Missing Japanese journalists found unresponsive (AP)

Missing Japanese journalists found unresponsive (AP)

Missing Japanese journalists found unresponsive (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:47 PM PDT

AP - Two Japanese journalists reported missing by their television network were found unresponsive on a mountain Sunday, though police said an official declaration of death would have to wait until they could be taken to a hospital.


Heat on coach after Wallabies defeat (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:42 PM PDT

The heat is on coach Robbie Deans (pictured) as the Wallabies struggle to avoid repeating a grim period of their 79-year Bledisloe Cup history against the rampant All Blacks in Christchurch next weekend. Deans watched on glumly as his Wallabies went under a New Zealand avalanche of seven tries in a near-record 49-28 Tri-Nations loss at Melbourne's Docklands stadium on Saturday.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - The heat is on coach Robbie Deans as the Wallabies struggle to avoid repeating a grim period of their 79-year Bledisloe Cup history against the rampant All Blacks in Christchurch next weekend.

Six Afghan civilians die in roadside bomb blast

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:31 PM PDT

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Six civilians were killed on Sunday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, an official said, as civilian casualties continued to mount amid an increase in violence by insurgents.

6 Afghans killed when minibus hits roadside bomb (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 28, 2010 file photo, an Afghan policewoman drinks tea with local villagers in Samir Kalacha during military operations by U.S. Army soldiers from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division and Afghan National Army in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)AP - A minibus full of civilians struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan early Sunday, killing six on board, officials said.

Firefighting plane crashes in Canada (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:31 PM PDT

FILE -- A Conair water bomber flies past a wildfire burning out of control after dropping fire retardant on the other side of the mountain in Kelowna, B.C., in this July 20, 2009 file photo. A waterbomber, similar to the one shown, battling wildfires in the British Columbia interior crashed Saturday July 31, 2010. Captain Marguerite Dodds-Lepinski, the public affairs officer for the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Center in Victoria, says the aircraft was reported down Saturday night just before nine o'clock, local time. She said it was believed, but not confirmed, that the watertanker had two crewmembers on board. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press - Darryl Dyck)AP - A Canadian waterbombing plane battling wildfires deep in British Columbia's interior crashed on Saturday, search and rescue officials said.

Bomb found at MI6 spy agency (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:29 PM PDT

The headquarters of the MI6 intelligence agency are pictured in London in 2007. Two men were being questioned Sunday after one parcel bomb was sent to the MI6 foreign intelligence agency and another was intercepted.(AFP/File/Bertrand Langlois)AFP - Two men were being questioned Sunday after one parcel bomb was sent to the MI6 foreign intelligence agency and another was intercepted.

Six Afghan civilians die in roadside bomb blast (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, a Marine carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Paul J. Miller at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Miller, of Traverse City, Mich., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. NATO announced Friday, July 30, 2010 that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)Reuters - Six civilians were killed on Sunday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, an official said, as civilian casualties continued to mount amid an increase in violence by insurgents.

Ex-Aussie PM threatens legal action over leaks claim (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 09:49 PM PDT

Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd (pictured) on Sunday threatened legal action over claims he was once used as a AFP - Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday threatened legal action over claims he was once used as a "double agent" by rival politicians to leak damaging information about his own party.

South Korean killed by North Korean mine: report

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:08 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - Mines suspected to have come from North Korea exploded after washing ashore on a South Korean beach, killing one man and injuring another, the South's Yonhap News Agency reported on Sunday.

Israel strikes Gaza tunnels after rocket launch

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:12 PM PDT

JERUSALEM, Aug 1 (Reuters ) - Israeli aircraft bombed a smuggling tunnel and a militant training camp in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after a rocket was fired into Israel from the territory, the Israeli army and militants said.

South Korea's Exports Rose in July

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:03 PM PDT

South Korea's trade surplus shrank less than expected in July to $5.67 billion from $6.43 billion in the preceding month as robust semiconductor and car exports remained on the expansionary phase.


Death toll in Pakistani floods surges past 800 (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:38 PM PDT

Pakistani villagers collect their belongings at their flooded house on the outskirt of Peshawar, Pakistan, on Saturday, July 31, 2010. The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. The damage to roads, bridges and communications networks hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea and skin problems.

Fiat boss shakes up Italian labour (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 08:46 PM PDT

Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne is shaking up labour relations in Italy by strong-arming unions as he aims to create a global megagroup with US automaker Chrysler.(AFP/File/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne is shaking up labour relations in Italy by strong-arming unions as he aims to create a global megagroup with US automaker Chrysler.

Turkey, Syria engage in bird diplomacy (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 09:12 PM PDT

In this June 20, 2010 photo released by Walldrappteam, the last three remaining wild adult northern bald ibis birds in Syria sun-bathe in Wadi Abiat, about 20 kms north of Palmyra in Syria. Since discovering a tiny colony of critically endangered northern bald ibis birds in Syria, conservationists watched with dismay as their numbers dwindled to just three birds and extinction in the country seemed almost guaranteed, until late June when neighboring Turkey agreed to donate two juveniles and four adult birds to the Syrian colony. (AP Photo/Maladapted, Lubomir Peske) -- EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES--AP - The latest beneficiary of improved relations between Turkey and Syria is the rare northern bald ibis.

US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 09:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 28, 2010 file photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, Canadian defendant Omar Khadr attends his hearing for the U.S. military war crimes commission at the Camp Justice compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. Khadr, accused of killing an American soldier during a raid on an al-Qaida compound, is scheduled to go to trial Aug. 9, 2010 at the U.S. base in Cuba while the most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool, File)AP - As the U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Barack Obama, its most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo.

Building boom transforms Mozambique, but not for poor (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 09:03 PM PDT

File phtoo shows a Mozambican working on a construction site in Maputo. Since its civil war ended in 1992, the southern African country has spent billions of dollars to build and repair roads, enlarge harbours and rehabilitate railways.(AFP/File/Carlos Litulo)AFP - Heavily pregnant Adelaide Mangwel balances 18 kilos of prawns on her head as she slowly descends the crowded ferry that carried her across Maputo Bay to sell her seafood in Mozambique's capital.

China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 09:13 PM PDT

In this photo taken July 27, 2010, a Chinese man rests by loop of a highway under construction in Beijing, China. China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second largest-economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed.

Land mine swept ashore from NKorea kills SKorean (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 08:39 PM PDT

AP - Dozens of land mines have washed up on South Korean shores in recent days, apparently swept from North Korea by torrential rains. One killed a man and wounded another, the military said Sunday.


Panama prosecutor: Jailed American admits 5 slays (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 06:08 PM PDT

Detainee identified by authorities as William Adolfo Cortez of Texas, walks upon his arrival in Panama City after being extradited from Nicaragua Thursday, July 29, 2010. Authorities said Cortez and his wife, detained near the Nicaraguan border with Costa Rica, have been identified as the couple wanted in Panama in the death of U.S. woman Lynn Hughes and that they matched photographs Panamanian authorities provided of William Cortez and his wife Jane. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)AP - A jailed U.S. man has admitted killing five other Americans so he could take over their businesses and other properties in a Panamanian resort area, a government prosecutor said Saturday.

British police hold two over MI6 parcel bomb (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 08:36 PM PDT

A general view of the MI6 headquarters in London November 9, 2006. REUTERS/Kieran DohertyReuters - British police were questioning two men Sunday after a parcel bomb was sent to the headquarters of the MI6 foreign intelligence service and another was intercepted at a postal sorting office.
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