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Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair is expected on Thursday to join U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase & Co Inc as a senior adviser, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Home searched in UK investigation of 7/7 bombings (AP)

Turkey to vote on Iraq strikes after bloody rebel attack (AFP)

Mauritanian protesters beaten back by police (AP)

Iraqi police: Suicide bomber kills 7 in Baqouba (AP)

Gates backs Ukraine's NATO hopes, yet unrest grows (AP)

Calm returns to Bangkok after deadly rioting (AP)

Russian forces in Georgia appear to begin pullout (AP)

US, Japan favored for Nobel chemistry prize (AP)

Norbert strengthens into Category 2 hurricane (AP)

Computer glitch may have caused Qantas plunge: investigator (AFP)

Half-ton Mexican man dies after pleading for help (AP)

Naked swimmer evades police in Tokyo palace moat (Reuters)

India's Tata signs deal to move cheap car plant (AFP)

3 win Nobel for subatomic physics research (AP)

Thai army sends troops to help police keep peace (AP)

UN peacekeeper killed in Darfur (AFP)

Dozens injured in Qantas mid-air jet drama (AFP)

Russia's Jerusalem land claim worries Israelis (AP)

China says US arms sale to Taiwan harms ties (AP)

Tropical Storm Marco closing in on Mexico's coast (AP)