Pakistan floods curb celebrations

Pakistan floods curb celebrations


Pakistan floods curb celebrations

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 01:02 PM PDT

President cancels independence day festivities as country braces for more floods.


Obama to Visit New Orleans

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 11:59 AM PDT

The president's trip will mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.


In pictures

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 08:43 AM PDT

Russians struggle to rebuild village devastated by wildfires


Disease Threatens Pakistan Flood Victims

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 11:49 AM PDT

The U.N. warned that outbreak of water borne diseases could trigger a new wave of deaths in Pakistan's flood affected areas


Relief Well to Be Completed in Gulf

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 12:23 PM PDT

Although tests of the well in the gulf appear to show that it is fully sealed, the government said Friday that work on a relief well will continue to plug the gusher permanently.


In challenge to Sudanese ruling party, student activists rally for democracy

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 11:44 AM PDT

KHARTOUM, SUDAN -- Like any aspiring pro-democracy movement, the young Sudanese activists needed a name. They picked Girifna, Arabic for "we are fed up." They chose orange for their color and the V for victory sign as a logo, then began distributing their first pamphlet.


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MoD blast mixture 'unauthorised'

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 11:37 AM PDT

US officials did not authorised the use of a chemical mixture that killed a government scientist in an explosives accident in Essex, an inquest hears.


US Senate hopeful on porn charge

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 12:01 PM PDT

US Senate candidate Alvin Greene, a surprise winner of the South Carolina Democratic primary, is indicted on two pornography-related charges.


Skydivers break formation record

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 11:47 AM PDT

Skydivers in Poland have broken the European record for the number of people in a formation when 104 people joined together in the air.


Kurdish rebels announce ceasefire to September 20

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 12:59 PM PDT

QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq (Reuters) - Kurdish militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) announced a ceasefire against Turkish forces until September 20, a PKK official said on Friday.


Murray surges into Toronto semis

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 12:38 PM PDT

Defending champion Andy Murray beats David Nalbandian 6-2 6-2 and will play Rafael Nadal or Philipp Kohlschreiber for a place in the final of the Rogers Cup in Toronto.


S.C. Senate Candidate Is Charged With Obscenity

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 12:20 PM PDT

Alvin Greene, who came out of nowhere to win the Democratic Senate primary in South Carolina, was indicted today on two obscenity counts.


Plea for 'blood' diamonds' return

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 11:27 AM PDT

Officials in Sierra Leone ask for the return of diamonds allegedly given by Charles Taylor to supermodel Naomi Campbell.


Soldier killed by blast is named

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 10:55 AM PDT

A soldier who died in a UK hospital on Wednesday after being wounded in Afghanistan is named by the MoD as Lt John Charles Sanderson.


School with no pupils 'bonkers'

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 11:47 AM PDT

Education Minister Leighton Andrews describes the fact that a Carmarthenshire school is staying open with no pupils as "bonkers".


Music bringing young Iraqis together

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 11:14 AM PDT

A 19-year-old has helped form the new National Youth Orchestra of Iraq, bringing together musicians from all over the country. Hugh Sykes reports.


Fed Official Says Bank Risks a New Boom-and-Bust Cycle

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 12:20 PM PDT

Thomas M. Hoenig says the Fed needs to avoid the monetary policy that followed the recessions of 1990-91 and 2001.


A Warning About a Weak Link in Secure Web Sites

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 11:40 AM PDT

Security experts say it is becoming difficult to trust the organizations that guarantee a Web site is authentic.


Live text - Murray v Nalbandian

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 10:00 AM PDT

Defending champion Andy Murray faces David Nalbandian for a place in the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto.


Opencast ban given to protesters

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 10:47 AM PDT

Thirteen people who admitted obstructing a railway taking coal from an opencast site to a power station are given conditional discharges.


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