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29 Jul 11

U.S. threatens to stop sharing ballistic missiles intelligence with Turkey
Ankara would have to operate without NATO’s intelligence information on incoming ballistic missiles if it chooses to buy Chinese or Russian systems for its national air and missile defense program, officials of the Western alliance have warned Turkey, according to Hürriyet Daily News.-Many Western officials and experts say that since the Russian and the Chinese systems are not compatible with NATO systems, their potential eventual victory might provide them with access to classified NATO information, and as a result may compromise NATO’s procedures.  

Economy Grew Only 1.3% in Spring After Nearly Stalling in Winter
The U.S. economy grew less than forecast in the second quarter, after almost coming to a halt at the start of the year, as consumers retrenched. Gross domestic product rose at a 1.3 percent annual rate following a 0.4 percent gain in the prior quarter that was less than previously estimated  

Explosion hits Syrian oil pipeline
A bomb exploded Friday in the Syrian city of Homs, leaving a 50-foot crater near a pipeline carrying crude oil, an official said. Ghassan Abdul-Aal, the governor of Homs, told the official Syrian Arab News Agency that saboteurs were to blame for the explosion.  

Blast hits Iran-Turkey gas pipeline, cuts supplies
A blast early Friday hit a pipeline carrying natural gas from Iran to Turkey, forcing a cut in supply, an Iranian oil official said. "The export of gas to Turkey has been temporarily halted after an explosion struck the pipeline" in northwestern Iran, spokesman for National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Majid Boujarzadeh told the oil ministry's news agency SHANA.  

IMF chief warns of dollar decline if no US debt deal
Failure by the United States to raise the debt ceiling by the Aug 2 deadline could lead to a fall in the value of the dollar and raise "doubts" among those using it as a reserve currency, the head of the IMF said. "It would probably entail a decline of the dollar relative to other currencies, and probably doubts in the mind of those people who reserve currencies as to whether the dollar is effectively the ultimate and prime currency of reserve," Christine Lagarde told PBS NewsHour in an interview on Thursday.  

US debt crisis: Republicans abandon vote as panic grows
Mr Boehner and other party leaders had delayed the vote for more than four hours as they tried to twist arms, but gave up at around 10pm when it became clear they could not muster the necessary 217 votes from the 240 members in the Republican caucus. Congress now only has four days to meet a deadline set by Timothy Geithner, the Treasury Secretary, to raise the national borrowing limit or risk defaulting on loans or failing to make millions of routine payments to Americans.  

A rising hunger among children
Doctors at a major Boston hospital report they are seeing more hungry and dangerously thin young children in the emergency room than at any time in more than a decade of surveying families. Many families are unable to afford enough healthy food to feed their children, say the Boston Medical Center doctors. The resulting chronic hunger threatens to leave scores of infants and toddlers with lasting learning and developmental problems.  

Egypt uprising: Islamists lead Tahrir Square rally
Tens of thousands of people have packed Cairo's Tahrir Square, after the first call by Islamist leaders for nationwide demonstrations since President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in February. The demonstrators - dominated by Muslim Brotherhood supporters - are calling for an Islamic state and Sharia law. Correspondents say the rallies will be a worrying development for secularists.  

'Brain Cap' Technology Turns Thought Into Motion; Mind-Machine Interface Could Lead to New Life-Changing Technologies for Millions of People
"Brain cap" technology being developed at the University of Maryland allows users to turn their thoughts into motion. Associate Professor of Kinesiology José 'Pepe' L. Contreras-Vidal and his team have created a non-invasive, sensor-lined cap with neural interface software that soon could be used to control computers, robotic prosthetic limbs, motorized wheelchairs and even digital avatars.  

EU scrambling for measures against 'lone wolf' terrorists
An Oslo-type of attack would be hard to prevent in any EU country, since the 'lone-wolf' terrorist went to great lengths to avoid being detected, an EU counter-terrorism expert has said. ...EU experts, pending the results of the Norwegian investigation, are now looking at the possibility of making stricter rules on access to chemicals that can be used to make bombs, such as ammonium nitrate and hydrogen peroxide. Further restrictions on the sale of weapons may also be taken into consideration, Jones said.  

African-American Middle Class Eroding As Unemployment Rate Soars
The unemployment situation across America is bad, no doubt. But for African-Americans in some cities, this is not the great recession. It’s the Great Depression.  

NASA Study: Global Warming Alarmists Wrong
"The satellite observations suggest there is much more energy lost to space during and after warming than the climate models show. There is a huge discrepancy between the data and the forecasts that is especially big over the oceans."  

Tropical Storm Don: Warning for Texas, Energy Operators Evacuate
A tropical storm warning has been issued across the Texas coast early Thursday. Tropical Storm Don is violently blasting its way into the central Gulf of Mexico and forecasters are telling those in the path of the storm to stay on alert over the coming days.  

Peres holds secret talks with Palestinians in bid to restart negotiations
President Shimon Peres has been holding intensive talks with Ramallah in an effort to resume negotiations and head off a unilateral Palestinian statehood bid at the UN in September.  

Recruiters pressed to reach out to gays once ban is lifted
An underground gay group in the military wants recruiters to reach out to the gay community in the same way they target blacks, Hispanics and women. The Pentagon’s ban on openly gays members is due to be lifted Sept. 20, meaning avowed gay people can sign up, those in the ranks can come out of the closet and the military will no longer discharge personnel because of sexual preference.  

Nurse struggles to save starving Somali children
Nurse Serat Amin works in the world's largest refugee camp treating the stream of starving children coming into Kenya from famine-struck Somalia, and although he has painful memories of the children who have died, watching the weak get stronger gives him the courage to carry on.  

Economy Growing at Slowest Pace Since Recession
The economy likely grew in the first half of the year at the slowest pace since the recession ended, and the second half isn't looking much better. Weak consumer spending, dismal hiring and cuts in government spending likely held back growth in the April-June quarter. The government will report on second-quarter growth on Friday.  

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