Saturday, July 31, 2010

UN says deadly floods affect 1 million Pakistanis (AP)

UN says deadly floods affect 1 million Pakistanis (AP)

UN says deadly floods affect 1 million Pakistanis (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:55 AM PDT

A woman sits outside her house flooded by heavy monsoon rains in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010. Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods in northwest Pakistan on Friday as the government said it was the deadliest such disaster to hit the region since 1929. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Rescuers trying to reach thousands of Pakistani flood victims were hampered by deluged roads and damaged bridges Saturday, though there were signs that waters were receding in parts of the country.

Israeli airstrike kills senior Hamas rocket maker (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 10:51 PM PDT

Palestinians wheel a wounded man at the Shifa hospital following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, late Friday, July 30, 2010. Late Friday, Israel targeted back two buildings in Gaza used by Hamas militants as a training facility, Palestinian security officials said.Gaza militants fired a rocket into the Israeli city of Ashkelon early Friday. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)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.

US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 11:24 PM PDT

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 - 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.

Russia begins to localize fires, others rage (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:48 AM PDT

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 - Russian state TV is reporting the death toll from the massive forest fires that have wiped out villages and vast areas of woodland has risen to around 30 people, but officials say some of the worst blazes are under control.

Germany: memorial service for Love Parade victims (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 01:18 AM PDT

Yvonne Schroeder, left, and Dominique Pavone, who attended this year's Love Parade in Duisburg demonstrate in front of the city hall of Duisburg on Thursday, July 29, 2010, against the responsible persons of the disaster at the Love Parade. 21 people were killed in a crush at the Love Parade techno festival in Duisburg on Saturday. (AP Photo/dapd/Mark Keppler)AP - Germany was holding a memorial service on Saturday for the victims of the Love Parade techno music festival, where 21 people were crushed to death and 500 injured.

A Shady Resume Sparks Debate Over Honesty in China (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:55 PM PDT

Time.com - After the former head of Microsoft China's academic credentials have come under scrutiny, a nationwide debate is raging on the place of integrity in Chinese society

Pakistan intelligence agency scraps UK visit (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 11:53 PM PDT

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. The daily also said Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, pictured, was considering pulling out of next week's three-day trip to Britain in a connected protest.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)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.

5.7 quake shakes Iran (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:27 PM PDT

AP - A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rattled the northeast Iranian city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh on Friday, injuring at least 110 people.

Mexico's TV channel cancels show after kidnappings (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 08:42 PM PDT

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.

Sudanese head to Canada to learn referendum lessons (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:31 AM PDT

Yasser Arman, one of the leaders of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, speaks during a press conference in Khartoum on April 2010. 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.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)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.

Inquiry slams 'systemic failings' in killer Australia fires (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 01:02 AM PDT

A giant fire raging in the Bunyip State Park near Labertouche is seen closing in on farm building, west of Melbourne, on February 7, last year. An official inquiry into Australian wildfires which killed 173 people found there were AFP - Cowering in their homes or fleeing in sheer terror, 173 Australians died in a firestorm of unparalleled ferocity, a report found Saturday, detailing a disaster plagued by "systemic failings" and chaos.

Polls turn against Australian PM Gillard (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:28 AM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (left) is seen with a baby and his mother while campaigning at a shopping centre in the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood, on July 29. Gillard lost her election lead to the opposition Saturday, with polling showing her party's popularity sinking to levels that prompted the shock axing of her predecessor.(AFP/File/William West)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.

U.S.-led coalition finds 'success' elusive in Kandahar (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:28 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan — As the U.S.-led coalition launches its most critical military operation of the nine-year war in Afghanistan, doubts are growing about whether the United States and its allies can contain the surging Taliban-led insurgency and prevent the country from reverting to an al Qaida sanctuary or erupting in civil war.

Wyclef Jean mulling Haiti presidential run against politician uncle (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:56 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Wyclef Jean is considering running for president against his politician uncle, although some observers are skeptical if the earthquake-ravaged country is even capable of holding elections this year.

Mexico's Drug Wars: Finally Going After Number One (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:55 PM PDT

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

Kenya Divided by the Colours of a New Constitution (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 08:23 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, Jul 30 (IRIN) - Less than three years after a closely fought presidential election plunged Kenya into widespread violence and displaced thousands, the country is bracing itself for another crucial and equally divisive ballot, this time on a new constitution.
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