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• Pakistan, US check reports of Taliban chief death (AP)
• Clinton urged NKorea to free detained SKoreans (AP)
• U.S. looks to Vietnam scholar for tips on Afghan war (AP)
• Clinton vows new US support for Somalia (AP)
• Ferry sinks off Tonga; dozens missing, feared dead (AP)
• Swat Valley: Life Resumes After the Taliban (Time.com)
• Gucci sues credit processing companies for sales of fakes (Reuters)
• NKorea, Iran use similar script to get their way (AP)
• Ex-president urges end to Colombia-Venezuela fight (AP)
• Clinton to press S. Africa on Zimbabwe's Mugabe (Reuters)
• Adviser: US has 2 more tough years in Afghanistan (AP)
• GM dashes hopes for quick Opel deal with Magna (Reuters)
• Aussie koala that survived fires dies in surgery (AP)
• U.S. drops call to restore ousted Honduran leader (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Death sentence for Mumbai attackers – six years later (The Christian Science Monitor)
• In Africa, Can Hillary Clinton Be Obama's Substitute Preacher? (Time.com)
• Vaccine Campaign Launched in Sri Lanka Camps (OneWorld.net)

Pakistan, US check reports of Taliban chief death (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:10 PM PDT AP - U.S. and Pakistani authorities are investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in an American missile strike, officials from both countries said Friday. If confirmed, Mehsud's demise would be a major boost to Pakistani and U.S. efforts to eradicate the Taliban and al-Qaida.

Clinton urged NKorea to free detained SKoreans (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 02:47 PM PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton urged North Korea to free detained South Koreans and make progress on the issue of abducted Japanese citizens, South Korean and Japanese officials said Thursday.

U.S. looks to Vietnam scholar for tips on Afghan war (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 03:09 PM PDT AP - Top U.S. officials have reached out to a leading Vietnam war scholar to discuss the similarities of that conflict 40 years ago with American involvement in Afghanistan, where the U.S. is seeking ways to isolate an elusive guerrilla force and win over a skeptical local population.

Clinton vows new US support for Somalia (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:23 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday pledged to expand American support for Somalia's weak interim government and threatened sanctions against neighboring Eritrea for aiding an extremist group she says is trying to launch worldwide terrorist attacks from Somalia.

Ferry sinks off Tonga; dozens missing, feared dead (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 02:23 PM PDT AP - Giving women and children the comfort of cabins while men stayed on deck may have doomed them to be trapped inside an overnight ferry that capsized in heavy seas off Tonga, officials said. Dozens are missing and feared dead.

Swat Valley: Life Resumes After the Taliban (Time.com) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 02:45 PM PDT Time.com - Refugees from the fighting in Swat have begun to trickle home, pleased that the army has vanquished the militants -- but still fearful of a Taliban return

Gucci sues credit processing companies for sales of fakes (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - Gucci America sued several credit card processing companies for trademark infringement on Thursday on grounds those companies facilitated the sale of counterfeit Gucci bags on the Internet.

NKorea, Iran use similar script to get their way (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:19 PM PDT AP - The parallels between Iran and North Korea would seem to riff off the same West-rattling script: start a nuclear program, test some long-range missiles, demand international respect.

Ex-president urges end to Colombia-Venezuela fight (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:18 PM PDT AP - A former Colombian president sought to ease tensions between Caracas and Bogota on Thursday, but Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez said relations will remain rocky if the neighboring nation gives U.S. troops access to its bases.

Clinton to press S. Africa on Zimbabwe's Mugabe (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 03:05 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will push South Africa to use its influence with neighbor Zimbabwe, while also seeking closer ties with Pretoria after strained relations with the Bush administration.

Adviser: US has 2 more tough years in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:05 PM PDT AP - An incoming adviser to the top U.S. general in Afghanistan predicted Thursday that the United States will see about two more years of heavy fighting and then either hand off to a much improved Afghan fighting force or "lose and go home."

GM dashes hopes for quick Opel deal with Magna (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 08:51 AM PDT Reuters - General Motors on Thursday dashed hopes of members of the German government that a deal to sell its European operations to Canadian group Magna could be reached by the end of this week.

Aussie koala that survived fires dies in surgery (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 06:28 AM PDT AP - Sam the koala, who gained worldwide fame and sympathy when she was rescued during Australia's devastating wildfires this year, was euthanized Thursday after a veterinarian found the cysts that threatened her life were inoperable.

U.S. drops call to restore ousted Honduran leader (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 04:49 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The Obama administration has backed away from its call to restore ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to power and instead put the onus on him for taking "provocative actions" that polarized his country and led to his overthrow on June 28.

Death sentence for Mumbai attackers – six years later (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Before last year's shootout at its luxury hotels, before the attacks on rush-hour commuter trains, Mumbai lost 52 residents to a double bombing in 2003. On Thursday, nearly six years on, an Indian court sentenced to death three perpetrators in that attack.

In Africa, Can Hillary Clinton Be Obama's Substitute Preacher? (Time.com) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 02:45 PM PDT Time.com - On her mammoth tour of the continent, can the U.S. Secretary of State follow up favorite son Obama without sounding like a neocolonial scold?

Vaccine Campaign Launched in Sri Lanka Camps (OneWorld.net) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:44 PM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (OneWorld.net) - Aid workers have begun giving the measles vaccine to more than 36,000 young Sri Lankan children living in refugee camps, displaced by the long-running conflict between the government and rebel forces, which ended in May.

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