Thursday, June 26

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EU to pursue "duel strategy" on Iran, says Solana
GENEVA, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The European Union will continue to pursue a "duel strategy" of negotiations and sanctions on Iran's nuclear activity, the EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana said here on Wednesday. "With Iran, we have a dual strategy: on the one hand negotiations ... and at the same time action through the United Nations," Solana told reporters after addressing a disarmament conference in Geneva.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7466694.stm
EU maps out future amid setbacks
Try as they might to talk about other pressing issues, EU leaders kept bumping into the elephant in the room - the Lisbon Treaty. Last year's German triumph in clinching the reform treaty after some eight years of institutional wrangling now looks like a pyrrhic victory. The Irish No vote on Lisbon dominated the Brussels summit, with new cracks appearing just when EU leaders thought they had papered them over.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7470518.stm
Japan warship begins China visit
A Japanese warship has arrived in southern China for a five-day port call, the first such visit by a Japanese navy ship since World War II. The Sazanami sailed into port in the city of Zhanjiang seven months after a Chinese warship, the Shenzhen, visited Japan.

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011385717
Bad Weather Strikes 100,000 Acres Of Cotton, Corn Fields In Texas
College Station, PA (AHN) - Baseball-size hail has damaged tens of thousands of acres of cotton and corn fields in Texas this week. In Lubbock Country, 60,000 acres of crops, mostly cotton, were damaged or destroyed, according to a report of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, a community-based education provider. The report also puts corn field damage in Bailey County at about 50,000 acres.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/finan.../D91GQIK80.htm
OC Register to outsource some editing to India
An Indian company will take over copy editing duties for some stories published in The Orange County Register and will handle page layout for a community newspaper at the company that owns the Pulitzer Prize-winning daily, the newspaper confirmed Tuesday. Orange County Register Communications Inc. will begin a one-month trial with Mindworks Global Media at the end of June, said John Fabris, a deputy editor at the Register.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_8423894.htm
Monster underwater volcanoes discovered near Fiji
BEIJING, June 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Several monstrous volcanoes, spreading ridges and rift zones have been found on the seafloor northeast of Fiji by a team of American and Australian scientists. On the hunt for subsea volcanic and hot-spring activity, the team of geologists located the volcanoes while mapping previously uncharted areas aboard the Marine National Facility Research Vessel Southern Surveyor. Using high-tech multi-beam sonar mapping equipment, digital images of the seafloor revealed the formerly unknown features.

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Police Report: Mexican Army Members Busted for Home Invasion and Murder
Police reports show that three men arrested in a Phoenix home invasion and homicide Monday may have been active members of the Mexican Army. While on the J.D. Hayworth show, Phoenix Law Enforcement Association President Mark Spencer said that the men involved were hired by drug cartels to perform home invasions and assassinations.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080626/D91HMQN00.html
Wildfire threatens 500 homes in Big Sur, Calif.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - A lightning-sparked wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest that already burned 16 homes was moving closer Thursday to the scenic community of Big Sur, where it threatened 500 houses. The blaze was only 3 percent contained late Wednesday and had burned nearly 30 square miles near the coast about a mile south of Big Sur, officials said.

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011393192
EU, Russia To Hold Summit Aimed At Improving Relations
Moscow, Russia (AHN) - A two-day high-level summit between the European Union and Russia will be held at Russia's Siberian boom city of Khanty-Mansiysk to improve relations between the two sides. The summit will start Thursday and will touch on new partnership and cooperation agreement. On top of the agenda is the energy supply with Russia supplying 25 percent of EU natural gas requirements.

http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=68026
Arabs infiltrate Temple Mount
JERUSALEM – A number of Arab states quietly have sent intelligence agents to infiltrate the Temple Mount to determine how they can obtain more influence over Judaism's holiest site, informed security sources told WND. "It's possible in the coming two years a deal will be made that transfers the Temple Mount out from Israeli hands," said a security source. "The Arab countries are vying for influence, since they think controlling the site means big prestige in the Muslim world."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...cle=1&catnum=2
Rocket hits Israel, second violation of Gaza truce
JERUSALEM (AP) - Gaza militants fired a rocket into southern Israel on Thursday, causing no injuries but undermining a shaky, week-old truce meant to halt a violent cycle of attacks and harsh Israeli reprisals. It was the second breach of the Egyptian-mediated truce by Palestinian militants. The Israeli military office said the rocket landed in an open field on a communal farm. The Israeli government had no immediate response to the latest rocket fire, but security officials said Defense Minister Ehud Barak convened a meeting of security officials to decide how to respond.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsO...29837520080626
N. Korea hands over nuclear report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea handed over a long-delayed account of its nuclear activities on Thursday, a step that will bring the isolated communist state relief from U.S. sanctions but left questions about its atomic ambitions. U.S. President George W. Bush cautiously welcomed the action, but warned North Korea, which tested a nuclear device two years ago, that it faced consequences if it did not fully disclose its operations and continue to dismantle its nuclear program.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scien...38313620080625
Floods and droughts make mild diseases deadly
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Extreme floods and droughts brought on by climate change can turn normally harmless infections into significant threats, international researchers said on Tuesday. They said weather extremes can create conditions in which several fairly harmless diseases converge at once, creating a "one-two punch" that can devastate populations of wildlife or livestock.