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Why Big Oil Declined Iraq's RichesBaghdad's first auction for the rights to develop its massive energy reserves is a flop, as economic and political factors restrain foreign investors
TIME Thursday, July 02, 2009French teen recovers after plane crashThe father of 13-year-old Bahia Bakari, who remarkably survived a plane crash off the Comoros islands, told French radio RTL after speaking with her, "She didn't feel a thing. She found herself in water."
CNN Thursday, July 02, 2009US begins major offensive in southern AfghanistanMilitary aims to clear insurgents from Helmand River valley before Afghan presidential elections on 20 AugustThousands of US marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-dominated villages in southern Afghanistan today in the first major operation under Barack Obama's strategy to stabilise the
country.The offensive was launched shortly after 1am local time in Helmand province.The Taliban stronghold, in the south of the
country, is the world's largest opium poppy producing area.The goal is to clear insurgents from the Helmand River valley before the Afghan presidential elections take place on 20 August.The offensive - called Operation Khanjar, or Strike of the Sword - was described by officials as the largest and fastest-moving of the war's new phase, involving nearly 4,000 marines and 650 Afghan forces.British forces led similar, but smaller, missions to clear insurgents from Helmand and the neighboring Kandahar provinces last week."Where we go we will stay, and where we st
Guardian Thursday, July 02, 2009Honduras Targets Protesters With Emergency DecreeTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, July 1 -- The new Honduran government clamped down on street protests and news organizations Wednesday as lawmakers passed an emergency decree that limits public gatherings following the military-led coup that removed President Manuel Zelaya from office.
Washington Post Thursday, July 02, 2009Election Protests Upset Iran's Delicate Balance of PowerThe large-scale protests in Iran since its hotly disputed June 12 presidential election have shaken the Islamic republic's long-standing balance of political power.
Washington Post Thursday, July 02, 2009Honduran Crisis Offers Venezuala's Chavez Some Domestic, International OpeningsCARACAS, Venezuela, July 1 -- An ally was in trouble, toppled in a military coup. And the television cameras were rolling.
Washington Post Thursday, July 02, 2009Indian Ocean plane crash survivor reunited with family in ParisThe young survivor of a plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean arrived back in Paris on Thursday, reuniting with her father and three siblings.
CBC Thursday, July 02, 2009Nicaraguan capital's mayor deadThe mayor of Nicaragua's capital, three-time world boxing champion Alexis Arguello, was found dead in his home early Wednesday morning from a gunshot wound to his chest. He was 57.
CNN Thursday, July 02, 2009Indian court: Gay sex is legalAn Indian court on Thursday ruled that consensual sex between adults of the same gender is legal in the
country, attorneys said.
CNN Thursday, July 02, 2009Amnesty: Israel killed hundreds of Gaza civiliansIsraeli troops killed hundreds of unarmed civilian adults and children, broke laws and committed war crimes during their winter offensive in Gaza, Amnesty International said in a scathing
report released Thursday.
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