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Sheehan says the US has been successful in combating al Qaeda, but where does the fight go from here?
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AMELIA, Italy — Laurie Rush is on a mission. The American scientist is teaching the U.S. military about the value of archeological sites and ancient artifacts in combat zones. The archeologist joined forces with the U.S. military in 1998, when she accepted a civilian post as an archeologist at Fort Drum, New York. The area is rich in Native American history, Rush’s specialty, and part of her job, is to ensure that construction and training on the vast base don’t harm any valuable ...

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LONDON -- Kenya was the top performing African team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, winning a total of 14 medals, six of them gold. But this summer in London, says Gordon Oluoch, Nairobi's Commissioner of Sports, the team expects to best its medal tally of four years ago. Speaking with VOA in front of a big poster of David Rudisha -- world record holder at 800 meters and one the country's favorites for gold -- he says Kenya is offering perhaps its strongest Olympics lineup ...

"Dancing with the Stars" is repeating some steps for its fall season.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House cut its outlook for U.S. growth in 2012 and 2013 on Friday, hours after data showed the economy grew at a tepid pace in the second quarter, raising concerns about a slowdown that could mar President Barack Obama's re-election chances. In its semi-annual budget review, the White House said it expected gross domestic product to rise 2.3 percent this year and 2.7 percent again next year - less than the 2.7 percent and 3.0 percent growth projections it made in February. ...

Mali's interim president returned home Friday, two months after seeking medical treatment in France when he was badly beaten by protesters who back a coup leader hanging onto power.

New figures released Friday by the White House predict this year's federal budget deficit will end up at $1.2 trillion.

Penn State linebacker Michael Mauti says he knows of only two or three players who are planning to leave the Nittany Lions following the NCAA sanctions that were levied on Monday.

A Maryland man calling himself "a joker" is accused of threatening to shoot up the business from which he was about to be fired and was wearing a T-shirt that read "Guns don't kill people. I do," when he first talked to officers who arrested him, police said Friday.

Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan shout slogans during a protest against US pressure against the Haqqani networkThe US Senate unanimously passed a resolution urging the State Department to put the Haqqani network, which operates in Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the US list of terrorist groups.

President Barack Obama meets with members of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July, 26, 2012. From left are, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Secreatry of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the president and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama is raising $1 million for his presidential campaign at a fundraiser near the White House.

FILE - This Oct. 7, 2008 file photo shows actress Lupe Ontiveros at Padres Contra El Cancer's 8th annual " El Sueno de Esperanza" benefit gala in Los Angeles. Ontiveros, the popular Texan actress known for her portrayal of Yolanda Saldivar in "Selena," died Thursday, July 26, 2012, of cancer at the Presbyterian Hospital in the City of Whittier, Calif., according to friend and comedian Rick Najera. She was 69. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)Veteran actress Lupe Ontiveros (LOO-pay ahn-tee-VEHR-oos), best known for her role in the movie "Selena," has died.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, July 26, 2012. The Dow Jones industrial average on Thursday jumped 212 points following big gains in European markets. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)The Dow Jones industrial average is up more than 200 points as traders hope for more action from European leaders to protect their currency union.

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Chelsea FC's John Terry (26) heads the ball over MLS All-Stars' Aurelien Collin (78), of Sporting Kansas City, to score during the first half of soccer's MLS All-Star game, Wednesday, July 25, 2012, in Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)Chelsea captain John Terry was charged by the English Football Association on Friday with racially abusing an opponent, two weeks after he was cleared by a court of the same offense.

Saudi authorities detained a number of protesters Friday in the country's restive eastern Shiite region after they set tires ablaze during an overnight rally, the kingdom's official news agency reported.

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“When I get in the subway going home and the rats are scurrying around, I’ll be thinking, ‘I ate your distant cousin,’ ” said Clifford Owens, a performance artist.


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For her exhibition at the Allegra LaViola Gallery, the artist Laura Ginn organized a dinner centered on the least-loved rodent.

ALEPPO, Syria — Syrian forces launched a fresh assault Friday in the country’s second city, Aleppo, while residents prepared for a larger offensive in the latest government stronghold to be transformed into a battleground.
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For more arts coverage or to read the transcript, visit Art Beat: www.pbs.org The building of Versailles, not the one in France, but one in Orlando, Fla., which was set to become the largest home in the nation, is the starting point for a documentary film titled, "The Queen of Versailles." The film focuses on an immensely wealthy couple and the ups and downs that they go through when the financial bubble bursts. Jeffrey Brown talks to Lauren Greenfield, the director.
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World - 1:27 PM 7/27/2012

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Two foreign journalists held hostage for a week by Islamic extremists have been rescued by anti-government Syrian fighters, reports said Friday.

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Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and his wife donate $2.5m to defend a gay marriage law facing a referendum in Washington state in November.

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Chelsea captain John Terry is charged by the Football Association following his clash with QPR's Anton Ferdinand.

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In Baquba, the neighborhood officials, or mukhtars, complained that the government was unable to protect them and their families from Al Qaeda infiltrators.


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The Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Summer Games is just hours away. Can London’s ceremony compare with Beijing’s impressive display from 2008? The Times’s Jason Stallman has the latest from London.


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Here is my favorite running route in Paris. Share your favorites from cities around the world.


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Military leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Thursday they were 'just waiting for the UN Security Council resolution' to deploy a military force of 3000 soliders in Mali, where the northern city of Gao is now in islamist rebel hands.Duration: 00:41
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July 27 - Richard Beales and Breakingviews columnists discuss Facebook’s share price plunge and why investors reacted differently to Amazon’s somewhat similar earnings report.

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DAKAR – On July 30, Senegal inaugurates its first national assembly since the passage of a gender parity law two years ago. Experts say much is at stake, both for restoring people’s faith in the much-maligned body and for solidifying gender equality. The fact that 65 of the 150 newly elected representatives are women is a big step forward, but women are quick to say it is just a first step. Gender experts and activists in Dakar say much is riding on their effectiveness as ...

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HONG KONG — When a Nigerian businessman died in police custody after being attacked by a mob on the streets of a major Chinese city last month, the story made few headlines. African communities appear increasingly frustrated at the racial discrimination directed at them in China and, as Ivan Broadhead reports from Hong Kong, increasingly believe their own governments are complicit in hushing up such abuses in order not to embarrass Beijing and risk jeopardizing Chinese investment back home. ...

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DAKAR – On July 30, Senegal inaugurates its first national assembly since the passage of a gender parity law two years ago. Experts say much is at stake, both for restoring people’s faith in the much-maligned body and for solidifying gender equality. The fact that 65 of the 150 newly elected representatives are women is a big step forward, but women are quick to say it is just a first step. Gender experts and activists in Dakar say much is riding on their effectiveness as ...

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Union flags at the ready as we seek out the cream of British cinema. Plus, your pick of the week's best films
This year has been one big union flag-waving, Pimm's swilling, Queen-worshipping, Olympic celebration of Britishness. (With lots of rain.) So what better time to celebrate the best of British film?

Perhaps your idea of a great British film is a true classic, like Lawrence of Arabia or Brief Encounter. You might go for something with a bit of quintessential kitchen-sink grit, like Kes, Fish Tank or Trainspotting. Or maybe you're a sucker for that rom-com where Hugh Grant plays a lovable middle-class buffoon? You know the one (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Love Actually, Sense and Sensibility).

Whatever you think, we'd like you to come over a bit patriotic and tell us what your favourite British film is, in the comments section below.

We're also keen to hear about new films you've been watching. Here's what some @guardianfilm followers had to say about movies they'd seen recently:

@gethhuws

Dark Knight Rises - Fantastic end to a breathless trilogy.


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TDKR: pretentious and soulless, with half developed ideas and predictable ending. Yes, I know I'm in the minority.


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The Dark Knight Rises: beautifully crafted cinema masterpiece. Anne Hathaway shines and Tom Hardy is solid.


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The Amazing Spider-Man – fresh, emotional and thrilling, but with more than a fair amount of cheese and logic fail.


@PhDImperio

Just saw #Ted. Laughed to tears. Very funny, very sharp references and very, very wrong!


@Reebeekins

Magic Mike. Superficial.



@MrLukeHarvey

Ice Age 4 - Predictable. Hilarious. Granny steals the show.


• If you've seen any films in the past week, good or bad, let us know. You can either leave a comment in the thread below, or tweet your thoughts with the hashtag #gdnreview. We'll pick the best and show them off here once a week.

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#yosoy132 protesters stage siege of Televisa over alleged bias, but excitement of early rallies is being replaced by impatience
Some brought tents and blankets and a few hugged guitars, but by far the most common accessory seen at the 24-hour siege of the broadcasting giant Televisa that began on Thursday were banners accusing the network of trying to "impose" Enrique Peña Nieto as president.
"Televisa: factory of lies," read one held up amid the rows of protesters that faced a wall of police officers around the building. "Weapon of mass manipulation" said another bearing a picture of a television. "Don't let Televisa put you to sleep," a third warned.
Mexico's student movement sprang up 10 weeks ago to thrust the issue of alleged media bias in favour of Peña Nieto to the centre of the presidential campaign.
The candidate won anyway, putting the revamped Party of Institutionalised Revolution (PRI) en route to regaining the power it had held from 1929 to 2000, and the students refocused their energies on rejecting the result of a poll they say was unfair.
But the sense that they are riding a new tide capable of shaking up the political and media establishment has begun to ebb away, and the palpable excitement that infused the early rallies is being replaced by expressions of frustration, anger and impatience.
"The movement started as a breath of fresh air as young people began to wake up," said Fernando Valenzuela, 21, a sociology student, as he prepared to spend the night at the Televisa picket. "Things are getting more radical now because the legitimacy of the institutions is running out and nobody wants to have to live with Peña Nieto as president for the next six years."
They will probably have to do so. Few observers expect the electoral authorities to accept that the evidence presented by the leftwing runner-up, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who alleges vote-buying and dodgy campaign financing as well as media bias, is weighty enough to annul the outcome.
So what next for the students who call themselves #yosoy132? The name, meaning I am 132, is a reference to the number of students who made a YouTube video that first sparked the movement after Televisa downplayed a protest against Peña Nieto at a private university in May. There were 131 of them, so everybody else is now, symbolically, number 132.
Rachel Sieder, an expert in Latin American social movements, said the Mexican students and their social media-fuelled protests constituted a phenomenon somewhere between the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street. "It is not likely to transform the political system now, with the recent presidential election reinforcing old-style clientelistic politics," she said. "But it does signal a critical mass of young, soon-to-be professionals who are calling for a fundamental change in the prevailing political and electoral culture."
With the impact of their near weekly marches beginning to wane, the largely middle-class movement has begun seeking a renewed lease of life through alliances with more traditional leftist social movements. Some of the students' most fervent critics celebrate this development as a sign that the movement will soon relegate itself to just another minority protest group with nothing new to offer. "They are throwing away the brand," said the advertising veteran and longtime PRI stalwart Carlos Alazraki.
There are further challenges in the need to juggle tensions between emerging leaders and the principle of consensus in all decision-making, the divergences of focus between students from private and public universities, and the difficulty of not looking like they are at the service of Lopez Obrador's legal challenge.
The Televisa picket was a kind of return to the movement's roots, but this time the network was in no mood to launch the kind of damage limitation exercise that ensured the first wave of protests were covered in detail. Its flagship news show dedicated the first half of its hour-long broadcast to the Olympics and included just a brief transmission of the scene outside its building towards the end of the programme. Televisa has submitted documents to the electoral tribunal backing its claim to have been completely neutral in the election, but it does not tend to answer the students' accusations directly on screen.
Hunched over their smartphones in a Mexico City cafe this month, members of the #yosoy132 media commission alleged they were constantly trying to hold off a "disinformation campaign" against them that diminished their importance and exaggerated their troubles, but stressed they did not need the traditional media to get their message across.
"We started as a hashtag and we became a movement," said Martha Muñoz, 19, a communications student. "We have thrown a ball up into the air. Now we have to see who catches it."

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FILE - This Jan. 26, 2012 file photo shows, from left, Prince Jackson, Blanket Jackson and Paris Jackson after a hand and footprint ceremony honoring their father musician Michael Jackson in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. The executors of Michael Jackson's estate say they are concerned about the welfare of the singer's mother and his three children. In a letter posted on fan sites Tuesday, July 24, executors John Branca and John McClain says they are doing what they can to protect them from “undue influences, bullying, greed, and other unfortunate circumstances.” The letter came hours after sheriff's deputies responded for a family disturbance at the hilltop home where Katherine Jackson and her three grandchildren live. No arrests were made, but there is an active battery investigation. Katherine Jackson was reported missing over the weekend, but is with relatives in Arizona. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)Katherine Jackson's attorney says his client has agreed to allow Tito Jackson's son to become a co-guardian of Michael Jackson's three children.

AMMAN (Reuters) - The flamboyant scion of a military family that has been a pillar of the Syrian establishment is flirting with the idea of playing a major role in the revolt, but a history of service to the Assad dynasty and lack of domestic support are not on his side. Brigadier General Manaf Tlas, one of the most senior defectors from President Bashar al-Assad's rule, took a step on the international stage on Thursday by publicly meeting the foreign minister of Turkey, Syria's northern neighbor which is trying to shape a post-Assad leadership. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday many Americans feel a "great deal of anxiety" about the sluggish pace of growth caused by the 2007-2009 recession, and urged Congress to enact policies pushed by President Barack Obama to create jobs and bolster the recovery. ...

Police in Maryland have arrested a suspect who investigators say referred to himself as "a joker" and was plotting to stage a shooting in his workplace.

New government data shows only a quarter of Americans with the AIDS virus have the infection under control. Young people and blacks are least likely to get effective care.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels have detained at least 100 Syrian officers, soldiers and pro-government militiamen this week in the city of Aleppo, where a major battle is anticipated, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. A video posted on YouTube showed rebels with Kalashnikovs from "The Tawheed (monotheism) Brigade" guarding the detainees who were lined up in four groups on a school playground. An off-camera voice said they had been detained in Aleppo, Syria's biggest city. ...

LONDON/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - - Turkey may be some way from acting on Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's threat to strike Kurdish separatists in Syria, but week by week it finds itself sucked ever further into its neighbor's worsening war. The shooting down of a Turkish reconnaissance jet last month was seen by many as a turning point, prompting Ankara to join Saudi Arabia at Qatar in semi-covert support for the Free Syrian Army fighting against President Bashar al-Assad. ...


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July 27 - Mario Draghi sparked a bounce with hints of intervention on the debt crisis. A busy week of bank policy meetings, economic data and bond auctions will test whether the turnaround has staying power.

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Jul 27 - On the final day of the Olympic torch relay, spectators follow the flame through the city as London prepares for the start of the Games. Sarah Wali reports .

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One day to go before the opening ceremony of London 2012 Olympic Games, the Shoreditch area in east London showcases some unusual Olympic street art work. Duration: 00:26
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Members of the Indonesian national police and the special crime unit inspect 14 seized preserved bodies of critically-endangered Sumatran tigers at a warehouse in Cibubur, south of Jakarta on July 25, 2012. A man identified as FR was arrested Tuesday in a suburban area of Depok suspected of his involvement in the illegal wildlife trade, national police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar told AFP. Duration: 00:29
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A decade after the fall of the cinema-hating Taliban, a group of Afghan directors have created "Kabul I love you", a film love letter to their capital, rooted in the grim reality of everyday life in the war-torn city. Duration: 02:07
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It is reported that Spain has sounded out Germany on a sovereign bailout as its jobless total reaches a new high.

After recently offending France's National Front, Madonna's make-up gig is slammed by fans for it's short 45-minute set.

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Spain is in an "unprecedented" double-dip recession and the outlook for the country remains "very difficult", says the International Monetary Fund.

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A toy designed by Vit Grus in “Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000,” a big, wonderful show at the Museum of Modern Art that examines the intersection of Modernist design and modern thinking about children.

See more photos and read Ken Johnson’s review of the exhibit here: http://nyti.ms/NyfRSB

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Nowhere is our health care system more broken and desperate than rural Mississippi. Can an approach used in Iran help save lives?


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Muslims pray at Jama Masjid in New Delhi.


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Search giant admits it has not deleted all of data it secretly collected from internet users around the UK
Google is facing a fresh privacy blunder after it admitted it has not deleted all of the private data, including emails and passwords, it secretly collected from internet users around the UK.

The search giant was ordered in December 2010 to delete the private information hoovered up by its Street View cars from open Wi-Fi networks.

But on Friday Google told the Information Commissioner's Office "human error" prevented it from erasing the data, which could include the emails and passwords of millions of Britons.

Google admitted in May 2010 its Street View cars had "mistakenly" collected private information as they photographed homes and landmarks around the world.

It is not known exactly what private information was taken in the UK, but regulators in the US found traces of medical records and web browsing history among the so-called "payload" data.

The news Google has not purged all of the data taken from UK users 19 months after it was instructed to do so will cause further embarrassment for the company.

On Friday, the ICO said the retention of the data appears to be a breach of the undertaking signed by Google in December 2010.

A spokesman for the ICO said it will now conduct a "forensic analysis" of the data, meaning Google could be fined up to £500,000 if the material is found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act. The company will be one of the first to have breached an undertaking by the ICO if the data is found to be in breach of the DPA.

The ICO said in a statement: "The ICO is clear that this information should never have been collected in the first place and the company's failure to secure its deletion as promised is cause for concern."

Google's global privacy counsel, Peter Fleischer, apologised for the error in a letter to the ICO on Friday. Google declined to comment beyond the letter, which was published on the ICO website.

The technology company is already being investigated by the ICO over claims it orchestrated a cover-up of the data collection in 2010.

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More than 170,000 people have fled their homes during clashes between Muslim immigrants and the indigenous Bodo ethnic group in the Indian northeastern Assam state.

Worries about global funding are tempered by hopeful news about the search for improved treatment for sufferers as the UN AIDS Conference winds down in Washington on Friday.

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In this exclusive live feed highlight, Britney, Wil and Danielle talk about their hometowns. Big Brother airs Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on CBS!
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In this exclusive live feed highlight, Ian eats chocolate pudding and slop. Big Brother airs Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on CBS!
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ISTANBUL – In Turkey, a well-known women's talk show host has provoked ire among some Turks by offering a friend as a second wife to her husband. The overture thrust polygamy into the national spotlight. "You have no shame! You are defending adultery," a woman shouted at Sibel Uresin, an Islamic media personality, during a televised discussion program. "I get lots of calls people asking me if their husbands can get another wife, what if their husband want to marry ...

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BELGRADE, Serbia -- Slobodan Milosevic's former spokesman became Serbia's new prime minister on Friday, promising to promote reconciliation in the Balkans after his nomination triggered fears of resurgent nationalism in the volatile region.

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Caretaker Lai Van Xa provokes a tiger with his plastic sandal at a tiger farm in southern Binh Duong province, Vietnam, on July 4.Conservationists allege that Vietnam's 11 registered tiger farms are fronts for a thriving illegal market in tiger parts, highly prized for purported — if unproven — medicinal qualities.

New government data shows only a quarter of Americans with the AIDS virus have the infection under control. Young people and blacks are least likely to get effective care.

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