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Reuters – Promises of cash for raising kids look like one reason why Japan’s opposition Democratic Party is ahead in the run-up to an election next month, but many say it won’t prompt them to have more babies.
Read More: Japan kid payouts may win votes, not up birthrate
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AP – Iranian police fired tear gas and beat protesters to disperse thousands chanting “Neda lives!” Thursday at a memorial for victims of post-election violence held at the gravesite of the woman whose death made her an icon of the pro-reform movement, witnesses said.
Read More: Police beat mourners in new wave of unrest in Iran
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AP – A New Zealander was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his wife’s murder in a case that sparked an international manhunt after he abandoned his toddler daughter at a train station and fled to the United States.
Read More: Man sentenced for brutal murder of wife
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AP – The leader of the Islamist sect blamed for days of violence in northern Nigeria has been shot and killed while in police custody, officials said Thursday.
Read More: Islamist sect leader in Nigeria killed in custody
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AP – July is on track to be the least deadly month for American troops and one of the quietest for Iraqis since the war started, a decline in violence that has led the U.S. to consider stepping up its withdrawal plans just a month after pulling its combat forces back from Baghdad and other cities.
Read More: US hopeful about exit after a quiet July in Iraq
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Time.com – Violence against demonstrators and mass arrests have cleared the streets of election protesters, but the regime’s actions against dissent are now fueling opposition
Read More: Memorial Crackdown Helps Sustain Iran's Protest Movement
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AP – Venezuela’s top prosecutor insisted Thursday that freedom of expression in Venezuela “must be limited” and proposed legislation that would slap additional restrictions on the country’s news media.
Read More: Venezuela: 'Freedom of expression must be limited'
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Time.com – The immediate crisis may be over in Nigeria, but the threat of violence remains. Government security forces today attacked a mosque filled with Islamist militants, killing scores of fighters and forcing more to flee
Read More: Boko Haram, 'Nigeria's Taliban': How Big a Threat?
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Playbill – Producers of the London production of Avenue Q have extended its booking period at the West End’s Gielgud Theatre through January 2010.
Read More: London's 'Avenue Q' Extends to January 2010
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AP – Investigators probing Michael Jackson’s death looked for evidence related to the powerful anesthetic propofol when they searched his doctor’s Las Vegas home and business, according to search warrants filed Thursday that alluded to the pop star being an “addict.”
Read More: Warrants for Jackson's doc call singer 'addict'
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AP – ABC News has hired a top government doctor as part of an expansion of its medical coverage.
Read More: ABC expands medical coverage, hires CDC doctor
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Reuters – Havana’s famous seaside avenue, the Malecon, could be mistaken for Hollywood Boulevard this week as four high profile film stars come to the Cuban capital in the splashiest sign yet of warming U.S.-Cuba relations.
Read More: Hollywood says "hola" to Havana
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E! Online – Don’t hate us, but after watching tonight’s SYTYCD top-six performance show, we’re officially gunning for one of the remaining dancers. Evan Kasprzak is adorable and charming and we truly want the best for him in life, but he’s too weak a dancer to be in the final four of So You Think You Can Dance season five. If he stays and either Brandon or Ade leave instead, it will be a travesty.
Read More: SYTYCD: The Girls Are Superheroes, and Evan's In Trouble
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Reuters – Walt Disney Co posted a 26 percent plunge in quarterly earnings on Thursday, underlining the continuing effects of the recession on advertising and consumer spending, but beat Wall Street forecasts by a hair.
Read More: Disney profit beats Wall Street, shares slide
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AP – Michael Jackson’s children will live with their grandmother under an agreement reached with the King of Pop’s ex-wife that ensures the youngsters won’t have to endure a public fight over who raises them.
Read More: Jackson kids to live with grandma, visit mother
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AP – A judge said Thursday said he is not inclined to delay the release of “Brutal Legend,” a heavily marketed video game starring Jack Black, but delayed arguments and a formal ruling for one week.
Read More: Ruling delayed on `Brutal Legend' release
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E! Online – It’s understandable—even commendable—that Erin Andrews would want to keep a low profile these days. Unfortunately, she may have done too good a job.
Read More: Naked Erin Andrews: I'm Treated Like "F–king Britney Spears" by Peeping Paps
(E! Online)
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Fashion Wire Daily – One of the perks of being a designer is that if there’s an article of clothing that you want but can’t find, you can always design it yourself.
Read More: Going for Seconds: Rad by Rad Hourani Debuts
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AP – South Africa launched a new HIV/AIDS research initiative Tuesday aimed at stimulating scientific studies into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
Read More: South Africa launches new AIDS research
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HealthDay – THURSDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) — Infection with the human
papillomavirus (HPV) may improve survival in patients with head and neck
cancer, U.S. researchers report.
Read More: Virus May Affect Survival in Head and Neck Cancer
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