De Jong warns City not to let standards slip (AFP)

De Jong warns City not to let standards slip (AFP)
Pakistan crop failure an opportunity for India (AFP)
Riding the seven-seated 200 kg bike
Reports: Ex-President Carter en route to NKorea (AP)
Japan high-tech toilet makers flush with success (AFP)
Aussie students assigned to plan terrorist attack (AP)
UN sends envoy to DRC over rapes
Extradition of alleged Russian arms dealer delayed (AFP)
Australia 'kingmakers' probe election promises (AFP)
Tagging for psychiatric patients
General questions US withdrawal plan
Japan warns on intervention after yen rise (Reuters)
54 survivors, 42 dead in China plane crash (AFP)
Sating China's Growing Appetite For Frozen Foods
CIA sees increased threat from al-Qaeda in Yemen
UN: Mexico most dangerous in Americas for press (AP)
Attacker attempts to blow up Mauritanian barracks (AP)
Vietnam tropical storm leaves 4 dead, 10 missing (AP)
Chinese Plan to Add US Jobs (You Scaredy Cats)
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Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:57 PM PDT

AFP - Nigel de Jong has warned Manchester City there should be no dip in performance when FC Timisoara visit Eastlands in the Europa League on Thursday.

Pakistan crop failure an opportunity for India (AFP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 10:30 PM PDT

AFP - Pakistan's devastating floods may have destroyed up to a fifth of the country's cotton crop, analysts say, handing an opportunity to exporters in neighbouring India who are eyeing the shortfall.

Riding the seven-seated 200 kg bike

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 08:32 PM PDT

It weighs nearly three-quarters of a tonne with seven riders aboard, yet a brave team are taking a bicycle like no other from John O'Groats to Land's End for charity

Reports: Ex-President Carter en route to NKorea (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 10:14 PM PDT

AP - South Korean media said Wednesday that former President Jimmy Carter has departed on his mission to North Korea that U.S. officials say is aimed at bringing home an imprisoned American.

Japan high-tech toilet makers flush with success (AFP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:48 PM PDT

AFP - In Japan, the global leader in high-tech toilet design, the latest restroom marvel should come with a health warning for hypochondriacs -- it doubles as a medical lab that can really spoil your day.

Aussie students assigned to plan terrorist attack (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:26 PM PDT

AP - A high school teacher who assigned her class to plan a terrorist attack that would kill as many innocent people as possible had no intent to promote terrorism, the school principal said Wednesday.

UN sends envoy to DRC over rapes

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:33 PM PDT

Outraged Ban Ki-moon dispatches senior aide following reports of gang rapes by rebels.

Extradition of alleged Russian arms dealer delayed (AFP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:21 PM PDT

AFP - Thailand said Wednesday that the extradition to the United States of an alleged Russian arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death" has been delayed because of legal complications.

Australia 'kingmakers' probe election promises (AFP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:09 PM PDT

AFP - Australia's independent "kingmaker" MPs Wednesday called for detailed cost analysis of pre-election promises as they weigh up which party to put into power after polls failed to produce a winner.

Tagging for psychiatric patients

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:27 PM PDT

For the first time in Britain, a satellite tracking system is being used to monitor the movements of violent offenders with mental health problems.

General questions US withdrawal plan

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 08:17 PM PDT

The American general in charge of US marines has said President Obama's plan to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan next July is encouraging Taliban insurgents.

Japan warns on intervention after yen rise (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 08:54 PM PDT

Reuters - Japan's finance minister sharpened his rhetoric on the yen's steep gains after the Nikkei newspaper reported Japan may consider selling the yen in solo intervention if speculators drive it up, threatening the economy's recovery.

54 survivors, 42 dead in China plane crash (AFP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 08:17 PM PDT

AFP - A Chinese airliner smashed in two while attempting to land in heavy fog, leaving at least 42 people dead but 54 survivors in the country's first major air disaster in nearly six years.

Sating China's Growing Appetite For Frozen Foods

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 08:12 PM PDT

Chinese food?is largely revered around the world for? freshness.??Yet?modern Chinese living a? high-

CIA sees increased threat from al-Qaeda in Yemen

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 08:00 PM PDT

For the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, CIA analysts see one of al-Qaeda's offshoots - rather than the core group now based in Pakistan - as the most urgent threat to U.S. security, officials said.

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UN: Mexico most dangerous in Americas for press (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 07:39 PM PDT

AP - Mexico is the most dangerous country in the Americas for journalists and the violence against reporters may increase, investigators from the United Nations and the Organization of American States said Tuesday.

Attacker attempts to blow up Mauritanian barracks (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 07:52 PM PDT

AP - A suicide bomber attempted to drive a truck loaded with explosives into an army barrack but was shot and killed when he refused to stop the car before dawn on Wednesday, an army official said.