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  1. In this photo released by Indonesian State Secretariat police officers inspect the damage at Ritz-Carlton hotel after an explosion went off in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, July 17, 2009. Bombs exploded at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels in the Indonesian capital on Friday, ripping the facade off the Ritz, police said. (AP Photo/State Secretariat, Cahyo Bruri Sasmito, HO)
    Blasts at Jakarta Ritz, Marriott kill 8, wound 50 AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Explosions ripped through two luxury hotels in Jakarta Friday, killing eight and wounding at least 50 more, ending a four-year lull in terror attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation. At least 18 foreigners were among the dead and wounded.

  2. Fight for swine flu vaccine could get ugly AP - Thu Jul 16, 2:05 PM ET

    LONDON - An ugly scramble is brewing over the swine flu vaccine — and when it becomes available, Britain, the United States and other nations could find that the contracts they signed with pharmaceutical companies are easily broken.

  3. A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, from the Garifuna Indian community, burns incense in a bucket near soldiers during a road blockade protest in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, July 16, 2009. The incense is believed to expel bad spirits.  (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
    Mediator to propose reconciliation gvt in Honduras AP - Fri Jul 17, 2:07 AM ET

    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - The mediator in Honduras' political crisis said he will propose a national reconciliation government during the next round of talks, while ousted President Manuel Zelaya prepared a second bid to return home to reclaim power.

  4. Ambulances leave the Stade Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France, Thursday July 16, 2009. A stage being built for a Madonna concert at the stadium collapsed Thursday, falling apart on top of several workers, leaving one dead and six injured, the fire department said. Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' tour was to arrive in Marseille on Sunday, but the concert is now canceled because because of the accident and damage.(AP Photo/Claude Paris)
    2nd death after collapse of stage for Madonna show AP - Fri Jul 17, 3:55 AM ET

    MARSEILLE, France - The Marseille hospital authority says a second person has died after the roof of a stage being built for a Madonna concert collapsed.

  5. Workers walk through a construction site in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 16, 2009. China's economy accelerated in the second quarter amid huge stimulus spending, expanding by 7.9 percent from a year earlier as retail sales and industrial output grew strongly, data showed Thursday July 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
    China's economy accelerates with help of stimulus AP - Thu Jul 16, 5:09 PM ET

    BEIJING - China has bought a rebound in economic growth with a flood of government spending and bank loans, averting a surge in politically dangerous unemployment and fueling hopes that it might help lead a world recovery.

  6. In this undated photo released by Kaohsiung Organizing Committee on Sunday, July 12, 2009, the main stadium for the World Games in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung is seen at night. The quadrennial World Games begin Thursday, July 16, 2009, in Kaoshiung under the shadow of a possible Chinese boycott of its high profile opening ceremony. This year 3,100 athletes from 91 countries and territories will be participating. (AP Photo/Kaohsiung Organizing Committee, HO)
    China boycotts opening of World Games in Taiwan AP - Thu Jul 16, 12:35 PM ET

    TAIPEI, Taiwan - The 100-strong Chinese delegation boycotted the opening ceremony of the World Games in Taiwan on Thursday, underscoring the limits of the historic breakthrough in relations between Taipei and Beijing.

  7. Uighurs: Middle East Ignores China's Oppressed Muslims Time.com - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago

    In the wake of China's bloody crackdown on the Uighur riots in Xinjiang province, few governments in the Middle East have stepped up to defend the country's minority Muslims. But they have their reasons for keeping quiet

  8. Packages containing marijuana are displayed to the media in Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. About 2920 kilograms of marijuana were sized during an operation at the Tijuana-Mexicali highway. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)
    Mexico sends more police, army after gang attacks AP - Thu Jul 16, 11:26 PM ET

    MEXICO CITY - Mexico on Thursday ordered 5,500 federal police, soldiers and navy personnel to move into a gang-plagued western state following a cartel's slaying of 20 officers and troops in one of the boldest revenge attacks ever mounted against the government.

  9. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children block the road with burning barricades during a protest against the arrest of a woman accused of child abuse  in the religious neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Thursday, July 16, 2009.  Ultra-Orthodox Jews clashed with police using horses and water cannon to control the crowd in Jerusalem on Thursday in the third day of rioting over the arrest of a mentally ill Hasidic woman who authorities say was starving her child. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
    Jerusalem police fear more ultra-Orthodox riots AP - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago

    JERUSALEM - Smoldering trashcans and broken glass littered Jerusalem streets Friday as police prepared for a fourth day of rioting by ultra-Orthodox Jews enraged at the arrest of a mentally ill Hasidic woman who authorities say was starving her child.

  10. A group of American ultra-Orthodox Jews, part of a delegation of activists who arrived in Gaza Wednesday,  meet with  Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Hamas government in Gaza, at his office in Gaza City, Thursday, July 16, 2009. The delegation of about 200 activists arrived in Gaza to deliver medical aid, trucks and show their support for lifting a 2-year old Israeli-Egyptian blockade of the territory. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
    Anti-Zionist ultra-Orthodox Jews visit Gaza AP - Thu Jul 16, 3:39 PM ET

    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Representatives of an anti-Zionist, ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect paid a brief visit to the Gaza Strip on Thursday on a solidarity mission with the area's militantly anti-Israel Hamas leaders.

  11. In this undated file photo made available by Harper Collins Thursday July 16, 2009 of British author Michael Morpurgo. Morpurgo and other prominent childrens' authors in Britain are protesting new government regulations requiring everyone who comes into contact with children to undergo a police check, at their own expense, to prove they are not sex offenders or criminals. The authors say this is not necessary since they read to hundreds of students at a time and are not alone with students. The authors say they will boycott school readings when the new rule goes into effect in October, 2009. The rule is in response to the 2002 killing of two school girls at the hands of a caretaker.(AP Photo-File Harper Collins) **EDITORIAL USE ONLY  -   AP  PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO TO BE USED ONLY TO  ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON THE FACTS OR EVENTS DEPICTED IN  THIS IMAGE.
    British children's authors boycott school readings AP - Thu Jul 16, 4:46 PM ET

    LONDON - Some of Britain's leading children's authors are refusing to do readings in schools because of a new policy requiring them to be registered in a national database and undergo criminal background checks to prove they aren't sex offenders.

  12. FILE - Iranian influential former President, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani delivers a sermon during the Friday prayer at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, in this Friday, Aug. 12, 2005 file photo. Rafsanjani  is delivering the main sermon in the capital sermon this week for the first time since the disputed June 12 presidential election, and pro-reform activists intend to pack the hall to prove their movement remains vibrant despite the government's harsh crackdown.  (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, file)
    Top Iran cleric criticizes hard-liners in sermon AP - 28 minutes ago

    TEHRAN, Iran - A powerful cleric-politician, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, criticized Iran's leadership Friday on one of the country's most resonant political stages, the Islamic prayer sermon. In a boost for the opposition, he said the leadership must clear up doubts over the disputed presidential election and warned of a "crisis."

  13. A Muslim man walks through an alley way leading to Baitulla mosque in Urumqi, China, Friday, July 17, 2009. Security in Urumqi has tightened ahead of Friday Muslim Prayers with riot police and paramilitary soldiers patrolling the streets of the city. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)
    Mosques in Urumqi open for Friday prayers AP - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago

    URUMQI, China - Mosques opened for worshippers in Urumqi on Friday, though some shops were forced to shut as Chinese security forces kept a tight grip on this far west city still reeling from ethnic riots earlier this month.

  14. China shuts down legal center, revokes licenses AP - 1 hour, 23 minutes ago

    BEIJING - Beijing officials shut down a legal research center led by activist lawyers Friday while China revoked the licenses of more than 50 attorneys, many known for their human rights cases.

  15. Journalists stand outside a Rio Tinto office in Shanghai July 9, 2009. REUTERS/Aly Song
    Rio rejects Chinese bribe reports Reuters - Thu Jul 16, 11:59 PM ET

    CANBERRA/BEIJING (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto on Friday strongly defended its four employees being held in China on accusations of industrial espionage, saying claims they bribed Chinese steel mills were unfounded.

  16. Tom Watson of the US gestures after finishing on the 18th green during the opening round of the British Open Golf championship, at the Turnberry golf course, Scotland, Thursday, July 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
    5-time British Open champ turns it on at Turnberry AP - Thu Jul 16, 4:56 PM ET

    TURNBERRY, Scotland - These kind of things usually don't end well, no matter how much we might want them to. Golf is a tough enough game for even the youngsters playing in this British Open, and 59-year-olds have no business getting in the way — no matter what their pedigree might be.

  17. East Europeans nervous as US courts Russia AP - Thu Jul 16, 11:37 AM ET

    WARSAW, Poland - A group of prominent former Eastern European leaders wrote to President Barack Obama on Thursday that their region is gripped by anxiety that his efforts to reach out to Russia could lead him to forget their interests.

  18. Iraqi Shiites make their pilgrimage to the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 16, 2009. Iraqi authorities tightened security in the Iraqi capital as tens of thousands of Shiite pilgrims flocked to the shrine to commemorate the death of the revered imam. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
    US military in Iraq says 3 soldiers killed AP - 51 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said Friday that three of its soldiers were killed in an attack on a base outside Iraq's second largest city of Basra, in the south.

  19. In this Friday, Jan. 11, 2008 photo, the head of Iran's Atomic energy Organization, Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, speaks with media during a joint news briefing with IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, unseen, in Tehran, Iran. The head of Iran's nuclear agency has resigned, an Iranian news agency reported Thursday July 16, 2009, a move that may have been connected to the country's postelection turmoil. Gholam Reza Aghazadeh gave no reason for his resignation, according the semi-official ISNA news agency. But Aghazadeh has long been close to opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims to be the victor in June 12 presidential elections and says the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is illegitimate. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
    Iranian president casts doubt on US engagement AP - Thu Jul 16, 2:06 PM ET

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad railed against the U.S. in a speech Thursday, showing little indication of embracing Washington's offer of engagement, a day after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said time was running out.

  20. Israeli soldiers sit atop an armoured personnel carrier along the border with the northern Gaza Strip near Kibbutz Nahal Oz in 2008. The first rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave of Gaza in more than a month landed in southern Israel on Thursday evening without hurting anyone or causing damage, the Israeli army said.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)
    First Gaza rocket for a month hits Israel: army AFP - Thu Jul 16, 2:51 PM ET

    JERUSALEM (AFP) - The first rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave of Gaza in more than a month landed in southern Israel on Thursday evening without hurting anyone or causing damage, the Israeli army said.

  21. UK says could cut warheads if U.S., Russia go further Reuters - Thu Jul 16, 8:51 PM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could look at further reductions in the number of its nuclear warheads, but only if the United States and Russia make deeper cuts in their arsenals than those already announced, the government said on Thursday.

  22. Pope Benedict XVI, center, is greeted by children of the local school as he arrives to Introd, near Aosta, northern Italy, Monday, July 13, 2009. The pontiff will spend a period of rest in the Aosta Valley until July 29, when he will travel to the papal residence in the ancient town of Castel Gandolfo in the Alban Hills, south of Rome. (AP Photo/Alberto Pellaschiar)
    Pope Benedict XVI fractures wrist in a fall AP - 19 minutes ago

    AOSTA, Italy - A hospital spokesman says Pope Benedict XVI is undergoing surgery after breaking his right wrist in a fall during his vacation in the Italian Alps.

  23. US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,324 AP - Thu Jul 16, 8:34 PM ET

    As of Thursday, July 16, 2009, at least 4,324 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

  24. Russia's largest market closed amid race tensions AP - Thu Jul 16, 10:31 AM ET

    MOSCOW - Outside Moscow's sprawling Cherkizovsky market, tensions are rising almost as quickly as the sweltering summer heat.

  25. Map locating the Mega Kuningan business district in central Jakarta where explosions ripped through two luxury hotels killing at least nine people.(AFP Graphic)
    Jakarta blasts kill 6, including foreigners: official AFP - Thu Jul 16, 10:28 PM ET

    JAKARTA (AFP) - At least six people including several foreigners have been killed and 10 have been injured after explosions ripped through two luxury hotels in central Jakarta on Friday, police have said.

  26. In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Office, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono shows pictures of what Yudhoyono says to be terrorist training during a press conference hours after the J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotel bombings at the palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, July 17, 2009. Explosions ripped through two luxury hotels in Jakarta Friday, ending a four-year lull in terror attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation. (AP Photo/Presidential Office, Dudi Anung, HO)
    After a Four-Year Calm, Bombs Hit Jakarta Hotels Time.com - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

    Attacks on two luxury hotels in Jakarta kill at least nine, wound dozens -- and deal a blow to Indonesia's image as an increasingly stable nation

  27. Cars drive past a model of a rocket used by Hezbollah fighters displayed in Beirut, 2007. Israel on Thursday demanded tougher action by United Nations peacekeepers against Hezbollah arms stockpiles following blasts in south Lebanon.(AFP/File/Anwar Amro)
    Israel demands tougher UN action against Hezbollah arms AFP - Thu Jul 16, 2:23 PM ET

    JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel on Thursday demanded tougher action by United Nations peacekeepers against Hezbollah arms stockpiles following blasts in south Lebanon.

  28. A Jewish immigrant making Aliyah (immigration to Israel) from France waves an Israeli flag upon her arrival at the Ben Gurion International airport in Lod, about 15 kms east of Tel Aviv, in 2007. Around 2,000 French Jews are to emigrate to Israel this year, slightly more than last year but down from previous peaks, according to figures from the agency helping to arrange the trip.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)
    Around 2,000 French Jews to move to Israel this year AFP - Thu Jul 16, 1:42 PM ET

    PARIS (AFP) - Around 2,000 French Jews are to emigrate to Israel this year, slightly more than last year but down from previous peaks, according to figures from the agency helping to arrange the trip.

  29. An Iraqi oil worker works at an oil field in the southern Rumaila area in 2007. The trade union representing workers of Iraq's state-owned Southern Oil Company (SOC) threatened on Thursday to prevent exploitation of one of Iraq's biggest oil fields by energy giants BP and CNPC.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)
    Iraq trade union threatens to block foreign oil field work AFP - Thu Jul 16, 1:01 PM ET

    BASRA, Iraq (AFP) - The trade union representing workers of Iraq's state-owned Southern Oil Company (SOC) threatened on Thursday to prevent exploitation of one of Iraq's biggest oil fields by energy giants BP and CNPC.

  30. Lawyers, activists and reporters killed in Russia AP - Thu Jul 16, 8:19 AM ET

    Some recent high-profile slayings of activists, reporters and lawyers who have challenged Russian authorities in recent years. There have been no convictions in any of the following killings.