♦ Terry doubts Man Utd credentials

John Terry believes Manchester United have reached their peak and Chelsea can regain the Premier League trophy. United were European and domestic champions last term, with Chelsea runners-up, but the Blues' captain believes his side can raise their game. "I don't think United have another level to go to," said Terry, whose side have a new manager this season in Brazil's Luiz Felipe Scolari.	1 vote

♦ EDITORIAL: Traffic in Human Lives: Rescuing Juvenile Victims Should Be the First Priority

By The Baltimore Sun Aug. 5--For the young women who dance in bars and clubs on The Block, Baltimore's adult entertainment district, life is a few days or weeks of cheap thrills, then years of drug addiction, abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, emotional torment and early death.	1 vote

♦ UK MPs call for talks with Hamas

A UK parliamentary committee has called for dialogue with Hamas, as a UN report says poverty has reached an unprecedented high in the Gaza Strip. Gaza's economy has been hit hard by an Israeli embargo tightened when the militant group took control last year. Major world powers refuse to speak to Hamas unless it recognises Israel. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA...	1 vote

♦ Mongolian MPs boycott parliament

The opening session of the Mongolian parliament has stalled after opposition Democrats staged a walk-out. The session was to be a swearing-in day for new MPs, but the president had to close the session early as there were not enough MPs for a quorum. Mongolian politics have been in turmoil since the disputed election on 29 June that sparked riots in the capital.	1 vote

♦ Burma junta hints at release for Aung San Suu Kyi in 6 months

Aung San Suu Kyi met with the ruling junta's appointed labor minister, Aung Kyi, in January, in Rangoon. SINGAPORE (AP) — A senior figure in Myanmar's military junta has suggested that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi could be freed from house arrest in about six months, Singapore's foreign minister said.	1 vote

♦ RPI working on strengthening party in Pondy

Talking to newspersons after a meeting of the party office bearers of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry here, Mr Rajendran said the party had actively participated in several issues.	1 vote

♦ Cambodia, Thailand continue troop buildup at border

A Cambodian soldier holds a B40 rocket as he guards at Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia. Cambodia and Thailand escalated their troop buildup Thursday at disputed territory near the historic border temple despite their agreement to hold talks next week to defuse the tensions. PREAH VIHEAR...	1 vote

♦ Pelosi Statement on Bush Administration Effort to Redefine Contraception As Abortion

WASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on reports that the Bush Administration's is drafting a proposed rule that would place new restrictions on domestic family planning programs.	1 vote

♦ Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Announces 2008 Annual CONNECT Conference

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), the largest non-profit organization in the United States focused on finding a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne), will host its 14th annual CONNECT conference in Philadelphia, PA on July 17-20, 2008.	1 vote

♦ Merge OEM Software Used in New Study for Alzheimer's

Merge Healthcare Incorporated (NASDAQ:MRGE)(TSX:MRG) (the "Company"), announced today that its OEM Division's software was used in a new study for Alzheimer's as more fully described below, in the press release issued from the Robarts Research Institute at the University of Western Ontario.	1 vote

♦ Olmert says accusations are distorted, despicable

Police said on Friday that they had widened an investigation against Olmert. They said Olmert was suspected before he became prime minister of asking several charities and institutions to pay for the same trips abroad. Olmert pocketed the surplus, and used it for family trips abroad, according to the accusations.	1 vote

♦ AMA Apologizes for Previous Racism

Harvard researchers have discovered half a dozen new genes involved in autism that suggest the disorder strikes in a brain that can't properly form new connections.	1 vote

♦ Israel Arabs 'spied for al-Qaeda'

Israel's security agency says two Bedouin have been charged with giving sensitive information to al-Qaeda and being members of a terrorist group. The men are accused of giving site details of army bases, the airport near Tel Aviv and skyscrapers with the intention of harming state security. Taher Abu Sakut and Omar Abu Sakut, from southern Israel, were arrested a month ago...	1 vote

♦ Is make-believe vital to kids? You better believe it

Susan Linn jokes with her granddaughter, Marley Craine, 5, as they make paste to glue decorations to a birthday card for a relative. Linn believes adults should make an effort to spend "unplugged" time with children. Babies and toddlers They enjoy plastic containers, books, blocks, stuffed animals.	1 vote

♦ Top Asian officer's race claim

Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur is said to have complained of being humiliated and undermined. Andy Tighe reports. What are these? Cracks in China's economy? The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled.	1 vote

♦ Monroe footage reels in $60,000

The organizers of the Academy Awards have limited the number of nominations for any one film in the best song category to two. Classic French filmmaker Jean Delannoy, who adapted novels by Victor Hugo and André Gide, and won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize in 1946, has died at age 100, officials said Thursday.	1 vote

♦ N Korea nuclear statement 'due'

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says North Korea will "soon" deliver an overdue declaration of its nuclear activities, amid a new round of talks. She said that when the document was in place, the US would both verify it and initiate steps to take North Korea off a list of state sponsors of terrorism.	1 vote

♦ Junta slows cyclone aid to Burma

Food, clean water and medical supplies could still be days away for victims of a cyclone that devastated Burma and may have killed more than 10,000 people. U.S. and international aid groups scrambled Monday to send help to victims of what could be Asia's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami, but roads were closed in the low-lying delta region that was hardest hit.	1 vote

♦ Press on Gaza deaths, Cairo talks

Several other people were injured by the blast, some of them critically. Israeli and Palestinian newspapers have expressed regret and in some cases anger at the death of a family in Gaza, which the Israeli military and Hamas are blaming on one another. Some commentators speculated as to whether this would affect chances of a truce between Palestinian factions and Israel...	1 vote