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US: Drills sent ‘clear message’ to NKorea (AP)

South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally against South Korea's joint military exercises with the United States near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. North Korea renewed its long-standing demand Wednesday that Washington abandon its 'hostile policy' toward Pyongyang as the U.S. and South Korea held a fourth day of joint military drills. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - For four days, U.S. and South Korean troops fired artillery into the skies and dropped anti-submarine bombs on underwater targets — dramatic exercises meant to warn North Korea…

Egypt: US assurances may boost direct peace talks (AP)

AP - Egypt said Wednesday it has received U.S. assurances that may help in restarting direct peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel.

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Ship lost for more than 150 years is recovered (AP)

FILE - This 1851 illustration shows the HMS Investigator on the north coast of Baring Island in the Arctic. Arctic archaeologists have found the ship that forged the final link in the Northwest Passage and was lost in the search for the Franklin expedition. The HMS Investigator, abandoned in the ice in 1853, is in shallow water in Mercy Bay along the northern coast of Banks Island in Canada's Western Arctic. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Public Archives of Canada)AP - Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was lost in the search for…

Cameron lost hope of taking power during post-poll talks (AFP)

British Prime Minister David Cameron gives a speech at Infosys Campus in Bangalore. Cameron has revealed he lost all hope of ousting Gordon Brown in May's general election just 24 hours before taking power, in a documentary broadcast Thursday.(AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed he lost all hope of ousting Gordon Brown in May’s general election just 24 hours before taking power, in a documentary broadcast…

Canada locates British ship lost 157 years ago (AFP)

Canada on Wednesday announced a stunning archaeological find: the wreck of a British ship lost in the Arctic 157 years ago that played a major role in 19th century exploration of the region.(Parks Canada)AFP - Canada on Wednesday announced a stunning archaeological find: the wreck of a British ship lost in the Arctic 157 years ago that played a major role in 19th…