The Tension Wire for Fri. 7 July

TENSION NEWSMAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

The space shuttle Discovery as astronauts aboard the orbiter use the robot arm equipped with the Orbital Boom Sensor System (OBSS) to inspect the spacecraft's thermal protection system in this view from NASA TV, July 7, 2006.

FINANCIAL

Gold-Oil Ratio Spiraling Downward

Oil falls after hitting record $75.78

Crude oil prices rise back above $75 a barrel on geopolitical tension, rising gas demand

TECHNOLOGY

NASA Engineers Assess New Shuttle Pictures

Shuttle Discovery not in the clear just yet

NATIONAL

Iraq takes center stage in Lieberman debate

INTERNATIONAL

Russian leader participates in Web cast

North Korea winds up tension, but leaves door open for talks

AMERICAS

Mexicans pray for peace as election tension mounts

IRAQ

U.S., Iraqi Forces Raid Shiite Stronghold

Sectarian TV Main Source of News in Iraq

IRAN

Iran keeps world guessing on nuclear answer

MIDDLE EAST

Israeli Tanks Roll Into Eastern Gaza

Israel kills militant in Gaza as troops dig in

AFRICA

Pray or die, Somali sheikh tells Muslims

ASIA

Sri Lanka: Paramilitaries abduct 35 children in Batticaloa

Seoul declines N. Korean talks

Tension mounts at Satkhira border, BDR put on high alert

No military talks with the North: S Korea

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