deal with the militants. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515081/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:50:03 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515081/cs/1/ The Bangladesh government is coming under increasing pressures from its own ministers and ruling Awami League lawmakers to hold urgent bilateral talks with India, which is planning to build a dam on the Barak river the two neighbours share, a media report here said Saturday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515048/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:30:07 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515048/cs/1/ Hollywood star Zac Efron and model-turned-actress Megan Fox were seen enjoying a romantic dinner date at Pace, an upscale restaurant here. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515044/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:30:04 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515044/cs/1/ Actors and close friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck played poker at an event in Las Vegas to raise money for charity. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515043/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:30:03 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515043/cs/1/ Two prestigious universities - Oxford in Britain and McGill in Canada - have joined hands for research on the human brain. The two universities are among world leaders in neuroscience research. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515041/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:30:01 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515041/cs/1/ Want to save Mt Everest, the universal symbol of grandeur, toughness and adventure? Then eat an apple pie. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515010/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:50:10 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515010/cs/1/ This happens in the world's oldest democracy as well. Two lawmakers, one accused of corruption and the other of slashing his girlfriend's face with a broken drinking glass, are at the centre of a bizarre 'parliamentary coup' that has paralysed the New York Senate for weeks, stalling action on critical bills. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515008/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:50:07 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515008/cs/1/ Celebrity couple David and Victoria Beckham splashed out $81,660 on a luxury eco-spa break for their 10th wedding anniversary. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515006/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:50:05 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515006/cs/1/ King of Pop Michael Jackson is likely to be buried in a $25,000 solid bronze casket, just like soul legend James Brown. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515002/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:50:02 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/515002/cs/1/ Scientists are focussing on bacteria-killer proteins known as colicins to potentially open the way to new medicines. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514989/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:20:09 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514989/cs/1/ An optical transistor, successfully crafted from a single molecule, brings researchers a step closer to an optical computer, which would be much faster and more powerful than existing counterparts. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514979/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:30:04 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514979/cs/1/ The governor of President Barack Obama's home state Illinois has expressed a desire to work together with India, saying the people of India are exceptionally important for America. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514978/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:30:03 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514978/cs/1/ Three people have died of swine flu in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health announced Saturday, reporting the country's first fatalities from the H1N1 virus. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514976/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:30:01 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514976/cs/1/ US President Barack Obama has been squabbling with West European leaders over how to handle issues such as the global economic crisis and climate change, and those differences appeared to hang over the upcoming G8 summit in Italy. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514964/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:14 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514964/cs/1/ Russia has agreed to allow American troops and weapons to fly over its airspace on the way to Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Saturday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514963/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:13 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514963/cs/1/ 'New York', the first big Bollywood film to hit America after the industry strike, has won good reviews from US media with the New York Times praising its portrayal of problems faced by a Muslim minority. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514962/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:11 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514962/cs/1/ Beijing, July 4 (Xinhua) Asia should have its own monetary fund to better ensure financial stability of the region, a senior UN official has said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514960/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:05 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514960/cs/1/ Six people, including three children, have died in a fire in a block of flats in London, the fire brigade said late Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514944/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:50:09 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514944/cs/1/ St.The following is the scoreboard of the match between India and the West Indies in the rain marred third One-day international of the four-match series at the Beausejor Stadium here Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514945/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:50:09 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514945/cs/1/ St.Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni played another responsible knock of 46 not out as India took an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the series, winning the third One-day international by six wickets according to the Duckworth-Lewis (DL) Method with just one ball to spare here on a rain-marred Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514943/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:50:07 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514943/cs/1/ St.A responsible knock of 46 from 34 balls by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped India to defeat West Indies by six wickets under Dockworth-Lewis method in the rain-affected third One-day international here Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514942/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:50:06 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514942/cs/1/ Striker Michael Owen completed his free-transfer move to English football champions Manchester United Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514940/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:50:03 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514940/cs/1/ Pakistani residents in the Hamza Banda area of Lower Dir district have ordered Taliban commander Mufti Aftab to leave the area immediately, a media report said Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514930/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:50:05 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514930/cs/1/ Pakistan has sealed its South Waziristan border with Afghanistan and imposed a curfew there to prevent Afghan militants from infiltrating into its territory in the wake of fresh offensives by US troops on the Taliban on the other side of the border. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514929/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:50:04 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514929/cs/1/ Organisers Friday released the first details of Michael Jackson's public memorial service, confirming that it will take place at the Staples Centre in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514928/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:50:03 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514928/cs/1/ The Pakistani police have arrested a terrorist considered to be an expert in making suicide bomb vests, a media report said Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514920/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:00:06 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514920/cs/1/ Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani will meet in the Egyptian resort city of Sharam-el-Sheikh July 16, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514905/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:20:02 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514905/cs/1/ Given only a couple more weeks by the Maoists and unable to table the budget in parliament due to their opposition, Nepal's beleaguered Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Friday expanded his cabinet in a surprise move, inducting two more ministers. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514887/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:20:13 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514887/cs/1/ The British government has relaxed travel restrictions on its citizens visiting Sri Lanka nearly five weeks after Tamil separatist rebels were defeated to end a more then 30-year war in the South Asian country, the British high commission in Colombo said Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514877/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:20:05 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514877/cs/1/ Tokyo/India and Japan, the only country to have been attacked by atomic bombs, Friday decided to work together for an early conclusion of the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) and to fast-track negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514876/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:20:03 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514876/cs/1/ At least 28 militants were killed in a suspected US drone attack and clashes with Pakistani troops in the country's northwest, officials said Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514874/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:20:02 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514874/cs/1/ Japan's Cabinet Friday approved a bill to extend its troops' refuelling operations in the Indian Ocean to help the US-led forces in Afghanistan by another six months till Jan 15 next year, a media report said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514862/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:09 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514862/cs/1/ The parents of a three-year-old Southeast Portland boy who died after an Indian-American doctor nicknamed 'Dr Death' operated on him have settled their wrongful death lawsuit for $200,000. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514855/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:03 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514855/cs/1/ Gay activists in the US, including Indian Americans, have hailed the Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising homosexuality, terming it as a 'historic first'. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514854/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:02 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514854/cs/1/ Karachi, July 3(IANS) Former Pakistan Test cricketer Aamer Sohail Friday played down reports of a growing rift with fellow Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) director Wasim Bari. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514839/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:50:05 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514839/cs/1/ India's Leander Paes was in sight of his second Grand Slam title of the year after he along with Zimbabwe's Cara Black booked a final berth in the mixed doubles of the Wimbledon tennis championships here Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514926/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:50:02 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514926/cs/1/ Singer-actress Beyonce Knowles is desperate to star in a remake of the 1992 movie 'Sister Act' after watching the sell-out West End musical version of the same in London. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514925/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:00:11 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514925/cs/1/ Harry Potter star Emma Watson plans to become a make-up artist if her movie career falters. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514924/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:00:10 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514924/cs/1/ Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves can't wait to see what the critics make of his new movie because he loves finding out how his performances are rated. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514923/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:00:09 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514923/cs/1/ Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt was forced to hitch a lift from a paparazzo when his motorbike broke down on a busy Hollywood street. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514922/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:00:08 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514922/cs/1/ Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has revealed he was unfazed by his on-screen kiss with co-star Bonnie Wright in the upcoming instalment of the wizard franchise because appearing naked on Broadway has left him 'blase' about filming intimate scenes. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514921/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:00:06 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514921/cs/1/ Washington, July 3 (Xinhua) A robotic version of US President Barack Obama debuted at an event Friday at the Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514946/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:50:10 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514946/cs/1/ Members of the International Atomic Energy Agency unanimously designated Japan's Yukiyo Amano as the next IAEA chief Friday, ending a rift between developing and industrialised countries over his nomination. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514913/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:20:07 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514913/cs/1/ At least 23 people were killed and 31 injured when two passenger buses in which they were travelling collided head-on in Peru's southern Puno region, officials said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514894/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:10:03 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514894/cs/1/ Moscow, July 3 (RIA Novosti) Moscow and Washington will sign deals expanding bilateral military ties and on transit of military supplies via Russia to the American troops in Afghanistan during President Barack Obama's visit to the Russian capital, an official said Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514893/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:10:01 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514893/cs/1/ Moscow, July 3 (RIA Novosti) Michael Jackson's promoter has announced that 11,000 free tickets would be available to the public for the King of Pop's memorial service, to be held next Tuesday in Los Angeles. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514884/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:20:10 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514884/cs/1/ The Yemeni airline Yemenia could be placed on a black list and banned from flying in Europe if it did not improve the condition of its aircraft, French Junior Minister for Transport Dominique Bussereau said Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514863/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:10 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514863/cs/1/ Germany will send its advanced Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft to Afghanistan to help the NATO forces in the fight against Taliban, a media report said Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514856/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:05 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514856/cs/1/ NAZRAN, Russia : Ten Chechen police were killed on Saturday when militants fired on their convoy in the neighbouring Russian region of Ingushetia, one of the deadliest recent attacks in the increasing... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864063/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:27:01 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864063/ Militants attacked a US coalition base in eastern Afghanistan today, exploding a truck outside the gates, sparking a two-hour gunbattle and killing two American troops, officials said. US for... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864056/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:31:13 -0400 The Independent http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864056/ BEIJING -- Chinese authorities have punished six government officials after three baby girls whose parents were still alive were sent to an orphanage in southern China that subsequently put them up f... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864287/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:33:19 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864287/ Cpl. Nicholas Bulger, 30, from Peterborough, Ont., was killed when convoy which transports Canada’s top soldier in Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb. Five others were injured. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864290/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:16:22 -0400 National Post http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864290/ VANCOUVER -- Air Canada is standing firm on its new policy to allow cats and small dogs to travel in passenger cabins, despite health concerns from people who suffer from pet allergies. The Lung Assoc... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864107/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:16:09 -0400 National Post http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864107/ The shadow leader of the Commons said people are growing tired of the Daily Telegraph's "witch-hunt" on MPs' expenses. The newspaper suggested he claimed home loan costs for a property despite owning... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864301/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:14:23 -0400 Sky News http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864301/ USO often brings thoughts of Bob Hope, but organization well beyond that Group offers technology, entertainment to troops overseas USO played key role in arranging "Colbert Report" from Iraq http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864079/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:17:33 -0400 CNN http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864079/ Teenage girl only person to survive plane crash off Comoros islands French, U.S. divers are helping to search for debris and bodies from the plane The plane's data recorders have yet to be found, Yeme... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864081/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:17:31 -0400 CNN http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864081/ LONDON -- A three-week-old baby and two children were among six people killed when a fire tore through a 12-storey block of flats in southeast London on Friday, emergency services said.The blaze broke... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864292/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:16:12 -0400 National Post http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864292/ The head of the United Nations has admitted his deep disappointment at his failure to meet Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon was made to wait overnight for a decision, but eve... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864303/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:06:00 -0400 Euro News http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864303/ LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- An audio-animatronic figure of President Barack Obama is ready to make its debut at Walt Disney World.Disney's Hall of Presidents show will reopen this Fourth of July with t... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864283/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:33:26 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864283/ RANGOON, Burma — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday he was "deeply disappointed" after Burma's military ruler rejected his second and final request to meet jailed opposition leader ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864306/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:29:27 -0400 Fox News http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864306/ Manila: More than 1,000 Muslim separatist guerrillas have been killed in fighting in the southern Philippines over the past year, the military said on Saturday, but a rebel leader denied the claim. Th... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864299/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:01:00 -0400 Gulf News http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864299/ PHOENIX - Cynthia Mary Roberson is an unemployed mother who police say led her 12- and 14-year-old sons and their friends to commit at least 20 armed robberies and assaults, including the beating of a... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864295/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:53:59 -0400 Philadelphia Inquirer http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864295/ '); As anti-American protesters nearby burned a U.S. flag, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. vowed in Iraq on Friday that those seeking to destroy progress will fail but warned the United States w... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25862893/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:39:14 -0400 Washington Times http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25862893/ '); CAIRO | A powerful cleric said Friday that Iran will put British Embassy staffers on trial for fomenting postelection turmoil, a step that would likely increase Iran's isolation and alienate We... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25862665/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:39:13 -0400 Washington Times http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25862665/ Washington: President Barack Obama sought to rally support for his domestic initiatives, while Senator John McCain called for Americans to support millions of Iranian election protesters. The onetime ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864297/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:01:02 -0400 Gulf News http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864297/ The delay in getting surgery that ultimately saved her life has transformed outspoken Canadian opera singer Measha Brueggergosman into an outspoken critic of the failings of Canadian health care. "As ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864129/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:16:25 -0400 National Post http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864129/ Martin Jones' canine was pulled out so a tiny optical lens could be fitted to it. Then, amazingly, the tooth was inserted in his eye socket. The 42-year-old lost his left eye and was totally blinded... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864300/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:14:24 -0400 Sky News http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864300/ TEHRAN, Iran — A top aide to Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and said in an editorial Saturday he should be tried for committing crimes against the ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864304/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:29:28 -0400 Fox News http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864304/ TEHRAN (Reuters) - A newspaper editor seen as close to Iran's top authority said Saturday defeated election candidate Mirhossein Mousavi and a former pro-reform president had committed "terrible crime... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864281/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:10:27 -0400 Reuters http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864281/ CREW members of a Belgian ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia in mid-April will be re-united with their families early next week, Belgium's government crisis centre said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864078/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:55:59 -0400 The Australian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864078/ '); The global recession and lawsuits from environmental groups have slowed the scramble for previously unattainable oil and gas reserves and shipping routes in the Arctic caused by climate change,... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25862704/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:39:13 -0400 Washington Times http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25862704/ Garth Drabinsky (left) and Myron Gottlieb (right), once co-owners of the now defunct theatre production company, Livent Inc., leave court after the opening day of their fraud trial in May 2008. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864291/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:16:06 -0400 National Post http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864291/ June 29: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, raises the arm of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, center, who embraces Cuba's Raul Castro. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864307/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:29:26 -0400 Fox News http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25864307/