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Aghan official says US strikes killed 22 civilians (AP)

Afghans listen to a radio during a picnic as they view the Arghandab district, which was recently recaptured from Taliban militants by the NATO and Afghan forces in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, July 4, 2008.  (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - The U.S. military said airstrikes by its attack helicopters hit two vehicles carrying insurgents in eastern Afghanistan. The province's governor said 22 civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed.


Jesse Helms: a polarizer, not a compromiser (AP)

In a March 22, 1979 file photo, from left: Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), activist Phyllis Schlafly, and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), stand at the podium during an anti-Equal Rights Amendment dinner in Washington. The dinner was held to celebrate the date of what would have been the expiration of the seven-year ratification period for the ERA before its extension by Congress.Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who served 30 years in Congress, died Friday, July 4, 2008, the Jesse Helms research center says. He was 86.  (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File )AP - "Compromise, hell!" Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in the conservative movement.


Video shows hostages rejoicing at moment of rescue (AP)

In this frame grab from a video released by Colombia's Army taken on July 2, 2008 and released on July 4, 2008, hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, is seen with her hands tied together as she stands with unidentified hostages during a Colombian military mission that rescued them from captivity in an unknown location in Colombia's Guaviare state.  Betancourt is one of 15 hostages rescued by Colombia's military from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.  Betancourt was abducted by the FARC when running for president in Feb. 2002. (AP Photo/Colombian Army)AP - Video taken during the rescue of 15 rebel hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying with joy after they are aloft and realize they are free.


Analysis: Obama's centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo (AP)

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama kisses his daughter Sasha while watching an Independence Day parade in Butte, Mont., Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?


Wind keeps California fires raging on 2 fronts (AP)

A firefighter walks along a large hill backfire on a wildfire burn in Big Sur, Calif., Friday, July 4, 2008. The raging blaze near Big Sur was one of more than 1,700 wildfires, mostly ignited by lightning, that have scorched more then 770 square miles and destroyed 64 structures across northern and central California since June 20, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.  (AP Photo/ Tony Avelar)AP - A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California's central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening a total of more than 4,500 homes.


2 supervisors at raided meatpacking plant arrested (AP)

In this April 6, 2006 photo, Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., background, and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill, as Senate Democrats and Republicans announced they are close a compromise on immigration legislation.    (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)AP - Two supervisors at an Iowa meatpacking plant that was raided by federal immigration agents in May were arrested and charged with encouraging people to live in the United States illegally.


Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy (AP)

A worker climbs aboard a super yacht at Trinity Boats in New Orleans, Tuesday, April 29, 2008. These days at New Orleans-based Trinity Yachts, the largest domestic builder, the biggest problems are having enough workers and enough time to handle the 24 custom contracts the company has for the luxury vessels.  'Nobody is buying these yachts because they need them,' said William S. Smith III, Trinity's vice president. 'They're buying them because they want them.' (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts.


Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand (AP)

Jazz Soul singer Amy Winehouse, from England, performs during the Rock in Rio music festival in Arganda del Rey, on the outskirts of Madrid, Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo / Victor R. Caivano)AP - Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday.


Man accused of faking heart attacks to avoid bills (AP)
AP - A 52-year-old Milwaukee-area man has been accused of faking heart attacks to avoid paying restaurant bills and cab fares.
On the fence: Youkilis triples off top of wall (AP)

Fans watch as a ball that popped loose out of New York Yankees' Johnny Damon's glove rests momentarily on the fence before dropping to the ground during the third inning against the Boston Red Sox in Major League Baseball action Friday, July 4, 2008 at Yankee Stadium in New York. Damon made a leaping attempt on a hit by Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis. Two runs scored on the play. Damon left the game after the play. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Kevin Youkilis created the drama. Mike Lowell gave Boston the win.


Colombia shows rescue video (Reuters)

Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt (C) and other hostages wait to board a helicopter during a rescue operation in Colombia July 2, 2008 in this frame grab taken on July 4, 2008. Betancourt, 3 Americans and 11 other hostages, were rescued on Wednesday by the Colombian military after many years in the jungle as captives of leftist guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Colombia showed a video on Friday of the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages where their anger turned to ecstasy as theater-trained military agents duped and overpowered leftist rebels.


Former Senator Jesse Helms dies at 86 (Reuters)

File image of former Republican Senator Jesse Helms speaking at the Christian Coalition Annual Meeting. (file/Reuters)Reuters - Jesse Helms, a die-hard anti-communist firebrand who championed a wide range of conservative causes in his 30 years in the U.S. Senate, died early on Friday, aged 86, his foundation said.


Firefighters hold line on two California wildfires (Reuters)

A firefighter works to extinguish a blaze that burned to the shoulder of Highway 1 during a wildfire in Big Sur, California July 4, 2008. California firefighters held the line overnight on two wildfires burning along the California coast that threatened more than 4,000 homes and other structures, fire officials said on Friday morning. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - Exhausted California firefighters worked on Friday to contain two wildfires threatening homes along the coast before sundown, when shifting winds were expected to give the blazes more power.


Obama mixes politics, holiday barbecue (Reuters)

Democratic US presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) addresses a news conference after meeting with his foreign policy advisory panel of former Democratic U.S. government officials at a hotel in Washington June 18, 2008. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama mixed presidential politics with parades and barbecue on U.S. Independence Day on Friday, celebrating his daughter's birthday with a picnic and fireworks in Montana.


U.S. champion retains hot dog eating title (Reuters)

Joey Chestnut (R) holds his arm up after defeating Takeru Kobayashi of Japan (L) in overtime at Nathan's annual hot dog eating contest in New York, July 4, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. defending champion Joey Chestnut won the annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Friday by downing 64 hot dogs in a competition that stretched into a first-ever overtime.


Mugabe says opposition must drop claim to power (Reuters)

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends his inauguration at State House in Harare, June 29, 2008. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)Reuters - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, defiant despite growing African condemnation of his re-election, said on Friday the opposition must drop its claim to power and accept that he was the rightful head of state.


Iran responds to big powers' nuclear offer (Reuters)

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) waves to journalists as Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili stands in the background before an official meeting in Tehran July 1, 2008. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)Reuters - Iran responded on Friday to an incentives package offered by six world powers aimed at resolving a standoff over its disputed nuclear ambitions.


Poland rejects U.S. missile shield offer (Reuters)

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk listens to a question from the media during a news conference at the Prime Ministers Chancellery in Warsaw July 1, 2008. (Peter Andrews/Reuters)Reuters - Poland spurned as insufficient on Friday a U.S. offer to boost its air defenses in return for basing anti-missile interceptors on its soil but said it remained open to talks with Washington.


Freed hostage Betancourt gets hero's welcome in France (AFP)

Freed Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt said she owed her life to France as President Nicolas Sarkozy gave her a hero's welcome to Paris.(AFP iactiv)AFP - Freed Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt said Friday she owed her life to France, in an emotional visit to Paris where she received a hero's welcome after her six-year hostage ordeal in the jungle.


Recognise me as Zimbabwe president or no talks: Mugabe (AFP)

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses the media in Harare on July 2, 2008. Tsvangirai made clear he would not recognise his old rival as the rightful head of state and also dismissed the AU's calls for a national unity government as such an arrangement would not reflect the will of the people.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP - A defiant Robert Mugabe ruled out the prospect of talks with his opponents on ending Zimbabwe's political crisis Friday unless they acknowledged his victory in a one-man presidential election.


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We will vote against the confidence motion: Left
In the interview, Karat said his party never expected to break with the UPA on a foreign policy issue. 'We had not thought the break would come on a foreign policy issue and American imperialism at that. We thought it would be on domestic policy. But since July 2005, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went to Washington, it (nuclear deal) has been running thread of the conflict. Two years ago, we knew this was an issue on which we would not compromise,' Karat said.
Vocal US critic of Indian nuclear programme dead
"I have tried to be a friend to India. But, as long as there is breath in me, I will never support the lifting of the Glenn amendment sanctions on India unless they abandon all nuclear ambitions."
Paes-Dlouhy go down fighting
The ninth seeded Indo-Czech pair lost 6-7(4), 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 6-8 to the second seeded Canadian-Serb duo, which will play Swedish veteran Jonas Bjorkman and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe in Saturday's men's doubles final at Wimbledon. The eighth seeds upset top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (11-9) in the first semi-final, which was interrupted by rain, on Thursday.
Wimbledon Act 3
Wimbledon: It's a Federer-Nadal final again
Rafael Nadal set up a third successive Wimbledon final against champion Roger Federer after brushing aside German Rainer Schuettler. The Swiss accounted for Marat Safin in the other semi-final.
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Falling markets shrink super rich club
The super-rich club is shrinking at a dizzying pace. Over 100 billionaires (net worth of Rs 100 crore and above) have turned millionaires courtesy the decline in share prices over the last six months.
Top MFs
Nothing unusual in holding a gay rally: Delhi HC
"Such marches are held all over the world. Recently in London more that five lakh people were on the streets for the cause. There is nothing unusual in holding such rallies," Justice A K Sikri said, dismissing objections raised by anti-gay rights activists, including RSS idealogue B P Singhal, over the June 29 rally.
Lord Jagannath'sRath rolls down the road
Indian airline operators set to ground 165 flights
Falling demand compels domestic carriers to slash capacity by 10 per cent.
Images: Dhotis in Milan!
30-minute Italian recipe
Ritu Dalmia, celebrated chef and restaurateur shares a simple, sumptuous pasta preparation with us.
Love Story 2050: Review 1
Love Story 2050 is a complete failure, a badly written attempt at sci-fi starring a Hrithik-lookalike and Priyanka Chopra in one of the worst performances of her career. And it's more than 3 hours long! Stay away!
2
Harman Baweja's debut film Love Story 2050 is predictable, boring and a terrible waste of time. Avoid at all costs.
Jaane Tu 1
2
Director Abbas Tyrewala and producer Aamir Khan have a fantastic product in their hands. The film will definitely appeal to the youth.
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