Karachi, Pakistan – July 19, 2007, Pakistan’s turmoil spread from the Afghan frontier to the south, where a suicide bomber struck a convoy carrying Chinese workers – one of three suicide attacks that killed at least 51 people Thursday. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf called for national unity against extremists enraged by the army’s bloody assault…

Boston – July 19, 2007, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick filed legislation Thursday that would put $1 billion (euro720 million) over the next 10 years into life science research, including creating what he called the world’s largest repository of new stem cell lines. The plan, which Patrick announced in May, would make Massachusetts a global leader…

Council Bluffs, Iowa – – July 18, 2007, Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, a proponent of abortion rights, said Wednesday he would not use a judicial nominee’s stand on the issue or the landmark Supreme Court decision as a litmus test. On a campaign swing through conservative western Iowa, the former New York mayor pledged…

Associated Press Vatican City – July 18, The Vatican’s No. 2 official defended Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday following a flurry of hard-line Vatican documents, saying he was a sweet, respectful “volcano of creativity.” Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state, gave a press conference on a broad array of topics after meeting with…

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