Friday - July 30, 2010

 

Officials: Floods kill at least 313 in Pakistan

1. (Updated 3:27 p.m.) PESHAWAR, Pakistan - The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 313 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.

 

DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic

1. WASHINGTON - Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."

 

Scientists say global warming is continuing

1. WASHINGTON - Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming, one day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for climate legislation.

 

Al-Qaeda burns bodies, plants flag in Iraq attack

1. BAGHDAD - Militants flew an al-Qaeda flag over a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their bodies in a brazen afternoon attack that served as a grim reminder of continued insurgent strength in Iraq's capital.

 

Eternal City grapples with endless vandalism

1. ROME - They knock the noses off statues in a park that was a favorite haunt of poet John Keats and throw dye into the iconic Trevi Fountain.

 

Moscow sweats as second heat record set

1. MOSCOW - Moscow on Thursday broke its all-time temperature record for the second time in a week as Russia continued to sizzled in a stubborn heatwave and forest fires elsewhere forced evacuations and ravaged provincial homes.

 

Rivers burst, floods kill at least 60 in Pakistan

1. PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Rivers burst their banks during deadly monsoon rains lashing Pakistan, washing away streets, battering a dam and submerging thousands of homes, officials said Thursday.

 

Relatives search for corpses at Pakistan air crash

1. ISLAMABAD - Relatives desperate to find the bodies of their loved ones joined emergency teams battling thick mud, rain and slippery hillsides on Thursday at the scene of Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash.

 

UN declares water and sanitation a 'human right'

1. UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly on Wednesday declared access to clean water and sanitation a "human right" in a resolution that more than 40 countries including the United States didn't support.

 

US: Drills sent 'clear message' to NKorea

1. SEOUL, South Korea - For four days, US and South Korean troops fired artillery into the skies and dropped anti-submarine bombs on underwater targets - dramatic exercises meant to warn North Korea not to strike again.

 

Worst floods in a decade in China trap 30,000

1. BEIJING - Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power Wednesday, as the worst flooding in more than a decade continued to besiege many areas of the country.

 

152 killed in Pakistan plane crash, no survivor

1. (Updated 7:22 p.m.) ISLAMABAD - A passenger jet crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid poor weather Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board and blazing a path of devastation strewn with body parts and twisted metal wreckage.

 

Audit: US cannot account for $8.7B in Iraqi funds

1. A US audit has found that the Pentagon cannot account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraq reconstruction money, spotlighting Iraqi complaints that there is little to show for the massive funds pumped into their cash-strapped, war-ravaged nation.

 

US, SKorean troops drop anti-sub bombs in drills

1. ABOARD THE USS CURTIS WILBUR - US and South Korean naval ships fired artillery and dropped anti-submarine bombs off South Korea's east coast Tuesday, the third day of high-profile military maneuvers intended to warn North Korea against any aggression.

 

Leaks create fresh doubt about Afghan war

1. WASHINGTON - The monumental leak of classified Afghan war documents threatened Monday to create deeper doubts about the war at home, cause new friction with Pakistan over allegations about its spy agency and raise questions around the world about Washington's own ability to protect military secrets.

 

Mass grave of communist soldiers found in Vietnam

1. HANOI, Vietnam- An official says a mass grave has been found containing the remains of 40 communist soldiers killed during the Vietnam War.

 

Big Bang investigators want new atom smasher

1. PARIS - Scientists behind the European particle collider aimed at uncovering the secrets of the universe pushed Monday to build an even bigger machine - with money and partners from around the world.

 

Afghans: 52 die in NATO attack; alliance disputes

1. KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan government said Monday that 52 civilians, including women and children, died when a NATO rocket struck a village in southern Afghanistan last week - a report disputed by the international coalition.

 

Khmer Rouge jailer faces 19 years for 16,000 dead

1. A war crimes tribunal sentenced the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer on Monday to a prison term that will see him serve less than half a day for every person killed at the notorious torture center he commanded.

 

Khmer Rouge's chief jailer guilty of war crimes

1. (Updated 1:08 p.m.) PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A UN-backed tribunal has found the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and ordered him to serve 19 years in prison.

 

US holds drills off Korea as Pyongyang talks war

1. ABOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON - Fighter jets buzzed the skies and submarines cruised underwater as a flotilla of US and South Korean warships led by a nuclear-powered US supercarrier began exercises that have enraged North Korea.

 

Chavez warns of US oil cutoff in Colombia dispute

1. CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to cut off oil sales to the United States if Venezuela is attacked by its US-allied neighbor Colombia in a dispute over allegations that Venezuela gives haven to Colombian rebels.

 

Russia elects first black to office

1. NOVOZAVIDOVO, Russia - People in this Russian town used to stare at Jean Gregoire Sagbo because they had never seen a black man. Now they say they see in him something equally rare - an honest politician.

 

Death toll from German music festival rises to 19

1. DUISBURG, Germany - The death toll rose to 19 on Sunday and police said that 342 had been injured in a panicked crush of partygoers in an overcrowded tunnel that served as the sole entrance to a German festival billed as the world's largest techno music party.

 

Khmer Rouge prison chief awaits verdict

1. PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A UN-backed war crimes tribunal was expected to issue a decision Monday in the trial of the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer and torturer - the first verdict involving a leader of the genocidal regime that created Cambodia's killing fields.

 

US aircraft carrier ups pressure on North Korea

1. ABOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON - A massive nuclear-powered US supercarrier began maneuvers Sunday with ally South Korea in a potent show of force that North Korea has threatened could lead to "sacred war."

 

15 killed in mass panic at Germany's Love Parade

1. BERLIN - A stampede inside a tunnel crowded with techno music fans crushed 15 people to death and injured dozens at Germany's famed Love Parade festival on Saturday.

 

Germany offers asylum to 50 Iranian dissidents

1. BERLIN - The German government says it is offering asylum to 50 Iranian dissidents who took part in the massive street protests that erupted after elections there last year.

 

4 US troops die in bomb blast in south Afghanistan

1. Four American service members were killed Saturday in a bombing in southern Afghanistan, where international forces are stepping up the fight against the Taliban, officials said.

 

US missiles kill 16 militants in NW Pakistan

1. Intelligence officials say US missiles have killed 16 suspected militants in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region.

 

NKorea warns of nuclear snap vs US-SKorea drills

1. North Korea inflamed tensions over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship by threatening the United States and South Korea on Saturday with "nuclear deterrence" if they carry out naval maneuvers this weekend.

 

NKorea tensions spike at Asian security forum

1. North Korea inflamed tensions over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship by threatening the United States and South Korea on Friday with a "physical response" if they carry out naval maneuvers this weekend. The US refused to back down.

 

Australia: We must charge polluters to cut carbon

1. CANBERRA, Australia - Australia won't be able to meet its targets for reducing carbon gas emissions without charging polluters, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Friday as she announced her government's climate change policy ahead of elections next month.

 

 

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