Today: Tuesday, July 06, 2010

National League for Democracy vice-chairman Tin Oo , central executive committee member Win Tin (blue shirt) and youth wing members visit Min Zeya’s family at South Dagon Township, Rangoon Division, on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Min Zeya is one of the detained 88 Generation Students’ leaders. NLD members today called at the homes of five political prisoners to offer support to their relatives. Photo: Mizzima

Tuesday 06th July, 05:08 PM JST

Prime Minister Naoto Kan, center, holds an autographed soccer jersey given to him by coach Takeshi Okada, left, and team captain Makoto Hasebe. ‘‘Thank you for showing us a wonderful effort. The whole country was united and it was fantastic,’’ Kan told the pair. He added that he hopes his Democratic Party of Japan can pull off a remarkable victory in the July 11 upper house election and that “it might be good idea to wear the uniform when I campaign.’’
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Netherlands' Arjen Robben, left, scores against Uruguay at Green Point stadium in Cape Town on July 6, 2010.

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By Kevin Baxter | 1:33 p.m.

Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben score three minutes apart to give the Netherlands a two-goal lead in the 74th minute and send the Dutch into the finals.

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech in Paris / File

Supermodel says she's against products that cause harm to endangered animals and regrets any offence her "banter"

SHANGHAI — China's sentencing on Monday of an American geologist, who has been jailed for the past 2 ½ years, to an additional eight years in prison for stealing state secrets is another demonstration of how the Chinese government will use the legal system to protect the business interests and competitive edge of its state-run firms.

Xue Feng, 44, a naturalized American who works for a U.S. energy-consulting firm, was charged with trying to buy a database that reportedly showed the location and condition of oil and wells belonging to China's government-owned National Petroleum Corp.

Spectators on land and water watch Fourth of July fireworks shoot off Sunday night from Ottawa Township High School.
Photo: Doug Larson

Horror crash: A crowd gathering at the scene of the accident along the expressway Monday, 5 July 2010.
PETALING JAYA: A businessman was killed after his car crashed into a divider at the 456.2km stretch of the North-South Expressway and fell 20m from a flyover.
Azizi Syeh Mohd Jailani, 27, was driving to his home in Taman Tun Dr Ismail at about noon yesterday when the accident occurred, Selangor Public Order and Traffic police chief Supt Che Hussin Omar said.
“He was killed on the spot when his car plunged and a metal rail pierced through his car, hitting him in the stomach.“His car was found in a ditch below the overhead road, while his body was found 10m away,” he said.Supt Che Hussin urged anyone who witnessed the accident to contact Insp Fazli Abdul Rahman at 03-39662222.

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Jul 6, 2010