Thursday, August 5, 2010

Cambell testifies she received dirty 'stones' (AP)

Cambell testifies she received dirty 'stones' (AP)

Cambell testifies she received dirty 'stones' (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 01:01 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2010 file photo, British model Naomi Campbell arrives for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit, during the 63rd Cannes international film festival, in Cap d'Antibes, France. Judges at the Special Court for Sierra Leone have rejected Wednesday Aug. 4, 2010 a final protest from Charles Taylor, clearing the way for model Naomi Campbell to testify at his war crimes trial. Taylor's lawyer had objected to Campbell testifying, arguing that the prosecution had not provided a summary of her likely testimony.(AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)AP - Model Naomi Campbell testified at the war crimes trial of former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor on Thursday that she received a gift of "dirty-looking stones" after attending a dinner with him — but stopped short of saying they were diamonds or that she was given them by Taylor himself.

Hundreds flee Pakistan floods, as criticism grows (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:26 PM PDT

Michael Phelps swims in the men's 200m butterfly at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Complex in Irvine, California. Phelps' lack of focus in wake of the 2009 World Championships drove his coach Bob Bowman to distraction. But Bowman thinks the virtual vacation was vital to the swimming star's continuing career.(AFP/Getty Images/Harry How)AP - Hundreds of people loaded down with possessions were fleeing floods in Pakistan's most populous province Thursday as the worst monsoon rains in a generation triggered fresh chaos.

SKorea launches drills despite NKorean threats (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:58 AM PDT

South Korean Navy speedboats are seen at Daechung Island near the disputed sea border with North Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. North Korea's military threatened 'strong physical retaliation' against planned South Korean naval drills near their disputed sea border and warned civilian ships should stay away from the area. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Seo Myung-gon) **KOREA OUT**AP - South Korean troops fired artillery and dropped sonar buoys into the Yellow Sea as naval drills kicked off Thursday near the spot where a warship sank four months ago.

Suicide bomber kills 7 Afghan police in north (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:49 AM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, Afghan police officers stand at a check point next to a makeshift camp where displaced Pashto families from Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, live on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - A suicide car bomber struck a convoy of NATO troops and Afghan police Thursday in northern Afghanistan, killing seven police officers and wounding at least 11 people.

Early results: New constitution for Kenya likely (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Kenyan Masai women wait in line to cast their vote for the new constitution at a polling station in Ngong, some 40 km from Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Aug. 4 2010. Long lines of voters formed before sunrise in the Kenyan capital early Wednesday, as voters cast ballots on a new constitution that would reduce the powers of the presidency and give citizens a bill of rights. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)AP - Election officials in Kenya say that preliminary results are coming in overwhelmingly in favor of a new constitution.

Death Match: Grand Theft Auto vs. the British Treasury (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:35 AM PDT

Time.com - Britain cancels a planned tax break for its video game industry, leading lobbyists to warn that it might be game over for U.K. gaming

Jitters cloud Barclays and Commerzbank profits (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:52 AM PDT

Societe Generale Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head for retail banking networks in France Jean-Francois Sammarcelli, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Frederic Oudea and Deputy Chief Executive Officer Severin Cabannes (L-R) attend the company's second-quarter results presentation in La Defense near Paris, August 4, 2010. REUTERS/Benoit TessierReuters - Lower bad debts propelled higher-than-expected profits at Barclays and Commerzbank on Thursday, but ongoing regulatory and economic uncertainty reined in investor optimism.

3 traffic policemen, 3 others die in Iraq violence (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 01:00 AM PDT

Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi (left) welcomes Sudan President Omar al-Bashir upon his arrival at Tripoli's Mitiga International Airport. Bashir, who is under an international arrest warrant for the bloodshed in Darfur, flew to Tripoli for talks with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on the conflict.(AFP/Mahmud Turkia)AP - Iraqi officials say three traffic policemen have died in drive-by shootings in western Baghdad while gunmen stormed the house of a policemen, killing him, his wife and a relative.

Conquistador monument draws Mexican Indians' ire (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 08:18 PM PDT

AP - A city in southern Mexico agreed Wednesday to consider a petition by Mayan Indians to remove a recently installed monument to the Spanish conquistadores who led the bloody conquest of the region in the 1500s.

Naomi Campbell tells war crimes court was given diamonds (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:55 AM PDT

Reuters - British supermodel Naomi Campbell told the Sierra Leone war crimes court Thursday she had been a given pouch containing a few small diamonds while in South Africa.

Reliance to buy major stake in US shale gas field (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 01:00 AM PDT

Chairman of India's Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani, seen here in Mumbai in June, 2010. India's biggest private firm Reliance Industries said Thursday it would pay 392 million dollars for a majority share in a US shale gas field, the third such move by the company this year.(AFP/File/Punit Paranjpe)AFP - India's biggest private firm Reliance Industries said Thursday it would pay 392 million dollars for a majority share in a US shale gas field, the third such move by the company this year.

Ex-PM Rudd charges into Australia poll race (AFP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:55 PM PDT

Australia's ex-prime minister Kevin Rudd has broken his silence for the first time since being ousted by Julia Gillard, seen here August 1, 2010, throwing his weight behind his successor's faltering campaign to be re-elected.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Dumped Australian leader Kevin Rudd rocketed himself back into the country's election race Thursday with a blistering attack accusing conservative candidate Tony Abbott of "economic vandalism".

Israel threatens to retaliate against attacks on three fronts (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:01 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — Violence this week on Israel's northern and southern borders has escalated tensions and raised the prospect of further clashes this summer, Israeli military experts said Wednesday.

Colombia offers clues for solution to Mexico drug war (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 02:35 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Medellín, once nearly synonymous with cocaine trafficking, used to be the epicenter of Colombia's decades-long drug war â€" and one of the most dangerous places in the world.

Iraq: Requiem for a Profound Misadventure (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:35 AM PDT

Time.com - Obama's somber speech on Iraq is a reminder of when and why we should -- and should not -- go to war
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