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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Philip Arnold, squadron leader of the California Army National Guard?s 40th Infantry Division?s Agribusiness Development Team (ADT) Security Forces Platoon, guides vehicles in the Marawara district days after a U.S. offensive against Taliban and al Qaeda forces in Kunar province, Afghanistan, July 1, 2010.

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The New York Times
Taliban Exploit Openings in Neglected Province
| PUL-I-KUMRI, Afghanistan — Almost unnoticed, this strategic northern province is slipping away from government control. Multimedia Slide Show Taliban Make Inroads in Strategic Province Eros Ho... (photo: USAF / Senior Airman Nathan Lipscomb)

Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, receives King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, left, on his arrival at al-Shaab presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, July 29, 2010.

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BBC News
Syrian and Saudi leaders visit Beirut to defuse tension
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia are set to pay a joint visit to Lebanon. | It is the first visit to the country by Mr Assad since 2005, when Syria was forced to with... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)

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 Fossae. | Their work has reveal... (photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona)
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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 of alleged support in Pakista... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
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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)
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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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In this photo released by the Emirates News Agency (WAM), The 'M. Star' oil supertanker anchors offshore Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates Thursday, July 29, 2010.

The New York Times
Questions Swirl About Damaged Japanese Tanker
| Shipping officials said Thursday that they were examining the hull of a Japanese oil tanker that was mysteriously damaged this week as it traversed a strategically vita... (photo: AP / Emirates News Agency)
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** FILE ** In this May 9, 2008 file photo, a pedestrian walks past the Citigroup Center building in New York.

The New York Times
Citigroup Said to Pay $75 Million in Subprime Case
| Citigroup has agreed to pay $75 million to settle federal claims that it failed to disclose vast holdings of subprime mortgage investments that crippled the bank during... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer, file)
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Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors at the site of plane crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010.

Khaleej Times
Investigators seek clues to Pakistan air crash
ISLAMABAD ' Pakistan on Thursday observed a day of mourning for the 152 people killed in the country's worst aviation disaster, as rescue workers searched for the aircraf... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad)
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A boy comforts a woman at a local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official says all the people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed.

Al Jazeera
Pakistan mourns jet crash dead
| Pakistan has declared a day of mourning for the 152 people killed in the country's worst ever aviation disaster. | The government has said all possible causes of the cr... (photo: AP / K.M.Chaudary)
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A striking fuel-tanker driver mans a picket line set up on a highway near Athens, on Tuesday, July 27, 2010.

BBC News
Greece orders striking lorry drivers back to work
The Greek government has used a rare emergency order to force lorry drivers back to work after a three-day strike. | The drivers have until later on Thursday to return to... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris)
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Animal rights activists hold banners against bullfights as they celebrate Catalonia's parliament decision to ban bullfights on their northeastern region, in Madrid, Wednesday, July 28, 2010.

BBC News
Catalonia's bullfight ban provokes emotional response
The Catalan parliament voted to ban bullfighting in an emotional session packed full of deputies, activists and observers, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Barcelona. | ... (photo: AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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	China flood death toll nears 1,000 Al Jazeera

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With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010.

US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks with media during his press conference at the presidency in Tehran, Iran

Ahmadinejad makes a call to arms

In this July 7, 2008 photo, an investor looks at a stock price board at a private securities' company in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell sharply Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, on heavy selling of airlines and other market heavyweights, as investors and analysts puzzled over why expectations of a rally linked to the Beijing Olympic games never materialized. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 4.5 percent, or 122.81 points, to 2,605.16. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second market dropped 5.6 percent to 74

Asia nudges ahead

The Unraveling The New York Times
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep Asia Times
Ahmadinejad makes a call to arms Asia Times
Asia nudges ahead Asia Times
No homes in imminent danger from SoCal wildfire The Guardian
Why the Patriots second-year (potential) stars aren't se Boston Herald
Venice film festival: Coppola, Schnabel and Gallo confirmed The Guardian
Copter crash 'accident' killed Brit The Guardian
3 more US troops die in southern Afghanistan The Guardian
Texas mom in starving case changes plea to guilty The Guardian
July the deadliest month of Afghan war for US The Guardian
Firefighters attack river of flame northeast of LA The Guardian
Wreckage of medical plane found in Lake Michigan The Guardian
Top Court Rejects Canadian Serial Killer's Appeal The New York Times
Job and Cost Cuts Sends AEP Profits Down 57 Pct The New York Times
Copter crash 'accident' killed Brit Channel 4
Kerry charts course for damage control Boston Herald
Geingob to Lead Agoa Forum Delegation All Africa
Gunman subdued after storming Children's Hospital San Fransisco Chronicle
Redskins sign top pick Williams to long-term deal The Guardian

In this photo taken Sunday Sept. 27, 2009, Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi delivers his speech as he attends a meeting in Milan, Italy.

Berlusconi Splits With a Coalition Ally

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010.

Chavez seeks legitimisation

Specialist Patrick Murphy, left, directs trading in Citibank at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday afternoon Sept. 29, 2008.

Wall Street Slips After U.S. Data on Growth

Suspicious Envelope Received at U.S. Embassy in Paris The New York Times
Berlusconi Splits With a Coalition Ally The New York Times
Chavez seeks legitimisation Gulf News
Wall Street Slips After U.S. Data on Growth The New York Times
An Italian Villa of Treasures Opens Its Doors The New York Times
Greece and the Power of Negative Thinking The New York Times
China finds a friend in Germany Asia Times
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep Asia Times
Unholy trinity sets up bank failures Asia Times
A Persian message for Obama Asia Times
US wants missile defense center in Czech Republic Khaleej Times
Greece rejects EU request to sell PPC power plants The Guardian
CÃ©cile Aubry obituary The Guardian
Paris police: Tear gas in letter for US Embassy The Guardian
Irish Find Remains of IRA Victim Missing Since '81 The New York Times
In pictures: Russia fires BBC News
Sarkozy crackdown on foreign-born criminals BBC News
Profile: Dominique Cottrez BBC News
Girl, 9, from Wales, dies in rafting accident in Turkey BBC News
Poland delays deficit cut, eyes VAT hike, selloffs The Guardian

Chinese paramilitary police patrol near a mosque closed to Friday prayers in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Friday, July 10, 2009.

China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites

Pakistani rescue workers take a break as they search for evidence and victims at the site of Wednesday's deadly plane crash, in the mountains surrounding Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010.

Search Resumes After Pakistan Plane Crash

An Afghan man holding his son, both injured slightly in a suicide car bomb attack on an Italian military convoy, walks away from the site in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.

For Afghans, the situation is not getting any better

China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites The New York Times
Search Resumes After Pakistan Plane Crash The New York Times
Chequered diplomacy Gulf News
For Afghans, the situation is not getting any better Gulf News
There's not much new in this material Gulf News
India's communists should think again Gulf News
India runs the risk of embarrassment Gulf News
The Unraveling The New York Times
The end of (military) history Asia Times
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep Asia Times
The (war) games go on Asia Times
Gaming gamble for Google Asia Times
Asia nudges ahead Asia Times
A Persian message for Obama Asia Times
Dollar touches 8-month low versus Japanese yen The Guardian
Rebellin loses appeal over Beijing positive test The Guardian
Wikileaks: White House implores Assange to desist, but why The Guardian
I.M.F. Urges Changes From China The New York Times
Minority Islamic Sect Under Fire in Indonesia The New York Times
Floods Kill at Least 430 in Pakistan The New York Times

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, center, receives Saudi King Abdullah, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, upon their arrival at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 30, 2010.

Syrian and Saudi Leaders in Lebanon for Talks

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks with media during his press conference at the presidency in Tehran, Iran

Ahmadinejad makes a call to arms

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

Hezbollah sees plot behind Hariri tribunal

Hamas should not add to Palestinian suffering Gulf News
Do Iraq's politicians believe in Iraq? Gulf News
Syrian and Saudi Leaders in Lebanon for Talks The New York Times
Ahmadinejad makes a call to arms Asia Times
Hezbollah sees plot behind Hariri tribunal Asia Times
A Persian message for Obama Asia Times
Iran Aims for Space, U.S. Aims for War WorldNews.com
Lebanese urged to avoid violence Khaleej Times
Syrian, Saudi leaders tackle tension in Lebanon Khaleej Times
Minority Islamic Sect Under Fire in Indonesia The New York Times
Knicks' Stoudemire in Israel to Trace Hebrew Roots The New York Times
Regional leaders in Lebanon talks Al Jazeera
Syria and Saudi leaders arrive in Beirut BBC News
Girl, 9, from Wales, dies in rafting accident in Turkey BBC News
Iraq inquiry: Prescott brings curtain down in style BBC News
Syrian president, Saudi king urge Lebanese to avoid violence Gulf News
China says it opposes EU sanctions against Iran Gulf News
Two British women killed in Jordan bus crash The Independent
Saudi, Syrian leaders make rare visit to Lebanon The Guardian
Israel free paper wins top spot The Guardian

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010.

Chavez seeks legitimisation

Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil gets ready for the second practice at the Hungaroring circuit outside Budapest, Hungary, Friday, July 30, 2010,. The circuit will host the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010.

Massa Returns to Budapest Under a Cloud

President Barack Obama listens while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington.

A Persian message for Obama

Chavez seeks legitimisation Gulf News
Massa Returns to Budapest Under a Cloud The New York Times
The Merry-Go-Round of Coaching Despair The New York Times
A Persian message for Obama Asia Times
Baked Large Limas With Spinach and Feta The New York Times
Brazil's sex tourism boom BBC News
Brazil to invest $18.7 bln in World Cup infrastructure China Daily
Lula da Silva backs new Brazil coach China Daily
Brazilian Delegation for WIDF Conference Jets in Luanda All Africa
Anglo Faces R3,7 Billion in Overruns at Brazil Mine All Africa
Market Safe - Brazilian Businessman All Africa
Anglo warns on Brazil project, reinstates dividend The Guardian
Farc slams Colombian government Al Jazeera
Ferrari have no number two, says Massa NZ Herald
Nomad Tribe Emerges From Forest To Prove It Exists Scoop
Venezuela, China discuss new co-op agreements China Daily
China to help Venezuela build 3 power stations China Daily
Colombia Can Win Mexico's Drug War The New York Times
Access to clean water is 'human right', says UN The Independent
City may leave £32.5m Robinho out of squad The Independent

An unidentified man stands near a gas flare belonging to the Agip Oil company in Idu Ogba, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. OPEC and the European Union agreed in Vienna Wednesday to maintain a close "energy dialogue," stressing the importance of working together to help stabilize and secure the world's oil markets. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's oil minister and president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met with Martin Bartenstein, the energy minister of Austria, which holds the EU's rotating presidency. In a statement, the EU presidency said both reaffirmed the need to stay in close touch on energy issues.

Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth

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-Shabab threatens AU peacekeepers

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, right talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after his arrival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. Egyptian officials said President Mubarak will brief King Abdullah on the Egyptian efforts to convince Hamas to accept an immediate cease-fire with Is

King Abdullah kicks off Arab tour in Egypt

Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth The New York Times
Women's Progress in Egypt The New York Times
COTE D'IVOIRE: Yellow fever, dengue kill at least three IRINnews
Uganda Court Charges 3 Men Over Deadly Blasts The New York Times
Three Kenyan men charged with Uganda bomb attacks BBC News
Syrian president, Saudi king urge Lebanese to avoid violence Gulf News
China says it opposes EU sanctions against Iran Gulf News
Kenya's Rudisha roars to fastest 800m on home soil The Guardian
Muslim court clause brings spotlight in Kenya vote The Guardian
Muslim Court Clause Brings Spotlight in Kenya Vote The New York Times
Economic Vision Renewal All Africa
Villagers Urged to Use Multimedia Centres for Economic Benef All Africa
Union to Hold Fourth Congress in September All Africa
Ruto Set for Marathon No Rallies in Eastern All Africa
JKT Mbweni Reign Supreme in Netball Championship All Africa
Government Tabled Revised Offer to Public Servants All Africa
TNBC to Promote Kilimo Kwanza at Nane Nane Show All Africa
'Yes' Commands 68 Percent Referendum Vote- Poll All Africa
Kibaki Declares Referendum Holiday All Africa
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