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Time.com – Disney announced that it’s going to inject millions into a bundle of new attractions to bring some customers into its flagging Magic Kingdom in Hong Kong. Will it work?
Read More: Can Hong Kong Disneyland Get the Magic Back?
(Time.com)
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McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON The Obama administration on Tuesday slapped financial sanctions on two North Korean firms, including one based in Iran, as part of a crackdown on North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs following a May nuclear test blast and a series of provocative missile launches.
Read More: Sanctions on North Korean firms indirectly target Iran
(McClatchy Newspapers)
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The Christian Science Monitor – In a tearful and gruesome testimony, Salah Al-Samouni spoke of the two days of Israeli helicopter attacks in the Zaytoun area of Gaza that claimed 29 members of his family on Jan. 5 and 6.
Read More: UN probe into Gaza conflict
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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AFP – Poor planning has led to rising costs and huge delays for a nuclear reactor going up in Finland, the country’s biggest-ever construction project, officials have said.
Read More: Poor plans halted Finnish nuke reactor: officials
(AFP)
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AP – Not a single American soldier was in sight. Gone, too, were the American helicopters whose buzz has for years defined Baghdad’s background track. Left alone to protect the capital Tuesday were thousands of Iraqi troops and police manning checkpoints, with army tanks deployed at potential trouble spots and convoys of pickup trucks with machine guns roaming the streets.
Read More: Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27
(AP)
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AFP – Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected in Libya to address an African summit, eclipsing the meeting’s agenda despite a slate of conflicts demanding attention.
Read More: Iran leader eclipses agenda of African summit
(AFP)
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AP – Honduras’ ousted president won overwhelming international support Tuesday as he planned a high-profile return to his chaotic country. The politicians who sent soldiers to fly him into exile in his pajamas said he will be arrested for treason if he tries.
Read More: UN tells Honduras to reinstate president
(AP)
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AP – The interim president of Honduras vowed Tuesday not to resign the post he took over following a military coup and claimed that only an armed invasion would restore his ousted predecessor to power.
Read More: Interim Honduran leader vows Zelaya won't return
(AP)
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AP – The life of “Charlie’s Angels” star Farrah Fawcett was celebrated Tuesday at a private, music-filled funeral that one participant called “stirring.”
Read More: Actress Farrah Fawcett remembered at LA funeral
(AP)
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AP – Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he pleaded for a powerful sedative despite warnings it could be harmful, says a nutritionist who was working with the singer as he prepared his comeback bid.
Read More: AP Exclusive: Insomniac Jackson begged for drug
(AP)
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E! Online – Christina Applegate is now family to Drew Barrymore.
Read More: Applegate Going to the Movies With Barrymore
(E! Online)
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Reuters – Michael Jackson is about to rock the U.S. album charts.
Read More: Michael Jackson to reign on U.S. catalog chart
(Reuters)
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AP – The chief of the nation’s second-largest school district is fuming over comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s magazine photo shoot with high school football players.
Read More: LA schools chief fumes over `Bruno' school photos
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AP – A lawyer for Michael Jackson’s family said Tuesday a will by the late pop star has been presented.
Read More: Jackson family: Michael Jackson had a will
(AP)
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AP – It’s one of the biggest mysteries in the Michael Jackson saga: How much was the lavish-spending, massively debt-ridden pop icon really worth?
Read More: AP Exclusive: Jackson said net worth $236M in 2007
(AP)
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AP – Michael Jackson’s will gives guardianship over his children to the singer’s mother and leaves all his assets in a trust fund, a person with knowledge of the document told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Read More: AP Source: Jackson's will puts assets in trust
(AP)
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AP – Irregular heartbeat. Prostate cancer. Back pain. Hearing loss. The government is about to spend millions to try to uncover the best treatments for scores of ailments and how to handle these four biggies leads a list of top 100 questions that doctors need answered.
Read More: Which treatment works best? Top study needs listed
(AP)
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Reuters – Pfizer Inc said a late stage trial testing its cancer drug Sutent in advanced colon cancer was discontinued after it was deemed to be no more effective than standard chemotherapy.
Read More: Pfizer's Sutent fails in colon cancer, trial halted
(Reuters)
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Reuters – Among working women with newly diagnosed breast cancer, those treated with chemotherapy appear more likely to experience a major change in work status, study findings suggest.
Read More: Breast cancer treatments impact work status
(Reuters)
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com:
Read More: Clinical Trials Update: June 30, 2009
(HealthDay)
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