Older Gazans recall Israelis, youth sees only army (AP)

Older Gazans recall Israelis, youth sees only army (AP)
Political rivalry blamed for Filipino airport bomb (AFP)
Naomi Campbell testifies in war crimes trial of Liberia's Charles Taylor
Iran's Ahmadinejad calls for regional solution to Afghan crisis
At 50, Cuban trade embargo is not aging well
Hiroshima remembers atomic bomb
Wine vending machines in the US
Pakistan readies for more floods (AP)
German insurer Allianz says Q2 net profit plunged (AFP)
China Unicom to sell Apple's iPhone with Wi-Fi (AP)
More evacuations in Pakistan's Sindh as floods loom
Pakistani exodus as floods spread
Monty Python team in home video
'Toyota defense' frees US man jailed in fatal car crash (AFP)
US attends Hiroshima ceremony
Robbie Williams to marry US actress: report (AFP)
Flash floods kill 44 in Indian Kashmir: police (AFP)
Pakistan ex-intel chief sees 'lost cause'
Jean announces run for Haiti presidency
UN chief marks 65 years after Hiroshima

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:59 PM PDT

AP - From his ramshackle Gaza home, Palestinian Sobhi Hamami, 61, fondly recalls the 23 years he worked on an Israeli kibbutz, where he learned Hebrew, swam in the pool with Israeli friends and celebrated holidays with his Jewish boss.

Political rivalry blamed for Filipino airport bomb (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 11:07 PM PDT

AFP - A politician who survived a "human bomb" attack that left two people dead in the volatile southern Philippines said Friday he believed his rivals had tried to assassinate him.

Naomi Campbell testifies in war crimes trial of Liberia's Charles Taylor

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:00 PM PDT

THE HAGUE -- At stake was the fate of Charles Taylor, 62, the first former African president brought before an international war crimes tribunal. Although he looked like a London banker with his gray hair and pinstripe suit, the U.S.-educated Taylor stood accused of murder, rape, sexual slavery,...

Charles Taylor - Liberia - War crime - Naomi Campbell - Nelson Mandela

Iran's Ahmadinejad calls for regional solution to Afghan crisis

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:00 PM PDT

IRAN Iran's president called Thursday for a stronger alliance with other countries in the region straddling the Middle East and Central Asia, saying NATO-led troops have failed to restore peace in Afghanistan.

Iran - Middle East - Afghanistan - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Asia

At 50, Cuban trade embargo is not aging well

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:00 PM PDT

The half-century-old Cuban trade embargo has seen better days. For its first 30 years, when the Castro crowd was in cahoots with the Soviets -- even welcomed nukes 90 miles from Florida -- the embargo enjoyed widespread support.

Cuba - Embargo - Economic - Sanctions - Opposing Views

Hiroshima remembers atomic bomb

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:26 PM PDT

The first atomic bomb killed around 140,000 people 65 years to the day.

Wine vending machines in the US

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:30 PM PDT

Shoppers in the US state of Pennsylvania have been given the chance to buy their favourite tipple from a wine vending machine.

Pakistan readies for more floods (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:28 PM PDT

AP - Authorities were preparing for flooding Friday in southern Pakistan as the worst monsoon rains in decades left an ever lengthier trail of death and destruction in a nation already suffering Islamist violence and an anemic economy.

German insurer Allianz says Q2 net profit plunged (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 11:06 PM PDT

AFP - The German insurance giant Allianz said on Friday that its second-quarter net profit plunged by 45.6 percent from the same period a year earlier to 1.02 billion euros (1.34 billion dollars).

China Unicom to sell Apple's iPhone with Wi-Fi (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:37 PM PDT

AP - Apple's Chinese partner says it will sell iPhones with Wi-Fi starting Monday, adding to mounting competition in China's smart phone market.

More evacuations in Pakistan's Sindh as floods loom

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:33 PM PDT

SUKKUR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities carried out more evacuations in Sindh province on Friday, threatened by the country's worst floods in 80 years that have stoked popular anger at President Asif Ali Zardari.

Pakistani exodus as floods spread

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:39 PM PDT

Half a million people evacuated in Sindh province as UN warns of "major catastrophe".

Monty Python team in home video

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:08 PM PDT

In the early days of Monty Python's Flying Circus, the team had no idea how big the show would become, so Terry Jones wanted to capture the moment on film.

'Toyota defense' frees US man jailed in fatal car crash (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:01 PM PDT

AFP - A Minnesota man convicted in a fatal car crash was freed from prison after a judge ordered a new trial to examine evidence about Toyota's "sticky" accelerator pedals, local media reported.

US attends Hiroshima ceremony

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:47 PM PDT

Nuclear powers take part for the first time in events marking day atomic bomb was dropped.

Robbie Williams to marry US actress: report (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:10 PM PDT

AFP - British pop star Robbie Williams will marry his US actress girlfriend this weekend on an island off the California coast, a newspaper said Friday.

Flash floods kill 44 in Indian Kashmir: police (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:38 PM PDT

AFP - More than 40 people have been killed after heavy rain triggered flash floods in Leh, the main town in India's trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, police said Friday.

Pakistan ex-intel chief sees 'lost cause'

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 08:41 PM PDT

The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan is a "lost cause," said a former Pakistani intelligence chief, Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul, adding that the United States needs to negotiate peace with Taliban leader Mullah Omar.