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07/31/2010 02:20 AM

N. Korean football coach sacked, could be executed

North Korea World Cup coach Kim Jong-hun has been sacked, publicly ridiculed, expelled from the Worker's Party and made a construction labourer after his team failed to do well in South Africa.

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07/31/2010 01:40 AM

Plans for mosque near New York's 'Ground Zero' intensifying national debate

Plans for building a Islamic center and mosque two blocks north of "Ground Zero" (the 9/11 attack site) in Lower Manhattan, has intensified the national debate on limits of religious freedom and the meaning of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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07/31/2010 10:02 PM

Building catches fire near Downtown Orlando

ORLANDO -- A fire south of downtown orlando is tying-up traffic. The fire is at an auto body shop near the intersection of South Orange Blossom trail and Grand Street. Crews from both Orlan...

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07/31/2010 09:40 PM

Construction on Highway 85 begins

Construction on U.S. Highway 85 from Belfield to Fairfield began on Monday.During construction the speed limit will be reduced to 35 miles per hour in some locations as well as a width restriction of ...

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07/31/2010 09:40 PM

Construction closes part of Meadowood Mall Way

A portion of Meadowood Mall Way in south Reno has been closed off for construction as area transportation officials look ahead to a major project to improve traffic flow on streets around the mall.

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07/31/2010 06:31 PM

Italian building collapse kills three

An apartment building has collapsed in a town in southern Italy, killing three people in their sleep.A 10-year-old girl survived and was able to talk to firefighters from under the rubble before she w...

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07/31/2010 05:25 PM

Tokyo Sky Tree is tallest building

The Tokyo Sky Tree tower, under construction in central Tokyo and already the tallest building in Japan, topped the 400-meter mark Friday, reaching 408 meters in height in the afternoon, its operator ...

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07/31/2010 04:46 PM

'Green building materials are the future'

JEDDAH: With increasing demands for smart building solutions in the Kingdom, an Indian company that caters to modern needs of architecture is marketing its green building materials.

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07/31/2010 02:50 PM

3 dead as building collapses in Italy

ROME (AP) - An apartment building collapsed overnight and killed three people in their sleep in a town in southern Italy, police said Saturday. A 10-year-old girl survived and was able to talk to fire...

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07/31/2010 01:42 PM

Construction worker pulled from rubble of Mass. condo explosion dies; 4 others hospitalized

NORFOLK, Mass. A construction worker who was pulled from the rubble of an explosion at a Massachusetts condominium has died. Norfolk Fire Chief Coleman Bushnell says 48-year-old William Nichols of B...

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N. Korean football coach sacked, could be executed

Plans for mosque near New York's 'Ground Zero' intensifying national debate

Building catches fire near Downtown Orlando

Construction on Highway 85 begins

Construction closes part of Meadowood Mall Way

Italian building collapse kills three

Tokyo Sky Tree is tallest building

'Green building materials are the future'

3 dead as building collapses in Italy

Construction worker pulled from rubble of Mass. condo explosion dies; 4 others hospitalized