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Senate backs 700 miles of fencing on border The Senate voted Wednesday to require actual fencing along 700 miles of the border with Mexico rather than vehicle barriers and high-tech equipment.

Army acquires rights to M4 As of July 1, the Army has taken control of the design rights to the M4 carbine from its sole maker, Colt Defense LLC. Translation: With an uncertain budget looming, the service is free to give other gun companies a crack at a carbine contract.As of July 1, the Army has taken control of the design rights to the M4 carbine from its sole maker, Colt Defense LLC. Translation: With an uncertain budget looming, the service is free to give other gun companies a crack at a carbine contract.

Civil Rights

3 busted after attack posted on YouTube Hate-crime designation considered after 3 whites assault black man.

Drug War

LA cracks down on cannibis clubs Student crowds made pot store look 'like an ice cream shop from the '50s.'

This Is Your Country on Drugs: How the DARE Generation Got High

Pro-marijuana ad pushes pot as California budget fix

Drug War Quiz: Just Say Know Did you know that out of three groups, the liquor lobby, the pharmaceutical lobby, and the American medical Association, only the AMA chose to not recommended marijuana be criminalized.

Environment

Leaders of developing nations shun plan to cut greenhouse gases in half

Researchers: Wealthy pollute the most, so go after them

Greenpeace unfurls banner on Mt. Rushmore Members of Greenpeace hung a banner on South Dakota's Mount Rushmore on Wednesday to protest global warming and called on world leaders at the G-8 summit in Italy to make the issue more of a priority.

Education

Georgia could toss suspect math exam results Georgia could become the latest state to punish schools caught cheating on standardized tests, becoming another example of what some observers call an alarming trend of educators caving under the pressure to meet federal achievement standards.

U.S., Russia agree nuclear arms limits Russian and U.S. nuclear negotiators have completed a joint statement on the framework for a new arms control agreement to replace the 1991 START I agreement which expires December 5.

No second stimulus, Obama official says

U.S. must be open to second economic stimulus: Hoyer U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday that leaders need to be open to the possibility of a second stimulus package to further boost the ailing economy.

France, Unlike U.S., Is Deep Into Stimulus Projects France plans to spend 75 percent of its stimulus money this year; the U.S. is unlikely to accomplish that until late 2010.

AIDS Activists Shut Down Capitol Rotunda Over Obama Reversal

'Paranoid' Israeli Prime Minister Reportedly Calls Top Obama Aides 'Self-Hating Jews'

Obama administration makes $3B available for renewable energy

Antitrust review of wireless carriers is urged The AT&T-iPhone deal and other exclusive arrangements, as well as price increases, trouble several senators and consumer advocates. Verizon and AT&T have denied any coordinated actions.

Crude Prices Fall Below $63 in Extended Sell-Off

Feds eye regulations to control energy speculation Federal regulators will examine whether the government should impose limits on the number of futures contracts in oil and other energy commodities held by speculative traders, the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday.

Pope proposes new financial order guided by ethics

US loan defaults hit record level Rising unemployment causes the level of people falling behind with consumer loans in the US to hit a new high.

U.S. consumers fall behind on loans at record pace

Oil slides toward $60

Head of SEC inspections office leaving in August The official who has headed a key division at the Securities and Exchange Commission since its creation in 1995 is leaving the agency.

GM to get final $20 billion in U.S. funding this year

AIG slumps after analyst warns of zero equity value Shares of American International Group Inc plummeted 22 percent on Thursday after a Citigroup analyst said the value of the troubled insurer's equity may fall to zero.

US Has Left Iraqi Cities, but Retains Prison Control

Anti-Kurdish Demonstrations Flare Up in Mosul The draft Kurdish constitution, which the Kurdish parliament has approved, is drawing anger and indignation from the Arab inhabitants of the Province of Nineveh of which the city of Mosul is the capital.

Car bomb kills 10 citizens in Mosul. Unknown gunmen killed three soldiers and two police officers at a checkpoint in Al Khadra’ District in Western Baghdad, a military source declared. In Mosul, ten citizens were wounded in a car bomb explosion targeting a police patrol. Meanwhile, gunmen shot a traffic police officer in Mosul ...

Iraq car bombs kill 16 Car bombs in two Shiite villages on the outskirts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul killed 16 civilians and injured more than two dozen on Wednesday, authorities said.

Deaths in Pakistan missile strike Deaths in Pakistan missile strike

U.S. drones hit Pakistan militants; Taliban leader hurt U.S. drones attacked militants in northwest Pakistan twice on Wednesday, killing more than 40 fighters, security officials said, while the army said the Taliban chief in Swat had been wounded.

PAKISTAN CREATED AND NURTURED TERRORISTS, ADMITS ZARDARI For the first time, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari admitted that militants and extremists were "created and nurtured" in the country as a policy to achieve some short-term tactical objectiv

Ethnic riots spread in China's west Hundreds hurt, dozens killed in Xinjiang provice as Uighurs, Han clash.
140 Killed, 800 Injured In Riots, China State Media Says

China Calls Curfew Amid Ethnic Violence

Han Chinese groups demand blood in revenge for deadly riots State police and paramilitaries deploy by the thousands in a bid to contain escalating tensions in Urumqi, in the worst outbreak of ethnic violence China has seen in years.

Deadly Drink Kills More Than 40 in India Home-Brewed Liquor Often Tainted With Pesticides And Sold In Slums

US wants justice in journalist's killing in Russia

The United States on Tuesday urged Russia to step up efforts to bring an American journalist's killers to justice.

Nearly 40 arrested at anti-G8 protests in Rome

War crime suspects may see UK immunity loophole closed The news comes days after a report by the Aegis Trust anti-genocide group revealed that 18 suspected war criminals from countries including Sri Lanka, Iraq and Sierra Leone were living with impunity in the UK.

Nine held in Tunisia terror plot Tunisian police charge nine men with plotting to kill American servicemen during joint military exercises.

Extremist group announces split from alQaeda A North African extremist group whose senior leaders were crucial allies of Osama bin Laden has denounced terrorism and become the first organisation ever to leave alQaeda

Nigeria militants 'capture Russians' Militants in Nigeria's oil region kidnap the crew of an oil tanker, including its Russian captain.

Pirates hijack Turkish ship in Gulf of Aden

U.N.: 204,000 flee fighting in Somalia's capital

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Click here Updates from Iran as of July 9 Click here Updates from Honduras as of July 9 Ethnic riots spread in China's west Hundreds hurt, dozens killed in Xinjiang province as Uyghur's, Han clash.140 Killed, 800 Injured In Riots, China State Media Says PAKISTAN CREATED AND NURTURED TERRORISTS, ADMITS ZARDARI For the first time, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari admitted that militants and extremists were "created and nurtured" in the country as a policy to achieve some short-term tactical objective Will Kurdistan elections affect Iraqi political map? Iraqi lawmakers expect some effective changes in the political map of Kurdistan after elections due at the end of the month which will positively reflect on the political scene and contribute to resolving pending problems with the central government. For more details, click on play movie.	Extremist group announces split from alQaeda A North African extremist group whose senior leaders were crucial allies of Osama bin Laden has denounced terrorism and become the first organization ever to leave al-Qaida Ta liban may hijack airplanes to repeat 9/11, warns Pak intelligence Afghan. ditches law legalizing marital rape\Massive Blast Kills 25, Including Schoolchildren, In Afghanistan One death penalty in first Saudi "terror" trials A Saudi court has sentenced one person to death in the first publicly reported sentences since al Qaeda-linked militants launched a violent campaign in 2003 to destabilize the government of the world's top oil exporter. Gays attacked Persecuted Iraqi gays say life better in Saddam's day
US Headlines
7 US troops killed in Afghanistan Elsewhere, Taliban confirms capture of 'drunken' American soldier. Did team Obama get it wrong on the stimulus? Should the federal government be doing more to help the economy regain its footing? That's the question du jour following a dismal June employment report last week and Vice President Joe Biden's Sunday talk-show confession that the administration misread the economy. U.S. must be open to second economic stimulus: Hoyer U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday that leaders need to be open to the possibility of a second stimulus package to further boost the ailing economy. France, Unlike U.S., Is Deep Into Stimulus Projects France plans to spend 75 percent of its stimulus money this year; the U.S. is unlikely to accomplish that until late 2010. Why the FBI Squelched an Investigation of a Post-9/11 Meeting Between White Supremacist and Islamic Extremists Shock: It seems the FBI cares more about protecting its illegal surveillance methods than following leads to stop terrorism. Massive Cyber Attack Knocked Out Government Web Sites Starting On July 4	Senator to probe swim club's ban on black kids CIA Director Admits Agency Misled Congress..... Was The CIA Hiding Cheney's "Executive Assassination Ring"? Hunter Thompson Knew It Well: Robert McNamara's Vision for America Was Imperial and Elitist The death of Robert McNamara is a time to remember how dangerous the idea of technocrats running Washington has been. Human Sperm Created From Stem Cells: Could Men Become Redundant Drug War Quiz: Just Say Know Did you know that out of three groups, the liquor lobby, the pharmaceutical lobby, and the American medical Association, only the AMA chose to not recommended marijuana be criminalized Murdoch Paper Reportedly Hacked Into Phones Of Hundreds Of Celebs, Politicians Fox News Host: Americans 'Keep Marrying... Other Ethnics,' Losing 'Pure Society' Bomb-Making Materials Were Successfully Smuggled Into High-Security Federal Buildings
Connecticut
Electricity Use Down In New England Rell Vetoes Health Reform Bills, Citing Expense In Face Of State Deficit Tax law loopholes cost Connecticut millions Law Penalizes Those Who Don't Mow Lawns Several new ordinances are created in Waterbury to get rid of blight.	Rell OKs $10 fee for saltwater fishing Judge Rules Interior Design "Title Act" Unconstitutional in Connecticut Connecticut Executive Order Cuts Funding To Drop-In Centers That Help People Living With HIV/AIDS
United States
Security Issues Bomb-Making Materials Were Successfully Smuggled Into High-Security Federal Buildings US demand fuels spike in small arms trade: UN survey Ballooning US demand and the handgun's surge in popularity drove up the global trade in small arms by more than a quarter between 2000 and 2006, a UN-backed study showed Thursday. Massive Cyber Attack Knocked Out Government Web Sites Starting On July 4 Senate backs 700 miles of fencing on border The Senate voted Wednesday to require actual fencing along 700 miles of the border with Mexico rather than vehicle barriers and high-tech equipment. Army acquires rights to M4 As of July 1, the Army has taken control of the design rights to the M4 carbine from its sole maker, Colt Defense LLC. Translation: With an uncertain budget looming, the service is free to give other gun companies a crack at a carbine contract.As of July 1, the Army has taken control of the design rights to the M4 carbine from its sole maker, Colt Defense LLC. Translation: With an uncertain budget looming, the service is free to give other gun companies a crack at a carbine contract. Social Security code far from secure, researchers say For all the concern about identity theft, researchers say there’s a surprisingly easy way for the technology-savvy to figure out the precious nine digits of Social Security numbers. Why the FBI Squelched an Investigation of a Post-9/11 Meeting Between White Supremacist and Islamic Extremists Shock: It seems the FBI cares more about protecting its illegal surveillance methods than following leads to stop terrorism. Courts Alaska judge: No more delays for sentencing of Stevens witness U.S. District Judge John Sedwick refused to accept another sentencing delay for former Bill Allen, the former head of oil services firm Veco Corp. and ordered him to stand for his punishment on corruption charges in October. Allen was a key witness last year in the trial of then U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska Closing Arguments Made in the A.I.G. Case Jurors have been shepherded through a mind-numbing array of correspondence and corporate legal documents in the past three weeks. The jury will begin deliberations on Tuesday. Judge Tosses Texas 'Fight Club' Video Employees accused of forcing mentally disabled residents to fight, taping them.	Media TYT Breaks News, Obtains Actual Fox News Talking Points New York Times admits to publishing digitally manipulated photos VERIZON, AT&T 'IN ANTITRUST PROBE' Fox News Host: Americans 'Keep Marrying... Other Ethnics,' Losing 'Pure Society' Murdoch Paper Reportedly Hacked Into Phones Of Hundreds Of Celebs, Politicians Civil Rights 3 busted after attack posted on YouTube Hate-crime designation considered after 3 whites assault black man. Drug War LA cracks down on cannibis clubs Student crowds made pot store look 'like an ice cream shop from the '50s.' This Is Your Country on Drugs: How the DARE Generation Got High Pro-marijuana ad pushes pot as California budget fix Drug War Quiz: Just Say Know Did you know that out of three groups, the liquor lobby, the pharmaceutical lobby, and the American medical Association, only the AMA chose to not recommended marijuana be criminalized. Environment Leaders of developing nations shun plan to cut greenhouse gases in half Researchers: Wealthy pollute the most, so go after them Greenpeace unfurls banner on Mt. Rushmore Members of Greenpeace hung a banner on South Dakota's Mount Rushmore on Wednesday to protest global warming and called on world leaders at the G-8 summit in Italy to make the issue more of a priority. Education Georgia could toss suspect math exam results Georgia could become the latest state to punish schools caught cheating on standardized tests, becoming another example of what some observers call an alarming trend of educators caving under the pressure to meet federal achievement standards.

Science
Sandstorm In Middle East May Be Largest In Modern History... See NASA Aerial Photo Ebola strain found in pigs for the first time	Human Sperm Created From Stem Cells: Could Men Become Redundant? El Nino conditions return to affect weather Government scientists said Thursday that the periodic warming of water in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which can affect weather around the world, has returned.
Politics
The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny Hunter Thompson Knew It Well: Robert McNamara's Vision for America Was Imperial and Elitist The death of Robert McNamara is a time to remember how dangerous the idea of technocrats running Washington has been. Senate CIA Director Admits Agency Misled Congress..... Was The CIA Hiding Cheney's "Executive Assassination Ring"? Coburn Claims Constitutional Shield on Advice to Ensign Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) on Thursday said he would not testify in court or before the Ethics Committee about any advice he gave Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) on how to handle his affair with a former staffer, citing constitutional protections for communications during religious counseling, as well as the patient confidentiality privilege. Ensign's parents gave mistress's family $96k New Haven Firefighter To Testify In Sotomayor Hearing Republicans plan to call a firefighter whose reverse discrimination claim was rejected by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to testify against her. Senator to probe swim club's ban on black kids House House approves marker on role of slaves in Capitol This physical and permanent marker will pay tribute to the blood, sweat and tears of the African-American slaves who helped build this magnificent building and ensure that their story is told and never, never, ever forgotten," said Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. The vote was 399-1, with Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, the lone dissenter. The Senate is considering a similar measure. Taxes Sw itzerland tells UBS not to give USA any information	Health Insurance Health-Care Industry Spending Over $1.4M A Day On Lobbying= Firms Hire Hundreds Of Former Lawmakers And Congressional Staffers To Lobby GITMO/Abu Ghraib/Bahgram Defense in Sept. 11 case seeks 'black site' access Lawyers for an alleged Sept. 11 plotter held at Guantánamo want to inspect secret CIA overseas prisons, saying in court papers Monday the conditions in the so-called black sites may yield insight into a mental disorder that has raised questions about whether he is competent to stand trial. U.S. May Not Release Detainees Even If They've Been Acquitted Defense Spending Defense Contractor Charged With Kickbacks Helped Fund Murtha's Campaigns Richard Ianieri, the defense contractor charged today with accepting $200,000 in kickbacks from a subcontractor, was president of a company that gave more money to Rep. John Murtha than any other lawmaker. That company, Coherent Systems International, received millions of dollars in earmarks from Murtha, and continued giving money to the Pennsylvania Democrat after Ianieri left Coherent and Argon ST bought it. Federal Reserve/Bailouts/Treasury A Goldman trading scandal? Did someone try to steal Goldman Sachs’ secret sauce? NYSE ends transparency to protect Goldman Sachs
Obama
Did team Obama get it wrong on the stimulus? Should the federal government be doing more to help the economy regain its footing? Thats the question du jour following a dismal June employment report last week and Vice President Joe Bidens Sunday talk-show confession that the administration misread the economy. Need for federal insurance czar is questioned President Barack Obama's congressional allies want to create a powerful insurance commissioner to oversee medical plans nationwide. State regulators say it would duplicate what they do without better protecting consumers. Conservatives bemoan the big government mentality. 'Evangelistic' scientist tapped to lead NIH; Said New Testament is 'first hand accounts' Weatherization Program Hits Rough Stretch With the unemployment rate nearing 10 percent, people are starting to wonder why the massive federal economic stimulus package hasn't put more people to work. One of the programs that was supposed to produce tens of thousands of jobs quickly, is encountering some unexpected hangups States using stimulus just to stay afloat	U.S., Russia agree nuclear arms limits Russian and U.S. nuclear negotiators have completed a joint statement on the framework for a new arms control agreement to replace the 1991 START I agreement which expires December 5. No second stimulus, Obama official says U.S. must be open to second economic stimulus: Hoyer U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday that leaders need to be open to the possibility of a second stimulus package to further boost the ailing economy. France, Unlike U.S., Is Deep Into Stimulus Projects France plans to spend 75 percent of its stimulus money this year; the U.S. is unlikely to accomplish that until late 2010. AIDS Activists Shut Down Capitol Rotunda Over Obama Reversal 'Paranoid' Israeli Prime Minister Reportedly Calls Top Obama Aides 'Self-Hating Jews' Obama administration makes $3B available for renewable energy
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Antitrust review of wireless carriers is urged The AT&T-iPhone deal and other exclusive arrangements, as well as price increases, trouble several senators and consumer advocates. Verizon and AT&T have denied any coordinated actions. Crude Prices Fall Below $63 in Extended Sell-Off Feds eye regulations to control energy speculation Federal regulators will examine whether the government should impose limits on the number of futures contracts in oil and other energy commodities held by speculative traders, the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday. TX firm accused of $485M scam Morgan Stanley Plans To Repackage Millions In Shoddy Mortgage Loans As Top-Rated Securities	Pope proposes new financial order guided by ethics US loan defaults hit record level Rising unemployment causes the level of people falling behind with consumer loans in the US to hit a new high. U.S. consumers fall behind on loans at record pace Oil slides toward $60 Head of SEC inspections office leaving in August The official who has headed a key division at the Securities and Exchange Commission since its creation in 1995 is leaving the agency. GM to get final $20 billion in U.S. funding this year AIG slumps after analyst warns of zero equity value Shares of American International Group Inc plummeted 22 percent on Thursday after a Citigroup analyst said the value of the troubled insurer's equity may fall to zero.

Iraq	Map of Iraq
US Has Left Iraqi Cities, but Retains Prison Control Anti-Kurdish Demonstrations Flare Up in Mosul The draft Kurdish constitution, which the Kurdish parliament has approved, is drawing anger and indignation from the Arab inhabitants of the Province of Nineveh of which the city of Mosul is the capital. Car bomb kills 10 citizens in Mosul. Unknown gunmen killed three soldiers and two police officers at a checkpoint in Al Khadra’ District in Western Baghdad, a military source declared. In Mosul, ten citizens were wounded in a car bomb explosion targeting a police patrol. Meanwhile, gunmen shot a traffic police officer in Mosul ... Iraq car bombs kill 16 Car bombs in two Shiite villages on the outskirts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul killed 16 civilians and injured more than two dozen on Wednesday, authorities said.	Will Kurdistan elections affect Iraqi political map? Iraqi lawmakers expect some effective changes in the political map of Kurdistan after elections due at the end of the month which will positively reflect on the political scene and contribute to resolving pending problems with the central government. For more details, click on play movie. Monday: 9 Iraqis Killed, 17 Wounded Tuesday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 4 Wounded Bomb kills 9 at Iraqi wedding party Baghdad Bombings Kill More Than 40 Thursday: 45 Iraqis Killed, 130 Wounded Gays attacked Persecuted Iraqi gays say life better in Saddam's day
Middle East
Click here Updates from Iran as of July 9 Hamas accuses Fatah of spying for Israel in Gaza Saudi Arabia convicts 300 al-Qaida suspects US warns UAE it may cancel nuclear deal The US would cancel a nuclear energy agreement with the United Arab Emirates if the Middle East nation were to violate any terms of the deal, an Obama administration official said today. Anonymous e-mails reveal existence of secret network in TSK Two anonymous e-mails sent to the İstanbul Police Department have revealed the existence of a hidden network within the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) that ordered the preparation of an alleged plan to discredit the governing Justice and Development Party (AK Party), the Star daily claimed on Monday.	One death penalty in first Saudi "terror" trials A Saudi court has sentenced one person to death in the first publicly reported sentences since al Qaeda-linked militants launched a violent campaign in 2003 to destabilize the government of the world's top oil exporter. Israel to allow 24-hour West Bank crossing Israel said on Wednesday it would allow a crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan to remain open 24 hours a day to help the Palestinian economy. Arabic Daily Disappears from Stands after Ban A leading Arabic newspaper was absent from newsstands on Monday and its website closed down, after federal courts imposed a 20-day ban on the publication.
Afghanistan	Map of Afghanistan
7 US troops killed in Afghanistan Elsewhere, Taliban confirms capture of 'drunken' American soldier. Taliban attack leaves 2 police dead, 2 wounded in N Afghanistan Massive Blast Kills 25, Including Schoolchildren, In Afghanistan A victory by Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan's presidential elections may trigger violence, US commander David Haight warns	Suicide blast kills 2 Afghans outside foreign base Afghan. ditches law legalizing marital rape Allied Officers Concerned by Lack of Afghan Forces Karzai pardons five Afghan heroin traffickers Admiral Mullen: US Has 12 To 18 Months To Turn Around Afghanistan Kyrgyzstan highly exposed to Afghan, Pakistan extremist groups
Pakistan	Map of Pakistan
Deaths in Pakistan missile strike Deaths in Pakistan missile strike U.S. drones hit Pakistan militants; Taliban leader hurt U.S. drones attacked militants in northwest Pakistan twice on Wednesday, killing more than 40 fighters, security officials said, while the army said the Taliban chief in Swat had been wounded. PAKISTAN CREATED AND NURTURED TERRORISTS, ADMITS ZARDARI For the first time, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari admitted that militants and extremists were "created and nurtured" in the country as a policy to achieve some short-term tactical objectiv	Shias killed in Pakistan attacks At least three people are killed in two separate sectarian attacks in the troubled district of Dera Ismail Khan in north-west Pakistan. Suspected U.S. Drones Kill at Least 44 in Pakistan Mine kills five Pakistan soldiers: officials PAKISTAN Government compensates attacked Christians Taliban may hijack airplanes to repeat 9/11, warns Pak intelligence Further evidence that Pakistan tortured suspects for Britain
Asia
Ethnic riots spread in China's west Hundreds hurt, dozens killed in Xinjiang provice as Uighurs, Han clash. 140 Killed, 800 Injured In Riots, China State Media Says China Calls Curfew Amid Ethnic Violence Han Chinese groups demand blood in revenge for deadly riots State police and paramilitaries deploy by the thousands in a bid to contain escalating tensions in Urumqi, in the worst outbreak of ethnic violence China has seen in years. Deadly Drink Kills More Than 40 in India Home-Brewed Liquor Often Tainted With Pesticides And Sold In Slums	Bomb attack in southern Philippines Muslim states 'silent' on Uighurs Prominent activist criticises Muslim countries for not supporting Uighurs Did NKorea Test-Fire New Scud Missile? Declassified Docs Implicate Indonesian President Yudhoyono in Coverup of 2002 Murders of American Teachers in West Papua US officials eye North Korea in cyber attack China riots: 1400 people detained
Europe
EU: Some nations want to publish bank stress tests Some European Union nations want to publish confidential stress tests that assess how well European banks could cope with a worse economic climate, the top EU economy official said Tuesday. MI5 accused of bribe offer in Rangzieb Ahmed torture case Exclusive: Jailed torture victim says he was offered cash to drop collusion claim The security service MI5 is being accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice by offering a man inducements to drop his allegation that its officers colluded in his torture.	US wants justice in journalist's killing in Russia The United States on Tuesday urged Russia to step up efforts to bring an American journalist's killers to justice. Nearly 40 arrested at anti-G8 protests in Rome War crime suspects may see UK immunity loophole closed The news comes days after a report by the Aegis Trust anti-genocide group revealed that 18 suspected war criminals from countries including Sri Lanka, Iraq and Sierra Leone were living with impunity in the UK.
Africa
Nine held in Tunisia terror plot Tunisian police charge nine men with plotting to kill American servicemen during joint military exercises. Extremist group announces split from alQaeda A North African extremist group whose senior leaders were crucial allies of Osama bin Laden has denounced terrorism and become the first organisation ever to leave alQaeda	Nigeria militants 'capture Russians' Militants in Nigeria's oil region kidnap the crew of an oil tanker, including its Russian captain. Pirates hijack Turkish ship in Gulf of Aden U.N.: 204,000 flee fighting in Somalia's capital
The Americas
Click here Updates from Honduras as of July 9 Old ruling party gains in Mexico midterm election	Mexico Accused of Torture in Drug Wars