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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Gov. Sarah Palin announced Friday that she will step down as Alaska's chief executive by the end of the month. She will not seek election to a second gubernatorial term in 2010.

As the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, Palin had been considered one of the front-runners for the GOP nomination in 2012.

"People who know me know that besides faith and family, nothing's more important to me than our beloved Alaska," Palin said at an announcement from her home in Wasilla. "Serving her people is the greatest honor I could imagine."

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Two children were killed when a fire broke out in a high-rise apartment building in south London on Friday afternoon, officials said. Sixteen people were injured.

The fire started on the fourth floor at 4:30 p.m. then rapidly spread to the 11th floor, eventually engulfing 12 floors and gutting apartments along the way, fire officials said.

A 3-week-old and a 7-year-old died in the blaze, London Metropolitan Police said.

Seville- AC Milan cash bid of 14 million euros (about Rp200, 3 billion) to buy Luis Fabiano from Sevilla rejected. Rejection was presented Friday or Saturday (4 / 7) WIT early days.

Fabiano own states are interested to joining AC Milan. In fact, it has become the dream since long. However, both clubs did not meet the agreement.

Sevilla admitted, the government recently rejected the bid 14 million euros from AC Milan. However, the club was still prepared to start negotiations in the hope that Milan will increase the price.

MANCHESTER- Manchester United is proud to have announced the successful purchase of Michael Owen Newcastle United. Striker who also defend the Liverpool and Real Madrid is contracted for two years.

Certainty is announced on the website authorized MU, Saturday (4 / 7) early days. In statement, Owen said, "I just start talking with other clubs, when suddenly a coach Sir Alex Ferguson call me, Wednesday (1 / 7) afternoon. He invite me breakfast Thursday with the same morning. At breakfast that he wanted that myself. I agree without thinking long-term. "

Owen feel happy, because he was still playing in the Premier League, Newcastle upon degradation. Moreover, he moved to the club champion of the Premier League. "This is fantastic opportunity for me. So, I pick it up with two hands," said Owen happy.

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson traveled with what amounted to a mini-clinic, complete with an IV pole and an anesthesiologist who medicated the insomniac singer, during his HIStory tour in the mid-90s, sources close to Jackson told CNN Thursday.

The information sheds new light on perhaps the central unanswered question in Michael Jackson's death: Were prescription drugs involved?

On Thursday, the California attorney general's office said that it is helping the Los Angeles Police Department in the death investigation.

Tegucigalpa- rolled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, Wednesday (1 / 7), said he has been planned his return to Honduras this weekend, after the 72 hour ultimatum issued by the United States Organization (OAS) to restore his power.

"We will wait 72 hours in order to continue the process of considering this ultimatum OAS," Zelaya said to reporters Wednesday, a day before he was scheduled to cast off their home country for the first time since the coup d'etat be Sunday (28 / 6).

Zelaya, who is in Panama for the inauguration conservative magnate Ricardo Martinelli as the new president is in the country, despite the threatened will arrested, he will return to reclaim his old job. "I return to Honduras is scheduled the weekend," Zelaya said in Panama City, with no set day.

LONDON,- Manchester City have not got the certainty of the results of negotiations with Barcelona for Samuel Eto'o attacker. Trainer City, Mark Hughes, said he will be patient and not hurry interesting quote.

Hughes has been an equal to 25 million Pounds Sterling, or about Rp 420 billion to Barcelona to open negotiations Eto'o. Eto'o to the City to provide the salary of 250 thousand Pounds Sterling, or about Rp 4.2 billion per week.

However, Eto'o and Barcelona did not immediately respond to a quote that. Both are seriously discussing a contract extension. Both parties will not serve the City bid, but their discussion is clogged.

Lyon, KOMPAS.com - Real Madrid to buy more talented players. Olympique Lyonnais striker, Karim Benzema, finally officially become part of the "Los Blancos".

Only a few hours after that Benzema will oppugn to Madrid, Lyon make a statement contrast. They officially confirm that negotiations with Barcelona for the transfer is complete Benzema.

According to a statement on the website authorized Lyon, Benzema purchased 35 million euros (around Rp501 billion). If you get the bonus again associated with Benzema, the Lyon will get 41 million euro (about Rp586, 7 billion).

(CNN) -- The father of a teenage girl who remarkably survived a plane crash off the Comoros islands has described how his daughter was ejected from the plane into the Indian Ocean.

"She didn't feel a thing. She found herself in water," Paris-based Kassim Bakari told French radio RTL after speaking to his 13-year-old daughter Bahia who was recovering Wednesday in hospital in Moroni.

"She could hear people talking, but in the middle of the night she couldn't see a thing. She managed to hold on to a piece of something," said Bakari, whose wife was also on board the doomed flight and is presumed to be among the 152 victims.

Peshawar, KOMPAS.com - A group of Pakistani Taliban in North Waziristan decided to cancel the peace agreement has been made in the area of southwestern Pakistan that borders Afghanistan.

It is feared the decision would be expand hostilities between the army and the government hard line.

"We pull out of peace agreements with the government," said Ahmedullah Ahmedi, spokesperson for the Taliban in North Waziristan, where Pakistani military this weekend is the worst defeat that his many soldiers.

Baghdad, KOMPAS.com - combat forces the United States, Tuesday (30 / 6), out of the cities in Iraq, according to the agreement have been made to U.S. government and Iraq. As the U.S. troops out, the Government of Iraq set a date of June 30 as National Day.

Although U.S. troop withdrawal from Baghdad and other cities in Iraq is generally running smoothly, the U.S. military said, his four soldiers killed in due time before the U.S. troop withdrawal. his soldiers is the fourth member of the Multinational Division Baghdad, but does not explain what causes the death of four soldiers in.

SYDNEY - Australian scientists develop a therapy "trojan horse" to treat cancer. This therapy uses cells derived from the nano to bacteria and cancer cells before chill cell nano second to kill him with chemotherapy drugs.

Therapy trojan horse treat directly target cancer cells with chemotherapy. This therapy has been tested and proven effective therapy compared with treatment using drugs that chemotherapy injected to cancer patients body.

In addition to less effective, how long the patient is considered dangerous because of the cancer chemotherapy drugs also can be dangerous to the health cells. Such information is quoted from Vancouversun.com, Tuesday (30/6/2009).

MILAN, KOMPAS.com - Inter Milan finally get Genoa striker, Diego Milito. Argentina is the home directly contracted until 2013.

Milito transfer completed on Monday (29 / 6) night. Milito already in drill old Inter Milan. However, the transaction took place a lot.

Milito productive enough in the season then. He became one of the key success Genoa occupies fifth order. In one season, Milito print 24 goals, only one goal difference compared to top skorer Zlatan Ibrahimović.

(CNN) -- Honduran authorities on Monday clashed with supporters of deposed President Jose Manuel Zelaya, but the extent of the unrest appeared limited.

The Telesur TV network showed soldiers advancing on some streets of the capital, Tegucigalpa, and blue-helmeted police clashing with noisy demonstrators, one day after military troops detained Zelaya and sent him into exile. Other images showed troops, tanks and other military assets deployed around the presidential grounds.

The station, a conglomerate formed by several Latin American governments and partially funded by the pro-Zelaya Venezuelan government, also aired images of demonstrators setting fires in the streets.

MILAN - News about removals from Zlatan Ibrahimović Inter Milan continue appear. However, the agency asserts that there is no official bid to Ibrahimovic.

Later, the rumor about the transfer Ibrahimovic growing. Barcelona is one of the club who want to have desire. In addition to Barca, Real Madrid are also interested to confess bomber origin is Sweden.

However, Inter fans can breathe a relieved. Because, the agency asserts that until now there has not been officially bid to woo former incoming bomber was Juventus.

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A Los Angeles judge granted temporary guardianship of Michael Jackson's three children to Jackson's mother, a court official said.

Judge Mitchell Beckloff issued the order Monday morning, soon after Katherine Jackson filed a petition in Los Angeles Probate Court seeking legal guardianship of the children.

The family also filed a petition asking that Katherine Jackson be named administrator of Michael Jackson's estate and that the children be named his sole beneficiaries.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqis welcomed the Tuesday deadline for American troops to leave their towns and cities with a street festival in Baghdad, though fears of renewed violence tempered celebrations of what their government called "National Sovereignty Day."

Newscasters on the state television network Al-Iraqiya draped Iraqi flags around their necks as an onscreen clock counted down to midnight Monday. Earlier Monday evening, hundreds of people danced and sang in a central Baghdad park to mark the U.S. pullout.

"I feel the same way as any Iraqi feels -- I will feel my freedom and liberation when I don't see an American stopping an Iraqi on the street," said Baghdad resident Awatef Jwad.