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- IMF to Seek $250 Billion Boost in Its Lending Resources at G-20 | BusinessWeek 19 July 2010
- China should cut U.S. Treasury holdings: economist | Reuters 19 July 2010
- Afghanistan and Pakistan Sign a Trade Deal | NY Times 19 July 2010
- BP Hopes to Keep Gulf Well Closed, but Seeping Is Detected | NY Times 19 July 2010
- The New Poor – Job Training Struggles to Keep Pace in an Economy in Flux | NY Times 19 July 2010
- UN Sanctions Force Halt to English Tests for Iranian Students | Antiwar.com 19 July 2010
- Allawi Pulls Out of Coalition Talks With Sadr | Antiwar.com 19 July 2010
- After long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. military begins to treat mental injuries as combat wounds | WaPo 19 July 2010
- Bibi Unmasked – Justin Raimondo | Antiwar.com 19 July 2010
- India: Prosecute Rampant ‘Honor’ Killings | Human Rights Watch 19 July 2010
- Omar Deghayes Complains About “Highly Selective” Disclosure of UK Documents Relating to his Interrogations in Bagram and Guantánamo | Andy Worthington 19 July 2010
- Pakistan Hires Transgender Workers to Shame Tax Delinquents – At War Blog | NY Times 19 July 2010
- BP, feds clash over reopening capped Gulf oil well | AP 19 July 2010
- Seepage detected near blown-out BP well: government | Reuters 19 July 2010
- Fresh call for Lockerbie inquiry | BBC News 19 July 2010
- Afghan conference eyes 2014 security handover: report | AFP 19 July 2010
- Settlement issue ‘holding up Middle East talks’ | AFP 19 July 2010
- Human Rights Watch: No freedom, no rights in Syria | AP 19 July 2010
- Settlement issue ‘holding up Middle East talks’ | AFP 19 July 2010
- Hundreds join Tel Aviv protest against child deportations | Haaretz 19 July 2010
- Colombia taking Venezuela rebel accusation to OAS | Reuters 19 July 2010
- 22 illegal immigrants arrested in southern California | AFP 19 July 2010
- Jobless in Cuba? Communism faces the unthinkable | AP 19 July 2010
- U.S. Backs Trial for Four Detainees in Afghanistan | NY Times 19 July 2010
- Jailbreak Precedes Afghan Conference | NY Times 19 July 2010
- Army reports 32 suicides in June, highest number since early 2009 | WaPo 18 July 2010
- U.S. policy a paper tiger against sex trade in war zones – Nick Schwellenbach and Carol Leonnig | WaPo 18 July 2010
- Rising civilian toll ignites anger at African force as it battles Somali militants | WaPo 18 July 2010
- The Silent Palestinian Refugee Crisis – Taylor Long and Alistair Harris | Foreign Policy 18 July 2010
- Israel to UN: Human Rights Obligations Don’t Apply in Occupied Territories | Antiwar.com 18 July 2010
- Poll Shows Opposition to NATO Troops in Southern Afghanistan | Antiwar.com 18 July 2010
- Court clears Guantanamo captives for return to Algeria | Miami Herald 18 July 2010
- U.S. to unveil large aid package to win the hearts of Pakistanis | McClatchy 18 July 2010
- Somalia Centre Stage Ahead of AU Summit – Joshua Kyalimpa | IPS 18 July 2010
- US pushing UN status for gay rights group | AP 18 July 2010
- Iran blames West, Israel for bombings despite condemnation | AFP 18 July 2010
- Taliban’s Mullah Omar orders attacks on women, U.S. says | McClatchy 18 July 2010
- The Myth of the Global Economy – Ian Fletcher | Truthout 18 July 2010
- Congressman introduces resolution to protect citizens who videotape cops | Photography is Not a Crime 18 July 2010
- CIA says it moved Iranian scientist, 2nd informant to U.S. over safety concerns | WaPo 18 July 2010
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