Oil spill 'largest in US history' Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:09 PM PDT US government scientists have said around 4.9 million barrels of oil leaked from an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico before it was capped last month, making it the largest accidental oil spill in history.  
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Inquest to begin into secret bomb experiment death (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:10 PM PDT AP - A long-awaited investigation into the death of a British scientist killed during secret U.K.-U.S. experiments to build homemade bombs likely to be used by terrorists is scheduled to begin Tuesday.  
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(AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:23 PM PDT AP - Officials say gunmen killed 5 Iraqi soldiers at a western Baghdad checkpoint in a dawn attack.  
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Three million affected by Pakistan floods: UNICEF (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:24 PM PDT Reuters - The worst floods in memory in Pakistan have affected more than 3 million people so far and the death toll has climbed over 1,400, a spokesman for the U.N. Children's Fund said on Tuesday.  
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Pakistan flood victims plead for help Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:14 PM PDT Anger is growing in north-west Pakistan as people hit by the worst floods in a generation claim the government is failing to provide enough emergency assistance.  
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Oil spill 'largest in US history' Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:09 PM PDT US government scientists have said around 4.9 million barrels of oil leaked from an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico before it was capped last month, making it the largest accidental oil spill in history.  
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Three million affected by Pakistan floods: UNICEF Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:24 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The worst floods in memory in Pakistan have affected more than 3 million people so far and the death toll has climbed over 1,400, a spokesman for the U.N. Children's Fund said on Tuesday.  
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Deadly blast in China mine Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:20 PM PDT "Gas outburst" leaves at least nine dead in central Henan province.  
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Officials: 37 gunned down in Pakistan's Karachi (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:04 PM PDT AP - Gunmen went on killing sprees in Pakistan's largest city after the assassination of a lawmaker, killing at least 37 people by Tuesday. Dozens of vehicles and shops were set on fire as security forces struggled to gain control as Karachi seethed.  
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Pakistan's Zardari visits UK amid spat, floods (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:15 PM PDT AP - Pakistan's president arrives Tuesday in Britain for a five-day visit, amid a simmering diplomatic spat between the two countries and calls for him to cancel the trip to look after his flood-devastated nation.  
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Unrest kills 31 in Pakistan's Karachi: surgeon (AFP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:13 PM PDT AFP - Outbreaks of violence in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi killed at least 31 people overnight following the murder of a lawmaker in a drive-by shooting, officials said.  
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Afghan TV Targets Women's Shelters Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:22 PM PDT A TV host's campaign against women's shelters is resonating in Afghanistan, showing how the country's new media freedoms have been used to stir up fundamentalist sentiments.  
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Pakistan Struggles as Flood Toll Rises Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:43 PM PDT Pakistan redeployed thousands of troops in remote villages where at least 1,100 people died in weekend flash floods and landslides, as public anger mounted against the government.  
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U.S. Urges Iraqi Deal Before Pullout Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:39 PM PDT White House advisers are working against the clock to get deadlocked Iraqi politicians to form a new government before the end of August, when the U.S. combat mission ends.  
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Parliment's Vote to Test Berlusconi Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:43 PM PDT Italy's Parliament decided to vote on a motion to dismiss a junior minister who is under criminal investigation—a vote that will test Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government.  
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Fires, Dying Grain Beset Russia Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:01 PM PDT President Dmitry Medvedev declared a state of emergency in forest-fire-afflicted regions of Russia and the country's grain authority lowered its harvest projection amid one of Russia's hottest, driest summers on record.  
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Thai Leader Says Polls Will Follow 'Stability' Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:15 PM PDT Thailand's prime minister said he won't call national elections until early next year at the earliest as the government promotes programs intended to bridge the kind of economic divides that fueled deadly protests earlier this year.  
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Police Official Goes on Trial in Kabul for Aiding Drug Trade Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:58 PM PDT An Afghan police major-general overseeing the borders with Iran and Turkmenistan went on trial for allegedly facilitating the drug trade, one of the most senior officials prosecuted in the country's latest crackdown on corruption.  
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Poland Seeks Russian Findings on Crash Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:18 PM PDT Poland's government for the first time voiced official dissatisfaction with Moscow for what it said was a failure to share findings from its investigation into an April plane crash that killed Poland's president.  
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Pakistan Summons U.K. Diplomat Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:11 PM PDT Pakistan's foreign minister summoned Britain's envoy to Islamabad to seek an explanation for comments made last week by British Prime Minister David Cameron about Pakistan exporting terrorism.  
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