| More than 1,100 dead in Pakistan floods Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:11 AM PDT About 30,000 people in Pakistan are stuck on their rooftops and in higher areas as they try to escape rushing floodwaters, a United Nations official said Sunday.  |
| Allen 'satisfied' with dispersant use Posted: 01 Aug 2010 03:38 PM PDT New documents released by a congressional subcommittee indicate that Coast Guard officials allowed BP to use excessive amounts of chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico.  |
| Israel urges Abbas to restart talks Posted: 01 Aug 2010 06:41 PM PDT Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday to restart peace talks with Israel saying he hopes Abbas "will accede not only to my call, but to that of many in the international community."  |
| Hacker: 2 helped WikiLeaks suspect Posted: 01 Aug 2010 03:17 PM PDT Adrian Lamo, the former computer hacker who tipped off federal authorities to WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, says two men in the Boston area told Lamo in phone conversations that they assisted Manning.  |
| 1 of 3 escaped murderers is captured Posted: 01 Aug 2010 06:16 PM PDT One of three convicted killers who escaped from an Arizona prison was captured in Rifle, Colorado, authorities said today. Two other escapees remain at large.  |
| Iraq, U.S. disagree on death toll in Iraq Posted: 01 Aug 2010 01:46 PM PDT The U.S. military Sunday disputed Iraqi figures that indicated July was the deadliest month for civilians there since May 2008, saying the actual numbers are less than half what Iraq's government has reported.  |
| Cuba to allow more private enterprise Posted: 01 Aug 2010 04:33 PM PDT Cuban President Raul Castro said Sunday that his government would allow more private businesses and make it easier for those businesses to hire workers, as the socialist economy struggles to get back on its feet and shed up to one million redundant state jobs.  |
| Firefighters battle wildfires in Russia Posted: 01 Aug 2010 05:04 PM PDT With nearly 86,000 people evacuated from fire-ravaged regions, Russian authorities said Sunday that firefighters were gaining control over blazes sweeping across thousands of acres in western Russia.  |
| Alarms jolt astronauts awake Posted: 01 Aug 2010 06:13 AM PDT Warning alarms awakened crew members on the International Space Station after problems were detected in one of its ammonia-fed cooling loops, NASA said Sunday.  |
| Cheney out of intensive care Posted: 01 Aug 2010 02:16 PM PDT Former Vice President Dick Cheney remains hospitalized after heart surgery last month but is out of the intensive care unit and could return home this week, his daughter said Sunday.  |
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