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AP Exclusive: US removes uranium from Iraq
(AP)
AP - The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.
Iraqi boy's first swim hopeful sign of progress
(AP)
AP - Muntadhar al-Sharify stood shivering Saturday in Baghdad's searing heat, a smile on his young face.
Nigeria's first oil well is still source of woe
(AP)
AP - Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement:
Iran indicates it has no plans to halt enrichment
(AP)
AP - Iran indicated Saturday that it has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium, a day after Tehran sent the European Union a response to an international offer of incentives for halting enrichment.
New book uses food to explore Mandela's life
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AP - A new book examining Nelson Mandela's life was launched Saturday with a feast that included everything from the spaghetti casserole he was brought in jail to the soured milk he longed for while living underground.
Irish woman seeks "husband" for 120 liters of beer
(Reuters)
Reuters - Julia Galvin came to
Finland looking for a man that would carry her 120 kg over a
253-metres track -- the incentive being the chance to win the
wife-carrying world title and beer worth her body weight.
Officials: Blast kills 5 in Yemen
(AP)
AP - Local officials in a northern Yemeni town say an explosion at the main post office building has killed at least five people.
Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages
(AP)
AP - Military intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a film crew flew to the jungle aboard a white helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap.
Film shows Zimbabwe vote rigged: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - A film secretly taken by a Zimbabwe
prison guard and smuggled out of the country shows the extent
of the rigging that took place for the June 27 presidential
run-off vote, the Guardian said on Saturday.
North Korea nuclear process at 'pivotal point': US
(AFP)
AFP - The US said Saturday that the six-party process overseeing North Korea's nuclear disablement is at "a very pivotal point" and that talks would be held in Beijing on verification as early as July 11 or 12.
Pope faces lack of faith in Australia: survey
(AFP)
AFP - Australia is one of the least religious nations in the western world, research showed Friday, as the country prepares to host Pope Benedict XVI and Catholic World Youth Day celebrations this month.
