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...Belgium New Crisis for a Divided Nation Prime Minister Yves Leterme offered his resignation July 14 after failing to negotiate an agreement between Belgium's two main regions, reigniting fears that the country could split along linguistic lines. Leterme--who took office in March, ending nine months without a permanent government--had wanted to grant more autonomy to the majority northern, Dutch-speaking Flanders and the minority southern, French-speaking Wallonia. With King Albert II refusing to accept the resignation, Leterme remains in office...
...brother in a brawl over a stolen mobile phone. On July 1 hundreds of demonstrators marched through Islington, Hackney's neighboring borough, to protest the knifing outside a local pub of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella, a straight-A student whose sister starred in a popular TV soap opera. Nine days later, four Londoners were knifed to death in separate incidents during the same 24-hour period, among them Melvin Bryan, who would have celebrated his 19th birthday two days later...
...kept the barrage coming, breaching the outer security ring and fighting hard until noon. The Americans called in mortars and close air support; Apache attack helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft responded with fire from the sky. The Taliban were finally driven back, reportedly suffering more than 40 casualties. But nine American soldiers also lost their lives...
...Iran Saber-Rattling, Via TV Iran launched nine medium- and long-range missiles in a July 9 broadcast intended to prove that it could respond to an attack from the U.S. or Israel over its controversial nuclear program. The test, which officials said included a new version of Iran's Shahab-3 missile that can reach Israel and U.S. Gulf bases, came less than a day after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promised that "there won't be any war" with either nation...
...passed his state's bar exam without having attended a day of law school, former National Park Service director George Hartzog was anything but conventional. During his nine-year tenure as director, the South Carolina native brought nearly 70 new areas--some 2.7 million acres (1.1 million hectares)--under Park Service protection and often used daring techniques to secure funding, including shutting down parks two days each week when President Richard Nixon cut the budget in 1969. After a public outcry, the funding was restored, and Hartzog's legacy was secured as a dedicated proponent of the environment...