Aug 4, 2010
Aug 3, 2010
Vanuatu celebrates Independence 30th anniversary
Celebrations for the 30th anniversary of Vanuatu’s independence have started in Port-Vila.
July 30th is the day on which, in 1980, the former New Hebrides gained independence from Britain and France.
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45 die in revenge attacks in Pakistan's Karachi (AP)
- AP - Gunmen killed at least 45 people in Pakistan's largest city after the assassination of a prominent lawmaker set off a cycle of revenge attacks, officials said Tuesday. Dozens of vehicles and shops were set ablaze as security forces struggled to regain control of Karachi.
- On Gulf, crews hope kill attempt will do the trick (AP)
- Confirmation on track, Senate starts Kagan debate (AP)
- Powerful quake hits eastern Indonesia (AP)
- Protesters in Poland block cross from being moved (AP) AP - Protesters shouting "Defend the cross!" scuffled with police Tuesday but managed to prevent Polish officials from moving a cross erected outside the presidential palace in memory of the late President Lech Kaczynski.
- Pakistan's leader says world losing Afghan war (AP)
- Protests in England over tests for 11-year-olds (AP)
- Ex-top cop in SAfrica gets 15 years in prison (AP)
- Deadly flooding spreads to Pakistan's heartland (AP)
- Is the Middle East on the Brink of a New Regional War? (Time.com)
- Consumer spending and personal incomes both weak (AP)
- Company: At least 3 shot at Conn. beer distributor (AP)
Aug 2, 2010
Russian president declares emergency state in 7 regions engulfed by fires
People walk across Moscow's Red Square in heavy smog caused by peat fires in nearby forests August 2, 2010. Wildfires raged across the European parts of the vast country in the past few days, which has been sweltering since June in an unprecedented heat wave. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Floods, monsoon rains kill more than 1,400 in Pakistan
People push vehicles through the waterlogged street in northwest Pakistan's Risalpur on August 2, 2010. Continuing floods and monsoon rains have reportedly killed more than 1,400 people and marooned another 30,000 in three of the five provinces in Pakistan as of Sunday. (Xinhua/Umar Qayyum)
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