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Today's World News: Indian court decriminalizes consensual gay sex Plane with Comoros crash survivor arrives in Paris Major military operation under way in Afghanistan Koreas open new talks on troubled industrial park Police: Bomb kills 2 officers in NW Pakistan All Bets Are Off: Russia and Ukraine Ban Gambling European rocket hoists biggest-ever telecoms satellite Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza US ambassador returns to Venezuela after spat Nigerians from diaspora heading home to work Indian court rules gay sex legal Canada seen worst of G8 not curbing climate change Gap widening between indigenous, other Australians Marines bring a bit of Iraq's 'surge' to Afghan province One Gaza fisherman's tale of tribulation Honduras Coup: With Zelaya Ousted, Both Sides Protest Electoral Fraud's Unexpected Gift Indian court decriminalizes consensual gay sex Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:43 pm PDT AP - A court in India has made a groundbreaking ruling to decriminalize consensual gay sex in the capital of the deeply conservative society. Full Story Top Plane with Comoros crash survivor arrives in Paris Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:44 pm PDT AP - A French official plane carrying a young girl thought to be the only survivor of the crash of a Yemenia A310 has arrived in Paris from Comoros. Full Story Top Major military operation under way in Afghanistan Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:35 pm PDT AP - Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages of southern Afghanistan Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country. Full Story Top Koreas open new talks on troubled industrial park Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:11 pm PDT AP - North and South Korea held a new round of talks Thursday on their troubled joint industrial complex, including Seoul's demand that a detained South Korean worker be freed, though there was no apparent progress. Full Story Top Police: Bomb kills 2 officers in NW Pakistan Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:09 pm PDT AP - A roadside bomb exploded in Pakistan's northwest Thursday, killing two police officers in the latest attack on the country's security forces as they try to eliminate Taliban insurgents nesting near the border with Afghanistan. Full Story Top All Bets Are Off: Russia and Ukraine Ban Gambling Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:15 pm PDT Time.com - With Russia's ban on gambling taking effect Wednesday, following a similar ban in Ukraine last week, critics fear the move could cost hundreds of thousands of jobs and force the industry underground Full Story Top European rocket hoists biggest-ever telecoms satellite Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:45 pm PDT AFP - A European rocket placed the world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite into geostationary orbit, launch operator Arianespace said. Full Story Top Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza Wed, 1 Jul 2009 06:03 pm PDT AP - Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of Gaza Strip homes in attacks that amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International charged Thursday, in the first in-depth human rights group report on the recent war in Gaza. Full Story Top US ambassador returns to Venezuela after spat Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:53 pm PDT AP - The U.S. ambassador to Venezuela has returned to his post — more than nine months after he was expelled by President Hugo Chavez. Full Story Top Nigerians from diaspora heading home to work Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:10 pm PDT AFP - Many Nigerian professionals who grew up, studied and worked abroad are returning to career opportunities back home in a trend that has gathered pace with the global economic crisis. Full Story Top Indian court rules gay sex legal Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:47 pm PDT AFP - A top Indian court has issued a landmark ruling decriminalising gay sex between consenting adults, overturning colonial-era legislation that outlawed homosexuality. Full Story Top Canada seen worst of G8 not curbing climate change Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:57 am PDT Reuters - With only five months to go until a new global pact on climate change, none of the Group of Eight nations is doing enough to curb global warming, with Canada and the United States ranking bottom, a study said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Gap widening between indigenous, other Australians Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:13 pm PDT AP - Children in Australia's Aboriginal communities are six times as likely to be abused or neglected than the country's non-indigenous children, a government report said Thursday. Full Story Top Marines bring a bit of Iraq's 'surge' to Afghan province Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:07 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan _ U.S. Marines announced early Thursday that they've launched a "major operation" in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, saying they hope to drive the Taliban out of the country's major opium-producing community. Full Story Top One Gaza fisherman's tale of tribulation Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:00 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Israel's naval blockade of the waters off Gaza – part of a wider Israeli effort to seal off the tiny coastal strip controlled by the Islamist militant group Hamas – is devastating a key Gazan industry and source of food: fishing. Full Story Top Honduras Coup: With Zelaya Ousted, Both Sides Protest Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:15 pm PDT Time.com - In the wake of the military coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on June 28, the country is split between those who support his return and those who are glad to see him gone. Now both sides are protesting in the streets Full Story Top Electoral Fraud's Unexpected Gift Wed, 1 Jul 2009 01:59 pm PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jul 1 (OneWorld.net) - As the Iranian people continue to call for justice and transparency, democracy researcher Nicholas Benequista points out that public outrage over a case of electoral fraud in Nigeria may spark critical reforms in that notoriously corrupt nation. Full Story Top

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