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- California governor signals key budget concession
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 Reuters - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, optimistic California can finish its budget negotiations in a few days, is willing to reconsider his proposed cuts to education in hopes of averting a cash crisis, the San Francisco Chronicle said on Saturday.
- Live scores - Super League
Celtic Crusaders host Warrington and Catalans Dragons take on Hull KR, after Leeds beat Hull in a thriller.
- Morocco Arrests Brother of Top Islamist Group Member
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco has arrested the brother of a prominent figure in the country's main Islamist opposition group on suspicion of belonging to a hashish smuggling ring, police said on Saturday. They said the arrested man was the brother of Nadia
- AU Opposes Arrest Warrant On Sudan's President
The African Union is ending its co-operation with the International Criminal Court for charging President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan with war crimes. Al-Bashir is accused of alleged atrocities in the Darfur region. Reports from the 13th AU summit of heads
- Sudan police search for kidnapped aid workers (Reuters)
1:14 pm Africa refuses to act on Sudan war crimes warrant July 4, 2009, 12:24 pm North Korea raises stakes with new missile launch July 4, 2009, 1:59 pm NKorea test-fires four ballistic missiles: SKorea July 4, 2009, 4:40 pm North Korea defies U.S. and
- Egypt expels 20 French suspected Islamists
Egypt has expelled about 20 suspected French Islamists over the past month, an Egyptian security official told AFP on Saturday. 'About 20 French Muslims detained in the investigation into the Cairo attack in February that cost the life of a French girl
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AFP - The United States urged North Korea on Saturday not to "aggravate tensions" as it slammed Pyongyang's latest missile test, apparently timed for the US Independence Day holiday, as "not helpful."
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