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Headlines for July 29, 2011

UKRAINE MINE BLAST LEAVES 16 DEAD
An explosion at a mine in the Ukraine's eastern Lugansk region has left at least 16 people dead, the emergencies ministry says. A further 10 people were unaccounted for, and two miners were being treated ...
MUBARAK TRIAL TO OPEN NEXT WEEK, EGYPT SAYS
Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak's trial on charges of corruption and ordering police to kill anti-government protesters will open Wednesday at a Cairo convention hall, Egypt's justice minister announced ...
INTENTIONAL MURDER CASE BEGINS TODAY
Today a Turkish court will launch the trial over the murder of Sevak Shahin Balikci, an ethnic Armenian servicemen who was killed earlier this year in a military unit of the Turkish gendermerie. The ...
LIBYAN REBEL FORCES LEADER SHOT DEAD
Libyan rebel forces leader Abdel Fatah Younis has been shot dead by gunmen alongside two aides. Photograph: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images The head of the Libyan rebel's armed forces and two of his aides ...
CAN'T LIVE WITH THEM, CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THEM
In relationships with men, women come across many misunderstandings, confusions and, well, problems. Here are just a few questions that women always have in their minds. Q: Why Won't Men Say They're ...
RUSSIAN SPY ANNA CHAPMAN DEMANDS CASH FOR INTERVIEWS
Before Russian spy Anna Chapman was arrested for espionage and sent to Russia in a prisoner swap, her 'cover' was that of an unsuccessful serial entrepreneur in the New York City tech scene. Chapman was ...
KATHRYN BIGELOW'S SEAL TEAM SIX MOVIE TO BE RELEASED IN OCTOBER 2012
Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker received its first limited release on June 26, 2009. In the months following, the film and its helmer went on to win multiple prestigious awards, including Best Picture, ...
BLAST TARGETS OIL PIPELINE IN SYRIA
State television describes incident in western town of Talkalakh as 'terrorist' attack, saying that group of 'saboteurs' is behind explosion A bomb blast struck an oil pipeline. Talkalakh is an opposition ...
US SUPPORTS OSCE EFFORTS IN RESOLVING POST-SOVIET CONFLICTS
US Assistant Defense Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon was at the session of the commission in Helsinki. The Pentagon deputy head for security Alexander Vershbow and Assistant ...
MAN JAILED FOR RAPING WOMAN AT HOME
A knife-wielding attacker who raped a woman in her home during 90 minutes of "abject terror" has been jailed for six years. John McKeown, 23, threatened to kill the woman before attacking her in the early ...
POLICE DEPARTMENT SWEARS IN 7 NEW RECRUITS
Seven Glendale police officers were sworn in at a ceremony Thursday, bolstering the department's ranks and the number of Armenian-Americans in the force. Officials administered the oath to police officer ...