Suicide bomber kills four Afghan civilians: official

Suicide bomber kills four Afghan civilians: official

Suicide bomber kills four Afghan civilians: official

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:35 PM PDT

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed four civilians on Monday in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, an official said, as violence escalates ahead of an anti-insurgent offensive by U.S. and NATO troops.

Rockets hit Israel's Eilat port, none hurt: radio

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:37 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - At least three rockets or mortar bombs struck in and around Israel's southern port of Eilat on Monday but caused no casualties, Israel Radio reported, citing initial information received from emergency services.

Butt warns Yousuf alone can't save Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:16 PM PDT

Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf smiles as he announces his retirement from international cricket at a press conference in Karachi in March, 2010. Pakistan captain Salman Butt insisted recalling Yousuf was far from a miracle cure for the team's batting ills after their crushing 354-run first Test loss to England.(AFP/File/Asif Hassan)AFP - Pakistan captain Salman Butt insisted recalling Mohammad Yousuf was far from a miracle cure for the team's batting ills after their crushing 354-run first Test loss to England.

Over 1,000 killed as floods wreak havoc across Pakistan

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 09:59 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Floods caused by a week of heavy rain have killed more than 1,000 people in Pakistan's northwest and rescuers battled on Sunday to distribute relief to tens of thousands of trapped people.

US: Afghan pullout to be limited

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:38 PM PDT

Defence secretary says large number of troops to remain after withdrawal begins in July 2011.


Relief as Greek lorry drivers halt strike

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 08:11 PM PDT

Lorry drivers in Greece have ended a bitter week-long strike.


Problem sets off alarms on space station

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 06:13 AM PDT

Warning alarms awakened crew members on the International Space Station after problems were detected in one of its ammonia-fed cooling loops, NASA said Sunday.

Report: N.Korea sought summit before warship sinking (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 09:36 PM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (C) looks at products during a visit to the newly-built Jangjasan Combined Foodstuff Factory in Kanggye, Jagang Province. North Korea attacked a South Korean warship after the South balked at its request for economic aid in return for a proposed summit, a report said Monday.(AFP/KNCA/Kcna)AFP - North Korea attacked a South Korean warship after the South balked at its request for economic aid in return for a proposed summit, a report said Monday.

Anger at Cantonese language switch

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 08:12 PM PDT

Protests against a proposal which Cantonese speakers see as damaging to their language have spread from Guangzhou, in southern China, to Hong Kong.


Pro-Cantonese protesters scuffle with China police

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 09:19 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Hundreds in China's southern export hub of Guangdong scuffled with police at a weekend protest to support the local Cantonese dialect, a witness said, with a small group of reporters and protesters briefly detained by police.

Dutch troops leave southern Afghanistan

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 08:32 PM PDT

The Netherlands became the first NATO ally to pull combat troops out of Afghanistan on Sunday as it handed over its mission in southern Afghanistan's Uruzgan province to U.S. and Australian forces.

High Iraq deaths cast doubt on US stability talk (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 22, 2010 file photo, Umm Haider weeps over her son's coffin, Ameer Hussein, 9, during his funeral in Najaf, south of Baghdad, Iraq. The family says he was killed in a roadside bomb attack the day before. July was Iraq's deadliest month in more than two years, according to new official figures, suggesting that a resilient insurgency is successfully taking advantage of the months of deadlock in forming a new government. The figures released late Saturday, July 31, 2010 show that 535 people were killed last month, the highest since May 2008 when 563 died, heightening concerns over Iraq's precarious security situation even as the U.S. troops are reducing their numbers. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani, File)AP - While concern is rising in the U.S. about the war in Afghanistan, the Americans are anxious to show evidence of progress in their other conflict — Iraq.

Pro-Cantonese protesters scuffle with China police (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 09:19 PM PDT

Reuters - Hundreds in China's southern export hub of Guangdong scuffled with police at a weekend protest to support the local Cantonese dialect, a witness said, with a small group of reporters and protesters briefly detained by police.


Relief as Greek lorry drivers halt strike

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 08:11 PM PDT

Lorry drivers in Greece have ended a bitter week-long strike.


Floods ravage Pakistan valley that endured Taliban (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 08:26 PM PDT

Pakistani villagers collect their belongings from their houses collapsed by heavy flooding in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. The death toll from massive floods in northwestern Pakistan rose to 1,100 Sunday as rescue workers struggled to save more than 27,000 people still trapped by the raging water.(AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)AP - This village in Pakistan's troubled Swat Valley suffered through years of Taliban rule and months of battles between Islamist militants and the army. But for a man who has seen it all, that's nothing compared to the last three days of flooding.

Icelanders keep cool over EU membership (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 09:34 PM PDT

A boat rests in a church yard on July 30, 2010 in Sandgerdi, Iceland. European Union foreign ministers gave the go-ahead on July 26, 2010 to open membership negotiations with Iceland, but amid growing doubts about public support on the island.(AFP/Halldor Kolbeins)AFP - Formal talks have started over Iceland's entry into the European Union, but Icelanders remain cool at the prospect as differences over fishing and revived national pride trump EU enthusiasm.

Japan's NTT DoCoMo to buy US video software firm (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 08:23 PM PDT

File photo of a pedestrian walking past an NTT DoCoMo shop in Tokyo. The Japanese mobile phone giant said Monday it was spending 111.6 million dollars to take over a US video software firm and beef up its multimedia services.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Japanese mobile phone giant NTT DoCoMo said Monday it was spending 111.6 million dollars to take over a US video software firm and beef up its multimedia services.

Australia election set for neck-and-neck finish (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 08:25 PM PDT

Reuters - Australia's Labor government and the opposition are neck-and-neck ahead of an August 21 election, an opinion poll showed on Monday, prompting a call by Prime Minister Julia Gillard for an aggressive election campaign.


Hamas attacks: A bid to scuttle direct talks? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 11:57 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Israel and forces loyal to the militant Hamas government that controls Gaza exchanged fire this weekend, with Palestinian rockets hitting southern Israel and Israel responding with multiple airstrikes across the territory.


Australia election set for neck-and-neck finish

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 08:25 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Labor government and the opposition are neck-and-neck ahead of an August 21 election, an opinion poll showed on Monday, prompting a call by Prime Minister Julia Gillard for an aggressive election campaign.
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