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Duplass brothers wade into mainstream film with 'Cyrus' From The Detroit News

Directors Mark Duplass, left, and brother Jay are finally living large. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

2 U.S. soldiers die in Iraq

July 2, 2010

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BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in Iraq.
A military statement released on Friday says the soldiers died in separate incidents but not in combat.It says the deaths are under investigation and provided no details. The names of the deceased soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
The deaths raise to 4,411 the number of U.S. military personnel who have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. That’s according to an Associated Press count.

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Mexico nabs gang leader in US consulate killing

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July 2, 2010

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MEXICO CITY — A drug gang leader says he ordered the killing of a U.S. consulate worker because she gave visas to a rival gang in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, federal police said Friday.
Jesus Ernesto Chavez, whose arrest was announced on Friday, leads a band of hit men for a street gang tied to the Juarez cartel, said Ramon Pequeno, the head of anti-narcotics for the Federal Police.Pequeno said Chavez ordered the March 13 attack that killed U.S. consulate employee Lesley Enriquez and her husband as they drove in the violent border city, and he said Chavez told police that Enriquez was targeted because she gave visas to a rival gang.
A U.S. Embassy official said there would no immediate comment on the allegation.
Enriquez, who was four months pregnant, and her husband, Arthur H. Redelfs, were killed when gunmen opened fire on their sport utility vehicle after they left a birthday party. Their 7-month-old daughter was found wailing in the back of the vehicle.
Jorge Alberto Salcido, the husband of a Mexican employee of the consulate, also was killed by gunmen after leaving the same event in a separate vehicle.
Chavez told police that gunmen opened fire on Salcido because the two cars were the same color and the hit men didn’t know which one Enriquez was in, Pequeno said.
Pequeno said Chavez belongs to Barrio Azteca, a gang that works for the Juarez cartel on both sides of the border.
The Juarez cartel’s turf war against the Sinaloa cartel has made Ciudad Juarez one of the deadliest cities in the world. More than 2,600 people were killed last year in the city of 1.3 million people across the border from El Paso, Texas.
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Blagojevich's $400,000 shopping spree :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich

The Blagojevich household spent more on fine clothing than on their mortgage, childcare, travel or private schools in the years that Blagojevich served as governor, according to trial testimony.
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Strictly World Cup Dancing, by Arlene Phillips - Telegraph

Celebration: Four players line up on the touchline. Then put left arm out, right arm out, left arm in, right arm in, and rotate. Arlene: This is the funniest thing I've ever seen. First the "swim", then the fist pull. I would have got the whole crowd doing it. Judge's mark: 9/10

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Holland 2 Brazil 1: match report - Telegraph

Brazil lose their discipline and ability to defend as Dutch fight back to reach World Cup semi-finals.

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BaGhana BaGhana: South Africans and foreign nationals wave the Ghana flag in Yeoville, outside Johannesburg, Photo: AP

The president has just given his first speech on immigration since taking office. Has anything changed?

posted on July 1, 2010, at 3:25 PM

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In his first major speech on immigration — a policy priority that has seemingly come "out of nowhere" in the past week — President Obama called for comprehensive reform legislation, including a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants. "The question now is, do we have the courage and political will to pass a bill through Congress and finally get it done," the president said, speaking at American University on Thursday. He decried Arizona's yet-to-be-enacted immigration law as "ill-conceived," and called for "one clear national standard." Clearly, this "puts Republicans in a tough spot," say Anna Gorman and Peter Nicholas in the Los Angeles Times. They really can't "afford to write off a Latino community" ahead of the November midterms. But the president didn't offer any specifics, says Mark Krikorian at National Review. "The speech was just one more effort at stringing the open-borders folks along while trying to blame the Republicans for not helping the Democrats pass an amnesty." Below, highlights from Obama's address:

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Abs-olutely hot! Stomachs of the stars, Jul 01, 2010

... and who better to inspire investing in a gym membership than a trio of Victoria Secret Angels?! While the rest of us are stuck at the office, Miranda Kerr, Candice Swanepoel and Alessandra Ambrosio flaunt their super-toned tummies poolside. Life's simply not fair.

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... and who better to inspire investing in a gym membership than a trio of Victoria Secret Angels?! While the rest of us are stuck at the office, Miranda Kerr, Candice Swanepoel and Alessandra Ambrosio flaunt their super-toned tummies poolside. Life's simply not fair.

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... and who better to inspire investing in a gym membership than a trio of Victoria Secret Angels?! While the rest of us are stuck at the office, Miranda Kerr, Candice Swanepoel and Alessandra Ambrosio flaunt their super-toned tummies poolside. Life's simply not fair.

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Elle Macpherson, 47, turns heads in skin-tight PVC pants at 'Britain's Next Top Model' launch party

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Elle Macpherson proved why she's called 'The Body' when she donned these body-hugging pleather pants at the "Britain's Next Top Model" launch party.

Portland police re-open Molly Hagerty sex case vs. Al Gore; masseuse calls ex-VP 'a pervert'

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An alleged incident at a Portland hotel in 2006 has come back to haunt the former Vice President.

Jaycee Lee Dugard awarded $20M settlement for 18 years in clutches of kidnapper Phillip Garrido

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Mel Gibson racist, profane rant at ex Oksana Grigorieva caught on tape: report

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Actor Mel Gibson and girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva in happier times earlier this year.

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'Merchant of Venice' review: Al Pacino drops showboating for complex take on Shylock

Al Pacino gives a complex non-showboating performance as Shylock in 'Merchant of Venice.'

Taliban attacks Nato base - CENTRAL/S. ASIA - Al Jazeera English

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FIFA.com - Jordaan looks ahead to the final

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With the start of the Quarter Final matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ on Friday, the Chief Executive Officer of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa, Dr Danny Jordaan, looks ahead to the final stretch.

FIFA.com - Jagger: I'm having a really good time

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Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger is back at the FIFA World Cup™ for a third time. He has been seen on TV as an enthusiastic football fan at the Round of 16 games featuring USA and Ghana, as well as his beloved England playing against Germany.

FIFA.com - Elia lighting the Oranje way, Jul 01, 2010

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Always attacking, always looking to penetrate down the flanks, to torture the opposition defence with his pace and trickery, young Eljero Elia is a throwback to the good old days of Dutch football. In a side built around patience, team defending and counter-attacks, Elia stands alone as the free-thinking maverick out left. “What I want is to get myself into good positions and make danger for the team,” the Hamburg winger, 23, told FIFA.com. “I feel like I have been doing a pretty good job when I get on the pitch and I want to stay hungry and keep going.”

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FIFA.com - South Americans take centre stage

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One of the curiosities of this FIFA World Cup™ has been the success of the South American teams. The sight of Argentina and Brazil in the latter stages is no novelty but South American football has made history in South Africa with four of the continent's teams advancing to the quarter-finals.

FIFA.com - Fans unite under Madiba's gaze

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Standing majestically at the entrance to the Johannesburg square that now bears his name is a towering statue of Nelson Mandela. The colossal bronze monument, six metres high and weighing 2.5 tonnes, is a symbol of South Africa's new-found optimism and has become the focal point for FIFA World Cup™ celebrations – and commiserations.

Spy Ring: Why Moscow Admit the Suspects Were Russian? - TIME

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Waiting for Hilary

Becoming a new US president Barack Obama proclaimed "reset" in relations with Russia for the achievement of common goals of global security. As a result prioritized Afghan and Iranian issues shifted the geopolitical struggle for South Caucasus to the background. But it seems Georgia is unhappy with the supporting roles. From time to time Tbilisi calls attention of the White House. Now Georgians set hopes on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's tour of Caucasus and her possible approval of reconciliation strategy with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. What will Washington say to Tbilisi strategists?

FBI office to be opened in Georgia

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the USA will open an office in Georgia, the VZGLYAD correspondent states citing to Alia.

FBR delegation will visit Georgia for preparation work.

In May Robert Mueller, the FBI director, visited Georgia. The media say the issue of opening an office was decided that time.

According to the newspaper, a number of changes is planned in the special services of Georgia. The foreign intelligence service will receive more authority and will be the Intelligence Service of Georgia, and the military counter-espionage of the Ministry of Defense will be cooperating with a new service.

Georgia flying to arms

Who said the East was tricky? Perhaps, that is true in respect of personalities but if we take the category of State there is no easier task than tracking down its actions and nearest steps. Georgia is no exception and its behavior in the international arena bodes no good. The minds of Georgia's current politicians seem to be preoccupied with the number-one idea of having revenge, no matter the price or means.