Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Iran claims to have S-300 surface-to-air missiles (AP)

Iran claims to have S-300 surface-to-air missiles (AP)

Iran claims to have S-300 surface-to-air missiles (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:41 AM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses expatriate Iranians in a televised speech in Tehran on August 2. The White House on Tuesday rebuffed a call from Ahmadinejad for face-to-face talks with his US counterpart Barack Obama, saying Tehran has not been serious about discussing its nuclear program.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AP - A semiofficial Iranian news agency says Iran has obtained four S-300 surface-to-air missiles despite Russia's refusal to deliver them.

Floods kill dozens more in Pakistani heartland (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:39 AM PDT

Pakistan army soldiers distribute relief aid among people affected by heavy flooding in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Relief work has been hampered by submerged roads, washed out bridges, and downed communication lines, and survivors have complained about government inaction.(AP Photo/Mohammad Iqbal)AP - Floodwaters ravaged hundreds of villages in Pakistan's heartland Wednesday, killing dozens more people and destroying thousands of homes. Aid workers warned that bloated rivers would soon surge into the country's south, and said Pakistanis should prepare for more evacuations.

Wyclef bro: Haiti presidential bid 'very serious' (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:30 AM PDT

FILE - This May 20, 2008 file photo shows Wyclef Jean speaking during a news conference in New York. The former head of Haiti's Chamber of Deputies says singer Wyclef Jean is about to announce his candidacy for president of a nation struggling to recover from the Jan. 12 earthquake, Aug. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)AP - Wyclef Jean's planned run for Haiti's presidency is bound to make entertainment headlines, but the hip-hop artist's brother knows trying to take charge of this earthquake-devastated and politically unstable country is a deadly serious affair.

3 children, teacher killed in China attack (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:22 AM PDT

In this Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010 photo, a woman mourns for a relative killed by a shovel loader worker at Yuanshi county, in north China's Hebei province. The drunken shovel loader driver went on a rampage in northern China, smashing into shops and vehicles and killing 11 people, a government spokesman said Monday. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - A knife-wielding man went on a slashing rampage in a kindergarten in eastern China, leaving three children and one teacher dead, area residents said Wednesday.

Officials: Russian wildfires death toll hits 48 (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:12 AM PDT

Townspeople, residents of dachas (summer cottages), walk protecting themselves from a thick smoke from a forest fire which came very close to their village near the town of Elektrogorsk, some 88 km (54 miles) east of Moscow, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Tens of thousands of troops and volunteers were helping some 10,000 firefighters battle blazes in more than a dozen western Russian provinces, seven of which were under a state of emergency. Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday evening that there were 246 fires burning on a total of 121,000 hectares (310,000 acres). (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Officials say the death toll from weeks of wildfires that have wiped out forests and villages in western Russia has reached 48.

Soccer: China Wants to Host the World Cup -- in 16 Years (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Time.com - Wei Di, the head of the Chinese Football Association, has said "now is the time" for China to make its bid to FIFA to host the 2026 World Cup. Should a nation of nonfootballers be chosen to host the sport's most beloved event?

FTSE 100 slips in early deals (AFP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:43 AM PDT

London shares fell at the start of trading on Wednesday, despite upbeat results from the banking sector.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - London shares fell at the start of trading on Wednesday, despite upbeat results from the banking sector.

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Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:34 AM PDT

AP - Semiofficial news agency says Iran has obtained 4 S-300 surface-to-air missiles.

Mexico: 28,000 killed in drug violence since 2006 (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:42 PM PDT

Investigators work at a crime scene where Rosarito's State Police Commander Antonio Sanchez was shot outside his headquarters in Rosarito, Mexico, early Wednesday July 28, 2010. According to police at the scene, Sanchez was shot by unidentified gunmen late Tuesday and died later while receiving medical attention. Another agent was injured during the shooting. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - President Felipe Calderon said he would consider a debate on legalizing drugs Tuesday as his government announced that more than 28,000 people have been killed in drug violence since he launched a crackdown against cartels in 2006.

Adidas raises 2010 earnings per share forecast (AFP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:06 AM PDT

The world's second biggest sports equipment and clothing maker, Adidas, raised its earnings per share outlook on Wednesday after a stong second quarter thanks to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.(AFP/DDP/File/Timm Schamberger)AFP - The world's second biggest sports equipment and clothing maker, Adidas, raised its earnings per share outlook on Wednesday after a stong second quarter thanks to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Desperate Pakistan flood survivors clamour for aid (AFP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:34 AM PDT

Onlookers perched on a damaged bridge watch a Pakistani flood survivor climb a rope to cross a river in Pakistan's Swat valley's Chakdara. Desperate survivors crushed into relief centres Wednesday after Pakistan's worst floods in living memory as the country braced for more storms that threaten to deepen the humanitarian crisis.(AFP)AFP - Desperate survivors crushed into relief centres Wednesday after Pakistan's worst floods in living memory as the country braced for more storms that threaten to deepen the humanitarian crisis.

Canadian government says no to census compromise (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:50 PM PDT

Reuters - The Canadian government has rejected a compromise over next year's census that would keep it compulsory to answer some detailed questions, but eliminate the threat of a prison sentence for refusing, Treasury Board President Stockwell Day said on Tuesday.

Australia PM Gillard faces tobacco, poll battles (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:24 PM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (L), holds a baby at Maroubra Beach near Sydney on August 1, 2010. The tobacco industry and crucial marginal voters turned on Australia's first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard Wednesday as she struggled to get her flagging election campaign back on the front foot.(AFP/Greg Wood)AFP - The tobacco industry and crucial marginal voters turned on Australia's first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard Wednesday as she struggled to get her flagging election campaign back on the front foot.

City building in China: From gangster haven to gateway (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - CHONGQING, China — Some 900 miles from Beijing, a mega-city is rising from the banks of the mud-brown Yangtze River. Long a grimy industrial center notorious for its criminal underworld, Chongqing is to become a glittering gateway to the country's interior.

UAE's BlackBerry ban: Why is Canada silent? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:16 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The UAE’s proposed BlackBerry ban is sparking numerous statements of support for the phone’s Canada-based maker Research in Motion (RIM), except from the one entity expected to be the first to speak up: the Canadian government.

Will Kenya's Constitutional Referendum Lead to Violence? (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Time.com - The country is still traumatized from the elections of 2007, which resulted in massive chaos. Now a land-reform heavy charter change is stirring more emotions

Unsung Heroes of the BP Spill: Vietnamese American Youth (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:51 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (New America Media) - High school senior Anna Nguyen already had her hands full applying to colleges. Then the BP spill occurred, and suddenly the Louisiana 17-year-old had another priority: helping her family to recover from her father’s sudden loss of income.
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