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US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs
(AP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:03:27 GMT
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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White House urges halt to spilling of war secrets
(AP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:45:34 GMT
AP - The Obama administration on Friday implored the website WikiLeaks to stop posting secret Afghanistan war documents, as the Pentagon pressed its investigation of the massive security breach by bringing a soldier under scrutiny back to the U.S. for trial.
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Floods kill more than 400 in Pakistan's northwest
(Reuters) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:49:38 GMT
Reuters - Heavy monsoon rains have triggered the worst floods in decades in Pakistan's northwest, killing more than 400 people and forcing thousands from their homes as authorities struggle to reach stranded villagers.
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U.N. sanctions dropped against 5 senior Taliban
(Reuters) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:41:26 GMT Reuters - Five Taliban have been struck off a U.N. Security Council list of militants subject to sanctions -- a move sought by Kabul to ease reconciliation talks with insurgents, the United Nations said on Friday.
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Birthday boy Anderson leads rout of Pakistan
(AFP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:51:22 GMT
AFP - James Anderson marked his 28th birthday with five wickets as Pakistan slumped to 147 for nine on the second day of the first Test against England at Trent Bridge here on Friday.
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Four dead, 19 hurt in China tax office blast: state media
(AFP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:39:13 GMT
AFP - Four people were killed and 19 injured Friday in a blast at a tax office in central China that police said appeared to be a deliberate attack, state media reported.
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Malaysia talent show picks 26-year-old as top 'Young Imam'
(AFP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:39:00 GMT
AFP - A 26-year-old scholar was late Friday named winner of a hugely popular Malaysian TV talent show search for a top young Islamic leader which has gained worldwide attention.
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Cambodia claims win in UNESCO tussle over temple
(AP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:26:42 GMT AP - Cambodia declared victory Friday in a diplomatic standoff with Thailand after the U.N. cultural agency agreed to consider its plan for managing a temple that is on land claimed by both countries.
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Five Taliban taken off UN sanctions list: Austria
(AFP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:10:05 GMT
AFP - Five Taliban members, including a former Afghan ambassador to the United Nations, have been taken off a UN sanctions terrorism list, Austria's UN mission said Friday.
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SKorea cracks down on marriage brokers after death
(AP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:30:46 GMT
AP - Young and poor, the Vietnamese woman jumped at the chance to marry a South Korean introduced to her through a matchmaking agency.
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Floods ravage NW Pakistan, kill 430 people
(AP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:20:35 GMT
AP - Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods in northwest Pakistan on Friday as the government said 430 people had been killed in the deadliest such disaster to hit the region since 1929.
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Minority Islamic sect under fire in Indonesia
(AP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:03:45 GMT AP - A minority Islamic sect told followers Friday to prepare for war after rock-throwing mobs attacked one of their mosques in central Indonesia, calling its members heretics.
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Soldiers fire on protesters in Kashmir, 3 killed
(AP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:00:09 GMT
AP - Paramilitary soldiers fired on thousands of demonstrators in Indian Kashmir on Friday, killing three men and wounding at least 80 others as protests against Indian rule spread across the disputed region.
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China says it opposes EU sanctions against Iran
(AP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:26:00 GMT AP - China said Friday that it opposes the sanctions the European Union is imposing on Iran over its disputed nuclear program, saying it supports Iran's renewed efforts to hold talks on a possible swap of nuclear fuel.
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Grenade wounds 1; Thai court frees protest leader
(AP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:07:44 GMT
AP - A grenade exploded near a Bangkok shopping mall early Friday, wounding one person in the second explosion in a week in the Thai capital still rattled by deadly political clashes and living under emergency rule.
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US 'carefully watching' Myanmar-NKorea talks
(AP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:25:03 GMT
AP - The U.S. said it is carefully watching the budding secretive relationship between Myanmar and North Korea for signs of nuclear cooperation, as official talks between the authoritarian regimes entered a second day Friday.
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Luxuries from China's Forbidden City to travel US
(AP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:14:26 GMT
AP - Deep in a long-forgotten corner of the Forbidden City and up a twisting stairway are four sets of twin doors, shut for more than eight decades. They reveal rare sweeping views to the north, south, east and west above the golden-tiled rooftops of the imperial palace.
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5 soldiers killed in land mine attack in India
(AP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:40:31 GMT
AP - Separatist rebels triggered a land mine Friday that killed at least five paramilitary soldiers and wounded 41 others in India's remote northeastern state of Assam, where a deadly separatist insurgency has long raged.
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Taiwanese wary about China amid warming ties
(AP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:07:31 GMT
AP - In the crowded Taipei theater, Eddy Fang laughs politely at the Chinese ensemble's comic references to jealous husbands and overweight wives but can't help thinking it's all a bit lowbrow in relatively sophisticated Taiwan.
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China criticizes Clinton comments on island chains
(AP) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:50:58 GMT
AP - China's military on Friday criticized remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Washington had a strong interest in seeing territorial disputes in the South China Sea resolved peacefully.
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