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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Middle East Star.com http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:48:06 -0400 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:48:06 -0400 30 Al-Qaeda militants killed 23 members of Iraq's security forces across the country on Thursday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666041/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:10:27 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666041/cs/1/ Police in France say a woman has admitted to suffocating eight newborn babies. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666058/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:32:00 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666058/cs/1/ Russia's special forces have managed to prevent a hijacker from taking complete control of a plane carrying 105 passengers. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666042/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:20:49 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666042/cs/1/ The FBI has been asked to look into how Wikileaks got hold of more than 90,000 classified US military documents. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/665988/cs/1/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:14:40 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/665988/cs/1/ Police in riot gear stared down protesters in a tense stand-off in Pheonix, Arizona on Thursday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/665996/cs/1/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:50:08 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/665996/cs/1/ Another US serviceman has been found dead in a remote area of Afghanistan. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/665990/cs/1/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:35:48 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/665990/cs/1/ Indonesian police have been involved in a confrontation with people who were attacking a mosque used by a minority Islamic sect. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/665989/cs/1/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:24:36 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/665989/cs/1/ The US polling group, Pew Research Centre, has done a survey in Pakistan to determine how Pakistanis view the Taliban and other terrorist groups. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/665986/cs/1/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:53:19 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/665986/cs/1/ The British government has refused to consider returning the jewel in the British monarch's crown. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/665987/cs/1/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:02:00 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/665987/cs/1/ India and the United States have signed an agreement on the nuclear fuel reprocessing arrangements under the India-US civil nuclear deal completing another key step in implementing the landmark accord. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666467/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:11 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666467/cs/1/ Prosecutors in the US state of Oregon Friday concluded there are no grounds for charging former vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore with sexual assault of a masseuse. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666466/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:10 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666466/cs/1/ One of the top leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel was killed in a gunfight with soldiers, an official said. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666465/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:09 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666465/cs/1/ An unflappable 20-year-old sales woman in Florida kept her cool during a robbery, turning away a robber by discussing Jesus, a broadcast report said Friday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666464/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:08 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666464/cs/1/ Hundreds of firefighters have stepped up efforts to contain a wildfire that has destroyed more than 3,200 hectares near Los Angeles, Xinhua reported. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666462/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:07 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666462/cs/1/ US President Barack Obama called on Iran Friday to release three Americans hikers who have been held for a year, saying their continued detention is 'unjust'. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666463/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:07 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666463/cs/1/ Actor Laurence Fishburne has a secret hideaway which he uses to relax and get away from hectic daily life. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666460/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:05 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666460/cs/1/ China has opposed the new sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) on Iran over its uranium enrichment programme, a media report said. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666461/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:05 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666461/cs/1/ Nine Palestinians were injured late Friday when Israeli warplanes struck three separate targets in the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by the Islamic Hamas movement, medics and witnesses said. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666458/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666458/cs/1/ The White House Friday said lacklustre European policies were in part to blame for the sluggish US recovery from the deep recession of the past two years. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666456/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666456/cs/1/ Hollywood heartthrob Zac Efron insists he hates watching himself on screen as he notices 'every single flaw' in his performance. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666451/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666451/cs/1/ Scientists were making efforts to contact the non-responsive Spirit Mars rover, which has lost contact with Earth during the Martian winter prompting fears that it might be permanently lost. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666450/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:20:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666450/cs/1/ A representative for pop group Girls Aloud has rubbished reports that they are reuniting without band member Nadine Coyle. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666449/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:50:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666449/cs/1/ Glamour model Katie Price a.k.a. Jordan is planning to launch her own modelling agency. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666448/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:50:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666448/cs/1/ The UN announced Friday it has removed five former senior members of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan from its sanctions blacklist. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666446/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:30:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666446/cs/1/ Playboy founder Hugh Hefner wants to move over 'adult programming' and expand his business empire further by opening casinos here and in Macau, China. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666444/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:20:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666444/cs/1/ An actor and his agent sealed Friday their 30-year relationship and many years of struggle to have their rights acknowledged as they became the first same-sex couple to be married under Argentine law. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666443/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666443/cs/1/ American actor Mark Wahlberg has been honoured with a star at Hollywood Walk of Fame. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666439/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:50:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666439/cs/1/ Ageing beauty Jennifer Aniston says she wouldn't ever have a baby via artificial insemination. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666437/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:50:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666437/cs/1/ Six NATO-led soldiers were killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan, while 15 Afghan civilians died in violence elsewhere in the country, officials said Friday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666434/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666434/cs/1/ The United Arab Emirates has ordered urgent delivery of relief to displaced people in Pakistan's flood-hit region. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666426/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:30:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666426/cs/1/ At least 35 people have been killed and dozens injured in Russia amid forest fires and hurricane-like winds, officials said Friday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666413/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666413/cs/1/ Floods triggered by heavy rains have left at least 408 people dead in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, the local government said Friday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666409/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:50:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666409/cs/1/ A passenger aircraft of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) caught fire Friday after hitting a bird at an airport here, but no casualties were reported. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666407/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:50:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666407/cs/1/ Pakistan is using a so-called peace conference here to drum up support for internationalising the Kashmir issue with calls to India to enter into 'result-oriented talks' with Islamabad on what it terms a core issue. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666402/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:30:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666402/cs/1/ July was the deadliest month for US troops in Afghanistan since the war there started nearly nine years ago, CNN reported Friday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666398/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:10:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666398/cs/1/ Russian defence spending will increase by a staggering 60 percent by 2013 to $66.3 million from $42 million in 2010, a media report said Friday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666391/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:30:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666391/cs/1/ The second cricket Test of the three-match series ended in a draw with both the teams India and Sri Lanka blasting the unsporting pitch after the end of the final day's play at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground here Friday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666381/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:10:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666381/cs/1/ Three employees of the US embassy in Paris were treated for poisoning Friday after handling a suspicious mail. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666357/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:00:05 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666357/cs/1/ The city of London woke up to a bit of chaos on the launch of the bipedaller - that mayor Boris Johnson calls the 'Rolls Royce of bicycles -- as the newest mode of public transport Friday morning, but as the day wore on people did manage to make short trips on it instead of taking the bus or the tube. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666351/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:00:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666351/cs/1/ Britain has removed restrictions on travel imposed on its citizens touring Sri Lanka's northern region. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666340/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:30:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666340/cs/1/ A former Swedish police chief was convicted Friday on several counts of sexual crimes, including rape, and sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666329/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:00:04 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666329/cs/1/ The owner of two Indian restaurants here has come under the scanner of Australian authorities after it was revealed that he allegedly accepted money to prepare fake documents for migrant workers seeking permanent residency. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666325/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:00:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666325/cs/1/ High-end Italian fashion designers Dolce & Gabbana have designed a range of suits for English football club Chelsea. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666324/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:50:04 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666324/cs/1/ Pakistanis consider India a greater threat than Taliban and Al Qaeda with a quarter viewing Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, blamed for 2008 Mumbai attacks, favourably, according to a new study. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666276/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:50:08 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666276/cs/1/ Floods triggered by heavy rains have left more than 230 dead and scores of others missing in Pakistan's northern region in the last two days. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666274/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:50:07 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666274/cs/1/ Thousands of readymade garment workers Friday rampaged through different parts of the national capital to protest the new wage structure announced for them by the government. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666272/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:50:05 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666272/cs/1/ The conviction and life imprisonment awarded to Charles Sobhraj in a 35-year-old murder case was upheld by Nepal's Supreme Court Friday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666267/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:50:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666267/cs/1/ Soot from the burning of fossil fuels contributes far more to global warming than has been thought. But, unlike carbon dioxide (CO2), soot lingers only a few weeks in the air, so cutting emissions could have a significant and rapid impact on the climate. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666260/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:10:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666260/cs/1/ Scientists have developed a new pain-relief pill from a chemical in sea snails' saliva that they use to catch their prey. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666194/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:08 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666194/cs/1/ A 75-year-old man in China is building a castle to win back his wife who separated from him 10 years ago. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666191/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:07 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666191/cs/1/ Hollywood actress Jennifer Love Hewitt, who has been single since April, has now started dating actor-director Alex Beh. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666189/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:05 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666189/cs/1/ More than a third of young people suffer from high blood pressure, thanks to bad diet and binge drinking, according to a survey released Friday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666187/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666187/cs/1/ Men may have become somewhat softer over time but society still prefers them to be rugged and 'manly'. Research shows that modesty is viewed as a sign of weakness, a low-status character trait for males, but in women it is not viewed negatively or linked to status. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666181/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:50:05 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666181/cs/1/ Bangladesh and India, home to the famous Royal Bengal tiger, will attend the 13-nation Tiger Conservation Summit in St. Petersburg in September to plan out urgent measures to save the species. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666180/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:50:04 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666180/cs/1/ Keep yourself busy to stay happy. People who have something to do, even if pointless, are happier than those who sit idle, say researchers. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666177/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:50:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666177/cs/1/ Hollywood's sound effect artists, who bring films to life with an unlikely range of props, including celery, polystyrene and soap, could be made redundant by a new generation of synthesised sound. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666178/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:50:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666178/cs/1/ An American man was sentenced to death for beheading three children, including his daughter, as he believed they were possessed and he was the 'chosen one' who must kill them to save the world. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666176/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:10:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666176/cs/1/ Veteran actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is getting a feeding tube inserted into her stomach as she battles to recover from a fall earlier this month. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666175/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:10:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666175/cs/1/ A school in New Zealand gave out condoms to students attending a ball 'to help them make better choices' but the move has shocked an advocacy group. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666170/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:50:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666170/cs/1/ Calling it a 'difficult decision', 'American Idol' judge Ellen DeGeneres has announced that she is quitting the show. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666169/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:50:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666169/cs/1/ Aditya Jagtap carried India's hopes into the quarterfinal stage of the World Junior Men's Squash Championships here. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666153/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:40:05 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666153/cs/1/ Hollywood actress Jessica Biel says she is paranoid about being bankrupt as she often doesn't know when her next pay cheque will come. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666148/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:40:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666148/cs/1/ Police are investigating whether the family of Tokyo's 'oldest man' - who appears to have been dead at home for decades - fraudulently received pension money paid to him, news reports said Friday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666145/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:40:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666145/cs/1/ A rare shrimp that may be the most ancient animal species on earth is alive and well in Britain, scientists have discovered. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666142/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:30:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666142/cs/1/ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that the issue of hostile statements made by British Prime Minister David Cameron would be taken up at a diplomatic level, and warned that such statements could adversely affect the war against terrorism. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666092/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:20:15 -0400 ANI http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666092/cs/1/ Women who take calcium supplements to improve bone density in middle age could face 30 percent higher risk of heart attacks, warn researchers. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666087/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:10:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666087/cs/1/ South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co Friday posted a record 83 percent net profit rise for the second quarter, boosted by strong demand for chips and flatscreen televisions. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666086/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:10:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666086/cs/1/ A page has been set up in the social network site facebook to reunite a thread bare teddy bear with its owner in Britain. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666079/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:50:05 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666079/cs/1/ A newborn baby in Australia died of head injuries after his mother pushed him out of his cot because she found it 'hard to cope' with very little money, a court was told. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666076/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:50:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666076/cs/1/ Hollywood star Leonardo Di Caprio has opted out of Mel Gibson's historical epic on Viking culture after the latter was accused of domestic abuse. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666077/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:50:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666077/cs/1/ A British woman suffered a damaged tooth after biting into a sandwich that had a pebble in it. She had to endure four complex dental procedures costing 3,000 pounds. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666065/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:00:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666065/cs/1/ Three people of Indian origin - two of them brothers - have been acquitted by a high court in Malaysia of drug trafficking charges. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666064/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:50:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666064/cs/1/ With Apple's iPhone 4 threatening to topple it from its top perch in North America and even President Barrack Obama admitting on a TV show Thursday that using BlackBerry is 'no fun'' any more, the smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) seems all set to unveil a new device next week. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666062/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:50:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666062/cs/1/ In an embarrassing case for the Canadian immigration system, a court here Thursday jailed an immigration judge for demanding sex from a South Korean woman to grant her permanent residence in this country. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666060/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:40:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666060/cs/1/ At least 230 people have died while hundreds of others have gone missing in floods triggered by heavy rains in the past three days in Pakistan's northwestern region bordering Afghanistan. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666059/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:40:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666059/cs/1/ Men are more likely to be involved in a car accident in summer as they are distracted by girls in skimpy outfits, a survey has revealed. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666039/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:10:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666039/cs/1/ A former Indian-American executive, who 'engaged in irrational and excessive buying sprees', faces up to 20 years in jail after pleading guilty to embezzling $34 million from stereo headphone manufacturer Koss Corporation where she worked as vice president, finance. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666031/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:40:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666031/cs/1/ Internet giant Google 'did not grab' personal details but it happened 'accidentally' when it was collecting data from wi-fi networks, Britain's top information office has said. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666030/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:40:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666030/cs/1/ Spain has designed the world's first robot with its own 'conscience' and 'life', which will 'entertain, teach and be a companion' to humans who purchase it. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666022/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:10:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666022/cs/1/ Around 10,000 pounds in cash was found hidden in the underwear of an Italian man who was caught as he was about to fly out from the Belfast international airport in Ireland Friday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666019/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:00:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666019/cs/1/ The remains of 79 human bodies dating back to the seventh century have been found at a fortress in Peru. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666018/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:00:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666018/cs/1/ A politician in Mexico has been fined over 27,000 pesos ($2,000) for referring to god in public during his election campaign for governor of a northwestern state, officials said. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666017/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:50:03 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666017/cs/1/ With the storm over WikiLeaks revelations refusing to die down, US officials are at pains to suggest that while some people in Pakistan's intelligence community had supported the Taliban, that situation is changing. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666016/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:50:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666016/cs/1/ A private radio and television station was destroyed in a mob attack in Sri Lanka's capital Friday morning, police said. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666014/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:30:02 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666014/cs/1/ The Yemen-based wing of militant outfit Al Qaeda has threatened to 'cleanse the land' with a new army of 12,000 fighters. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666013/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:30:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666013/cs/1/ The United States says it encourages a dialogue between India and Pakistan despite 'revelations' of known links between Pakistani spy agency ISI and the Taliban as it is in the interest of all three nations. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666009/cs/1/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:50:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666009/cs/1/ At a time when one in five 16-24 year olds in Britain are unemployed, the government has decided to scrap the default retirement age of 65 years from October. This means employers cannot tell workers attaining the age of 65 to leave their jobs. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666007/cs/1/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:20:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666007/cs/1/ US environmental regulators Thursday rejected a series of challenges to the science behind climate change, reaffirming that global warming is real and the result of man-made pollution. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666005/cs/1/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:30:01 -0400 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666005/cs/1/ The panel that charged New York Democrat Charles Rangel with 13 counts of ethical misdeeds is recommending he receive a relatively mild rebuke by the full House.The House ethics committee has a range ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379425/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:19 -0400 Globe and Mail http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379425/ A UN panel has declared the Florida’s Everglades to be an endangered World Heritage site due to the wetlands’ continued degradation. The wetlands’ water inflows have fallen by u... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379426/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:17 -0400 Globe and Mail http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379426/ Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (front 2nd L) and Chief of Staff General Ilker Basbug (front 2nd R) talk during a funeral in Ankara February 28, 2010. Turkey's prime minister met the head of th... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379427/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:15 -0400 Globe and Mail http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379427/ MEXICO CITY — Mexico's biggest television network canceled a popular news show to protest the kidnapping of four reporters in what media advocates said Friday is an escalation of a campaign by d... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379394/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:16:39 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379394/ Indonesian man look at parrot statues during a flora and fauna exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379395/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:16:35 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379395/ Germany last year, she asked her father, “Daddy, what can I bring you from my journey?” He looked up from his book and answered, “Some perfumed oil.” “Will do,” she... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37378759/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:13:01 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37378759/ Angela Merkel , was to interrupt her vacation to attend the service. But the mayor of Duisburg, Adolf Sauerland, won’t be present. Mr. Sauerland, who has been in charge of this aging industrial... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37378758/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:12:58 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37378758/ Indonesia but also condemnation from social conservatives. The next day, though, Ms. Perez needed a traditional dress known as a kebaya, she told her designer at the other end of the line. The tradit... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37378760/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:12:54 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37378760/ NEWSDAY.COM STAFF A man was struck and killed by an LIRR train in Flushing on the Port Washington line, according to New York City police.The incident occurred at the Broadway station late in the  ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37378791/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:12:02 -0400 Newsday http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37378791/ tom.brune@newsday.com Late Thursday evening, a stunning screaming match broke out on the House floor between Republican Rep. Peter King and Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner - two New Yorkers in a fight... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379454/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:11:59 -0400 Newsday http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379454/ alfonso.castillo@newsday.com If any of the lawsuits aimed at the MTA's unpopular payroll tax are successful, Long Island Rail Road riders and other commuters could be hit with fare hikes of more than... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379455/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:11:56 -0400 Newsday http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379455/ Columbus defensive end Anthony Rabasa didn't need more than three days in South Bend, Ind., to realize he had found the right place to go to college. Rabasa, a 6-3, 235-pound defensive end, told The M... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379437/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:09:28 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/37379437/