BEIJING (Reuters) – China took a further step on Sunday toward ending its dependence on U.S. satellites to provide navigation and positioning services.
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Rallies held for U.S. hikers in Iran
July 31st, 2010 
CNN.com Protesters are planning to demonstrate Saturday on the one-year anniversary of the detention of three American hikers seized by Iranian forces near the Iraqi border.
3 murderers escape Arizona prison
July 31st, 2010 CNN.com Three convicted murderers who broke out of a Kingman, Arizona, prison Friday night got help from a woman who was on a visitation list for one of them, authorities said Saturday.
Bill and Hillary Clinton’s daughter marries in NY
July 31st, 2010 Reuters: Top News RHINEBECK, New York (Reuters) – Bill and Hillary Clinton’s daughter married her long-time boyfriend in the picturesque New York village of Rhinebeck on Saturday in what has been dubbed America’s royal wedding.
Wildfires in Russia leave 2,800 homeless
July 31st, 2010 CNN.com At least 25 people have been killed and thousands left homeless by wildfires sweeping through western Russia, authorities said Saturday.
Sri Lanka, Hawaii sites get world heritage status
July 31st, 2010 Reuters: Top News BRASILIA (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s central highlands and a protected marine area in Hawaii, the only habitats of several endangered plant and animal species, have been added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites, the U.N. body said on Saturday.
Asylum offer for condemned Iranian
July 31st, 2010 CNN.com Brazil President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva has offered asylum to an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, state-run media reported Saturday.
