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• Typhoon pummels China, forcing nearly 1M to flee (AP)
• Briton in Iraqi custody after contractor killings (AP)
• Iran judiciary looks to calm prison abuse outrage (AP)
• Clinton presses Angola to sweeten trade ties (AP)
• US, Pakistan increasingly believe Mehsud dead (AP)
• On Obama's Mexico Agenda: Stopping the Guns from El Norte (Time.com)
• Leading retailers threaten Australian wool boycott (AFP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,331 (AP)
• Chavez urges military to be prepared for conflict (AP)
• Clinton nudges oil producer Angola on democracy (AFP)
• Focus on Xie and Nehwal at badminton Worlds (AFP)
• Australia considers mass killings of camels (AP)
• Effort to end Honduras crisis dodges a roadblock (McClatchy Newspapers)
• China on offensive as US weighs tire import curb (The Christian Science Monitor)
• A Visit to India's First Wal-Mart (a.k.a. Best Price) (Time.com)

Typhoon pummels China, forcing nearly 1M to flee (AP) Posted: 09 Aug 2009 06:18 PM PDT AP - A typhoon pummeled China's eastern coast Sunday, toppling houses, flooding villages and forcing nearly a million people to flee to safety. Officials rode bicycles to distribute food to residents trapped by rising waters.

Briton in Iraqi custody after contractor killings (AP) Posted: 09 Aug 2009 02:32 PM PDT AP - Iraqi authorities arrested a British contractor Sunday over the shooting deaths of two co-workers in Baghdad's protected Green Zone. The suspected gunman could be the first Westerner to face an Iraqi trial on murder charges since a security pact lifted the immunity that had been enjoyed by foreign contractors for most of the war.

Iran judiciary looks to calm prison abuse outrage (AP) Posted: 09 Aug 2009 06:19 PM PDT AP - Police and judiciary officials sought on Sunday to calm public outrage in Iran over the deaths of detained protesters in prison, acknowledging abuses and calling for those responsible to be punished.

Clinton presses Angola to sweeten trade ties (AP) Posted: 09 Aug 2009 12:41 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, bringing her democracy and development tour of Africa to oil-rich Angola on Sunday, encouraged the war-ravaged country to continue reforms and pledged to boost trade ties with a major energy producer.

US, Pakistan increasingly believe Mehsud dead (AP) Posted: 09 Aug 2009 03:10 PM PDT AP - The U.S. and Pakistan are almost certain a U.S. missile strike killed the head of Pakistan's Taliban and that his death led to a fierce power struggle among his deputies, officials said Sunday, despite claims and counterclaims as to the fate of the country's most wanted man.

On Obama's Mexico Agenda: Stopping the Guns from El Norte (Time.com) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 10:40 PM PDT Time.com - The U.S. and Mexican Presidents will look at why efforts to stem the southbound gun trade are not bearing fruit

Leading retailers threaten Australian wool boycott (AFP) Posted: 09 Aug 2009 06:11 PM PDT AFP - Leading fashion retailers are threatening to boycott Australian wool after farmers said they would continue sheep mulesing, cutting of the hide to prevent disease, a report said on Monday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,331 (AP) Posted: 09 Aug 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - As of Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009, at least 4,331 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Chavez urges military to be prepared for conflict (AP) Posted: 09 Aug 2009 06:19 PM PDT AP - President Hugo Chavez told his military on Sunday to be prepared for a possible confrontation with Colombia, warning that Bogota's plans to increase the U.S. military presence at its bases poses a threat to Venezuela.

Clinton nudges oil producer Angola on democracy (AFP) Posted: 09 Aug 2009 02:10 PM PDT AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday urged Angola's longtime leader to hold elections, standing firm on promoting democracy in the southwest African nation whose oil is coveted worldwide.

Focus on Xie and Nehwal at badminton Worlds (AFP) Posted: 09 Aug 2009 06:32 PM PDT AFP - China's Xie Xingfang is aiming for a record third women's singles title at the world badminton championships starting on Monday but will share the limelight with India's Saina Nehwal.

Australia considers mass killings of camels (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 07:48 PM PDT AP - Thousands of camels in Australia's remote Outback could be killed by marksmen in helicopters under a government proposal aimed at cutting down the population of the havoc-wreaking creatures.

Effort to end Honduras crisis dodges a roadblock (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 09 Aug 2009 05:59 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The de facto government of Honduras Sunday canceled and then rescheduled a trip by foreign envoys who're seeking to resolve a six-week-old political crisis caused by the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya.

China on offensive as US weighs tire import curb (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - China's tire producers are pushing back against a US threat to curb imports in the latest sign of China's increasing assertiveness on global trade.

A Visit to India's First Wal-Mart (a.k.a. Best Price) (Time.com) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 10:40 PM PDT Time.com - The American retailer from Arkansas opens a joint venture in the sacred Sikh city of Amritsar, a first step into what it hopes will be a lucrative adventure

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