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Turkish Military Launches Ground Incursion Into Northern Iraq

Javno.hr
Voice of America -
By VOA News The Turkish military says it has launched a land offensive across the border into northern Iraq to attack suspected Kurdish rebels.
Turkish troops enter north Iraq
Turkey army launches land offensive into Iraq
Obama deflects Clinton's wake-up call

BBC Bulgaria
Los Angeles Times -
He seeks to demonstrate that he also can be a candidate of substance in the largely civil Texas debate. By Peter Wallsten, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Facing what many view as a dream candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton set out Thursday …
Video: Bill Clinton Says It All Comes Down to Texas
During debate, Hillary Clinton takes big swing at Barack, but no …
Croatia arrests 44 anti-Serb protesters

Ottawa Citizen
Reuters -
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatian police have arrested 44 people who burned the Serbian flag in Zagreb's main square after Serb protesters attacked the Croatian embassy in Belgrade during a rally against Kosovo's independence.
Video: Rioters Set Fire to US Embassy in Belgrade
Russia threatens force over Kosovo
Briton Gets Life for Killing Prostitutes

Globe and Mail
The Associated Press -
LONDON (AP) - A judge in eastern England sentenced the killer of five prostitutes to life in prison on Friday, with no hope of release.
UK Killer of Five Prostitutes Jailed for Life, Sky Reports
Suffolk serial killer Steve Wright jailed for life
Pakistan's election winners to work out coalition

CBS News
Reuters -
By Zeeshan Haider ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's opposition election winners were due to step up efforts to forge a coalition on Friday, raising the prospect of a government intent on forcing US ally President Pervez Musharraf from power.
Pakistan parties agree on coalition
Pakistan Parties Agree to Form Gov't
Death of Ex-Cop's 3rd Wife Was Homicide

E Canada Now
The Associated Press -
CHICAGO (AP) - Amid the search for a former police officer's fourth wife, an autopsy on the exhumed body of the man's third wife showed what her relatives have long suspected - her death was no accident.
Video: Autopsy: Drew Peterson's 3rd Wife Was Murdered
Drew Peterson's 3rd wife was found dead in bathtub in 2004
Heavy damage but no deaths as 6.0 earthquake strikes northeastern …

Vancouver Sun
Los Angeles Times -
The historical district of Wells, Nev., is devastated in the early-morning quake, felt as far away as Southern California. From the Associated Press WELLS, NEV.
Lots of Damage, No Deaths in Nev. Quake
Northeastern Nevada Hit by 6.0 Quake
Pentagon chief hails strike on satellite

CBC Toronto
Honolulu Advertiser -
The image of a Navy missile fired from the Pearl Harbor cruiser USS Lake Erie streaking into outer space to obliterate a failing US spy satellite boosts the credibility of the nation's missile-defense system.
Video: Satellite Takedown: Military Confirms Hit
Comment by David Wright Sr. Scientist, Global Security Program, UCS
EU regulators wary of Microsoft's shift

Lompoc Record
Forbes -
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will share more information about its products and technology in an effort to make it work better with rivals' software and meet the demands of antitrust regulators in Europe.
Microsoft to Share More Technical Secrets
Microsoft to uncloak technical data in bid to avoid inquiry
Hollywood trade paper Variety put up for sale

Enews 2.0
Reuters -
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Daily Variety, the venerable show business "trade" magazine and Hollywood fixture for over 70 years, was put up for sale on Thursday as part of a cost-cutting plan by its parent company, Reed-Elsevier.
Apax Partners considers bid for Reed Elsevier's Business …
Reed Ditches Print, Gets Analytical
Oil Losses Drag Down Shares
Wall Street Journal -
By SARAH TURNER The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index fell 0.4% to 321.01. The United Kingdom's FTSE 100 Index slipped 0.6% to 5896.40, the German DAX 30 Index fell 0.8% to 6848.13 and the French CAC-40 index lost 0.4% to 4838.21.
RWE, oil firms pressure European shares
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