Links to international news --- 17 July 2012

Hundreds of women have their wombs removed unnecessarily
Lagos Makoko slums knocked down in Nigeria
Ethiopia's Meles misses AU meetings due to illness
Mau Mau case: UK government accepts abuse took place
Syria conflict: Central Damascus hit by clashes
Thailand customs seizes $700,000 in ivory from Kenya
Microsoft gives Office a 2013 touch-up
HSBC executives to apologise at US Senate hearing
45-Minute Bus Trip Turns Into a Four-Hour Fiasco
US drug authority approves HIV-prevention drug Truvada
Yahoo's third chief in one year poached from rival Google
The agony of feeling no pain due to congenital analgesia
Sightseeing when you can't see
Deep Purple's Jon Lord dies at 71
US Senate report: HSBC 'allowed drug money laundering'
Needles found in sandwiches, Delta says; FBI to investigate
The battle for Damascus is coming, warns defector
Coast Guard closes Detroit's Ambassador Bridge after threat
Facebook video leads to teens' murder arrests

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