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Big turnout expected in hotly contested Iraqi Kurdistan vote
July 24, 2009Special elections that began Thursday morning in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region are considered the hottest since the first Kurdish parliamentary elections in 1992.
Read moreLetter from New Orleans: Friendshipment winds its way to Cuba
July 23, 2009The 20th Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba is making its way to the U.S.-Mexico border, picking up humanitarian aid along the way and educating the public about why the U.S. should normalize relations with Cuba. But the...
Read moreMissing iPhone led to employee’s suicide
July 23, 2009A 25-year-old employee of a leading Taiwanese electronics manufacturer allegedly committed suicide after he was blamed for the disappearance of a sample iPhone mobile phone. Sun Danyong was suspected of stealing a model of the popular...
Read morePolice catch underwear thief
July 23, 2009German police uncovered over 1,000 pairs of underpants and more than 100 pairs of swimming trunks after catching a thief nabbing another three pairs for his collection.
Read moreZoo animals baffled by solar eclipse
July 23, 2009When thousands of people thronged outdoors for the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, animals at the zoo in east China's Hangzhou City also reacted, quickly and confusedly. Two Indian elephants, each weighing five...
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