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View Article  NEWSWEEK: Media Lead Sheet/June 30, 2008 Issue

(on newsstands Monday June 23)

COVER: "Behind That Smile: Understanding Cindy McCain" (p. 20). White House Correspondent Holly Bailey profiles Cindy McCain, wife of Sen. John McCain, who says in an interview that she is ...   more »

View Article  NEWSWEEK: International Editions: Highlights and Exclusives, June 30, 2008

COVER: How The Quake Changed China (Latin America and Pacific edition). Special Correspondent Mary Hennock and Beijing Bureau Chief Melinda Liu report that the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that flattened parts of Sichuan also shattered parts of ...   more »

View Article  Development Ministers' Statement on Zimbabwe Crisis

WASHINGTON, June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- We, Development Ministers and Heads of bi-lateral agencies from Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States, are very concerned about the evolving ...   more »

View Article  Russian President Dmitri Medvedev gives an exclusive interview to Reuters, his first with a foreign news organisation since he took office in May.
Poverty and corruption are the biggest internal threats to Russia's
security, while freedom, democracy and respect for private property are
guiding its foreign policy, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev tells Reuters in
his first interview with ...   more »
View Article  Thai school unveils "transvestite" toilets for its students.
Thai school has created toilets for its transgender students with a sign
that's half male, half female.

SI SA KET, THAILAND (JUNE 23, 2008) REUTERS -
A Thai school unveiled "transvestite" toilets to cater to...   more »
View Article  Shooting incident occurs during farewell ceremony for Frances' Sarkozy.
An Israeli soldier on the perimeter of a farewell airport ceremony for
French President Nicolas Sarkozy apparently shoots himself, the incident did
not endanger the visiting leader.

(EU) BEN GURION AIRPORT, LOD, ISRAEL (JUNE 24, ...   more »