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Breaking News Fri, 30 Jul 2010
Stones with the word "hero" written on them lay on grave stones in Section 60, where many soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are buried, Thursday,July 29, 2010, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
Military   Photos   Society   US   Wikipedia: Arlington National Cemetery mismanagement controversy  
 The Australian 
Thousands of errors unearthed at Arlington
| THE debacle at the Arlington National Cemetery on the edge of Washington is much worse than first thought, with thousands of graves estimated to be unmarked or wrongly labelled. | A Senate report re... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)
With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010.
Asia   Cambodia   Defence   Photos   US  
 Asia Times 
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
|      Jul 31, 2010 US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep | By Clifford McCoy | BANGKOK - Cambodia's first-ever multinational military exercise is part and parcel of intensifyi... (photo: AP / Heng Sinith)
Morris Iemma (sl1)  The Australian 
Morris Iemma's private battle
| IT was 3am on a Wednesday morning in May last year and Morris Iemma was lying on a gurney in a resuscitation bay at St George Hospital, in south Sydney. The former NSW premier was disoriented, and r... (photo: Creative Commons)
Body   Health   Hospital   Iemma   Photos  
England's Eoin Morgan, right, and Paul Collingwood leave the field at the end of the first day of the first cricket test match against Pakistan at the Trent Bridge cricket ground, Nottingham, England, Thursday July 29, 2010.  London Evening Standard 
England suffer blow as Paul Collingwood and Eoin Morgan fall
Paul Collingwood missed out on his 11th Test match hundred today as Pakistan also picked up the wicket of centurion Eoin Morgan. | Collingwood had added only one to his overnight score of 81 when he w... (photo: AP / Tom Hevezi)
Cricket   England   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: Paul Collingwood  
Top Stories
Qantaslink Q400 in special scheme to raise awareness for breast cancer. Asahi News
Qantas: Next-Generation Check-in Arrives in Perth
| Perth, 29 July 2010 -- Qantas today launched a trial of its all-new Next Generation Check-in system at its domestic terminal at Perth Airport. | Qantas Chief Executive ... (photo: Creative Commons / Magnus Manske)
Aerospace   Perth   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Qantas  
Kylie Minogue The Daily Mail
Kylie Minogue goes wild Down Under as she feeds a baby tiger
| Only a week ago, Kylie Minogue admitted her newborn nephew Ethan had made her broody. | But perhaps the singer would prefer a baby tiger instead of a little human after... (photo: AP / )
Celebrity   Entertainment   Music   Photos   Singer  
Andy Murray competes against Mardy Fish during day 5 of the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open at The Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, Florida - March 27, 2010 The Independent
Murray admits being 'in a rut' since Australia
| Andy Murray hopes the recruitment of a new coach will help him "to become a better player all around". Speaking publicly for the first time about his decision to part c... (photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert)
Australia   Photos   Sport   Tennis   Wikipedia: Andy Murray  
An Iraqi man holds blood-stained clothes at the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A bomb planted near a state-run bank killed and injured several people in the eastern Shiite slum of Sadr City police said. The Australian
Baghdad attacks leave 16 dead
| SIXTEEN people, including nine security force members, were killed and 14 wounded yesterday in a string of attacks in the Iraqi capital's Sunni district of Al-Adha... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
Baghdad   Defence   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Civil war in Iraq  
Retired tennis champion Pete Sampras returns the ball to Andre Agassi during an exhibition game as part of Agassi's Farewell Tour in San Juan China Daily
Sampras to make first visit to China
| CHENGDU, China -- Move over, giant pandas. The legendary Pete Sampras is coming to town. | On Thursday, the City of Chengdu in China's Sichuan Province, and CCTV-IMG Sp... (photo: AP / Andres Leighton)
China   Photos   Sport   Tennis   Wikipedia: Pete Sampras  
In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, people wait to board trains at the West Railway Station in Beijing, China. The New York Times
Population Research Presents a Sobering Prognosis
| With 267 people being born every minute and 108 dying, the world's population will top 7 billion next year, a research group projects. Lower birthrates and longer life ... (photo: AP)
Economy   Infrastructure   Photos   Population   Wikipedia: Population growth  
New Zealand's Brad Thorn reacts after the international rugby match between Wales and New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales The Australian
Thorn has no mind for retirement
| ALL Black Brad Thorn hopes hiis mind is as strong as his almost indestructible body so he can cope with the thing he dreads most _ retirement. |   | Thorn is the r... (photo: AP / Paul Thomas)
Games   Photos   Rugby   Sport   Wikipedia: Brad Thorn  
Australia's Israel Folau scores a try as New Zealand's Manu Vatuvei closes in during Rugby League's test match in Brisbane, Australia The Australian
Israel Folau's final insult to rugby league
| THE player NSW wanted banned from representative football is set to leave rugby league with a fairytale Test match in the heart of western Sydney. | And his presence lo... (photo: AP / Tertius Pickard)
League   Photos   Rugby   Sport   Wikipedia: Israel Folau  
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With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010.
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In this July 7, 2008 photo, an investor looks at a stock price board at a private securities' company in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell sharply Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, on heavy selling of airlines and other market heavyweights, as investors and analysts puzzled over why expectations of a rally linked to the Beijing Olympic games never materialized. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 4.5 percent, or 122.81 points, to 2,605.16. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second market dropped 5.6 percent to 74
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- School-building value found in narrow scope
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Sport Health
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England's Eoin Morgan, right, and Paul Collingwood leave the field at the end of the first day of the first cricket test match against Pakistan at the Trent Bridge cricket ground, Nottingham, England, Thursday July 29, 2010.
England suffer blow as Paul Collingwood and Eoin Morgan fall
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Morris Iemma (sl1)
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