International Headlines

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:02:04 -0400
TOP STORIES as of 0900 GMT -- 30 July, 2010

> PRIVATE SUSPECTED IN WIKILEAKS TRANSFERRED
An Army private suspected of leaking classified material,
including videos and other documents, has been moved from Kuwait
to a Marine Corps brig in Virginia.

> DAUGHTERS: MOM IN BABY CASE SECRETIVE
A French woman who admitted to giving birth to and smothering
eight babies over a 17-year period was secretive but always
supportive of her family, two of her daughters say in a local
newspaper report.

> BA POSTS PRE-TAX LOSS OF $256.5 MILLION
British Airways announces a pre-tax loss of 164 million pounds
($256.5 million) for the three months ending June 30.

> NEW BP BOSS TO DISCUSS GULF RECOVERY
Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley is expected to discuss the oil
giant's long-term recovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico during
a news conference in Mississippi on Friday.

> OFFICIALS: MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKER SLAIN
Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a top leader of the Sinaloa drug
cartel, was killed during a military raid in Guadalajara,
Mexico, sources say.

> ISRAELI CITY HIT BY PALESTINIAN ROCKET
The Israeli city of Ashkelon was hit by a rocket fired by
Palestinian militants in Gaza early Friday, causing minor
damage, but no injuries, the Israel Defense Forces spokesman
said.

> GULF OIL CLEANUP CHIEF DETAILS PLANS
The man overseeing the federal response to the Gulf oil disaster
will meet New Orleans parish presidents Thursday to outline the
plans after the well is permanently sealed.

> U.N., N. KOREA BACK IN SHIP SINKING TALKS
The U.S.-led United Nations Command will meet again Friday with
North Korea to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship,
according to the U.S. Forces Korea website.

BUSINESS
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> AT $139, IS THE NEW KINDLE 'CHEAP'?
Prices in consumer electronics tend to fluctuate wildly.

> DEATH TOLL UP IN CHINESE FACTORY BLAST
The death toll stands at 13 in Wednesday's blast at a factory in
the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, state-run Xinhua news
agency reported, citing remarks by authorities on Thursday.

> WHY IS OBAMA TAKING ON BIG BUSINESS?
Corporate chiefs may seem hardboiled, but they can be sensitive,
too. Take the ruckus they've been raising over what they
perceive to be rough treatment from the Obama White House.