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Pakistani villagers wade through water after heavy rain fall caused flooding in Nowshera near Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010.
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 The New York Times 
400 Killed in Flooding in Pakistan, Officials Say
| PESHAWAR, Pakistan — More than 400 people have died and thousands of others were made homeless as some of the worst floods in Pakistan’s history hit this northwestern region, provincial ... (photo: AP / B.K.Bangash)
Italian Lower Chamber President Gianfranco Fini reads his statement during a press conference in Rome, Friday, July 30, 2010.
Berlusconi   Italy   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Gianfranco Fini  
 The Star 
Italy speaker refuses to resign, deepens crisis
| ROME (Reuters) - The influential speaker of Italy's lower house refused to step down on Friday after being censured by his own party, and said his supporters could vote against the government of for... (photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia)
Lebanese soldiers march in front of a portrait of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, during a military parade as they celebrate the 62th anniversary of Lebanon's independence from France in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Nov. 22, 2005. Lebanon celebrates its independence, first time without Syrian troops in 29  Asia Times 
Hezbollah sees plot behind Hariri tribunal
|      Jul 31, 2010 Hezbollah sees plot behind Hariri tribunal | By Sami Moubayed | DAMASCUS - Saudi King Abdullah's landmark visit to Syria on Thursday, his second since assuming ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Hezbollah   Israel   Lebanon   Photos   Wikipedia: Rafic Hariri  
Protesters shot dead in Kashmir  Irish Times 
Protesters shot dead in Kashmir
| Indian police today fired at thousands of people protesting against Indian rule in Kashmir, killing two demonstrators, officials said, in the latest flare-up of violence in the disputed Himalayan re... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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Pakistani villagers move into safe place from a flooded village near Nowshera, Pakistan, Thursday, July 29, 2010. CBC
Pakistan flood death toll tops 300
Villagers move to safety from a flooded village near Nowshera, in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province, on Thursday. (Mohammad Sajjad/Associated Press) | Massive flood... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad)
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Italian opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi addresses journalists after meeting with the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. The Italian president resumed talks with political leaders Monday after the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi last week sparked a government crisis and raised the possibility of an early vote just two years after the last general election. (js1) The Star
Italy in political turmoil as Berlusconi party implodes
| ROME (Reuters) - Italy was in political turmoil on Friday after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi dramatically split with his one-time most powerful centre-right ally, p... (photo: AP / Andrew Medichini)
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British Airways airplanes are seen at Heathrow Airport in London, Friday, July 31, 2009. The Times Of India
BA losses widen on strike action, ash cloud
LONDON: British Airways on Friday said net losses widened to 122 million pounds during its first quarter as strike action and the Icelandic ash cloud grounded flights, bu... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)
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Islamist insurgent fighters in a street in Mogadishu, Somalia, during clashes with Somali government soldiers in southern Mogadishu's Wardhigley neighborhood on Thursday, June 24, 2010. Al Jazeera
Al-Shabab threatens AU peacekeepers
| The armed group leading the fight against Somalia's beleagured transitional government has warned that it will turn Mogadishu into a "graveyard" for extra African ... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Africa   Photos   Somalia   War   Wikipedia: Al-Shabaab  
Detainees identified by Nicaraguan authorities as William Adolfo Cortez, center, of Texas, and his wife Jane Cortez, behinda police officer at right, are escorted by Nicaraguan and Panamanian police agents before being extradited to Panama at the airport in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Guardian
Pair wanted in US woman's death deported to Panama
| FILADELFO ALEMAN | Associated Press Writer= MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua deported a U.S. couple to Panama, where they face charges of killing two Americans in ... (photo: AP / Esteban Felix)
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File - This image of the Centauri-Hellas Montes region was taken by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) at a portion of a trough in the Nili Fossae region of Mars is shown in enhanced color in this image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter BBC News
Mars site may hold 'buried life'
Researchers have identified rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars. | The team made their discovery in the ancient rocks of Nili F... (photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona)
Environment   Photos   Science   Space   Wikipedia: Life on Mars  
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Gulf News
Karzai doubts allies plan to fight terror
| Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai questioned Thursday the willingness of his Western allies to strike insurgent bases in Pakistan given the strong evidence... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Afghanistan   Karzai   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan delivers a speech regarding his resignation during a press conference at the Government House in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Gulf News
South Korean prime minister offers to resign
| Seoul: South Korea's prime minister offered to resign Thursday after parliament shot down his efforts to scrap a plan that would relocate several government minist... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
Elections   Photos   Politics   S Korea   Wikipedia: Chung Un-chan  
A potential customer walks into the first branch of the new British high street bank, the Metro Bank, in London, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Gulf News
UK gets first new bank in 100 years
| London: Metro Bank, Britain's first new high street lender for over 100 years, opened its first branch to the public — and dogs — yesterday in a move aimed ... (photo: AP / Alastair Grant)
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