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Obama to Michigan to Tout Auto Recovery
administration controversially bailed out General Motors and Chrysler last year using tens of billions of taxpayer dollars. Obama will visit General Motors and Chrysler assembly plants in the Motor City area and meet with workers. The GM plant produces the new Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car and is one of nine plants that the company will keep open during the standard two-week summer shutdown. The Chrysler plant makes the new Jeep Grand Cherokee and just added a second shift and ...
Source: ABC

Suspicious Package at U.S. Embassy in Paris
2 US Embassy workers being examined after opening suspicious letter.Paris- Government- Embassies and Consulates- Police- Sweden
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U.S. embassy employees poisoned by mail: French police
PARIS (Reuters) - Three employees of the U.S. embassy in Paris were being treated for poisoning on Friday after opening mail, but there was no immediate information on the seriousness of their condition, police said.
Source: Reuters

U.N. rights body tells Israel to end Gaza blockade
GENEVA (Reuters) - Israel must lift its military blockade of the Gaza Strip and invite an independent, fact-finding mission to investigate its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a United Nations rights body said on Friday.
Source: Reuters

Imports slow second-quarter growth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic growth slowed in the second quarter as a capital investment drive by businesses saw imports increasing at their fastest pace since the first quarter of 1984, a government report showed on Friday.
Source: Reuters

3 soldiers killed; July deadliest month of Afghan war for U.S.
Three U.S. troops died in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 63 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war.
Source: Chicago Tribune

3 women killed in fiery crash
Southwest Side residents watched helplessly after they were unable to rescue three women from a fiery crash early this morning in the 3000 block of West 47th Street. "Everyone tried to get them out before the fire started," area resident Juan Quinones told WGN-TV.
Source: Chicago Tribune

Death toll tops 300 in Pakistan flooding
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 30 (UPI) -- The death toll for three days of flooding in Pakistan rose to 313 Friday as rains swelled rivers, inundated villages and triggered landslides, officials said.Pakistan- Flood- Asia- Government- Landslide
Source: UPI

Hackers attacking online bank accounts
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., July 30 (UPI) -- Online banking, used by most U.S. households, is not as safe as the standard face-to-face practices of the past, bank consultant group Novantas reported.Online banking- Business- Financial Services- Banking Services- Banks and Institutions
Source: UPI

Oil tanker explodes in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 30 (UPI) -- Unidentied attackers blew up a NATO oil tanker Friday near Quetta, Pakistan, while the rig's driver was refueling the vehicle, police said.Pakistan- Islamabad- Asia- Quetta- Government
Source: UPI