31 July 2007: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Afghan police recover body of second South Korean hostage to be shot and killed by Taliban.
Today marks the end of Britain's longest military operation--a 38-year police presence in Northern Ireland.
U.N.-backed Cambodian genocide tribunal questions its first suspect, former head of Phnom Penh's 16,000-person prison.
In India, elephants are a posh birthday party necessity, though on the streets of Mumbai they're less welcome.
"On their wish list...a Nintendo Wii comes way ahead of democracy." China's young "Me" Generation seems less concerned with politics than ever.
Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni dies, age 94.
Video: Clips of Antonioni's best scenes.
Summary of U.S.-Canada, Canada-U.S. immigration statistics, perfect for dinner table discussion.
Inside the cut-throat world of California's bargain basement Chinese foot massage.
Study finds health risk of smoking marijuana is "equivalent to smoking between 2½ and five cigarettes at one time."
Office space printer dust is pretty bad for you, too.
In today's feature, Nicole Pasulka reaffirms that all things cigarette-related make for great news.
Half-vice and half-virtue combination of caffeine and exercise fights skin cancer; sunbathing does a number on multiple sclerosis, too.
Embiggen: I first came across this word in "The Simpsons," a source of knowledge for all serious theoretical physicists.
