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Israel blocks WBank village over barrier protests

Source: Reuters (Adds details) By Wafa Amr RAMALLAH, West Bank, July 5 (Reuters) - Israeli forces blockaded a Palestinian village on Saturday in what the army called an effort to curb protests against the ...
California's priority wildfire in check -- for now

Source: Reuters By Jim Christie SAN FRANCISCO, July 5 (Reuters) - Firefighters in California have fended off a blaze threatening more than 3,000 homes in and around the coastal town of Goleta and are turning their ...
Zimbabwe condemnation expected at G8-White House

Source: Reuters ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, July 5 (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations meeting in northern Japan this week will condemn the government of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, a White House ...
Obama says he is 'puzzled' by Iraq comment frenzy

Source: Reuters By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent ST. LOUIS, July 5 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was ...
SAfrica's Mbeki meets Zimbabwe's Mugabe

Source: Reuters (Adds justice minister comments) By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE, July 5 (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki met Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday to try to help end a ...
Anti-gay violence mars Hungarian parade

Source: Reuters By Sandor Peto and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST, July 5 (Reuters) - Hungarian riot police used water cannon and tear gas on Saturday to stop far-right extremists from throwing petrol bombs and breaking ...
McGuinness urges Iraq to learn from N.Ireland peace

Source: Reuters By Khalid al-Ansary BAGHDAD, July 5 (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, a former top IRA guerrilla, urged Iraqis on Saturday to learn from the experience of his ...
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 5

Source: Reuters July 5 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1800 GMT on Saturday. * denotes new or updated items. * MOSUL - Iraqi special forces killed one militant and detained eight others ...
Mississippi River reopens as flooding wanes

Source: Reuters CHICAGO, July 5 (Reuters) - The Mississippi River, the most important U.S. commercial waterway, reopened to water navigation on Saturday after much of it was closed for nearly a month due to the worst ...
Uganda rebel Kony tells U.N. envoy he wants meeting

Source: Reuters JUBA, Sudan, July 5 (Reuters) - Uganda's fugitive rebel leader Joseph Kony has made contact with the U.N. envoy for northern Uganda's conflict and told him he is committed to signing a final peace ...