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Bush Declares Independence From Constitution

Seeded on Thu Jul 6, 2006 7:18 AM EDT (borowitzreport.com)

Blasts Historic Document in Fourth of July Address In a nationally televised Fourth of July address, President George W. Bush stunned the nation by announcing that he was declaring himself independent from the United States Constitution.

politics, bush, usa, humor, george-bush, satire, claus-jacobsen, us-constitution

North Korea's missiles met by Japanese sanctions

Seeded on Thu Jul 6, 2006 7:12 AM EDT (atimes.com)

Just hours after North Korea's provocative series of missile launches, Japan has reacted by banning the docking of the Mangyongbyon-92, a ferry that shuttles between Wonson in North Korea and Niigata, and which is the main direct link between the two countries.

world-news, japan, north-korea, sanctions, missiles, missile-test, pyongyang, taepodong

Hamas shifting away from Egypt to Turkish mediation in soldier crisis

Seeded on Thu Jul 6, 2006 7:07 AM EDT (turkishdailynews.com.tr)

The prime minister's chief foreign policy advisor, Ahmet Davutoğlu, reportedly met with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Syria, which is under fire for sheltering the leaders of Hamas that Israel holds responsible for the abduction of an Israeli soldier.

world-news, israel, hamas, turkey, egypt, syria, gilad-shalit, negotiation

US, Israel wanted Turk envoy's Damascus visit, Gül implies

Seeded on Thu Jul 6, 2006 7:04 AM EDT (turkishdailynews.com.tr)

Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül implied on Tuesday that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had sent an envoy to Syria regarding an ongoing standoff between Israel and the Palestinians upon requests by the United States and the Jewish state.

world-news, israel, usa, palestine, turkey, syria, rice, erdogan, gul

Turkey, US unveil new strategy for partnership

Seeded on Thu Jul 6, 2006 7:01 AM EDT (turkishdailynews.com.tr)

Turkey and the United States yesterday unveiled a document outlining priorities in the Turkish-U.S. partnership, which deteriorated after Turkish refusal to cooperate militarily in the Iraq war.

world-news, usa, turkey, condoleezza-rice, pkk, abdulla-gul

US urges Iraqi Kurds to cooperate with Turkey against PKK

Seeded on Wed Jul 5, 2006 4:55 AM EDT (turkishdailynews.com.tr)

The United States has urged Iraqi Kurds to cooperate with Turkey in the fight against the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) but did not confirm Turkish accusations that two key Kurdish parties, both American allies in northern Iraq, have been providing the PKK with arms a …

world-news, iraq, iran, terrorism, usa, turkey, kurds, pkk

Man's brain rewired itself after crash severed nerve connections

Seeded on Tue Jul 4, 2006 7:53 AM EDT (edition.cnn.com)

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) -- Doctors have their first proof that a man who was barely conscious for nearly 20 years regained speech and movement because his brain spontaneously rewired itself by growing tiny new nerve connections to replace the ones sheared apart in a car crash.

health, recovery, brain-injury, terry-wallis

Dubai ruler pardons Grammy-winning producer

Seeded on Tue Jul 4, 2006 7:50 AM EDT (cnn.com)

The ruler of Dubai has pardoned a Grammy-winning music producer who had been sentenced to four years in prison on charges of carrying cocaine into the country.

entertainment, dubai, cocaine, dallas-austin

Israeli soldier is 'still alive'

Seeded on Tue Jul 4, 2006 5:25 AM EDT (news.bbc.co.uk)

The Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants is still alive, an Israeli spokesman has said. As a deadline set by the militants passed, one of the groups holding Gilad Shalit said they would not kill him, but there would be no more talks.

world-news, israel, palestine, gaza, gilad-shalit

Greece blocks UN Security Council statement on Cyprus

Seeded on Tue Jul 4, 2006 4:54 AM EDT (turkishdailynews.com.tr)

U.N. Security Council-member Greece and its allies last week blocked a U.S. and British-backed initiative for the release of a council statement encouraging the sides to the Cyprus question to step up efforts for a solution, diplomatic sources here said.

world-news, usa, un, turkey, diplomacy, greece, cyprus

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