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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Oklahoma City Sun.com http://www.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/c08dd24cec417021/ en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:00:01 -0400 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:00:01 -0400 30 The US government is concerned a Supreme Court ruling about the legal rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, could see suspected terrorists walking free. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378410/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:16:17 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378410/cs/1/ At least eight policemen have been in a Taliban insurgent attack on a check post in southern Afghanistan, while three suspected rebels were held for weapons smuggling in the southwest. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378409/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:14:15 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378409/cs/1/ The most senior judge in the UK, Lord Phillips has inflamed an existing controversy by saying that Muslims in Britain should be able to live according to Sharia law. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378408/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:12:43 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378408/cs/1/ The Chinese government has told the Dalai Lama they will not hold further talks with him unless he publicly declares that the activists of Tibetan Youth Congress should not disturb the Beijing Olympic Games. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378407/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:10:41 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378407/cs/1/ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has become a controversial figure almost overnight with his latest comments on Iraq. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378249/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:25:34 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378249/cs/1/ People magazine in the US has reported that Thomas Beatie, who was born a woman but lives as a man due to hormone treatment, has given birth to a girl at an Oregon hospital. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378251/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:40:11 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378251/cs/1/ US President George Bush has said he will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378250/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:30:32 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378250/cs/1/ Around two hundred Zimbabweans have sought refuge at the US embassy in Harare. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378248/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:23:11 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378248/cs/1/ In the US, an internal State Department report suggests celebrities may have had their privacy breached by employees. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378247/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:19:42 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378247/cs/1/ A car bomb has exploded near one of Baghdad's major hospitals, killing four people and wounding 10. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378246/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:17:37 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378246/cs/1/ Police in London have been shocked at a frenzied attack on two French students. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378244/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:15:57 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378244/cs/1/ Britain says it will double assistance to Pakistan to secure the trouble-plagued border, which is shared with Afghanistan. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378243/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:13:12 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378243/cs/1/ Eight people have been arrested in Cuba, in an action against opponents of the communist government. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378242/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:09:34 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378242/cs/1/ Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on says he will establish anti-corruption legislation by next year. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378241/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:07:49 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378241/cs/1/ The family of a 30-year old East Jerusalem man who went amok Wenesday with a bulldozer, killing three people, say he was not a terrorist. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378228/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:06:31 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378228/cs/1/ Pakistan's hockey chief Thursday promised to host an international tournament next summer in the memory of former premier Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated last year. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378186/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:28 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/378186/cs/1/ The Queen officially opened a new multimillion-pound university campus today. Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill and Kwik-Fit tycoon Sir Tom Farmer, the university chancellor, were among the ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966808/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:30:41 -0400 The Herald http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966808/ CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- President Bush invoked the memory of Thomas Jefferson Friday in welcoming new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Monticello, saying "I'll be proud to call you a... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966848/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:25:59 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966848/ The southbound carriageway of the M77 was closed today after a car crash. The lanes near junction 8 in Ayrshire were shut after the one vehicle incident at about 8.30am this morning. A helicopter, a... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15967257/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:30:43 -0400 The Herald http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15967257/ BUTTE, Montana (AP) -- Barack Obama is celebrating the 4th of July in Butte, Montana, attending a parade and picnic. It's a state that usually gives its three electoral votes to a Republican. Only two... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966741/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:25:53 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966741/ NEW YORK (AP) -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose wh... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966626/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:25:44 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966626/ Biofuels have caused world food prices to go up by 75%, according to a new report from the World Bank. A leaked copy of the report contradicts US government claims that using plants to produce fuel c... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966615/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:30:48 -0400 The Herald http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966615/ U.S. spent $175 million trying to find contractors, military says U.S. intelligence located hostages for Colombia, source says Previous rescue missions had been scrapped, sources say http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966714/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:12:01 -0400 CNN http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966714/ A bar owner choked back tears today as he told a court how "wild" British soldiers trashed his pub and beat him up after a mass brawl in the Cyprus party resort of Ayia Napa. ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15967452/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:56:33 -0400 The Independent http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15967452/ WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- Roger Federer beat Marat Safin in straight sets Saturday, leaving him one win from his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam championship. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966801/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:25:41 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966801/ The funeral of a 35-year-old man was delayed by five weeks after pathology staff mistakenly placed some of his organs in another corpse. Andrew Bandelow from Sudbrooke, Lincolnshire, died suddenly ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15967517/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:55:36 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15967517/ NEW YORK (AP) -- He's gone from hot-dog top dog to underdog. Renowned competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi is aiming to chomp his way back to the top of the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating competit... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966843/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:25:46 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966843/ Noel Gallagher has waded into the debate over youth knife crime while picking up an award at the Silver Clef music therapy awards in London. The Oasis guitarist said it was a "pity scumbags are takin... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15967514/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:55:30 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15967514/ Seven killed, five others missing after two canoes ran over dam in Slovenia Two people swam ashore after boats broke up but one died Friday in hospital Accident happened near Sevnica, 90 km southeast ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966195/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:42:02 -0400 CNN http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966195/ 100 years after explosion in Siberia, no conclusions what caused it Theories include meteor, UFO or angry gods No conclusive evidence to support any theory http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966196/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:42:01 -0400 CNN http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966196/ A Pringle is undoubtedly crisp - but it is not a potato crisp. That was the conclusion reached by a High Court judge today after an exhaustive inquiry into the ingredients, manufacturer and packaging... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15967258/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:30:47 -0400 The Herald http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15967258/ LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Larry Harmon wasn't the original Bozo the Clown, but he was the real one. Harmon, who portrayed the wing-haired clown for more than half a century, died Thursday of congestive hear... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966844/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:25:42 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966844/ Two men escaped with minor injuries after their light aircraft crashed after taking off from a small airfield near Newport. The pilot and passenger walked away from the two-seater KIS Cruiser, which ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15967516/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:55:34 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15967516/ BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) -- Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the redwoods. Bu... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966846/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:25:54 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966846/ PARIS (AP) -- Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt has arrived in France to a hero's welcome after six years in the captivity of leftist rebels in the Colombian jungle. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966847/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:26:01 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966847/ The Gap Fire in Santa Barbara County declared the state's top priority Friday Fire has charred 3,000 acres, threatens town of Goleta Some 1,400 Big Sur residents ordered to leave homes due to Basin Co... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966629/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:12:04 -0400 CNN http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966629/ New car sales dipped last month as consumers felt the credit crunch, it was announced today. A total of 209,190 new vehicles were registered in June 2008 - a 6.1% fall on the June 2007 figure, the So... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966595/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:30:44 -0400 The Herald http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966595/ MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- A homemade bomb exploded at an outdoor concert in Belarus' capital early Friday, injuring at least 50 people. Officials blamed hooligans. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966845/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:25:48 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966845/ Lukashenko, criticized by the West for ruling the ex-Soviet state with an iron grip since the mid-1990s, was not far from the blast but was unhurt and did not appear to be the target, his spokesman sa... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966283/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:32:06 -0400 Reuters http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966283/ HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe said on Friday that although he accepted the need for negotiations to end Zimbabwe's crisis, the opposition must drop their claim to power and accept that he... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966282/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:32:04 -0400 Reuters http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966282/ The smallest planet in the Solar System has become even smaller, studies by the Messenger spacecraft have shown. Data from a flyby of Mercury in January 2008 show the planet has contracted by more th... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966493/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:24:46 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966493/ HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965123/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:47:23 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965123/ This summer will be a key moment for those who question the official explanation of what happened on 9/11, the self-styled "9/11 truth movement". Nearly seven years after the terrible events of that ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966492/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:24:59 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966492/ BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Hugo Chavez, once a key mediator in securing hostage releases from Colombian rebels, could do little more than phone congratulations to President Alvaro Uribe after this week'... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965235/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:47:21 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965235/ The British Grand Prix will move from Silverstone to Donington from 2010 in a 10-year deal, it has been announced. Silverstone, which had hosted the race since 1987, is owned by the British Racing ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966135/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:25:02 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966135/ Hamas says it has suspended indirect talks over a proposed prisoner exchange deal due to involve the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. The militant group said Israel was not respectin... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966494/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:24:51 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966494/ SAPPORO, Japan (AP) -- Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of ec... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965229/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:47:20 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965229/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' le... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965196/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:47:15 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965196/ French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt is due in Paris, two days after her dramatic release from captivity in the Colombian jungle. The former hostage will be met by President Nicolas Sarkoz... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966495/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:24:53 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966495/ Veteran journalist Sir Charles Wheeler, the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, has died at the age of 85 after suffering from lung cancer. A reporter, presenter and producer, he covered sto... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966099/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:25:08 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15966099/ Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said the longer tour does not open the door to an extension beyond the 30 days, nor to the possibility of replacing them with other U.S. troops when they come ou... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965230/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:47:26 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965230/ Ettinger, whose New York-based company has auctioned off items ranging from the possessions of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt to Jerry Garcia's guitars, estimates the Parks collecti... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965232/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:47:17 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965232/ NEW YORK (AP) -- A-Rod and the Material Girl? That's a lot of hits. Reports that Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have become close just as their marriages are disintegrating have both the... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965234/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:47:14 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965234/ WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- A spot in her seventh Wimbledon final already secured, Venus Williams headed back to Centre Court to catch the end of the next match. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965233/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:47:12 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965233/ Actor Clive Hornby, who played Jack Sugden in ITV1 soap Emmerdale, has died at the age of 63. It was announced in January that Hornby would be taking a break from the soap because of ill health. ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965128/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:15:49 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965128/ TAIPEI/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Historic regular flights between Taiwan and China began on Friday, in a show of conciliation between the long-time rivals that could bring large numbers of mainland Chinese... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15964013/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:41:56 -0400 Reuters http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15964013/ So much forest has burned near Big Sur that animals have been forced out of their habitat and onto the roads. Buzzards flew overhead to snatch up dead rodents and squirrels, and residents reported see... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963562/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:04:48 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963562/ A teenager has died after being stabbed in a street attack in south London. The 16-year-old suffered multiple knife wounds but no weapon has been recovered from the scene, the Metropolitan Police has... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15964670/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:36:38 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15964670/ The manuscript of the song whose lyrics were written by Samuel Francis Smith in 1831 could be worth tens of thousands of dollars, said the owner, art collector Keya Morgan. He said he bought it from t... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963240/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:51:18 -0400 CNN http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963240/ Lawyers for a woman involved in an alleged sexual assault by four England rugby players in New Zealand say she will not be making a police complaint. Auckland police said they were investigating al... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963273/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:36:36 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963273/ But with finance ministers and central bankers absent, they will probably make little headway. A German government source said while inflation was on the agenda, the G8 chiefs would not make interest ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965615/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:22:02 -0400 Reuters http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965615/ WASHINGTON - An internal State Department investigative report suggests that employees may have been snooping on the passport records of celebrities far more than previously disclosed and urges new ac... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963924/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:01:56 -0400 MSNBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963924/ By Sam Lyon 1114: "The wind's quite calm so, relative to testing, the driving's quite good - although obviously the oil is going to mess things up a bit. Our high speed performance is pretty ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965188/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:15:47 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15965188/ A referee has collapsed and died at a GAA match in County Down. Michael Cole, who was in his 50s and from Kilkeel, was also a councillor on Newry and Mourne District Council and had just completed a ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15964666/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:36:35 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15964666/ Aid organisations in Zimbabwe have provided food and other assistance to about 150 men who spent a cold night outside the US embassy in the capital. About 50 women and children were taken away to she... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15964929/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:15:46 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15964929/ Communist allies of India's government have given it a deadline to say if it will proceed with the civilian nuclear deal with the US. The Communists, who say they will withdraw support from the gov... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15964668/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:36:34 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15964668/ Three new female contestants will enter the Big Brother house later, according to a spokeswoman for Channel 4's show. The incoming candidates will be "a sexy executive PA, a theatre director in her... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15964669/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:36:31 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15964669/ Researchers from Finland have revealed that men who had intercourse more often were less likely to develop ED. Over the period of five years, the team studied 989 men between 55 to 75 years from Pirka... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963098/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:32:51 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963098/ BIG SUR, California (AP) -- Piles of charred rubble smoldered near California's scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the storied tourist town of Big Sur, destroying vac... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961403/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:50:41 -0400 CNN http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961403/ A Belorusian woman passes an explosion site in downtown Minsk, Belarus, Friday, July 4, 2008. Belarusian health officials say more than 50 people have been injured in a bomb explosion at an outdoor co... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961375/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:31:43 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961375/ Bollywood actor Sushant Singh is often seen playing negative roles, but he doesn't want to be typecast and so has shifted his focus to comedies. He is looking forward to the release of his comic caper... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963095/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:32:47 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963095/ July 03, 2008 9:40:34 AM IST Scientists at the University of California, San Diego claim to have isolated more than two dozen promising and novel compounds from which new "designer drugs" might be dev... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963096/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:32:48 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963096/ Patrick Waller sobs in court as his conviction is overturned Four other Dallas County men cleared by DNA attend hearing The county leads the nation in DNA exonerations, with 19 Waller spent 15 years i... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15960734/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:50:40 -0400 CNN http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15960734/ Its success hinged entirely, its planners said Thursday, on a near-total breakdown in communications between the isolated guerrilla jailers and their commanders - the net result of years of intense U.... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961041/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:03:38 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961041/ DUBAI: International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday named former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd as the new chairman of the high-profile ICC Cricket Committee. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963101/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:32:46 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963101/ MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that a shake-up in the leadership of his campaign was part of a "natural evolution" as the organization becomes more nat... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961046/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:03:40 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961046/ FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama waded into controversy on Thursday over his plans to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq, first saying he might "refine... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961827/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:41:48 -0400 Reuters http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961827/ Gracia Burnham was scared by fireworks after being hostage exposed to gunfire Kathryn Koob struggled to catch up on news after 444 days in U.S. Embassy Psychologists say transition experience varies d... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961404/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:50:43 -0400 CNN http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961404/ Embryonic stem cells from mice have been successfully put to work building their hearts - a development that takes researchers a step forward in stem cell-based generating therapies for heart disease. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963100/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:32:50 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963100/ A new study has revealed that chemical compounds produced by our body, similar to an active ingredient in marijuana called THC can help in maintaining good skin. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963097/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:32:50 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963097/ NEW YORK, Jul 3 (IPS) - Maher Arar, whose "rendition" to Syria is widely viewed as an egregious example of mistaken identity, has again been denied the right to appear in court, and Congressional effo... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963043/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:33:23 -0400 IPS http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963043/ Bryan Cullen said that his team had found clues to how a gene called LAT, switched on by the herpes virus, works. Describing HSV-1 as a docile beast, the researcher pointed out that it could snooze in... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963099/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:32:52 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15963099/ Ralph Archbold and Linda Wilde, who portray the historical figures, tied the knot Thursday evening in a public ceremony in front of Independence Hall, where the real Franklin helped draft the nation's... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961040/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:03:28 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961040/ FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Democrat Barack Obama struggled Thursday to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops from the w... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961045/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:03:41 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961045/ Ingrid Betancourt woke up, as always, at 4am, for another numbing day in her seventh year of rebel captivity deep in Colombia's jungle.The former presidential candidate listened to news of her mother ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961614/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:40:42 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961614/ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California firefighters made a desperate stand as darkness fell on Thursday to save more than 4,000 homes and other structures from a pair of out-of-control wildfires burning a... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961826/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:41:47 -0400 Reuters http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961826/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in China next month, the White House said on Thursday. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961825/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:41:46 -0400 Reuters http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961825/ BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont man whose 12-year-old niece was found dead near his home carefully orchestrated events and e-mails to make it appear she had gone to see someone she met online, prose... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961038/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:03:35 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961038/ But ministers have instead accepted the scientific arguments of the Independent Scientific Group on TB in Cattle. The ISG's analysis - an earlier and much larger study than Sir David's - concluded ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15962850/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:36:16 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15962850/ POSEN, Ill. (AP) -- A suburban Chicago man locked his two young daughters in a wire cage hidden in the back of his pickup truck because he didn't have a baby sitter, officials said Thursday. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961043/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:03:32 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15961043/ Three people accused of murdering 16-year-old Ben Kinsella in north London are due in court later. Juress Kika and Michael Alleyne, both 18, and Jade Braithwaite, 19, all from Islington, will appea... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15962849/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:36:15 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15962849/ Prescription charging is the most obvious divergence of NHS policy since responsibility for healthcare was given to the Welsh and Northern Ireland assemblies, and the Scottish Parliament. In England,... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15962848/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:36:08 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15962848/ India's truck operators have called off their strike to protest against rising fuel bills. The operators had also protested against "steep" road tolls imposed by the government. The chief of the... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15962851/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:36:07 -0400 BBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15962851/ Iran is likely to launch ballistic missiles against Israel and the United States and the NATO alliance should prepare for it, was the warning issued earlier this week by Admiral James Winnefeld, comma... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15958595/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:27:52 -0400 Haaretz http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15958595/ Most of us go to and from work in our own cars, but anyone interested in cutting costs and even gaining new friends along the way can join the new carpooling initiatives. Web sites such as tremp.co.il... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15958596/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:27:49 -0400 Haaretz http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15958596/ HILARY DUNCANSON The first stage of a multi-million pound network of walking and cycling routes opens today. Sustrans' Connect2 scheme scooped £50m in funding in December after the British pu... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15958006/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:08:38 -0400 The Herald http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15958006/ So much forest has burned near Big Sur that animals have been forced out of their habitat and onto the roads. Buzzards flew overhead to snatch up dead rodents and squirrels, and residents reported see... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15958582/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:03:33 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15958582/ advertisement These kinds of unknown facts about relations are often what sparks people's lasting fascination with tracing their roots, and the Blakers' descendants might be intrigued to learn that th... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15958245/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:08:39 -0400 The Herald http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15958245/ ALTON, Ill. (AP) -- An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that her belove... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15958579/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:03:27 -0400 New York Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15958579/ The Constitutional Court's chief prosecutor is demanding the Islamic-rooted party be disbanded for anti-secular activity and that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and 70 other party members be barr... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15960493/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:32:33 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/15960493/