EXPLOSION IN RUSSIA. Man blows himself up and rips through funeral service in Russia.
A suicide bomber attacks as policemen in southern Russia attended a funeral of a slain colleague, killing at least seven and badly wounding 12 others.

NATO CHANGES AND POLICY SHIFT. Following Afghan Attacks on Allied Troops.
The military is attempting to stop insider attacks are a clear sign of the increasing number of deaths of coalition troops at the hands of Afghan forces have become.

CHINA JAPAN GLOBAL DISPUTE. Tensions Rise Following Island Landings.

NY POLITICIANS ARE CALLING FOR TAX BREAKS TO BOOST TECH START-UPS

Joined by MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Majora Carter, Sunshine Bronx Co-Founder & Managing Partner Cheni Yerushalmi, and Bronx Entrepreneurs, lawmakers are urging action on federal legislation allowing Bronx entrepreneurs to deduct Up to $10,000 of their start-up costs, which is twice the current deduction.

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FEMALE BODY PARTS FOUND FLOATING. Inside Canadian Park.
The severed head, a foot and two hands belonging to a young female have been recovered from the Credit River inside a park near Toronto.

94 YEAR OLD MAN KILLED BY ROOMMATE. Hated His Singing.
A court has convicted an 83-year-old man in the beating death of his former 94-year-old roommate inside a California health care facility. Prosecutors say the deadly attack was triggered by the other man's singing.

FBI INVESTIGATION. Bomb Threat ‘The Expendables 2’

A coastal Chinese city has started construction on a 6-billion-yuan (949 million U.S. dollars) undersea tunnel linking Xiamen's downtown island with its major industrial district.

The 9.03-km tunnel will link downtown Xiamen with Haicang District, the largest Taiwanese investment zone in the Chinese mainland in terms of size, when it is completed in 2016, local officials said. The bottom of the tunnel will be built 72.6 meters below the ocean surface.

Veteran diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi will be the new Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and League of Arab States for the crisis in Syria, taking over the peace-facilitation role played over the past several months by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, a spokesperson for the world organization said today.

Mr. Brahimi is expected to assume his duties following the expiration of Mr. Annan’s mandate on 31 August 2012.