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News Elsewhere headlines from the Arizona Daily Star

Around the world - (Found July 11, 2008 )

Mexico
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/247631.php

Six Turks die in U.S. Consulate firefight - (Found July 11, 2008 )

ISTANBUL, Turkey Gunmen believed inspired by al-Qaida stormed a guard post at the U.S. Consulate Wednesday, touching off a firefight that killed three policemen and three assailants in the latest sign of Turkey's difficulty in clamping down on homegrown militants.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/247616.php

Attack on peacekeepers in Darfur leaves 7 dead - (Found July 11, 2008 )

KHARTOUM, Sudan About 200 gunmen on horseback and in SUVs launched a brazen attack on international peacekeepers in Darfur, killing seven in the deadliest strike against the underequipped and understaffed mission since it was deployed, the United Nations said Wednesday.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/247613.php

Camps offer peace to girls from besieged Israeli city - (Found July 11, 2008 )

Chandler is proving to be a genuine summer getaway for 11 Israeli girls whose hometown of Sderot is frequently bombarded by rockets fired from just across the border in Gaza.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/247683.php

Jeffs found fevered, convulsive in cell, is hospitalized in Vegas - (Found July 11, 2008 )

LAS VEGAS Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was released from a Nevada hospital Wednesday, a day after he was found "convulsive," weak and feverish in an Arizona jail cell, officials said.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/247677.php

Forest Service denies conveyor belt at Snowbowl - (Found July 11, 2008 )

FLAGSTAFF The U.S. Forest Service has denied a request from the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort to build a conveyor belt to bring beginning skiers to the top of a practice slope.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/247693.php

Jackson apologizes for comment about Obama - (Found July 11, 2008 )

CHICAGO The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday to Barack Obama for making a "regretfully crude" comment about the Democratic presidential hopeful during what he thought was a private conversation three days ago.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/247650.php

N.J. GOP Club takes Obama-O.J. slogan off Web site - (Found July 11, 2008 )

TRENTON, N.J. A local Republican Club in New Jersey has removed a slogan from its Web site that read, "Obama loves America like O.J. loved Nicole."
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/247623.php