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  • Cautioned by BP oil spill, Brazil continues deep-sea drilling

    Brazil is poised to begin one of the most technically advanced deep-sea oil drills ever. The National Petroleum Agency and state-controlled oil giant Petrobras both sent teams to the Gulf to monitor the BP oil spill relief efforts.




  • Jon Stewart on WikiLeaks: 'One of the chief financial contributors to our enemy is us?'

    Daily Show host Jon Stewart and Newsweek international editor Fareed Zakaria sparred off over the importance of WikiLeaks' release of classified US documents. Stewart was outraged; Zakaria was unimpressed.




  • Did Iran attack Japanese oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz?

    Some are pointing fingers at Iran, which has threatened to close off the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for sanctions, for denting a Japanese oil tanker this week. Some 40 percent of the world's oil shipments pass through the strait.




  • Black Eyed Peas join Mexico in protesting Arizona immigration law SB1070 [video]

    A handful of protests were staged Thursday in Mexico against Arizona immigration law SB1070, and a Black Eyed Peas member this week joined other musicians such as Shakira and Kanye West in denouncing it.




  • Australia's Aboriginals won land, now defend right to use it

    Australian Aboriginals and environmentalists once allied to protect land. Now they’re split over whether struggling indigenous communities should exploit it for mining and other economic activity.




  • Medvedev orders corruption investigation into Putin's Sochi Olympics

    Russia President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an investigation into allegations that a top Kremlin official took huge bribes in connection with the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Analysts are unsure whether it's a sincere crackdown.




  • Is the EU giving up on Guinea-Bissau military reform?

    Guinnea-Bissau is an example of failed military reforms, despite efforts from 16 EU advisers over two years, says a Chatham House analyst. What comes next for a country that's now a major stopover point for cocaine to Europe?




  • Breakthrough? Abbas gets Arab backing to enter Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

    Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas won Arab League backing today to enter direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks – a step the US and Israel have been pushing for.




  • Islamic court makeover in Malaysia: Two women appointed to sharia court bench

    In an Islamic judicial system that has been criticized as biased against women, two women have been cleared to hear the same cases as their male colleagues in sharia court. They will join the bench on Aug. 2.




  • Uganda bombings bring Africa together. Except Eritrea.

    African leaders called for tougher measures against Islamist extremists in Somalia in the wake of the July 11 Uganda bombings. Eritrea is pushing for talks instead.




  • Japan announces death penalty review after hanging two men

    Japan angered abolitionists by executing two men this week, in the first hangings since the country’s center-left government took office in September. Tokyo's new government says it still has plans to review its use of the death penalty.




  • Goodluck Jonathan gets (slight) nod for Nigeria presidential run

    Governors from 19 northern states in Nigeria issued a statement Wednesday acknowledging southerner Goodluck Jonathan's right to run for president in January elections. It's potentially a big step in the racially divided country.




  • Arizona immigration law 2010: As SB1070 takes effect, Mexicans say 'Adios, Arizona'

    Arizona immigration law targeting immigrants has already encouraged Mexicans to begin returning home, even as a US judge halted key portions of SB1070 from taking effect. The Mexico government is boosting legal services in Arizona, and shelters in Sonora state are preparing for an influx.




  • China flood and oil spill response improves. Prevention? Not so much.

    A China flood, oil spill, and chemical factory explosion highlighted the country's improved crisis response. But China still faces challenges as it tries to strike a balance between economic growth and protecting the environment.




  • WikiLeaks row puts Britain's David Cameron on defensive with Pakistan

    WikiLeaks intelligence led Britain Prime Minister David Cameron to imply that Pakistan is 'exporting terror.' He is refusing to back down from the statement, despite Pakistan's quick rebuttal and criticism.




  • Afghanistan war: USAID spends too much, too fast to win hearts and minds

    In the Afghanistan war, it's quantity vs. quality: The USAID battle for hearts and minds is being lost just as President Obama's 'civilian surge' prepares to more than double annual assistance to $5 billion.




  • Afghanistan war: Successful foreign assistance lets Afghans pick their project

    In the Afghanistan war for hearts and minds, foreign assistance succeeded when a village decided to go from torches to light bulbs




  • Afghanistan war: How USAID loses hearts and minds

    One battle in the other Afghanistan war: How a mismanaged $60 million USAID project alienated those it aimed to help.




  • Surfing competition may return to Indonesia after years of terrorism threats

    After a decade of cancellations due to terrorist threats and bombings, a professional surfing competition may be returning to the perfect waves of the Bay of Grajagan, Indonesia.




  • Catalonia votes for less death in the afternoon with bullfighting ban

    Catalonia, the Spanish region where independence sentiment runs strong, voted to ban bullfighting in a move that some said stressed its differences from the rest of Spain. But the old pastimes popularity is fading, and activists said it was simply the humane thing to do.




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  • Fires Rage Across Russia Amid Record Heat
    The fires have spread quickly across more than 200,000 acres in recent days after a record heat wave and severe drought. July has been the hottest month in Moscow in 130 years of recorded history.

  • U.S. Embassy Staff In Paris Fall Ill; Mail Suspected
    Embassy spokesman Paul Patin says employees in the mailroom identified a "suspicious letter" and French authorities were summoned to examine it. A Paris police official says the two were feeling "unwell" and that the incident is being investigated.

  • More Than 300 Dead In Pakistan Floods
    The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 313 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.

  • Floods Paralyze Pakistan
    Northwest Pakistan has been hit by its heaviest rains in 80 years. The storms are affecting some 400,000 people from the tribal areas. There is also flooding in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, and its sister city, Rawalpindi.

  • China's Hidden Economy Of Graft Undermines State
    Behind China's complicated economy exists a vast underground economy of corruption and bribery. A recent case in which an anti-corruption official was convicted of taking bribes -- and now awaits execution -- shows how endemic and open a secret the problem is.

  • India: No Country For Old People?
    As India competes in the global economy, new challenges arise for its aging population, who once relied on their children to help them through old age. Morning Edition commentator Sandip Roy explains.

  • July Becomes Deadliest Month Of Afghan War
    Three U.S. service members have been killed in two separate blasts in southern Afghanistan, bringing the toll for July to at least 63 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year war.

  • U.S. Closes Consulate In Mexico's Ciudad Juarez
    The U.S. Embassy said it was closing the consulate pending a security review, but did not elaborate. Ciudad Juarez, across the river from El Paso, Texas, is at the center of Mexico's war on drug gangs.

  • Alleged Mexican Drug Lord Killed In Shootout
    An official said an army raid was closing in one of Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel's safe houses in Guadalajara when he opened fire on soldiers. Coronel is believed to be one of the top three leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel, the Sinaloa.

  • Al-Qaida Plants Flag In Baghdad After Killing 16
    The militants burned some of the bodies of the security officials in a brazen afternoon attack. Across the country, 23 Iraqi soldiers, police officers and other security forces were killed in shootings and roadside bombings.

  • Beijing Wary Of Rising Tide Of Veterans' Discontent
    A seldom-seen aspect of China's ambitious military modernization is the plight of demobilized soldiers who have fallen through the cracks -- and who have Beijing worried. Many veterans are taking to the streets to protest lack of jobs, health care and other benefits.

  • Pentagon Slams Leak Of Afghan War Reports
    WikiLeaks' publishing of secret intelligence reports has done severe damage, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, noting that his department would aggressively investigate how it happened. Adm. Mike Mullen said the group's founder may already have the blood of a soldier or Afghan family on his hands.

  • 2nd Missing Sailor's Body Found In Afghanistan
    A senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials say the body of Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove was found by villagers Wednesday. His colleague, Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley, was found Sunday. The two went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan on Friday.

  • Secret Jails Used To Enforce China's 'Hidden Rules'
    On the surface, they appear to be simply farmyards, hotels or guesthouses run by provincial governments. In fact, they are part of a network of extrajudicial detention centers known as "black jails," where local governments hold people who come to Beijing to complain about abuses.

  • U.S. Steps Up Pressure On Iraq Stalemate
    It's been nearly five months since Iraq's the general elections, but the country's politicians have been unable to agree on much of anything, including who will be the next prime minister. Iraqi officials say the Obama administration is stepping up pressure to end the stalemate.

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  • Pakistan flood death toll hits 430
    Massive flooding in Pakistan has killed at least 430 people as monsoon rains continue to bloat rivers, submerge villages and trigger landslides, officials say.

  • WikiLeaks suspect flown back to U.S.
    The army intelligence specialist charged with leaking U.S. military secrets to the WikiLeaks website has been moved from Kuwait to a military jail in Virginia.

  • Enbridge cited for problems in U.S.
    A Canadian company at the centre of a huge oil spill in southern Michigan has a history of pipeline problems, including leaks, an explosion and dozens of regulatory violations.

  • Mexican drug lord killed in gunfight
    One of the top three leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel, considered a founder of the country's massive methamphetamine trade, has died in a gunfight with soldiers.

  • U.S. Embassy staff 'unwell' after handling letter
    Two employees of the U.S. Embassy in Paris underwent medical tests after handling a suspicious letter, the embassy says.

  • California wildfire spreading quickly
    Firefighters in California were planning an aggressive air attack at first light Friday against a fast-moving wildfire that has already chewed through more than 18 square kilometres.

  • India rebels kill 5 soldiers
    Separatist rebels triggered a land mine that killed at least five paramilitary soldiers and wounded 41 others in India's remote northeastern state of Assam.

  • U.S. economy growing at 2.4% pace
    The United States economy expanded at a 2.4 per cent annual pace during the second quarter, a slowdown from the 3.7 per cent expansionary pace it had during the first three months of 2010.

  • Bangladesh garment workers clash with police
    Thousands of garment workers unhappy over their wages have rampaged through the capital of Bangladesh, clashing with police who used tear gas and batons to clear the streets.

  • Chelsea Clinton to wed amid media frenzy
    Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former U.S. president Bill Clinton and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will marry on Saturday in a multi-million-dollar wedding in upstate New York.

  • BP prepares to plug damaged well
    A procedure intended to ease the job of plugging BP's blown-out Gulf of Mexico well for good could start as early as the weekend, the U.S. government's point man for the spill response says.

  • Disney sells Miramax studio for $660M US
    The Walt Disney Co. says it has agreed to sell its Miramax Films to an investor group for about $660 million US, ending a 17-year association with the studio and a six-month bidding process.

  • Frenchwoman charged in baby deaths
    A Frenchwoman who admitted suffocating eight of her newborns and concealing their corpses in the garden and garage of her home has been charged with manslaughter.

  • Arizona appeals immigration law ruling
    Arizona has filed an appeal to lift a judge's ruling that put on hold most of the state's controversial new immigration law, which went into effect Thursday.

  • Karzai says WikiLeaks war logs endanger informants
    Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the leak of thousands of secret U.S. defence documents relating to the war in Afghanistan, saying it has put the lives of Afghan informants working with NATO and U.S. forces at risk.

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  • Fires Rage Across Russia Amid Record Heat
    The fires have spread quickly across more than 200,000 acres in recent days after a record heat wave and severe drought. July has been the hottest month in Moscow in 130 years of recorded history.

  • U.S. Embassy Staff In Paris Fall Ill; Mail Suspected
    Embassy spokesman Paul Patin says employees in the mailroom identified a "suspicious letter" and French authorities were summoned to examine it. A Paris police official says the two were feeling "unwell" and that the incident is being investigated.

  • More Than 300 Dead In Pakistan Floods
    The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 313 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.

  • Floods Paralyze Pakistan
    Northwest Pakistan has been hit by its heaviest rains in 80 years. The storms are affecting some 400,000 people from the tribal areas. There is also flooding in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, and its sister city, Rawalpindi.

  • China's Hidden Economy Of Graft Undermines State
    Behind China's complicated economy exists a vast underground economy of corruption and bribery. A recent case in which an anti-corruption official was convicted of taking bribes -- and now awaits execution -- shows how endemic and open a secret the problem is.

  • India: No Country For Old People?
    As India competes in the global economy, new challenges arise for its aging population, who once relied on their children to help them through old age. Morning Edition commentator Sandip Roy explains.

  • July Becomes Deadliest Month Of Afghan War
    Three U.S. service members have been killed in two separate blasts in southern Afghanistan, bringing the toll for July to at least 63 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year war.

  • U.S. Closes Consulate In Mexico's Ciudad Juarez
    The U.S. Embassy said it was closing the consulate pending a security review, but did not elaborate. Ciudad Juarez, across the river from El Paso, Texas, is at the center of Mexico's war on drug gangs.

  • Alleged Mexican Drug Lord Killed In Shootout
    An official said an army raid was closing in one of Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel's safe houses in Guadalajara when he opened fire on soldiers. Coronel is believed to be one of the top three leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel, the Sinaloa.

  • Al-Qaida Plants Flag In Baghdad After Killing 16
    The militants burned some of the bodies of the security officials in a brazen afternoon attack. Across the country, 23 Iraqi soldiers, police officers and other security forces were killed in shootings and roadside bombings.

  • Beijing Wary Of Rising Tide Of Veterans' Discontent
    A seldom-seen aspect of China's ambitious military modernization is the plight of demobilized soldiers who have fallen through the cracks -- and who have Beijing worried. Many veterans are taking to the streets to protest lack of jobs, health care and other benefits.

  • Pentagon Slams Leak Of Afghan War Reports
    WikiLeaks' publishing of secret intelligence reports has done severe damage, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, noting that his department would aggressively investigate how it happened. Adm. Mike Mullen said the group's founder may already have the blood of a soldier or Afghan family on his hands.

  • 2nd Missing Sailor's Body Found In Afghanistan
    A senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials say the body of Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove was found by villagers Wednesday. His colleague, Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley, was found Sunday. The two went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan on Friday.

  • Secret Jails Used To Enforce China's 'Hidden Rules'
    On the surface, they appear to be simply farmyards, hotels or guesthouses run by provincial governments. In fact, they are part of a network of extrajudicial detention centers known as "black jails," where local governments hold people who come to Beijing to complain about abuses.

  • U.S. Steps Up Pressure On Iraq Stalemate
    It's been nearly five months since Iraq's the general elections, but the country's politicians have been unable to agree on much of anything, including who will be the next prime minister. Iraqi officials say the Obama administration is stepping up pressure to end the stalemate.

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  • Beirut talks seek to ease tension
    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah are in Beirut for talks with Lebanese leaders aimed at calming sectarian tensions.

  • US has deadliest Afghan war month
    US forces suffered the deadliest month of their nine-year Afghan campaign, with 63 service members killed in July.

  • French mother 'relieved by truth'
    A French mother who admitted killing eight of her newborn babies is relieved that her secret is finally out in the open, her lawyer says.

  • Three charged with Uganda bombing
    Three Kenyan men are charged with carrying out bomb attacks in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, that killed at least 76.

  • Deadly forest fires ravage Russia
    Forest fires kill at least 23 people in central Russia, while a forecast of heavy rain brings relief to Moscow.

  • US economic growth slows to 2.4%
    US economic growth slowed between April and June, with GDP growing by an annualised rate of 2.4%, the US Commerce Department says.

  • Pakistan flooding death toll soars
    Floods caused by heavy monsoon rain kill hundreds of people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, washing away whole villages, roads and bridges.

  • Sarkozy threat on police attacks
    President Nicolas Sarkozy says he would like to strip French nationality from anyone of foreign origin who threatened the life of a police officer.

  • Berlusconi plays down party split
    Italy's PM Silvio Berlusconi insists that his ruling right-wing coalition will survive despite a split with his party's co-founder Gianfranco Fini.

  • Four fined over SA 'racist video'
    Four white South Africans are fined $2,700 (£1,700) each after making a video humiliating black university workers.

  • Gaza children break kite-flying record
    Thousands of children in Gaza look to have broken their own kite flying world record, the UN says.

  • Mars rocks may contain fossilised remains of life
    Researchers identify rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.

  • Suspect mail at US Paris embassy
    Two employees at the US embassy in France are taken for medical check-ups after a suspect package is identified at the building's post room.

  • US closes its consulate in Juarez
    The US consulate in the border city of Ciudad Juarez has been closed indefinitely while a security review is carried out.

  • Military kills Mexico drug lord
    The Mexican government says security forces have killed leading drug trafficker Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel.

  • Cuban hunger striker returns home
    Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas, who was on hunger strike for more than 130 days, is released from hospital.

  • Saudi warned on expelling Somalis
    The UN refugee agency urges Saudi Arabia to stop deporting Somalis, saying 2,000 have recently been sent to Mogadishu.

  • Mugabe mourns after sister dies
    Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is in mourning after his younger sister, Sabina, died, aged 76.

  • Sale of EDF's UK networks agreed
    A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).

  • China river hunt for toxic drums
    Search teams in north-east China are still searching for thousands of barrels of toxic chemicals washed into a major river by flooding.

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  • Medvedev orders army to fight wildfires
    Wildfires in central Russia have destroyed around 1,000 homes, left five people dead, and prompted Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to call on local officials to resign, Russian news agencies reported Friday. President Dmitry Medvedev has called out the army to help.


  • July worst month for U.S. in Afghanistan
    Three U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate blasts in southern Afghanistan, making July the deadliest month for American forces since the war started nine years ago.


  • Gunmen execute 15 in Mexico
    Fifteen people -- including two women -- were tortured and executed in the border state of Tamaulipas, state media said.


  • At least 325 people dead in Pakistan flooding
    Flooding caused by monsoon rains has killed at least 325 people across Pakistan, according to an aid organization.


  • Bomb blast kills four soldiers in India
    A bomb blast killed four soldiers and injured 41 others in northeastern India on Friday morning, authorities said.


  • Police quiz Bettencourt financial adviser
    Police questioned financial adviser to L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation into his client's finances.


  • Daughters say mother accused of killing 8 babies was secretive
    A French woman who admitted to giving birth to and smothering eight babies over a 17-year period was secretive but always supportive of her family, two of her daughters said in a local newspaper report published Friday.


  • Pentagon: WikiLeaks founder may have blood on his hands
    The top U.S. military officer said that the founder of WikiLeaks was risking lives to make a political point by publishing thousands of military reports from Afghanistan.


  • U.S. closes consulate in Ciudad Juarez
    The Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez has closed to "review its security posture," the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City said Thursday in a statement.


  • Pakistan mourns in crash aftermath
    Every time the automatic doors at the outpatient ward of Islamabad's main hospital slid open, they revealed a thick white mist lingering inside.


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  • Taliban Exploit Openings in Neglected Province
    Deprived of jobs and government services, people in Baghlan Province are turning to the Taliban for speedy justice and work.

  • Floods Kill at Least 430 in Pakistan
    The death toll from three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 430 on Friday, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.

  • Mexican Drug Lord Killed
    Soldiers shot a leader of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel Thursday, providing a badly needed victory to President Felipe Calderón in his war against drug cartels.

  • Rybkhoz Journal: From Fires to Fish, Heat Wave Batters Russia
    A record heat wave in the country is felt in such ways as smoky peat fires around Moscow and dying trout at a fish farm.

  • Turkey Softens Terror Law That Jailed Young Kurds
    Lawmakers reduced the sentences of hundreds of Kurdish youths, some of them guilty only of attending protests.

  • Leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia in Lebanon to Discuss Tribunal
    The visit, five years after the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister, showed that Syria’s influence over Lebanon was rising again.

  • Gates Assails WikiLeaks Over Release of Reports
    The defense secretary said the breach had endangered lives and damaged the ability of others to trust the U.S.

  • Iraqi Insurgents Plant Their Flag in Baghdad
    The group, which has claimed a series of attacks, raised its flag after attacks on police Thursday.

  • Many Questions About Damaged Japanese Tanker
    Officials said that they were examining the hull of an oil tanker that was damaged as it traversed a waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.

  • China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites
    The sentences are the latest indication that Beijing is intensifying its crackdown on any dissent that questions Chinese rule in Xinjiang.

  • World Population Forecast to Top 7 Billion in 2011
    The world’s population will top 7 billion next year, while the ratio of working age adults to the elderly will decline precipitously in developed countries.

  • TOEFL to Resume in Iran Amid Sanctions
    The Educational Testing Service had halted registrations two weeks ago after its bank refused to continue processing payments from Iran in light of recent sanctions.

  • Suspicious Envelope Received at U.S. Embassy in Paris
    Two United States Embassy employees in Paris were being examined on Friday after handling an envelope, but officials said its contents did not appear to be harmful.

  • Berlusconi Splits With Coalition Ally Fini
    The break significantly weakened the Italian prime minister’s governing majority, raising the prospect of early elections.

  • Rich I.P.O. Brings Controversy to Microlender, SKS Microfinance
    The founder and early investors in the microlender will reap millions from the share deal, but it was unclear how donors would benefit.

  • Added to the Recall List: Millions of Frozen Mice
    Salmonella outbreaks that sickened more than 400 in the U.S. and Britain have been traced to mice sold as food for exotic pets.

  • Body of Second Missing Sailor Found in Afghanistan
    Military officials did not provide details about the death of the sailor, Petty Officer Third Class Jarod Newlove.

  • Sarkozy Toughens on Illegal Roma
    The French president on Wednesday ordered the expulsion of Roma who had committed offenses and said that illegal camps would be taken down.

  • Police Toss Out Arrest Warrant for Chinese Reporter in Hiding
    For China’s investigative journalists, who grapple with censors, the case of a Shanghai reporter appears to offer a positive turn.

  • French Mother Indicted in Smothering of Infants
    A nursing assistant was charged with what prosecutors called modern France’s worst case of infanticide.

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  • 3 more US troops die in southern Afghanistan (AP)

    NATO and US soldiers are seen standing guard in Kabul. Three foreign soldiers were killed in two separate Taliban-style bomb attacks in Afghanistan's volatile south, NATO said Friday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - Three more U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan, bringing the U.S. death toll for July to at least 66 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year-war.




  • Officials: Floods kill at least 430 in Pakistan (AP)

    A Pakistani woman sits at the bank of the swollen Nelum river flooded by monsoon rains in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir on Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Aftab AhmedAP - The death toll from three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 430 on Friday, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.




  • Saudi, Syrian leaders make rare visit to Lebanon (AP)

    Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, center, receives Saudi King Abdullah, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, upon their arrival at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 30, 2010. The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia launched an unprecedented effort Friday to defuse fears of violence over upcoming indictments in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.(AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)AP - The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia launched an unprecedented effort Friday to defuse fears of violence over upcoming indictments in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.




  • 25 dead as forest fires rage across Russia (AP)

    Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tours the village of Verkhnyaya Vereya, Russia, on Friday, July 30, 2010. Putin on Friday visited the village of Verkhnyaya Vereya, where all 341 houses have burned to the ground, and kissed the cheek of one woman who was sobbing.(AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, pool)AP - Forest fires raged across Russia on Friday, destroying villages, surrounding one southern city and killing at least 25 people, including three firefighters. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin consoled survivors at one smoldering village and urged officials to redouble their efforts against the blazes.




  • Top court rejects Canadian serial killer's appeal (AP)
    AP - Canada's top court upheld Friday six murder convictions of a pig farmer accused of butchering women and feeding them to pigs in what police have referred to as the country's worst serial killer case.

  • Will Britain Give Up its Nuclear Submarines? (Time.com)
    Time.com - With the Ministry of Defense facing budget cuts and the nation's nuclear-deterrent system seeming more and more like a relic of the Cold War, is it time for Britain to give up its Doomsday boats?

  • France's Total Q2 profit up 43 percent (AP)
    AP - French oil company Total SA said Friday its second-quarter profit jumped 43 percent thanks to rising production and improving refinery activity after a rough 2009, and said it is reviewing drilling and accident policies after the BP spill.

  • Iran report: Cigarettes implicated in Western plot (AP)
    AP - An Iranian official says cigarettes smuggled into Iran have been tainted with pig blood and nuclear material as part of a Western conspiracy.

  • Argentine couples wed under new gay marriage law (AP)

    Alejandro Vanelli (L) and Ernesto Larrese kiss each other after getting married at a civil registry office in Buenos Aires, July 30, 2010. Vanelli and Larrese were one of many same-sex couples getting married in cities around the country under the recently approved law in Argentina which lets gay couples marry and adopt children. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA - Tags: SOCIETY)AP - An architect and a retired office worker are the first couple to wed under Argentina's historic law legalizing same-sex marriage.




  • Uganda court charges 3 men over deadly blasts (AP)

    US Assistant Secretary of African Affairs Johnnie Carson, address journalists in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. African leaders and U.S. officials called for stepped-up efforts in Somalia as summit concluded Tuesday. The summit opened only days after the July 11 bombings in Kampala, an attack that prompted Uganda's president to call for Africa to band together against Somalia's militants. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)AP - A Ugandan court has charged three men with terrorism and murder related to July 11 twin blasts that killed 76 people in the capital.




  • Nepal court rejects 'bikini killer' appeal (AFP)

    Charles Sobhraj (C) is guided by Nepalese policemen towards a waiting vehicle after a court ruling in Kathmandu in August 2008. Nepal's Supreme Court Friday rejected an appeal against a murder conviction by Charles Sobhraj, the alleged serial killer, con man and prison escape artist linked to backpacker deaths in Asia.(AFP/File/Prakash Mathema)AFP - Nepal's Supreme Court Friday rejected an appeal against a murder conviction by Charles Sobhraj, the alleged serial killer, con man and prison escape artist linked to backpacker deaths in Asia.




  • Economic growth ticks higher in May (Reuters)
    Reuters - Growth in Canada's economy edged up in May after stalling unexpectedly in April, helped by strength in the goods-producing sectors led by oil and gas extraction, while the service sector faltered for a second straight month.

  • Former Australian PM Rudd hospitalised (AFP)

    Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd (pictured) was Friday admitted to hospital for surgery to treat severe stomach pain -- one month after he was dramatically removed from office by his own party.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd was Friday admitted to hospital for surgery to treat severe stomach pain -- one month after he was dramatically removed from office by his own party.




  • Pentagon rethinking who can access secret information (McClatchy Newspapers)
    McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A low-ranking Army soldier suspected of leaking thousands of classified documents had access to the documents because U.S. officials have pressed to make sure secret information is available to combat units.

  • Black Eyed Peas join Mexico in protesting Arizona immigration law SB1070 [video] (The Christian Science Monitor)
    The Christian Science Monitor - Mexico staged a handful of protests today against the new immigration law in Arizona, where up to 530,000 undocumented workers live and 88.6 percent of the Hispanic population is Mexican.

  • French Baby Killings: Was it Mental Illness or Murder? (Time.com)
    Time.com - Now that Dominique Cottrez has confessed to killing her eight newborn children, France waits to find out whether the awful act was driven by psychosis or premeditated murder

  • Spreading the Floating Farms Tradition (OneWorld.net)
    OneWorld.net - CHANDRA, Jul 29 (IRIN) - As swollen monsoon rivers and rising sea levels threaten to engulf more land across Bangladesh, NGOs are training thousands of farmers in traditional soil-less farming on water.

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  • 3 more US troops die in southern Afghanistan
    KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three more U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan, bringing the U.S. death toll for July to at least 66 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year-war.


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  • Gunmen attack checkpoint in Baghdad, briefly raise flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq
    BAGHDAD -- Gunmen launched a rare, coordinated attack on Iraqi soldiers Thursday in a predominantly Sunni neighborhood of the capital and briefly erected the flag of the insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq near a smoldering army checkpoint.


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  • Afghan war spending faces new scrutiny
    As part of its attempt to boost Afghanistan's economic and political development, the United States is paying thousands of Afghan contractors and subcontractors to perform much of the work that supports U.S. efforts there. But the "Afghan First" program could be achieving just the opposite of its...


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  • Officials: Floods kill at least 430 in Pakistan
    PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- The death toll from three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 430 on Friday, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.



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  • U.S. takes a tougher tone with China
    The Obama administration has adopted a tougher tone with China in recent weeks as part of a diplomatic balancing act in which the United States welcomes China's rise in some areas but also confronts Beijing when it butts up against American interests.


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  • Gen. Pace's somber Pentagon portrait evokes the struggles of warfare
    Hundreds of portraits of generals and admirals hang like wallpaper along the Pentagon's endless corridors.


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  • Environmentalists say pollution makes baptism at sacred spot in Jordan River unsafe
    QASR AL-YAHUD, WEST BANK -- Environmentalists claim that the hallowed spot along the Jordan River where Christians believe John the Baptist baptized Jesus Christ has become too filthy for human use.


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  • Body of Jarod Newlove, second missing U.S. sailor, found in Afghanistan
    KABUL -- A second U.S. sailor who disappeared in eastern Afghanistan last week has been found dead.



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  • Recovery loses speed as consumers turn cautious (AP)

    In this photo made June 30, 2010, foundations for homes in Lennar's Silver Palm addition in Homestead, Fla., have been started. The recovery lost momentum in the second quarter as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment.(AP/ Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - The recovery lost momentum in the spring as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment.




  • 3 more US troops die in southern Afghanistan (AP)

    NATO and US soldiers are seen standing guard in Kabul. Three foreign soldiers were killed in two separate Taliban-style bomb attacks in Afghanistan's volatile south, NATO said Friday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - Three more U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan, bringing the U.S. death toll for July to at least 66 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year-war.




  • BP hiring former FEMA head for Gulf recovery (AP)

    File - In this June 16, 2010 file photo, BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley arrive with other BP executives at the White House in Washington DC. The appointment of American oilman Robert Dudley to replace luckless Briton Tony Hayward as CEO is the latest milestone in the waning Britishness of the company once known as British Petroleum. (AP Photo / Susan Walsh, file)AP - BP announced Friday that it is hiring a former Clinton-era emergency management official and his consulting firm to help with the recovery from the massive Gulf oil spill.




  • Firefighters attack river of flame northeast of LA (AP)

    A fast moving wildfire burns above Elizabeth Lake Road in Leona Valley near Palmdale, Calif. on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Mandatory evacuations were issued for the community of Leona Valley on Thursday evening, Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Matt Levesque said. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Aircraft and about 500 firefighters attacked a river of flame running through grassy hills northeast of Los Angeles Friday as residents of about 1,000 homes waited to see if the blaze is kept away.




  • Obama to sell auto bailout good news in Michigan (AP)

    President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama is going to the heart of the U.S. auto industry to push an important election-year claim: his administration's unpopular auto industry bailout has turned into an economic good-news story.




  • Arizona sheriff not relenting after court ruling (AP)

    Angry protesters shout at sheriff's deputies outside the offices of controversial Maricopa county sheriff Joe Arpaio in Phoenix. Several hundred activists marched here Thursday as a new Arizona immigration law went into effect, sparking a tense standoff with riot police in which about two dozen people were arrested.(AFP/Mark Ralston)AP - Lost in the hoopla over Arizona's immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country.




  • GOP gets wish: Rangel case in campaign season (AP)

    Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., puts on his jacket as he leaves his office to go for a vote on the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.




  • FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears (AP)

    FILE - This Sept. 1, 1999, file photo, shows lights burning at FBI Headquarters in Washington. Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.




  • Source: J-Lo close to deal for `American Idol' (AP)

    FILE - Jennifer Lopez arrives for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, during the 63rd Cannes international film festival, in Cap d'Antibes, southern France in this May 20, 2010 file photo. Lopez is close to signing a deal to join Fox TV's 'American Idol' as a judge, a person familiar with the negotiations said late Thursday July 29, 2010. The person, who was not authorized to comment publicly, spoke on condition of anonymity. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)AP - Former "Fly Girl" Jennifer Lopez is poised to return to television — this time as a judge on "American Idol."




  • Oswalt traded to Phillies; Tejada, Cantu also move (AP)

    FILE - In this July 18, 2010 file photo, Houston Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt throws in the first inning during a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh. A person with knowledge of the deal says Houston ace Roy Oswalt has agreed to waive his no-trade clause and accept a swap to the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)AP - Roy Oswalt granted his own wish: He's now part of a pennant race. Miguel Tejada, Jorge Cantu and Matt Capps joined the mix, too.




  • China overtakes Japan as No.2 economy: FX chief (Reuters)
    Reuters - China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.

  • Imports slow second-quarter growth (Reuters)
    Reuters - Economic growth slowed in the second quarter as companies invested heavily in equipment from abroad and consumers spent less, raising concerns about the recovery in the rest of 2010.

  • House begins debating oil spill bill (Reuters)

    Drill ships and response vessels work in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast line while attempting to drill relief wells at the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill wellhead July 27, 2010. REUTERS/Sean GardnerReuters - The U.S. House of Representatives began debating legislation on Friday to reform the oil industry's offshore drilling practices in response to the BP oil spill.




  • U.N. rights body tells Israel to end Gaza blockade (Reuters)

    Palestinian children fly kites on the beach of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip during a summer camp organised by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) July 29, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemReuters - Israel must lift its military blockade of the Gaza Strip and invite an independent, fact-finding mission to investigate its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a United Nations rights body said on Friday.




  • Afghan police fire shots to quell protest after accident (Reuters)
    Reuters - Afghan police fired shots on Friday to disperse hundreds of people protesting the deaths of civilians in an accident involving a U.S. embassy vehicle, police said.

  • Italy speaker refuses to resign, deepens crisis (Reuters)

    Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (rear C) votes as he is flanked by his ministers during a debate at Italy's upper house of Parliament in Rome July 29, 2010 REUTERS/Alessandro BianchiReuters - The influential speaker of Italy's lower house refused to step down on Friday after being censured by his own party, and said his supporters could vote against the government of his former ally Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.




  • Mexican army kills kingpin in drug war coup (Reuters)

    Mexican soldiers stand guard on a street in Guadalajara City, Mexico July 29, 2010. REUTERS/Alejandro AcostaReuters - Mexican soldiers killed drug boss Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel on Thursday, the first major triumph this year for President Felipe Calderon's war against drug cartels but one that is unlikely to end spiraling violence.




  • BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage (Reuters)

    A large sheen of oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, background, is seen approaching Timbalier Island in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Reuters - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged.




  • Syrian, Saudi leaders urge Lebanon to avoid violence (AFP)

    Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (left) shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as Lebanese President Michel Sleiman smiles upon their arrival at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut. Assad and Abdullah urged Lebanese parties to avoid resorting to violence in the face of mounting political tensions in the country.(AFP/Str)AFP - Visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah on Friday urged Lebanese parties to avoid resorting to violence in the face of mounting political tensions in the country.




  • Berlusconi in crisis after revolt by key ally (AFP)

    Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends a Parliament session in Rome. Berlusconi faced a parliamentary crisis after splitting with his one-time ally, lower house speaker Gianfranco Fini, citing AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday faced a parliamentary crisis after splitting with his one-time ally, lower house speaker Gianfranco Fini, citing "obvious divisions".




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  • July is deadliest month for U.S. in Afghan war
    Six U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan, bringing the toll for July to at least 66 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year-war.

  • Afghans riot near U.S. Embassy, burn SUVs

    A crowd of Afghan protesters destroy an SUV during clashes with police following Friday prayers in Kabul. Scores of Afghans rioted outside the U.S. Embassy after a Western vehicle crashed into a civilian car, killing at least four.Police fired weapons into the air Friday to disperse a crowd of angry Afghans who shouted "Death to America" after an SUV was involved in a traffic accident that killed four Afghans, an official said.




  • Taliban hinder NATO push to build government

    The new Arghandab district chief Shah Mohammad Ahmadi speaks with an Afghan National Police officer following a security briefing at the district headquarters in the volatile Arghandab Valley near Kandahar City, Afghanistan. This strategic valley on the outskirts of Kandahar is on its third government boss in eight months. The first quit out of fear and frustration. The Taliban assassinated the second.




  • Poisoning scare hits U.S. Embassy in Paris

    Outside the U.S. embassy in Paris where employees were being treated for poisoning after opening mail on Friday.Two employees of the U.S. Embassy in Paris were being given medical tests Friday after handling a suspicious package and reporting feeling "unwell," officials said.




  • 25 dead as forest fires rage across Russia

    Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tours the village of Verkhnyaya Vereya, Russia, on Friday, July 30, 2010. Putin on Friday visited the village of Verkhnyaya Vereya, where all 341 houses have burned to the ground, and kissed the cheek of one woman who was sobbing.(AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, pool)Forest fires raged across Russia on Friday, destroying villages, surrounding one southern city and killing at least 25 people, including three firefighters. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin consoled survivors at one smoldering village and urged officials to redouble their efforts against the blazes.




  • Troops kill senior 'capo' of mighty Mexico cartel

    The FBI offered a $5 million reward for Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, 56.Soldiers have killed a top leader of the Sinaloa cartel, dealing the biggest blow yet to Mexico's most powerful drug gang since  a military offensive against organized crime began in 2006.




  • Iran: West taints cigarettes with pig blood
    Cigarettes smuggled into Iran have been tainted with pig blood and nuclear material as part of a Western conspiracy, an Iranian official claimed Friday.

  • US Consulate in Ciudad Juarez closes for security

    The U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez,  Mexico, is shown March 2 after it was evacuated due to a bomb threat. Officials closed the consulate indefinitely Thursday for a security review.The U.S. closed its consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday pending a security review, an unexpected decision that comes months after drug gangs killed three people tied to the consulate.




  • Swedish ex-police chief convicted of sex crimes

    FILE - In this file photo dated July 20, 2010, showing former Swedish police commissioner Goran Lindberg, 2nd right, as he sits with his attorney Karl Harling, right, in court in Stockholm, Sweden. The court on Friday July 30, 2010, convicted 64-year old Lindberg of more than a dozen sex crimes, including rape, and handed down a six and half year prison term. (AP Photo / Fredrik Persson, file) ** SWEDEN OUT **A former Swedish police chief known for his lectures on gender equality and sexual harassment was convicted on Friday of rape and other sex crimes and sent to prison.




  • Bangladesh garment workers riot over new wages

    Bangladeshi police use batons to disperse protesters in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Friday, July 30.Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers took to the streets, burning cars and blocking traffic, police said, in a protest against the minimum wage rate, police said.




  • Death toll climbs to 313 in Pakistan flood

    Stranded people stand on the rooftop of their houses at a flood hit village near Nowshera, Pakistan, on Thursday. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing hundreds of people, officials said.The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan continues to rise, as rescue workers in the impoverished nation struggle to reach residents trapped in far-flung villages.




  • Gates: Leak probe may go beyond military
    A criminal probe into the leak of secret Afghanistan war logs could go beyond the military, Pentagon officials said.

  • 5 soldiers killed in land mine attack in India

    Indian paramilitary soldiers carry their injured colleague at a hospital in the town of Goalpara, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) west of the state capital, Gauhati, India, Friday, July 30, 2010. Suspected separatist rebels triggered a land mine explosion Friday, killing at least four paramilitary soldiers and injuring 25 others in India's remote northeastern state of Assam, police said. (AP Photo)Separatist rebels triggered a land mine Friday that killed at least five paramilitary soldiers and wounded 41 others in India's remote northeastern state of Assam, where a deadly separatist insurgency has long raged.




  • Gruesome charges detailed against suspected Nazi

    This photo made available by Yad Vashem Photo Archive in Jerusalem shows Nazi guards at Belzec death camp in occupied Poland in 1942. A former Nazi death camp guard has been charged with participating in the murder of 430,000 Jews and other crimes during the Third Reich,The world's third most wanted Nazi suspect was involved in the entire process of killing Jews at the Belzec death camp: from taking victims from trains to pushing them into gas chambers, a German court says.




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  • Google: China blockage report likely just a glitch
    Google says its search engine and several other services are working normally in mainland China after previously reporting the service had been completely blocked.

  • Poll: Pakistanis have negative view of U.S.

    Vice President Joe Biden addresses the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division during a welcome home ceremony, while his wife Jill looks on at Fort Drum, N.Y., Wednesday, July 28. Many troops in attendance had just returned after spending 8 months in Iraq. Despite billions in aid from Washington and a shared threat from extremists, Pakistanis have an overwhelmingly negative view of the United States, according to results of a Pew Research Center poll.




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  • July Becomes Deadliest Month of Afghan War
    3 US troops die, bringing July toll to at least 63 for US in Afghanistan.

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  • Suspicious Package at U.S. Embassy in Paris
    2 US Embassy workers being examined after opening suspicious letter.

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    Paris - Government - Embassies and Consulates - Police - Sweden

  • China's Soft Power a Threat to the West?
    China may have no intentions of using its growing military might, but that is of little comfort for Western countries. From the World Trade Organization to the United Nations, Beijing is happy to use its soft power to get what it wants -- and it is wrong-footing the West at every turn.

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  • Floods Kill Hundreds in Pakistan
    Three days of monsoon rains have bloated rivers and submerged villages.

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    Pakistan - Flood - Monsoon - Asia - Earth Sciences

  • Troops Kill Senior 'Capo' of Mighty Mexico Cartel
    Mexican soldiers kill top drug lord, dealing major blow to country's most powerful cartel

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    Mexico - Drug lord - United States - Sinaloa Cartel - Drug cartel

  • PHOTOS: Cats, Cats and More Cats at the Museum
    St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum Home to Masters...and Cats

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  • Exploring China-Kenya Relations -- From 600 Years Ago and Today
    Archaeologists team up to find a Chinese ship off the northern coast of Kenya.

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    Kenya - China - Africa - Archaeology - Travel and Tourism

  • Iran's New Push: Make Babies, Make $950
    The Iranian president's policy seeks to boost population growth.

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    Iran - President of Iran - Population - Middle East - Family planning

  • WATCH: Hikers Held in Iran: One Year Later
    Mothers of three American hikers held in Iran have heard nothing from their kids for two months.

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    Iran - United States - Middle East - Politics - 2009 detention of American hikers by Iran

  • WATCH: Mom Confesses to Baby Murders
    French woman says she smothered her 8 babies after staying quiet for 20 years.

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    Home - Family - Murder - mother - Parenting

  • WATCH: Museum Becomes Home for Cats
    Sixty cats live with art at the State Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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  • WATCH: Record-Breaking Kites in Gaza
    6,000 children fly their kites on beach in Gaza.

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    Recreation - Gaza - Kites - Shopping - Business and Economy

  • WATCH: Churchill's Chompers on Auction Block
    A set of false teeth worn by Winston Churchill goes up for bid.

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  • WATCH: Dad Fears for Missing Sailor's Safety
    Joseph Newlove's son went missing while on active duty in Afghanistan.

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    Afghanistan - Asia - Taliban - United States Navy - United States armed forces

  • WATCH: Held Captive by the Taliban
    Journalist Jere Van Dyk tells gripping story of his time as a Taliban prisoner in Pakistan

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  • WATCH: Documentary: 'Mugabe and the White African'
    One farmer decides to take on one of the most hated dictators in the World in 'Mugabe and the White African'

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  • WATCH: Metal Detector Enthusiast Hits Jackpot
    One lucky treasure hunter who found of one the largest hoards of Roman coins.

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  • Cancer Drug May Keep Lockerbie Bomber Alive for 5 Years
    The Lockerbie bomber is at the center of a fresh row after it emerged he is taking a cancer drug that could keep him alive for five more years, The Sun reported on Monday.

  • Somalia Signs Deal With Militia in Fight Against Insurgents
    Somalia's government signed an agreement with a powerful militia on Monday that offers high-level militants senior government positions in return for their military support during a long-planned offensive against an Islamist insurgency.

  • British Boy Kidnapped in Pakistan Freed
    Kidnappers released a 5-year-old British boy unharmed Tuesday almost two weeks after abducting him from his grandparents' house in central Pakistan, British and Pakistani officials said.

  • Pope to Lend 'Decisive Voice' to Catholic Sex Abuse Debate
    A top Vatican official says Pope Benedict XVI will speak with a 'clear and decisive voice' when he addresses clerical sex abuses in Ireland in a forthcoming letter.

  • German Diocese Suspends Priest Amid Sex Abuse Charges
    Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese says it has suspended a priest convicted in 1986 of sexually abusing minors and accepted the resignation of his superior.

  • Iran Bans Leading Pro-Reform Political Party
    Iran's hard-line government says the country's largest pro-reform political party has been banned as part of the crackdown on the opposition.

  • Rocket Attack Kills 1 at NATO Base in Afghanistan
    An early morning rocket attack on the largest U.S. military hub in Afghanistan killed one person Monday, NATO said. In the east, meanwhile, Afghan authorities thwarted three would-be homicide bombers from attacking a security post.

  • Yemen Launches Airstrike on Al Qaeda Hideout
    Yemen's embassy in Washington says its nation's air force launched an airstrike on an al Qaeda hideout ahead of a likely terror attack.

  • Pakistan Police Find Cache of Explosives in Lahore
    Pakistani police discovered a cache of bomb-making equipment and thousands of pounds of explosives Monday in an empty Lahore shop where authorities said a string of attacks on the eastern city may have been plotted.

  • Drug Gang to Blame for Killings of U.S. Consulate Workers
    A suspected Mexican drug gang gunned down two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate on Saturday, killing an American couple and a Mexican man in the country's deadliest city.

  • Egypt Arrests Israeli Journalist Along the Border
    Egyptian security officials arrested an Israeli journalist as he tried to sneak across the porous Israeli-Egyptian border with African migrants, his newspaper reported Monday.

  • British Couple Appeals Dubai Kissing Conviction
    A British couple is appealing a jail sentence after being accused of sharing a passionate kiss in a Dubai restaurant.

  • Thai PM Rejects Protesters' Call for New Elections
    Thailand's prime minister, backed by a formidable military force, rejected an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament on Monday as tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters vowed to wet the seat of government with their own blood if their demands weren't met.

  • Car Bombs Explode During Nigerian Amnesty Talks
    Twin car bombs exploded outside a government building where amnesty talks were underway Monday in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich region, wounding two people and causing panic, a government spokesman said.

  • U.K. Lawmaker Found Dead Inside Home
    U.K. Labour Party lawmaker Ashok Kumar was found dead at his home in Middlesbrough, northern England, Monday, his office said.

  • UN Expert: No. Korean Farm Controls Causing Hunger
    North Korea should let farms produce freely and allow food to be sold in local markets because the communist government cannot provide enough food for its people, a U.N. human rights investigator urged Monday.

  • Georgian Opposition Condemns Phony TV War Report
    Georgia's opposition politicians are denouncing the government over a hoax television broadcast that said Russia had invaded and the president had been killed.

  • Teams Forcibly Evacuate Mozambique Flood Victims
    Authorities say rescue teams have evacuated 6,000 people, some of them forcibly, from flood-stricken districts in central Mozambique.

  • South Africa's Youth Leader Convicted of Hate Speech
    A court convicted the governing party's youth leader of hate speech Monday after he said the woman who once accused South Africa's president of rape had had a 'nice time' because she stayed the night and asked for taxi money.

  • Pakistani Jets Pound Taliban Hide-Outs, Killing 17
    Pakistani fighter jets pounded Taliban hide-outs near the Afghan border Sunday, killing 17 insurgents, local officials said.

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  • Strategy: Fight hard but be a good guest
    Winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan is slow work. It's also hot, dirty, frustrating and dangerous.




  • Officials: Floods kill at least 430 in Pakistan
    The death toll from three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 430 on Friday, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered ...




  • Moms work full-time for hikers' release from Iran
    Cindy Hickey was sitting in her home office last summer, preparing a receipt for a client of her animal physical therapy business when the phone ...




  • 5 soldiers killed in land mine attack in India
    Separatist rebels triggered a land mine Friday that killed at least five paramilitary soldiers and wounded 41 others in India's remote northeastern ...




  • 3 more U.S. troops die in southern Afghanistan
    Three more U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan, bringing the U.S. death toll for July to at least 66 and making it the deadliest month ...




  • Top Mexican drug lord killed in military raid
    The Mexican army says one of the top three leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel has been killed in a clash with soldiers.




  • In Afghanistan, success measured a step at a time
    In a war like Afghanistan, victory is measured one village at a time, how few mines you run into, and whether people befriend or shun you.




  • Russians may be more negative but less depressed than Americans
    Despite what many social observers have described as a generally dark and brooding take on life, a new report suggests that Russians are actually ...




  • Militants kill 16 security officials in Iraq, fly al-Qaeda flag
    Militants flew an al-Qaeda flag over a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their bodies in ...




  • Venice Festival to premiere 79 films
    Sofia Coppola's comic drama Somewhere, and Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan will make their world premieres at the Venice Film Festival, among ...




  • Police question French minister in L'Oreal affair
    Police on Thursday questioned the French labor minister about his relationship with the billionaire L'Oreal cosmetics heiress in an investigation ...




  • At least 80 dead after Congo boat disaster
    A boat ferrying about 200 passengers to Congo's capital capsized after hitting a rock, and a government spokesman said Thursday at least 80 people ...




  • Second U.S. sailor's body recovered in Afghanistan
    A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military ...




  • Rivers burst, floods kill at least 60 in Pakistan
    Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in ...




  • French woman admits to suffocating newborns
    French police are escorting a couple to a court hearing after the corpses of eight newborn babies were found on their property in a town in northern ...







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