ABC News: International
1. Young Crash Survivor Arrives in Paris
2. U.S. Soldier Feared Kidnapped in Afghanistan
3. Indian Court Lifts Ban on Gay Sex
4. Mousavi: Islamic Regime Illegitimate
5. Israel Accused of War Crimes in Gaza
6. Bombs Against Pakistan Police Kill 8

BBC News | World | UK Edition
1. It's quiz time!
2. Russian forces besiege 'gunmen'
3. BBQ diplomacy
4. UN chief due to arrive in Burma
5. Space ambitions
6. WHO warns swine flu 'unstoppable'

USATODAY.com World - Top Stories
1. Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign
2. J&J takes on Alzheimer's disease with $1B stake in Elan
3. Top diplomat to demand return of Honduras leader
4. French: Air France plane hit sea vertically
5. Biden visits Iraq, will meet with leaders
6. Possible Michelangelo self-portrait revealed

Faith & Reason: Top Stories & Community Feed
1. Spiritual adviser: 'Darkness' gripped Sanford
2. Religious broadcaster builds $4M home despite layoffs at his ministry
3. Iraqi Christian sect struggles to preserve culture in U.S.
4. Can fiction challenge your moral worldview? F&R Book Club
5. Would Malden's priest-of-the-piers be too preachy for us today?
6. New 'American Patriot's Bible' sees USA's 'godly roots'

Wash Post Middle East
1. Featured Advertiser
Thu, July 2, 2009


2. Saddam Hussein Said WMD Talk Helped Him Look Strong to Iran
Thu, July 2, 2009
Saddam Hussein told an FBI interviewer before he was hanged that he allowed the world to believe he had weapons of mass destruction because he was worried about appearing weak to Iran, according to declassified accounts of the interviews released yesterday. The former Iraqi president also denounc...



3. Israel's Barak, U.S. Envoy Mitchell Discuss Expansion of West Bank Settlements
Wed, July 1, 2009
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak huddled for four hours yesterday with former senator George J. Mitchell, the Obama administration's special envoy for Middle East peace, seeking to resolve an impasse between their two governments over the expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.



4. U.S. Targets N. Korea's Proliferation Efforts, Announces Actions Against 2 Firms
Wed, July 1, 2009
The Obama administration yesterday began a campaign to curtail North Korea's ability to finance its trade in missiles and nuclear materials, with the Treasury and State Departments announcing actions against two North Korean companies, including one allegedly connected to the building of a nuclear...



5. Price Squabbles, Security Concerns Lead Oil Giants to Pass On Iraq Fields
Wed, July 1, 2009
BAGHDAD, June 29 -- Iraq's effort to woo foreign energy companies to help resurrect its ailing oil fields fell flat Tuesday, as most companies balked at the financial terms offered by the government despite the lure of the country's vast reserves.