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<title>Suspect in law student slaying kills self</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Cuban immigrant artist accused of slaying a Kansas college co-ed killed himself in his New Jersey jail cell, authorities said Sunday. Police in Lawrence, Kan., said Adolfo Garcia-Nunez, 46, was found dead in his cell after being arrested in Elizabeth, N.J., in the slaying of Jana Mackey, 25, a second-year law student at Kansas University, The Kansas City Star reported.Authorities said they discovered the student's body in Garcia-Nunez's Lawrence home Friday. He was arrested less than 24 hours later and was discovered dead in his cell early Sunday. Lawrence police would not say how Mackey was killed or how Garcia-Nunez committed suicide, the newspaper said.]]></description>
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<title>Israel tabs enemy cemetery a closed zone</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An Israeli cemetery thought to hold slain enemy fighters is now a closed military zone, Israeli Northern Commander Maj.-Gen. Gabi Eizenkot said Sunday.By closing the cemetery to regional military actions, Eizenkot appears to be preparing for a prisoner swap with Hezbollah officials that could bring Israeli reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev back home, The Jerusalem Post reported.The Israeli Cabinet approved a deal Sunday that would bring the soldiers back to Israel in exchange for the bodies of several dozen Hezbollah troops buried in Israel.Israeli officials suspect Goldwasser and Regev are both dead as well, but Israel has nonetheless agreed to send the Hezbollah bodies to Lebanon along with Lebanese terrorist Samir Kunta and other living detainees.]]></description>
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<title>13 injured in Kentucky bus crash</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thirteen people were injured Sunday when a charter bus crashed into a concrete freeway barrier in Kentucky, officials said. The bus was traveling southbound on Interstate 65 near Bowling Green, Ky., early Sunday when the accident happened, The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal reported. The injured were taken to a hospital in Bowling Green. None of the injuries were life-threatening and the cause of the accident was under investigation, the Kentucky State Patrol said.]]></description>
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<title>Retired Turkish generals arrested</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Retired Turkish Gens. Sener Eruygur and Hursit Tolon were arrested Sunday in conjunction with the so-called Ergenekon probe, Turkish media reported.The Turkish Press said Sunday the retired military leaders were the most recent suspects to be detained as part of the growing investigation into the Ergenekon criminal network.The existence of the crime syndicate was revealed June 12, 2007, after authorities found hand grenades and other explosives in a home in Istanbul.As the investigation into the network grew, a number of top Turkish officials were arrested or questioned.Among those individuals was retired Adm. Ilker Guven and Mustafa Balbay, a Cumhuriyet newspaper official stationed in Ankara.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>New wave of China flooding kills 12</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A new round of heavy rains and flooding in China have left 12 dead and seven missing after similar flooding in June killed 252, government officials say.In downpours recorded since Tuesday, 3 million people have been affected and shipping on the Three Gorges section of the Yangtsze River has been suspended due to high water levels. The torrential rains have disrupted city traffic, delayed flights, and flooded homes and farmlands, reported Xinhua, the state-run Chinese news agency.Hardest hit were the central Chinese province of Hubei and the southwestern Yunnan province. Each reported six rain-related deaths, while 25 cities and counties in Hubei -- which holds the Yangtze River -- reported $102 million in damages.]]></description>
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<title>Police to put bootees on sniffer dogs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[British police say they are writing guidelines advising officers to put bootees on sniffer dogs upon entering Muslim homes to respect the religion's tenants.The Association of Chief Police Officers is making guidelines stressing the importance of religious awareness when bringing dogs into buildings to find bombs and drugs, The Sunday Times of London reported.Dogs are referred to as unclean by some Islamic injunctions.The parameters, to be published within the year, were initially made to protect mosques, but were broadened to cover other types of buildings, the Times said.]]></description>
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<title>South Korea institutes beef labeling law</title>
<link>http://politicom.moldova.org/stiri/eng/132461/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The South Korean government, stung by massive anti-U.S. beef rallies, said Sunday it will require most restaurants to specify their beef's country of origin.All restaurants, fast food shops, catering services, schools, hospitals and government agencies serving beef will have to inform consumers whether the meat is from the United States, a measure officials hope will ease public fears over mad cow disease, the South Korean news agency  Yonhap reported Sunday.It said the new directive had been issued by the government's Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and was set to take effect beginning this week. It will apply to 640,000 restaurants, and non-compliance will produce a $4,800 fine, Yonhap said.]]></description>
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<title>Description released in London killings</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A white man between 30 and 40 years old is being sought in the brutal killings of two French college students in London, police say.Police say the unidentified man was allegedly seen fleeing the London apartment where Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo, both 23, who were tied to chairs, stabbed hundreds of times and set ablaze, the BBC reported.The release of the suspect description comes after police released a 21-year-old suspect arrested Saturday in conjunction with the homicide investigation.Detective Chief Inspector Mick Duthie told the BBC said the unidentified man seen fleeing the crime scene last Sunday was a potential suspect and any called on the public to provide any available information.]]></description>
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<title>Russian spying distracts from terror fight</title>
<link>http://politicom.moldova.org/stiri/eng/132459/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fighting Russia's alleged spying activities have so depleted British intelligence resources that some terrorist threats are being neglected, sources say.Citing an unnamed senior British security official, The Sunday Telegraph reported Russia has ignored Britain's pleas to end its allegedly intensive covert activities in England, which are distracting the MI5 intelligence service from concentrating on al-Qaida and other Islamic militants. MI5's resources have been stretched to the limit for the past few years. There have been times when there was nothing left in the locker, when all of our assets were being used on one operation, the source told the Telegraph.]]></description>
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<title>Helicopter crash feared in Japan</title>
<link>http://politicom.moldova.org/stiri/eng/132458/</link>
<description><![CDATA[A helicopter carrying four people disappeared Sunday while traveling off the coast of Japan's Aomori prefecture and is feared down, police say.Police said an individual in the nearby town of Oma reported hearing a loud noise shortly after the aircraft disappeared from the skies, Kyodo News said.Included among the passengers on the helicopter were an announcer and a cameraman from the Asahi Broadcasting Aomori, the vehicle's owner said.The Japanese broadcasting group told Kyodo News members of its staff that departed that day in a helicopter had yet to return as scheduled.]]></description>
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