AFP - Roger Federer will put friendship aside while Andy Murray must turn his back on national hype and growing media hysteria when they aim to set up a dream Wimbledon final.
Illinois cabbie uses deodorant to disarm attacker
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AP - Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.
Time.com - For conservatives, the crisis is an opportunity to impose fiscal restraint. But the costs, say liberals, is a huge amount of suffering. Is there a solution?
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EU urges Iran to release British Embassy staff
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AP - The European Union demanded on Thursday that Iran release all detained British Embassy staff amid disagreement over how many there were and discussion of a British proposal for the bloc to jointly withdraw all 27 of its ambassadors from the country.
Reuters - The court hearing the case of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi adjourned her trial for another week on Friday, citing an administrative error, her lawyer said.
Reuters - Top California lawmakers raised hope on Thursday that an elusive budget deal could be at hand, as officials began issuing billions of dollars in "IOUs" to avoid a cash crisis on the second day of a new fiscal year without an agreement to balance the state's books.
AP - Vice President Dick Cheney talked with top White House officials about how to respond to reporters' inquiries into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative, according to a court filing.
Papers report Afghanistan tragedy
Britain's papers have reported the latest deaths of British soldiers - and the huge assault that the Americans have unleashed there.
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