Ford Tops GM in U.S. Auto Sales for First Time in 28 Years
Detroit AP reports Ford Motor Co. outsold General Motors in July, ending GM’s long No. 1 stake as U.S. auto sales fell 9 percent from a year earlier. GM sales dropped 39 percent year over year, cutting its market share to 20 percent while Ford led with a large spread. GM’s output slowed due to two Flint parts plant strikes.
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World leaders press for nuclear disarmament on Hiroshima anniversary
Former President Carter and allies including Mikhail Gorbachev Oscar Arias and Joseph Rotblat call for negotiations to abolish all nuclear weapons as Hiroshima marks its 53rd anniversary. The House Judiciary Committee approves a concealed carry bill allowing off duty officers to carry across state lines and exempts them from state laws.
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Saddam halts cooperation with U N weapons inspectors
Saddam Hussein announced the suspension of cooperation with the UN Special Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency after Iraq’s National Assembly voted to end cooperation with sanctions. He kept cameras and sensors at sites, called for a commission overhaul, and urged Security Council involvement while U S Britain reacted cautiously.
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Right Wing Settlers Demand Halt to Talks After Slayings
West Bank settlers and allies called for suspending peace talks hours after two Israelis were ambushed and killed near Itzhar. The victims, aged 18 and 24, were sons of prominent rabbis and students at a Nablus seminary. Netanyahu expressed grave concern as pressure from right wing groups mounts to reject further West Bank concessions.
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Elderly Philadelphia woman charged in killing eight children
A 70 year old woman, Marie Noe, was charged with first degree murder in the suffocation deaths of eight of her ten infants over a 19 year span beginning in 1949. Police and prosecutors say she smothered them at home, while her husband was away. Authorities noted insurance policies on six children and ongoing investigations into motive.
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Afghan Forces Claim Gains as Taliban Repels Eastern Advance
Opposition fighters say they captured 25 Taliban bunkers east of Kunduz, advancing toward Mazar-e-Sharif, while Taliban spokesmen say they repelled the attack. In Israel, hundreds of Holocaust survivors in mental hospitals face bleak conditions as German reparations funds sit unspent under government trustees.
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Hitler's globe centerpiece at exhibit in Reagan office atrium
A seized Berlin bunker globe once owned by Adolf Hitler, bearing a large swastika, with chilling German inscriptions over Russia and North America, is the focal point of a privately organized exhibit titled World War II Through Russian Eyes opening today for a month in the Reagan Federal Office Building atrium.
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