| Latest worldwide news | Deadly Middle East virus unlikely to cause SARS-like epidemic | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Despite its high current death rate, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) that emerged in Saudi Arabia last year is unlikely to cause a SARS-like epidemic because it is not spreading as easily, scientists said on Friday. |
| Singapore GIC, Mitsubishi weigh Urenco bid-paper | | | PARIS, July 28 (Reuters) - Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi are considering making a bid for European nuclear fuel maker Urenco, Britain's Sunday Times reported, without citing sources. |
| China military urges vigilance over Japan's defense plan | | | BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Defence Ministry on Saturday urged international vigilance of Japan's military plans after it unveiled an interim report calling for strengthened armed forces, including the possible acquisition of the ability to hit enemy bases. |
| An Afghan Media Mogul, Pushing Boundaries | | | Saad Mohseni has brought soap operas, sitcoms and reality TV to his native country, Afghanistan, and with them a modicum of normalcy. Now he is looking to expand to Egypt, Libya and Iraq. |
| Two explosions rock Benghazi | | | July 28 - Explosions rocked the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Sunday in what appeared to be attacks on judicial buildings, said a security official. Rough Cut (no reporter narration) |
| Farm bill on hold while House tries again on food stamp cuts | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled House will try to cut billions of dollars from the food stamp program before negotiating an overall farm bill with the Senate, the House majority leader said on Thursday two months before the current farm law expires. |
| Col. Bud Day, Vietnam War Hero, Dies at 88 | | | Colonel Day, an Air Force fighter pilot, earned the Medal of Honor for enduring more than five years of brutality without divulging sensitive information to his captors. |
| The Tile House | | | The home of George T. McDonald, Republican candidate in the New York City mayoral race, was built by Rafael Guastavino Jr., whose tiled vaulting system was used in Grand Central Terminal. |
| Cambodians go to the polls | | | Cambodians went to the polls Sunday for an election whose outcome is all but certain five more years in power for long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen. |
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