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  China coal mine blast leaves 15 dead: media (AFP)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 6:40pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Fifteen people have been killed in a coal mine blast in northern China, state media reported Saturday, in the latest accident to hit the notoriously dangerous industry.

  
  
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  Australian PM Gillard heading for defeat: new poll (Reuters)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 6:30pm PDT

  Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is heading for a shock defeat at elections on August 21, a new opinion poll showed Saturday, as government infighting and damaging cabinet leaks threatened to derail her campaign.
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  US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs (AP)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 6:30pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] 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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  Mexico's TV channel cancels show after kidnappings (AP)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:32pm PDT

  AP - Mexico's biggest television network canceled a popular news show to protest the kidnapping of four reporters in what media advocates said Friday is an escalation of a campaign by drug gangs to control information.
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  U.S.-led coalition finds 'success' elusive in Kandahar (McClatchy Newspapers)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:28pm 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.
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  Dutch anti-Islam party to have strong voice in next govt (AFP)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 3:12pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders will have to be consulted on every decision the next government makes if a provisional agreement on forming a new cabinet reached Friday is finalised, an expert said.

  
  
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  Kingpin's death could mean more violence in Mexico (AP)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 3:10pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - One of the world's most powerful drug cartels took a major hit when soldiers killed a top kingpin in a gunbattle, and his death will likely will mean more violence as factions fight for the cocaine and methamphetamine empire that he left behind.

  
  
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  Sarkozy threatens immigrants who target police (AP)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 2:24pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that he wants to revoke the French citizenship of immigrants who put the lives of police officers in danger as part of a "national war" on delinquency.

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

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 1:56pm 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.
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  US investigates threats against Mexican consulate (AP)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 1:49pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - The U.S. State Department said Friday it is evaluating threats surrounding the consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez as hundreds with appointments for visa applications and other services stood outside the shuttered office wondering what to do.

  
  
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  5.7 quake shakes Iran (AP)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 1:27pm PDT

  AP - A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rattled the northeast Iranian city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh on Friday, injuring at least 110 people.
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  A Shady Resume Sparks Debate Over Honesty in China (Time.com)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:55pm 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
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  Mexico's Drug Wars: Finally Going After Number One (Time.com)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:55pm 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
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  Syria, Saudi leaders travel together to Lebanon (AP)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:28pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia, once bitter rivals, made an unprecedented show of cooperation Friday, traveling together to Lebanon in hopes of preventing any violence if members of a militant group are indicted in the 2005 assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister.

  
  
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  U.N. tells Darfur peace force to focus on security (Reuters)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 11:24am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - The U.N. Security Council extended the stay of peacekeepers in Sudan's western Darfur region by another year on Friday, telling the force to focus primarily on protecting civilians and aid deliveries.

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

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 8:23am 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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  Economic growth ticks higher in May (Reuters)

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 7:58am PDT

  Reuters - Growth in Canada's economy edged up in May after stalling unexpectedly in April, helped by strength in the goods-producing sectors led by oil and gas extraction, while the service sector faltered for a second straight month.
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  Murray hopes sacking of coach will energize his game (AFP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 4:24pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - World number four Andy Murray is hoping the sacking of coach Miles Maclagan will galvanize his game and help him reach his goal of winning a grand slam and achieving the No. 1 world ranking.

  
  
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  New bid to erect Columbus statue in Puerto Rico (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 3:44pm PDT

  AP - Christopher Columbus is on the move again in the New World, after numerous rejections in a nearly two-decade quest to find him a suitable spot.
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  Men in burqas hide in east Afghanistan: US general (AFP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 3:39pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Male insurgents are hiding among villagers in eastern Afghanistan dressed in burqas in an attempt to avoid detection, the US regional military commander said Wednesday.

  
  
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  Egypt: US assurances may boost direct peace talks (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 1:56pm PDT

  AP - Egypt said Wednesday it has received U.S. assurances that may help in restarting direct peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel.
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  Ulster-bound rugby player Pienaar agrees Sharks release (AFP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 1:46pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - South Africa fly-half Ruan Pienaar has agreed his release from Natal Sharks and will join Ulster at the start of September, it was announced on Wednesday.

  
  
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  Catalonia Bullfighting Ban: Divisive Vote Stirs Politics (Time.com)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 1:40pm PDT

  Time.com - Catalonia is the first region in mainland Spain to ban bullfighting, but opposition parties accuse Catalan politicians of using the vote to push a nationalist agenda
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  Sarkozy orders illegal Roma immigrants expelled (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 1:27pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered authorities to expel Gypsy illegal immigrants and dismantle their camps, amid accusations that his government is acting racist in its treatment of the group known as Roma.

  
  
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  BP's waning Britishness causes few ripples in UK (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 11:57am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Its chairman is Swedish, a growing chunk of its revenue comes from Russia and its incoming chief executive speaks with an American accent. So goes the Britishness in the company once known as British Petroleum.

  
  
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  Rare 3D film shows Warsaw devastated after WWII (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 11:29am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - The plane slowly descends from white clouds and sweeps over a panorama of a city destroyed by the Nazis: the skeletons of bombed bridges jutting from a quiet river, the empty walls of burned-out houses, the Jewish ghetto totally flattened.

  
  
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  2 Americans among 152 dead in Pakistan plane crash (McClatchy Newspapers)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 7:48am PDT

  McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD — Two Americans were among the 152 passengers and crew members who died Wednesday when an Airbus A321 operated by a private Pakistani carrier crashed amid heavy rain into the hills that surround the capital of Islamabad. It was the worst air crash in Pakistani aviation history.
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  Japan wants US Marines to move to Guam (AFP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 7:35am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Japan's government said Wednesday it had no plan to delay transferring some 8,000 US marines based on the southern island of Okinawa to the US Pacific territory of Guam by 2014.

  
  
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  APNewsBreak: Nazi suspect indicted in Germany (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 4:08am PDT

  AP - A former Nazi death camp guard has been charged with participating in the murder of 430,000 Jews and other crimes during the Third Reich, German prosecutors said Wednesday.
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  Afghan bus hits roadside bomb, up to 25 dead (AFP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 4:07am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - A roadside bomb ripped through a crowded Afghan bus Wednesday, killing up to 25 civilians in a southwestern province on the Iranian border in one of the deadliest such attacks in months.

  
  
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  Spanish region says adios to bullfighting (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 4:07am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, making this Spain's first major region to do so after an impassioned debate that pitted the rights of animals against preserving a pillar of traditional culture.

  
  
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  Al-Qaida No. 2 slams France's push to ban veils (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 3:55am PDT

  AP - Al-Qaida's No. 2 has slammed France's push to ban the Islamic full-face veil and urged Muslim women to be "holy warriors" in the defense of their headdress against the "secular Western crusade" in a new audio message released Wednesday on militant websites.
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  US urges accountability in Egypt police brutality case (AFP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 3:50am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he hoped that an investigation into a case of police brutality in Egypt would be transparent and those responsible would be brought to justice.

  
  
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  US att'y general: Probe seeking Afghan leak source (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 3:29am PDT

  AP - A Pentagon investigation will determine whether criminal charges will be filed in the leaking of Afghanistan war secrets, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday.
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  Explosion rocks Japanese tanker near Persian Gulf (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 3:05am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - An explosion, possibly caused by an attack, damaged an oil tanker Wednesday near the mouth of the Persian Gulf, Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said.

  
  
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  Montenegro finds no evidence of mass grave (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 1:38am PDT

  AP - Montenegrin authorities say an investigation into a suspected mass grave has been closed after finding no evidence that Kosovo Albanians were buried at the site.
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  11 killed in Iraq helicopter crash, bombing (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 1:32am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - A sandstorm downed an Iraqi military helicopter Wednesday, killing its five-man crew, while a midmorning Baghdad bombing claimed the lives of six people, officials said.

  
  
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  China to send 2 pandas to Japan in diplomatic move (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 1:32am PDT

  AP - China has announced plans to send two of its prized giant pandas to Japan, the latest installment of panda diplomacy aimed at warming the two countries' often-strained relations.
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  Plane carrying 152 crashes in Pakistan (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 1:30am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - A passenger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan's capital Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board and scattering body parts and twisted metal far and wide.

  
  
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  Burma's Than Shwe Visits India to Talk Energy, Security (Time.com)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 1:15am PDT

  Time.com - General Than Shwe, leader of the junta that has ruled Burma since 1988, arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a five-day state visit to discuss energy and insurgents
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  Afghanistan's Oprah: A Singer's Talk Show Tackles Taboo (Time.com)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 1:15am PDT

  Time.com - She's also the Hannah Montana of the nation -- adored by everyone and, somehow, finding ways of discussing taboo social issues
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  British PM visits India to boost trade links (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 12:09am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron appealed Wednesday for a new relationship between India and Britain, arguing closer ties could spark both economies, as London agreed for the first time to allow the export of nuclear technology to India.

  
  
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  China floods test massive Three Gorges Dam (AP)

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 12:01am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power Wednesday, as the worst flooding in more than a decade continued to besiege many areas of the country.

  
  
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  Australian PM hits back at pre-election leaks (AFP)

  Posted: July 27th, 2010, 11:48pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday angrily denied opposing popular welfare increases after damaging cabinet leaks rocked her campaign for next month's elections.

  
  
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  Afghan govt: Bus hits bomb, killing 25 (AP)

  Posted: July 27th, 2010, 11:36pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - A packed bus hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 people aboard, as NATO announced another U.S. death in a rapidly rising monthly death toll.

  
  
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  AP Impact: Mexico justice means catch and release (AP)

  Posted: July 27th, 2010, 11:31pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - It's practically a daily ritual: Accused drug traffickers and assassins, shackled and bruised from beatings, are paraded before the news media to show that Mexico is winning its drug war. Once the television lights dim, however, about three-quarters of them are let go.

  
  
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  France declares war against al-Qaida (AP)

  Posted: July 27th, 2010, 8:11pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - France has declared war on al-Qaida, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network's North African branch, after the terror network killed a French aid worker it took hostage in April.

  
  
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  Search continues for missing sailor in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

  Posted: July 27th, 2010, 4:28pm PDT

  McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The body of a sailor who was killed in a Taliban ambush arrived home in the United States Tuesday as the military continued a massive search for his comrade, whom the Taliban claimed it kidnapped last week in eastern Afghanistan.
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  We can build United States of Africa, Gaddafi says (Reuters)

  Posted: July 27th, 2010, 4:21pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday his dream of a United States of Africa was still alive and this week's African Union summit was another step toward that objective.

  
  
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  TSX urged to do more to prevent conflicts of interest (Reuters)

  Posted: July 27th, 2010, 9:06am PDT

  Reuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange falls short of global listing standards and should do more to manage potential conflicts of interests in how it regulates listed companies, according to report published on Tuesday.
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  Mass Grave Cover-Ups in Afghanistan (OneWorld.net)

  Posted: July 27th, 2010, 7:43am PDT

  OneWorld.net - KABUL, July 27 (IRIN) - Three years after President Hamid Karzai appointed a commission to investigate a mass grave site in the Chimtala plains, north of Kabul city, the site, the commission and the truth are missing.
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  Khmer Rouge torture chief to appeal: Is he a chameleon or a contrite Christian? (The Christian Science Monitor)

  Posted: July 26th, 2010, 1:34pm PDT

  The Christian Science Monitor - Math wiz, high school teacher, communist ideologue, born-again Christian, aid worker, contrite confessor, and mass murderer.
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  Raul Castro prepares Cuban Revolution Day speech (AP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 8:13am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - It would be easy for Raul Castro to make headlines in a major Revolution Day speech Monday. All he has to do is bring up the 52 political prisoners he has agreed to release, or discuss plans to open the island's communist economy.

  
  
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  Furious Love Parade survivors slam organisers (AFP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 8:02am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Angry survivors demanded answers from organisers Sunday after 19 people were killed in a stampede at Germany's Love Parade and prosecutors launched an inquiry into how the tragedy unfolded.

  
  
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  Bomb kills 1, wounds 10 after Bangkok by-election (AP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 7:59am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - A bomb at a bus stop in downtown Bangkok killed one person and wounded 10 others Sunday shortly after polls closed in a parliamentary election that pitted a government candidate against a jailed leader of recent mass protests in the Thai capital.

  
  
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  Uganda president calls for Africa to fight terror (AP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 7:47am PDT

  AP - A top U.S. official on Sunday pledged continued support for African peacekeeping efforts in war-torn Somalia, as Uganda's president urged African leaders to unite against terrorism just weeks after Somali militants set off deadly twin bombings in Uganda.
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  Families mark 10 years since Concorde crash (AP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 6:44am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Families whose loved ones died in the fiery crash of a supersonic Concorde jet 10 years ago joined together near Paris on Sunday, laying flowers at a monument to the dead and wandering the breezy field where the plane went down.

  
  
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  A Russian milestone: 1st black elected to office (AP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 6:22am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - People in this Russian town used to stare at Jean Gregoire Sagbo because they had never seen a black man. Now they say they see in him something equally rare — an honest politician.

  
  
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  Uganda politician's car 'bulldozed' at African summit (AFP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 6:21am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - An Ugandan opposition leader said his car was physically pushed by other vehicles on Sunday as the outspoken government critic sat in the vehicle trying to enter the resort hosting the African Union summit.

  
  
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  Abbas says entire world wants direct Mideast talks (AP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 4:04am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that despite intense international pressure from the "entire world," he is still not willing to start direct negotiations with Israel.

  
  
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  Police: 5 dead in Japan helicopter crash (AP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 2:16am PDT

  AP - Police say five people are dead after a rescue helicopter crashed into a mountain in central Japan.
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  Cameron targets special relationship with India (AFP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 2:15am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron goes to India this week targeting a new special relationship with the former jewel in its colonial crown, now one of the world's fastest-growing economies.

  
  
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  African leaders seek to beef up Somalia force (AFP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 1:51am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - African Union leaders began a three-day summit in Kampala Sunday to boost the organisation's troop levels in Somalia and obtain a mandate to crush Islamist insurgents in the war-torn nation.

  
  
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  US missiles kill 5 militants in NW Pakistan (AP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 1:26am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Unmanned U.S. aircraft fired four missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing five suspected militants in the second drone strike in as many days, intelligence officials said.

  
  
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  US aircraft carrier leads drills with South Korea (AP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 1:24am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - A nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier led an armada of warships in exercises off the Korean peninsula on Sunday that North Korea has vowed to physically block and says could escalate into nuclear war.

  
  
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  Afghan gov't: Taliban kills 1 US sailor, 1 held (AP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 1:07am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - The Taliban have offered to exchange the body of a U.S. Navy sailor they said was killed in an ambush two days ago in exchange for insurgent prisoners, an Afghan official said Sunday.

  
  
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  Death toll from German music festival rises to 19 (AP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 12:53am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - The death toll rose to 19 on Sunday and police said that 342 had been injured in a panicked crush of partygoers in an overcrowded tunnel that served as the sole entrance to a German festival billed as the world's largest techno music party.

  
  
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  Australian leaders prepare for TV election debate (AFP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 12:47am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard came out on top in a televised election debate against her conservative challenger on Sunday, but analysts said she failed to land a knockout blow ahead of polls.

  
  
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  Petrochemical factory blast kills 4 in Iran (AP)

  Posted: July 25th, 2010, 12:38am PDT

  AP - Iran's official news agency says an explosion at a petrochemical factory on Iran's largest oil terminal has killed four people.
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  51 bodies found at northern Mexico dumping ground (AP)

  Posted: July 24th, 2010, 10:50pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Investigators said Saturday they have found 51 corpses in two days of digging in a field near a trash dump outside the northern city of Monterrey, as excavations continued at one of the largest clandestine body dumping grounds in Mexico's bloody drug war.

  
  
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  Khmer Rouge prison chief awaits verdict (AP)

  Posted: July 24th, 2010, 8:19pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - A U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal was expected to issue a decision Monday in the trial of the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer and torturer — the first verdict involving a leader of the genocidal regime that created Cambodia's killing fields.

  
  
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  Grisly mass graves in Mexico yield 50 casualties of drug war (McClatchy Newspapers)

  Posted: July 24th, 2010, 11:40am PDT

  McClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY — The number of bodies pulled from mass graves in a rocky field outside the northern city of Monterrey rose to 50 Saturday, authorities said, marking one of the largest dumping grounds ever found for casualties of Mexico's drug war.
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  Europe's media react to bank stress test results (Reuters)

  Posted: July 24th, 2010, 4:56am PDT

  Reuters - Just seven European banks failed a health check and were ordered to raise their capital by 3.5 billion euros ($4.5 billion), confirming fears the continent's long-awaited stress test was too soft.
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  China evacuates 100,000 as rains swell rivers (AFP)

  Posted: July 24th, 2010, 4:43am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - China has evacuated more than 100,000 people as a river burst its banks and heavy rains continued in flood-hit regions along the perilously swollen Yangtze river, state media said Saturday.

  
  
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  Egypt's president not attending Africa summit (AP)

  Posted: July 24th, 2010, 4:32am PDT

  AP - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak will not go to the African Union summit in Uganda despite officials earlier citing his planned attendance as proof of his good health, the state media reported Saturday.
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  5 US troops die in blasts in southern Afghanistan (AP)

  Posted: July 24th, 2010, 4:30am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Five American troops died Saturday in bombings in southern Afghanistan where international forces are stepping up the fight against the Taliban, officials said.

  
  
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  US missiles kill 16 militants in NW Pakistan (AP)

  Posted: July 24th, 2010, 4:10am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - U.S. missiles hit a suspected militant hide-out, killing 16 insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border before dawn Saturday, intelligence officials said.

  
  
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  NKorea vows nuclear response to US-SKorea drills (AP)

  Posted: July 24th, 2010, 4:09am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - North Korea vowed Saturday to respond with "powerful nuclear deterrence" to joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises poised to begin this weekend, saying the drills amount to a provocation that would prompt "retaliatory sacred war."

  
  
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  What's Killing the Animals at Ukraine's Biggest Zoo? (Time.com)

  Posted: July 24th, 2010, 3:30am PDT

  Time.com - The mysterious deaths of several animals at Kiev Zoo have sparked outrage, with critics accusing the zoo's management of neglect and corruption. But officials say the animals are being poisoned by an unknown suspect
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  Hmong Refugees Live in Fear in Laos and Thailand (Time.com)

  Posted: July 24th, 2010, 3:30am PDT

  Time.com - A few Hmong leaders -- many of whom fought on U.S.'s side during the Vietnam War -- have escaped repatriation camps in Laos and say they fear the Thais who will send them back
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  Iran studies building nuclear fusion reactor (AP)

  Posted: July 24th, 2010, 2:57am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Iran's nuclear agency began studies Saturday to build an experimental nuclear fusion reactor, something that has yet to be achieved by any nation.

  
  
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  Ugandan security on high alert for African summit (AFP)

  Posted: July 24th, 2010, 2:44am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Ugandan forces imposed tight security in the capital on Saturday as more than 30 heads of state began converging on Kampala for an African Union summit barely two weeks after deadly suicide attacks.

  
  
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  Australia PM offers 'cash for clunkers' climate policy (AFP)

  Posted: July 24th, 2010, 12:25am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Saturday pledged 400 million dollars (360 million US) to take old cars off the road and vowed to impose tougher fuel standards as part of her election policy on climate change.

  
  
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  Simon Bolivar an obsession for Venezuela's Chavez (AP)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 11:32pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - For Hugo Chavez, Simon Bolivar is more than a founding father to be feted once a year on his birthday. He's the icon of an entire political movement. He's a muse whose words inspire nearly two centuries after his death.

  
  
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  Panamanian police identify body of US woman (AP)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 10:07pm PDT

  AP - Panamanian authorities say they have identified the body of a U.S. woman who had been missing since March and are looking for a Texas man suspected in her death.
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  NKorea threatens 'nuclear deterrence' over drills (AP)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 6:31pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - North Korea threatened Saturday to mount a powerful nuclear response to upcoming joint U.S.-South Korean military drills, calling the exercises an "unpardonable" provocation on top of wrongly blaming Pyongyang for the sinking of a South Korean warship.

  
  
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  Researchers confirm subsea Gulf oil plumes are from BP well (McClatchy Newspapers)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 6:10pm PDT

  McClatchy Newspapers - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Through a chemical fingerprinting process, University of South Florida researchers have definitively linked clouds of underwater oil in the northern Gulf of Mexico to BP's runaway Deepwater Horizon well — the first direct scientific link between the subsurface oil clouds commonly known as "plumes" and the BP oil spill, USF officials said Friday.
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  Bon Jovi donates match tickets to Aussie fans (AFP)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 6:05pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - US rocker Jon Bon Jovi will donate seats to fans as part of his association with new Australian A-League football club Melbourne Heart this season, the club said on Saturday.

  
  
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  23 bodies found at northern Mexico dumping ground (AP)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 5:51pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Authorities found the remains of at least 23 people in a series of pits and scattered on the ground at a suspected drug-gang dumping site near the industrial hub of Monterrey in northern Mexico, an official said Friday.

  
  
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  Earthquake hits southern Philippines; no damage (AP)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 5:41pm PDT

  AP - An undersea 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the southern Philippines on Saturday morning but it was too deep to cause any damage, officials said.
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  Switzerland's World War II Bunkers Get a Second Life (Time.com)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 5:10pm PDT

  Time.com - Used to store arms and hide troops during World War II, Switzerland'smilitary bunkers have been turned into everything from hotels andbanquet halls to stables and high-security vaults.
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  Pakistan: A General Stays On, Solidifying Army Power (Time.com)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 5:10pm PDT

  Time.com - The reappointment of General Ashfaq Kiyani is a reminder of the limits of government authority. But his importance to U.S. objectives in Afghanistan makes Washington unlikely to complain
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  Honduras judge drops 2 charges against ex-leader (AP)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 5:01pm PDT

  AP - A Honduran judge has dropped abuse of power charges against ousted President Manuel Zelaya. But the order doesn't affect other charges pending against the ex-leader.
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  South Africa: Post-World Cup Glow Survives a Scary Crime (Time.com)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 5:00pm PDT

  Time.com - Despite a robbery attempt that threatened Mandela's grandchilden, the country is maintaining its positive mood and can-do spirit
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  Venezuela warns Colombia amid latest tensions (AP)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 4:53pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Venezuela's defense minister on Friday warned Colombia against provoking a conflict after President Hugo Chavez severed ties with the neighboring country and placed his military on alert.

  
  
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  Seven banks fail Europe stress test (Reuters)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 4:11pm PDT

  Reuters - Just seven European banks failed a health check and were ordered to raise their capital by 3.5 billion euros ($4.5 billion), much less than expected, confirming fears the continent's long-awaited stress test was too soft.
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  Vast majority of EU banks pass "stress tests" (AP)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 2:15pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - The results are in: Only seven of 91 European banks flunked the "stress tests" aimed at clearing up market fears about the strength of the continent's banking system amid the debt crisis.

  
  
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  India's strategy of suppression in Kashmir could backfire (The Christian Science Monitor)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 2:10pm PDT

  The Christian Science Monitor - Carefully, in ones and twos, residents of Srinagar emerged from their homes for the first time in a week to pray at small mosques Friday.
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  Judge tells former media mogul Black to stay in U.S. (Reuters)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 1:49pm PDT

  Reuters - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered former media tycoon Conrad Black to stay in the continental United States while he awaits an appeals court ruling on whether his 2007 fraud conviction should be thrown out.
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  Ahmadinejad says Russia part of anti-Iran campaign (AP)

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 1:18pm PDT

  AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Russia's president on Friday of turning against Tehran and joining the U.S. in spreading lies about its nuclear program, in the latest sign that Iran is drifting apart from a one-time key backer.