>><!--top1-->China<!--top1End--> - <!--top1Content-->In what the state news agency has called a "terrorist attack," 16 policemen in Xinjiang were killed and 16 were injured when a truck rammed a group of police jogging and then attacked with explosives and knives. Xinjiang is home to a Muslim Uighur population that feels oppressed by Chinese rule.<!--top1ContentEnd-->

>><!--top2-->Bangladesh<!--top2End--> - <!--top2Content-->Bangladeshis voted in the first stage of local elections today, the first poll held since the military took power through an interim government in 2007. All candidates were "independents" as political parties have been banned. A series of local elections will be held, concluding in October. No voting irregularities have yet been reported.<!--top2ContentEnd-->

>><!--top3-->AIDS<!--top3End--> - <!--top3Content-->The Global Aids Conference opened in Mexico today, 25 years after the disease first became prevalent. Ahead of the meeting, new figures show that the number of affected people worldwide has decreased, although some nations are still seeing an increase in infections and many cannot get access to the correct treatment. Over 20,000 officials, scientists, and others, including President Clinton and Mark Goldberg, will be in Mexico for the meeting.<!--top3ContentEnd-->

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• China - Savoring the Olympic Spotlight
• China - Pope's hopes for Olympics
• Israel - Israel sends Gazans who fled Hamas to West Bank
• Israel - Ill Palestinians 'asked to spy'
• India - India orders probe into deadly temple stampede
• India - Murdoch plans expansion in India
• Russia - Russia warns Georgia over breakaway province
• Russia - Russia appoints senior general as new envoy to NATO
• Russia - Alexander Solzhenitsyn dead at 89
• Iraq - Elections Bill in Iraq Stalls On Kirkuk
• Pakistan - Helicopters continue rescue on K2
• Pakistan - Pakistan told to rein in militants
• South Africa - Supporters rally for ANC leader
• South Africa - S Africa utility faces double challenge
• Iran - Tehran says it won't stop nuclear work, talks to EU
• Mexico - Global Aids forum opens in Mexico
• Georgia - Six dead in Georgia standoff
• Sudan - Sudan Runners Focus on Games, Not Darfur
• Turkey - Turkey picks army boss, public tension seen easing
• Afghan - Afghan airport to help switch from drugs to fruit
• Kenya - Kenya manhunt for al-Qaeda wanted
• Belarus - Demanding a say
• Nigeria - French sailors seized in Nigeria
• Zimbabwe - Rivals resume Zimbabwe deal talks
• Somalia - Bomb Blast Kills at Least 15 Women in Somalia
• Australia - Australians to Investigate Qantas Safety
• Korea - North Threatens to Expel South Koreans
• Japan - Japan close to declaring recession
• Brazil - Brazil to dispute US subsidies
• Venezuela - Infighting threatens Venezuela vote
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