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| South Sudan's president sacks cabinet amid party power struggle | | | JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir sacked his cabinet, the deputy president and suspended his top negotiator at talks to defuse tensions with Sudan on Tuesday, state media said, amid talk of a succession struggle in the African oil producer. |
| U.S. program to save fragile land shrinks in size to 25-year low | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. program that pays farmers to idle fragile cropland soon will protect the smallest amount of land in a quarter-century, the government said on Monday, the result of several years of sky-high commodity prices that have encouraged farmers to plant as much as possible. |
| Senate panel OKs Samantha Power as U.N. ambassador | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Samantha Power, President Barack Obama's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, clearing the way for a vote in the full 100-member Senate. |
| Study forecasts deadly consequences of global warming in New York | | | July 15 - Higher temperatures caused by climate change could cause a spike in heat-related deaths in New York City, according to researchers at Columbia University. They say that if current trends continue, the number of fatalities attribituble to hot weather could double over the next seventy years. Sharon Reich reports. |
| Slive Bullish on Potential Changes in NCAA | | | Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive took time away from bragging about his thriving league to point out that "important questions need to be answered" about how the NCAA governs college athletics. |
| Man wanted in Algeria gas attack charged in New York | | | Federal prosecutors in New York on Friday charged a one-eyed veteran Islamist fighter with crimes related to a brazen attack on a gas facility in Algeria earlier this year that left 37 hostages dead, including three Americans. |
| Why Arabs don't like the U.S. | | | Aaron Miller says millions of Arabs and Muslims don't like the U.S., not because of who we are; but because of what we do. It's our inconsistent policies. |
| Leaner BP Blanches at Bill for Cleanup | | | The oil company told a federal appeals court that a claims administrator misinterpreted the terms of a multibillion-dollar settlement reached last year. |
| After the Thaw Outdoor Fun in Berlin | | | Now that the outdoors is open for business, here are frugal-friendly ideas for alfresco activity in the capital, from biking to burgers to the beach. |
| Asia tours boost Premier League | | | Business is booming for English Premier League clubs touring Asia, but is it the best way for their players to prepare for the new season? |
| Sharapova hires Connors | | | Two of the biggest names in tennis are teaming up after Maria Sharapova hired eight-time grand slam winner Jimmy Connors as her new coach. |
| 125 Years at 1372 Dean | | | Bought for $66,000 in 1983, now in contract for $1.32 million, a house in Crown Heights encapsulates Brooklyns social history. |
| MAC Remains Stable Amid Realignment Drama | | | The Mid-American Conference will have a hard time topping the last 12 months, when Northern Illinois made it to the Orange Bowl and Central Michigan's Eric Fisher was the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. |
| 10 smartphone habits to avoid | | | How annoying and rude and antisocial have we all become with our smartphones? We're embarrassing ourselves all over the place. Please stop. |
| TABLE-Foreign brokers set to buy Japanese stocks | | | TOKYO, July 24 (Reuters) - Following are orders for Japanese stocks placed through six foreign securities houses before the start of trade on Wednesday. Japanese Stocks BUY 15.4 million shares SELL 10.0 million shares ------------------------------------------------------ BUY 5.4 million shares |
| Well Black-White Divide Persists in Breast Cancer | | | New research shows that white women with breast cancer live three years longer than black women because of a troubling pattern of inferior care and cancer and a delay in treatment for black women. |
| New protests sweep Istanbul | | | The commercial and entertainment heart of Turkey's largest city again became the scene of clashes between riot police and small groups of protesters Saturday night, after security forces fired tear gas, water cannons and plastic pellets to disperse anti-government demonstrators. |
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