As the death toll from this week's flash floods rose to at least 800 Saturday, authorities tried desperately to rescue thousands of stranded villagers and deliver emergency relief to stricken areas.
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Death toll in Pakistan floods hits 800
Posted: August 1st, 2010, 3:00am EDT
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Officials fear the number could rise once emergency teams are able to survey devastated areas. Authorities are stepping up efforts to provide relief and rescue stranded villagers.
As the death toll from this week's flash floods rose to at least 800 Saturday, authorities tried desperately to rescue thousands of stranded villagers and deliver emergency relief to stricken areas.
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More civilian deaths in Kashmir
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:24pm EDT
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At least two people are killed in Indian-administered Kashmir in a second deadly day of protests against Indian rule.
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US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo (AP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:23pm EDT
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AP - As the U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Barack Obama, its most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo.
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Indian forces kill sixth protester in two days in Kashmir (AFP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:17pm EDT
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AFP - Two more protesters were killed Saturday in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, bringing to six the number of young men shot dead by security forces in two days as fresh violence shook the region.
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Italian group says executions on the rise in Iraq (AP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:11pm EDT
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AP - An Italian anti-death penalty group says Iraq is now among the world's top executioners for the first time since the 2003 fall of Saddam Hussein after the number of executions in the country rose dramatically last year.
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The Big Day: Chelsea Clinton's Wedding
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:09pm EDT by By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
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The Caucus is in Rhinebeck, N.Y., for the former first daughter's wedding day. "We don't know who we're looking at," one bystander complained. "Seriously, I want to see Oprah."
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James targets more England caps
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:07pm EDT
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Goalkeeper David James says he has no intention of retiring from England duty despite joining Championship side Bristol City and turning 40.
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Roadside bomb kills 3 Iraqi soldiers, bystander (AP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:05pm EDT
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AP - A roadside bomb killed three Iraqi soldiers responding to an earlier blast Saturday in an area south of Baghdad, officials said. One bystander was also killed.
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Optimism That Cement Will Shut Down Gulf Oil Well
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:02pm EDT by By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
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An effort known as a static kill is part of a two-pronged strategy to kill the well by cementing it shut twice, from above with the static kill and then from below, using a relief well.
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Turbines Too Loud for You? Here, Take $5,000
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:57pm EDT by By WILLIAM YARDLEY
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In Oregon, an energy company is offering checks to residents in exchange for signed waivers saying they will not complain about excessive noise from turning turbines.
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India Digs Under Top of the World to Match Rival
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:48pm EDT by By LYDIA POLGREEN
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India is building a tunnel to bypass the dangerous Rohtang Pass as part of a plan to match China for regional and global power.
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Bike hire fee lifted after glitch
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:45pm EDT
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Cyclists who used London's bike hire scheme on its first day will not be billed because of technical problems.
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Pakistan spy scraps UK talks after PM's comments (AP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:42pm EDT
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AP - A diplomatic spat with implications for international counterterrorism escalated Saturday after Pakistan's spy chief canceled a visit to London following comments by the British leader suggesting Pakistan exports terrorism.
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Chelsea Clinton to marry banker
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:39pm EDT
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The only child of former US President Bill Clinton, Chelsea, is due to marry in a ceremony cloaked in secrecy. -
Team's new Atlantic rowing record
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:32pm EDT
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Four rowers reach the Isles of Scilly from New York, taking 12 days off the 114-year-old Atlantic record.
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Youngest solo round-the-world sailing set to begin (AP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:29pm EDT
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AP - Teen sailor Laura Dekker says she will leave the Netherlands on Wednesday in her quest to become the youngest to circumnavigate the globe alone. But it won't yet be the first leg of the 14-year-old's solo voyage.
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Israeli Airstrike Kills Hamas Official in Gaza
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:26pm EDT by By ISABEL KERSHNER
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The Israeli military said its warplanes had struck several sites in northern, central and southern Gaza.
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Death Toll Rises to 800 as Floods Hit Pakistan
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:24pm EDT by By SALMAN MASOOD
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Government officials are pleading for international aid as water levels in dams continue to rise.
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Chile formally recognizes Honduran government (AP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:17pm EDT
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AP - Chile is formally recognizing the government of Honduran President Porfirio Lobo a year after a coup ousted his predecessor.
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Anyone seen my boa? Six foot snake on the loose
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Police are searching for a 6ft (1.8m) long snake which escaped through a bathroom window at a house in Essex. -
Live - European Championships day five
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Britain's Jessica Ennis aims to become heptathlon champion, while Michael Rimmer, Dai Greene and Mo Farah go for glory in Barcelona. -
Scotland 'needs financial powers'
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:01pm EDT
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The Scottish government says the argument for Scotland gaining more financial powers has to be won in order to grow the economy.
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Firefighters battling Crown fire hope for light winds and cooler temperatures
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 11:54am EDT
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Firefighters appeared to be gaining the upper hand Saturday in a battle against a wildfire that has burned almost 14,000 acres in northern L.A. County.
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North Belfast flat stand-off ends
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 11:45am EDT
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A man has been arrested after a four-hour long stand-off with police at a property in Belfast. -
Sir Bobby remembered one year on
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 11:25am EDT
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One year to the day since the death of former England boss Sir Bobby Robson, a ceremony takes place at Newcastle ground, St James's Park.
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Russia sends army to battle deadly wildfires (AP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 11:14am EDT
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AP - Russia sent the army on Saturday to battle wildfires that have killed at least 28 people and were threatening dozens of towns and villages. Thick smoke and ash slowed firefighting efforts and thousands of people were being evacuated.
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UK troops 'uncover bomb factory'
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 11:13am EDT
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British troops targeting a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan have found a cache of bomb-making equipment, the Ministry of Defence says.
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England advance despite Gul heroics (AFP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 11:08am EDT
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AFP - Umar Gul starred with both bat and ball but England still built a lead of nearly 300 runs against Pakistan at tea on the third day of the third Test at Trent Bridge on Saturday.
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Pakistan floods 'kill 800' people
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 10:58am EDT
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The worst monsoon floods in living memory kill at least 800 people and affect one million in north-west Pakistan, a local official says. -
Man wanted over murder in Spain
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 10:42am EDT
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Spanish police are hunting for a Liverpool man who is suspected of shooting a father-of-two dead in a crowded bar in the Costa del Sol. -
Redknapp blasts friendly schedule
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Russia mobilises as fires burn on
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Almost 240,000 people have been mobilised across Russia to tackle wildfires that have killed at least 30 people, officials say. -
Knifepoint bid to kidnap girl, 12
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S4C chief 'faced plot,' fears AM
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 9:49am EDT
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Former heritage minister Rhodri Glyn Thomas says he is concerned there may have been a plot to oust the Welsh-language TV channel S4C's ex-chief executive. -
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Flying Vettel takes Hungary pole
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Giant hailstone breaks US record
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 9:10am EDT
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A hailstone weighing almost a kilo that fell in the state of South Dakota has been confirmed as the largest ever recovered in the USA.
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'Black box' found in Pakistan plane crash wreckage
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 8:27am EDT
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Recovery workers found the "black box" flight data recorder Saturday in the wreckage of Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials said.
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Funeral for boy drowned in pond
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Woman killed in Cookstown crash
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 8:13am EDT
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A 27-year-old woman has died in hospital following a car crash in Cookstown, County Tyrone.
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India to back New Zealander for top ICC post (AFP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 8:02am EDT
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AFP - India's cricket chiefs on Saturday endorsed New Zealand's Alan Isaac as the next vice-president of the world governing body after former Australian Prime Minister John Howard was snubbed for the job.
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Pakistan crash 'black box' found
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 6:48am EDT
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Investigators scouring the wreckage of Pakistan's worst-ever air disaster have found the plane's flight data recorder, officials say. -
Beyond Auschwitz
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Live - England v Pakistan
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River punting gets fast and physical
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 4:17am EDT
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Punting would normally be seen as a tranquil way to pass a summer day on the river, but race punting is an altogether different affair.
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Saudi Arabia and Syria Try to Douse Lebanon's Next Fire (Time.com)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 4:15am EDT
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Time.com - A U.N. report into the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri could finger Hizballah, and reignite the civil war. The join visit by rival regional power players is designed to prevent that -
Mexico's Drug Wars: Finally Going After Number One (Time.com)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 4:15am EDT
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Time.com - Felipe CalderÓn has been criticized for not going hard enough after the Sinaloa cartel. Now he's started but there's more bloodshed to come
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Enduring appeal of live rock music
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 4:04am EDT
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Pakistan protest over PM comments
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 3:32am EDT
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Pakistani intelligence officials cancel a visit to Britain in protest at comments made by David Cameron about Pakistan's alleged links to terror.
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Sudanese head to Canada to learn referendum lessons (AFP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 3:31am EDT
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AFP - Senior MPs from north and south Sudan are heading for Canada this weekend to learn from Quebec's independence referendums, officials said Friday, as the African state prepares to vote on southern secession.
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UN says deadly floods affect 1 million Pakistanis (AP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 3:30am EDT
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AP - The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. The damage to roads, bridges and communications networks hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea and skin problems.
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Polls turn against Australian PM Gillard (AFP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 3:28am EDT
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AFP - Australia's conservative opposition has taken an election-winning lead over Prime Minister Julia Gillard's embattled party just weeks ahead of an election, a poll showed Saturday.
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Eisteddfod opens in ex-steel town
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Village mourns raft death girl, 9
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 3:18am EDT
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Residents of a village from where a nine-year-old girl from south Wales has died in a rafting accident in Turkey have spoken of their shock and sadness. -
From Lord's to Lod
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 3:01am EDT
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Israeli cricket's passionate players
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House approves oil spill legislation
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 3:00am EDT
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The bill, passed 209 to 193, would impose new safeguards for offshore drilling, remove a liability cap for spill damages, and hit energy producers with a new tax to fund conservation measures.
In its most sweeping response to the gulf oil spill, the House on Friday approved legislation that would impose new environmental safeguards for offshore drilling, remove a liability cap for spill damages, and slap industry with a new tax to fund conservation projects nationwide.
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Board moves to audit L.A. County children services
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 3:00am EDT
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Following a Times report about the suicide of an 11-year-old boy, two county supervisors introduce a proposal to evaluate the department's management and effectiveness in child abuse investigation.
Los Angeles County supervisors took steps this week to hire an independent auditing firm to conduct a sweeping review of the troubled Department of Children and Family Services.
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Bell's business ties to officials probed
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 3:00am EDT
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L.A. County D.A. examines the city's $4.6-million purchase tied to a former politician.
The city of Bell has a pattern of doing business with current and former city officials, including an ex-mayor who served time in federal prison, according to interviews and records obtained by The Times.
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Maxine Waters faces ethics charges
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 3:00am EDT
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The Los Angeles congresswoman plans to fight the allegations in a House trial, a source says. A panel has been investigating her efforts on behalf of OneUnited Bank, which had ties to her husband.
A House panel is preparing to accuse Rep. Maxine Waters of at least one ethics violation in her efforts to help a bank with ties to her husband, and the longtime Los Angeles Democrat plans to fight the charges in a House trial, according to a source familiar with the case.
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Google's data collection harmless, Britain says
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 3:00am EDT
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Authorities agree that information captured by Google's Street View fleet is fragmentary and can't be linked to identifiable people. The Internet giant faces similar scrutiny in the U.S.
In the United States, Google Inc. is defending itself against lawsuits, a congressional probe and a 37-state investigation over personal information the Internet giant collected from unsecured wireless networks while assembling photos and data for its Street View mapping service.
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Blind driver targets speed record
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Huntley to sue over prison attack
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 2:54am EDT
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Soham murderer Ian Huntley should drop his claim for compensation after having his throat slashed by an inmate, victims campaigners have said.
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Pakistan intelligence agency scraps UK visit (AFP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 2:53am EDT
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AFP - Pakistan's intelligence agency has scrapped a planned visit to Britain in protest at Prime Minister David Cameron's comments on the export of terror, The Times newspaper reported Saturday.
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Men questioned over explosives
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 2:46am EDT
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Two men from north Wales are being questioned at a central London police station over possible explosives offences.
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Firefighters gain ground on Crown fire
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 2:45am EDT
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By late Friday, firefighters appeared to be gaining control of the Crown fire near Palmdale.
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Scratching the surface
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 2:42am EDT
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Why so few people get under the skin of Afghanistan
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Australian PM Gillard heading for defeat: new poll (Reuters)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 2:40am EDT
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Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is heading for a shock defeat at elections on August 21, a new opinion poll showed Saturday, as government infighting and damaging cabinet leaks threatened to derail her campaign.
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Hamas man 'killed in air strike'
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 2:34am EDT
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A Hamas militant is killed and several people hurt in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, hours after a Palestinian rocket hit the Israeli city of Ashkelon. -
Below-par Murray reaches LA semi
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 2:30am EDT
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Britain's Andy Murray beats Alejandro Falla at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, but the top seed has plenty to work on ahead of his semi-final.
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US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs (AP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 2:24am EDT
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AP - In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war.
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Excitement ahead of Clinton wedding
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 2:21am EDT
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Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former US president Bill Clinton, is to marry long-term boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky at a private ceremony. -
Australia bushfires: What went wrong?
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 2:03am EDT
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A report into the bushfires that tore across Victoria, Australia, in early 2009 has called for sweeping changes to the way the authorities respond to natural disasters.
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Army Broadens Inquiry Into WikiLeaks Disclosure
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 2:01am EDT by By ELISABETH BUMILLER
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Investigators were focusing on a group of Pfc. Bradley Manning’s friends and acquaintances in Massachusetts.
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'Progress' in new Afghan mission
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:57am EDT
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British forces say they have seized two compounds in a Taliban stronghold at the start of a fresh bid to push insurgents out of Helmand province.
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Israeli airstrike kills senior Hamas rocket maker (AP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:51am EDT
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AP - Israeli warplanes fired missiles at five targets across Gaza, killing a senior commander of the Hamas military wing and wounding 11 people, the group said Saturday.
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Yankees Are Close to Acquiring Berkman From Houston
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:45am EDT by By TYLER KEPNER
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The veteran Astros slugger will fill a void at D.H. left by the injured Nick Johnson.
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In Maine Village, Lobster Goes Briskly; Traffic, No
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:40am EDT by By ABBY GOODNOUGH
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Traffic near a seafood shack is so infamous, officials approved $100 million to build a bypass around the town.
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Roethlisberger Arrives at Steelers’ Training Camp
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:40am EDT by By JUDY BATTISTA
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A seemingly contrite Ben Roethlisberger, who was dogged in the off-season by allegations of sexual assault, said, “It’s all about football right now.”
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Boy Scouts Seek a Way to Rebuild Ranks
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:30am EDT by By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
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The group is working to redefine itself amid falling numbers, a push for diversity and a knock on the door from girls.
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New Trouble for Terrorist Who Aided Prosecutors
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:30am EDT by By BENJAMIN WEISER
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Abdel Ghani Meskini, who received a short prison term for his role in a failed plot in Los Angeles, has been rearrested.
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Ethics Trial Expected for California Congresswoman
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:30am EDT by By ERIC LIPTON
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Representative Maxine Waters will face charges of misusing her office and is expected to contest the claims in a House trial.
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Panel Advises Reprimand for Rangel, Not Ouster
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:29am EDT by By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI
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The congressman who led an inquiry into Representative Charles B. Rangel’s ethics said he recommended the moderate punishment.
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Afghan Women Fear the Loss of Modest Gains
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:20am EDT by By ALISSA J. RUBIN
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Those who have gained a measure of freedom and financial independence see little effort by officials to look out for their future.
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Oil Spill Officials Talk of Shift From Emergency Work
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:20am EDT by By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and CLIFFORD KRAUSS
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Officials are focusing more on long-term recovery now that some of the urgent demands of the spill are diminishing.
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The Cruelest Month: Suffering Through, Rather Than Savoring, Summer
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:20am EDT by By SAM DOLNICK
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Even though this month might not be the hottest on record, New Yorkers have sacrificed things like cooking and clothing to handle the heat.
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Newspaper review
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Deaths rise in South Asia monsoon
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:15am EDT
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Floods caused by heavy monsoon rain kill more than 400 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, washing away whole villages, roads and bridges.
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Voice on Phone Is Lifeline for Suicidal Veterans
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:10am EDT by By JAMES DAO
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Critics call it a Band-Aid, but supporters say a suicide hot line is a gateway into government services.
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Jewish Group Opposes Muslim Center Near Ground Zero
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:01am EDT by By MICHAEL BARBARO
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The Anti-Defamation League announced its opposition to a proposed Islamic center and mosque, intensifying a fierce national debate about the limits of religious freedom.
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Arizona police release 80 immigration protesters from jail
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:45am EDT
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio also announces that three illegal immigrants were arrested in his sweep.
Eighty demonstrators against Arizona's tough-on-illegal-immigration policies trickled out of jails here Friday, as a local sheriff continued one of his controversial operations that critics contend targets Latinos.
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Tables turned on top QC
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:44am EDT
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Jonathan Sumption, one of Britain's top barristers, talks to Matt Stadlen about whether judges have too much power, why history matters, the secret to a good cross-examination and why he applauds inequality. -
Argentina celebrates first gay weddings
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The first gay weddings have taken place in Argentina after the implementation of a law approved by parliament earlier this month. -
Change call after Australia fires
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:26am EDT
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A report into Australia's worst bushfires, in 2009, recommends sweeping changes to the way the government responds to natural disasters.
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The Saturday Profile: An Unabashedly Sexy Celebrity Gets Political
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:09am EDT by By NORIMITSU ONISHI
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Since returning to Indonesia, Julia Perez has quickly become one of this nation’s most sought-after celebrities. And now, she’s seeking office.
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Everglades on Unesco danger list
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:00am EDT
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A UN panel adds the Florida Everglades and Madagascar's tropical rainforest to a list of world heritage sites at risk.
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Mexico's TV channel cancels show after kidnappings (AP)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 11:42pm EDT
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AP - Mexico's biggest television network canceled a popular news show to protest the kidnapping of four reporters, abductions that media advocates called an escalation of a campaign by drug gangs to control information.
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300 Homes Evacuated Near California Fire
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 11:30pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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A huge wildfire in the high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles jumped an aqueduct on Friday, rushing toward hundreds of houses.
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Castro accuses US of torture in 'Cuban Five' case (AP)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 11:26pm EDT
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AP - Fidel Castro accused U.S. authorities of torturing a convicted Cuban spy, telling a meeting of communist youths that the agent had been placed in solitary confinement in California.
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Addresses set to lose county name
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Counties appear set to be dropped from postal addresses in future years after complaints about out-of-date names. -
Love Parade memorial service due
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 10:57pm EDT
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Germany holds an emotional memorial service for the 21 people killed in a stampede at the Love Parade dance festival in the western city of Duisburg last weekend.