British pathologist calls Kelly death 'textbook' suicide (AFP)

British pathologist calls Kelly death 'textbook' suicide (AFP)

British pathologist calls Kelly death 'textbook' suicide (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 10:13 PM PDT

Police stand outside the front door of David Kelly's cottage in Marsham near Oxford, in 2003. The controversial death of the British government weapons inspector was a AFP - The controversial death of the British government weapons inspector David Kelly was a "textbook case" of suicide, the pathologist who performed the autopsy told The Sunday Times newspaper.

NZ rescuers save 9 whales stranded on beach (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 10:12 PM PDT

AP - Crews with bulldozers buried 49 pilot whales in sand dunes on an isolated northern New Zealand beach Sunday after rescuers managed to save only nine from a group that was stranded on the beach for two days.


China Premier Wen calls for political reform: report

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 10:12 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has to pursue political reform to safeguard its economic health, Premier Wen Jiabao said during a visit to the booming town of Shenzhen, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Over 5,000 evacuated as floods hit northwest N.Korea

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 10:03 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - More than 5,000 people have been evacuated from a North Korean city bordering China after flooding from a rain-swollen river that also forced more than 50,000 people to leave affected areas in China this week.

Report: Iran to unveil defense project

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 09:59 PM PDT

The Iranian defense minister has said the country's military plans to unveil an important project Sunday, state media reported.

Bomb attempts kill Somali militants

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:29 AM PDT

Two failed bomb attempts by the Somali Islamist group, Al-Shabaab, killed 11 militants around Mogadishu, Somalia's transitional government said Saturday.

CBS Correspondent Harold Dow Dies

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 06:59 PM PDT

Harold Dow, who died suddenly at 62, was an Emmy-winning CBS News corespondent who covered both the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.


Wildfire Spreads Outside San Diego

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 07:08 PM PDT

A pair of hikers and eight people in a cabin were evacuated by helicopter as a wildfire consumed thousands of acres of grasslands in rural San Diego County.


Al Fayed says he torched Harrods royal warrants (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 09:59 PM PDT

Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods, said Sunday he had the plush London emporium's royal warrants taken down and burned. The Egyptian tycoon, in a letter to The Sunday Telegraph newspaper, called the endorsements a AFP - Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods, said Sunday he had the plush London emporium's royal warrants taken down and burned.

Over 5,000 evacuated as floods hit northwest N.Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 10:03 PM PDT

Reuters - More than 5,000 people have been evacuated from a North Korean city bordering China after flooding from a rain-swollen river that also forced more than 50,000 people to leave affected areas in China this week.


Iranian video game hero Garshasp seeks fans abroad (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 08:34 PM PDT

Visitors check out a computer game at the Gamescom trade fair in the German city of Cologne on August 20, 2010. An Iranian games creator is hoping to make a splash with his Persian warrior Garshasp at the event dominated by Americans, Japanese and Europeans.(AFP/Patrik Stollarz)AFP - Arash Jafari is a rare bird at Gamescom, Europe's biggest video games fair. He is an Iranian creator hoping to make a splash with his Persian warrior Garshasp at an event dominated by Americans, Japanese and Europeans.

Dubai camel dairy hopes to milk health food market (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 09:01 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, July 13, 2010 picture, Dr. Ulrich Wernery checks the health of a camel at the Camelicious farm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Camel milk has at least three times more vitamin C than a cow's and is considered an alternative for the lactose intolerant. Researchers, meanwhile, have studied possible roles in fighting bacteria, tumors and diabetes, as well as traditional uses such as a treatment for liver disease as part of folk medicine across the camels range from central Asia to North Africa. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - The camels know the drill by heart.

On a mission to track and save the elusive jaguar (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 09:01 PM PDT

This photo taken July 22, 2010, shows a portion of the forest at Guatopo National Park, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of Caracas, Venezuela. Biologist Emiliana Isasi-Catala has captured videos and photographs of jaguars by using a collection of special cameras with motion sensors set up in the forest, and is carrying out the first comprehensive study of the spotted cats of its kind in Venezuela. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - The search begins where a dirt road ends, in a forest festooned with vines and filled with the chatter of trilling birds. This is the realm of jaguars, and a young biologist has made it her mission to find them.

Somalia rebels looking increasingly like Taliban (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 09:01 PM PDT

AP - Men are forced to grow beards. Women can't leave home without a male relative. Music, movies and watching sports on TV are banned. Limbs are chopped off as punishment, and executions by stoning have become a public spectacle.


Gunfight erupts over Mexico-U.S. border

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 08:21 PM PDT

A "major gun battle" between drug traffickers and Mexican federal police broke out Saturday evening in Juarez, Mexico, just 30 yards from the U.S. border at El Paso, Texas, according to a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman.

Hotel shootout in Brazil kills one

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:40 AM PDT

One person was killed and four police officers were wounded Saturday when police in Brazil traded fire with gunmen who fled into a luxury hotel and took people hostage, police said.

Australian leaders woo independents to govern (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 07:53 PM PDT

Australian coalition party leader Tony Abbott speaks during an election night function in Sydney on August 21, 2010. Saturday's election ended in a hung parliament with neither Prime Minister Julia Gillard centre-left Labor Party nor the Liberal/Nationals winning a majority.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott on Sunday raced to woo independent and Greens "kingmakers" to join a coalition government and break deadlock in parliament.

Fergie vows to make amends for Fulham misery (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 06:53 PM PDT

Sir Alex Ferguson (pictured) has backed Mark Hughes to become a success at Fulham, but has told his former player there is no chance of a shock win over Manchester United on Sunday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ronald Martinez)AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson has backed Mark Hughes to become a success at Fulham, but has told his former player there is no chance of a shock win over Manchester United on Sunday.

Confusion reigns over stolen Van Gogh painting (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 07:35 PM PDT

File photo of Egypt's culture minister Farouq Hosni has backtracked on a claim that two Italians were arrested with a Van Gogh painting stolen on Saturday, blaming a subordinate for giving AFP - Egypt's culture minister Sunday backtracked on a claim that two Italians were arrested with a stolen Van Gogh painting, blaming a subordinate for giving "inaccurate" information.

Thousands evacuated after floods in China, N.Korea (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 09:42 PM PDT

A villager looks at a destroyed home after a flash flood swept through Kuandian, near the China-North Korea border in northeast China's Liaoning province. More than 120,000 people have been evacuated in northeast China following devastating floods that have already left four dead and forced the relocation of thousands in neighbouring North Korea.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - More than 120,000 people have been evacuated in northeast China following serious floods that have already left four dead and forced the relocation of thousands in neighbouring North Korea.
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