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- North Korea fires missiles in 4th of July salvo
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AP - North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles Saturday into waters off its east coast in a show of military firepower that defied U.N. resolutions and drew global expressions of condemnation and concern. - Biden spends July 4 with son, other troops in Iraq
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AP - Vice President Joe Biden spent the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, while the Iraqi government spokesman publicly rejected the American's offer to help with national reconciliation, saying it's an internal affair. - 2 US troops die in attack on base in Afghanistan
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AP - Taliban militants fired rockets and mortars at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two American troops in a fierce battle as thousands of Marines in the south continued with their massive anti-Taliban push. - Oasis amidst war, Afghan valley looks to tourism
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AP - There's a new building in town, and it isn't a military barracks or a hospital. It's a Tourist Information Center. - Marines march in grueling Afghan sun for July 4
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AP - Taliban militants were nowhere in sight as the columns of U.S. Marines walked a third straight day across southern Afghanistan. But the desert heat proved an enemy in its own right, with several troops falling victim Saturday to temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
- The Bigger Issue Behind North Korea's Missile Launch (Time.com) Time.com - North Korea has a tradition of marking July 4 with its own fireworks display -- this time by firing at least seven short-range SCUD missiles towards the Sea of Japan
- A leader of Hungary's 1956 revolution dies (AP) AP - Bela Kiraly, one of the military leaders of Hungary's short-lived anti-Soviet revolution in 1956, has died, the government said. He was 97.
- US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,322 (AP) AP - As of Saturday, July 4, 2009, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
- Exiled Honduran president vows return on Sunday
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AP - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Saturday that he would return to Honduras to try to retake office following last week's military-backed coup, despite warnings of a potentially bloody confrontation and the interim government's vow to arrest him and put him on trial. - Sudan tries to contact kidnappers of Darfur aid workers
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AFP - Sudanese authorities were trying on Saturday to establish contact with kidnappers who snatched two foreign aid workers from their offices in Darfur, a foreign ministry official said. - US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 642 (AP) AP - As of Saturday, July 4, 2009, at least 642 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.
- Canada, U.S. unemployment expected to rise (Reuters) Reuters - The jobless rate in Canada and the United States will continue to rise, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday.
- Australia welcomes its first new-born elephant
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AFP - Australia has welcomed the first elephant ever born in the country with the arrival of a 100-kilogram (220.4-pound) male calf at a Sydney zoo, according to keepers. - OAS tells Honduras it can't drop out, but weighs kicking it out (McClatchy Newspapers) McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The new government in Honduras may want to wash its hands of the Organization of American States, but the OAS says no, not that way — if there's to be any severing of ties, it'll be the OAS that does it.
- India decriminalizes consensual gay sex (The Christian Science Monitor) The Christian Science Monitor - In a historic ruling, an Indian court decriminalized homosexual sex Thursday ? a move that was hailed by gay rights activists as the first concrete step toward achieving equal rights for homosexuals in this deeply conservative country.
- Honduras Braces for a Protracted Fight (Time.com) Time.com - Despite a looming deadline, nobody expects a political crisis symptomatic of the brittleness of Central American democracy to resolve any time soon
- 'Business as Usual' Days after Peru Crisis (OneWorld.net) OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jul 2 (OneWorld.net) - The Peruvian government has given a company permission to drill for oil in Amazon territories populated by two uncontacted tribes, just 13 days after dozens of people were killed during protests against the exploitation of indigenous lands.
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