International Headlines

Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:02:04 -0400
>TOP STORIES as of 0900 GMT -- 18 July, 2010

> U.S.: ALLEGED DRUG KINGPIN ARRESTED
Alleged drug kingpin Jose David Figueroa Agosto -- "the most
wanted fugitive by Puerto Rican and Dominican authorities,"
according to U.S. authorities -- is in custody.

> BAGHDAD SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS 43
A suicide bomber killed at least 43 people and wounded 40 others
in an attack outside Baghdad on Sunday morning, police said.

> TESTS ON RECAPPED GULF WELL EXTENDED
Encouraged by results so far, BP and the government agreed to
another 24 hours of testing of the recently recapped Gulf well.

> CAMPAIGN VIOLATIONS COST BIDEN $219,000
A day after the U.S. Federal Elections Commission slapped Joe
Biden with a $219,000 fine for spending violations during his
failed presidential bid, a spokeswoman for the vice president is
calling the ruling "commonplace."

> EU: WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE PALESTINIANS
The European Union's foreign affairs chief said the alliance is
committed to Palestinian statehood and to improving Gaza's
situation.

> HILLARY CLINTON TO VISIT AFGHANISTAN
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading to Afghanistan on
a mission that will take her to a major international conference
in Kabul focusing on the problems and the future of the war-torn
nation.

> IRANIANS MOURN 27 KILLED IN BOMBINGS
The bodies of 27 people killed in a pair of suicide bombings in
the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan were laid to rest,
Iran's official news agency reported.

> CONVOY ATTACK KILLS 16 IN PAKISTAN
Grenades and gunfire killed 16 people and injured several others
when militants attacked a convoy of civilian vehicles that the
Pakistani military was escorting through the country's tribal
region, intelligence officials said.

BUSINESS
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> BET FOUNDER TO BUILD SPA RESORT IN LIBERIA
Billionaire businessman Bob Johnson has chosen Liberia for his
latest venture, the country's first top class hotel.

> TOUR OPERATOR COLLAPSE HITS THOUSANDS
Thousands of vacationers were left stranded Saturday in Greece
and Turkey after the financial collapse of a British tour
operator.