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From AP News | 2009-07-04 14:06:36

An unidentified woman pushes a symbolic Reset Button for US - Russian relations as she stands between life-size cardboard cutouts of Russian Presidents Dmitry Medvedev, left, and U.S. President Barak Obama, right, in Moscow on Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/ Mikhail Metzel)

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Ruling favors Antiguan receiver in Stanford case »

AP News | 2009-07-04 14:27:58

UK court sides with Antiguan receiver over US in fight for $100M in Stanford assets

A firm appointed by Antiguan authorities to liquidate the assets of R. Allen Stanford's offshore Caribbean bank has won control of assets in the U.K. worth more than $100 million, a defeat for a U.S.-appointed receiver in an ongoing fight over jurisdiction in the case. U.K.-based Vantis Business Recovery Services said Friday the High Court of Justice ruling allows it to proceed with its effort to collect Stanford assets ...

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Biden meets U.S. troops in Iraq for Independence Day »

Reuters US Online Report World News | 2009-07-04 14:16:46

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met U.S. troops preparing to mark their Independence Day holiday on Saturday, on the third day of a visit he has used to urge Iraqi politicians to do more to reconcile rival factions. Biden, who U.S. President Barack Obama has asked to take a leading role in coordinating U.S. Iraq policy, also presided over a naturalization ceremony for 237 soldiers from 59 countries taking an oath of U.S. citizenship. Baghdad remained cloaked in a sandstorm that grounded flights ...

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Obama's trip: 3 more countries, 1 broad mission »

AP News | 2009-07-04 14:06:33

Obama sets out to reshape US relations in Russia, meet the Pope, make a mark in Africa

Determined to change the way the world views the United States, Barack Obama is onto his next foreign mission: rebuilding relations with Russia, proving to global leaders that America is serious about climate change, and outlining his vision for Africa, his father's birthplace. And when in Rome? Obama will go to the Vatican to see Pope Benedict XVI for their first meeting. Obama's weeklong trip — he leaves Sunday night for Moscow ...

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BBC News 7/4/2009 10:19:23 AM

As the US is marking its 233rd anniversary of its independence, the BBC's Kevin Connolly gives his own list of reasons why America should be...

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NY Daily News 7/4/2009 10:19:22 AM

Completing a journey of 156 steps and nearly eight years, the first visitors inside the Statue of Liberty's crown since the 9/11 attacks enjoyed a ...

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Vancouver Sun 7/4/2009 10:01:05 AM

Ninety per cent of Canadians polled in conjunction with Canada Day this year said we live in the best country in the world. We're forced to agree...

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NBC Los Angeles 7/4/2009 9:57:15 AM

I have done some pretty awful things in the name of journalism. I have rushed up to interview mothers who have lost children, husbands who have ...

Fairtheworld Comments on Auto Industry: China's Automobile Enterprises Are Expanding Amidst an Adverse Market Under the Economic Crisis »

NBC 13 Rockford (WREX) 7/4/2009 9:41:20 AM

The bankruptcy of Chrysler and GM has shocked the entire auto industry chain in America. The falling of giants has set off a chain of bankruptcies ...

Biden meets U.S. troops in Iraq for Independence Day »

Reuters 7/4/2009 9:39:35 AM

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met U.S. troops preparing to mark their Independence Day holiday on Saturday, on the third day of a visit he has used ...