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Morning News


Jul.8   Czech Republic     US and Czechs sign defence deal
  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has signed a deal to base part of Washington's missile defence system in the Czech Republic


  Northern Japan   G8 to seek sanctions on Zimbabwe
  Leaders meeting in Japan have said they will seek targeted sanctions against members of the Zimbabwean government over polls


  Jerusalem     Israel signs prisoner deal with Hezbollah  Israel has signed a U.N.-brokered deal under which it plans to release prisoners in exchange for 2 captured Israeli soldiers, both presumed dead

  Iran Military warns US, Israel against attack  Revolutionary Guards have begun a military exercise and issued a warning that Israel and U.S. naval forces in the Persian Gulf would be targets

  Northern Japan Environmentalists dismiss G8 target  A call from the world's most powerful nations is to establish the goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions worldwide by 2050

  Germany Siemens plans to cut 16,750 jobs  Siemens plans to cut 4% of the workforce worldwide as the conglomerate streamlines its operations to weather the economic downturn

Day News


  Paris     French head will attend Olympics
  French President Sarkozy has confirmed that he will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on 8 August


  Baghdad   Iraq official: U.S. could be out by 2011  Iraqi government spokesman: A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces, and the pullout could be done by 2011

  Northern Japan   G8 talks for developing nations  Leaders from the biggest industrialised nations are meeting their counterparts from the developing world, on the final day of the summit

  Washington US criticises 'bellicose' Russia  The United States has criticised 'bellicose rhetoric' from Russia over US plans to develop a missile shield in Europe

  Bolivia At least 46 killed in truck crash  A truck carrying farmers plunged 200 meters into a ravine in southern Andes. 60 people were aboard the truck when it went off a cliff

  Mexico City police chief quits after deadly raid  Mexico City's police chief Joel Ortega resigned in the wake of a June 20 nightclub raid that sparked a stampede that killed 12 people

  Chile Nazi hunters search for 'Dr. Death'  The Simon Wiesenthal Center has strong evidence that a former SS member Aribert Heim is in southern Chile or Argentina

Evening News


  Iran   Iran tests new long-range missile
  The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have successfully test-fired a Shahab-3, whose range puts it within reach of Israel
 9 missiles were tested in total, including a new Shahab-3, with a range of 2,000km. 2 other types of missile with shorter ranges were also fired as part of the Great Prophet III war games being staged by military. Washington and Tel Aviv condemn Iran


  Northern Japan   Summit approves climate 'vision'
  Leaders from G8, the world's developed nations, and rising economic powers have agreed on a 'shared vision' on climate change at the summit


  Microsoft Internet security breach tackled  Computer experts have released software to tackle a major glitch in the internet addressing system

  Bermuda Hurricane Bertha weakens  The first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic season lost strength, dropping to a Category 1 storm with top wind speeds of 80 mph by late in the day
San Francisco Bay Area , July 8, 2008 Timeline