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Thursday, 9 July 2009

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US President Barack Obama, left, is greeted by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, 08 Jul 2009 World Leaders Meet for G8 Summit in Italy
G8 leaders are expected to focus on the global economic recession and at what point the economy is stable enough to stop major stimulus spending


Heavily-armed special police officers face off a crowd of Uighur residents after they staged a protest in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, 07 Jul 2009 China's President Skips G-8 Summit to Deal with Xinjiang Unrest
State Councilor Dai Bingguo now will represent China at the gathering of the world's leading industrialized nations


Soldiers on a sidewalk in downtown Tegucigalpa, 07 Jul 2009 Honduran Rivals Agree to Mediation Talks
Announcement comes after Manuel Zelaya met with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington


Cybercrooks -- and even pedophiles -- can and do break into computer conversations far more easily than they intrude into physical homes.  And the consequences can be ruinous US, S. Korean Government Web Sites Targeted in Cyber Attack Audio Clip Available
Reports are emerging in South Korean media that intelligence officials suspect North Korea may have had a hand in the disruption


Indonesian presidential candidate and current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono salutes during a press conference at his residence in Cibubur, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, 08 Jul 2009 Indonesia's Early Count Gives President Yudhoyono Majority Vote Audio Clip Available
Sample tallies from polling stations across Indonesia say President Yudhoyono won 52 percent of the vote, which would be enough to prevent a run-off election


Pakistani police officers stand beside the body of an attacker at the site of a suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan, 08 Jul 2009 Suspected US Drone Attack Kills Militants in Northwest Pakistan
Second suspected attack by an unmanned US aircraft in the past two days kills 10; in Peshawar a suicide bomber killed himself and injured others


UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) meets with Burma's junta leader Senior General Than Shwe (R), at the Bayint Naung Yeiktha, in Naypyidaw, 03 Jul 2009 Burma's Military Government Distances Itself From International Community
Military rulers refuse to allow visiting UN secretary-general to meet with jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and appear to be pursuing closer ties with North Korea


Investigators look for evidence after a bomb blast at a commercial center in Jolo, on the island of Mindanao, 07 Jul 2009 UN Halts Food Aid in Southern Philippines After Bombings Audio Clip Available
At least six people were killed and scores wounded in a series of blasts Tuesday in Jolo and Iligan city


New Zealand, Australia Australia Warns of Looming El Nino Climate Pattern
Climatologists say phenomenon increases chances of more drought, forest fires in Australia and Indonesia


Google headquarters in Mountain View, California (file photo) Google Takes on Microscoft with New Operating System
System based on Google's Chrome Internet browser, initially for use on netbook laptops