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• Pakistani flood survivors salvage little they have (AP)
• UAE: BlackBerry crackdown will affect visitors too (AP)
• Troops kill 7 protesters in Indian-ruled Kashmir (AP)
• Iraq's PM warns his critics want a weak leader (AP)
• Israeli about-face: agrees to UN probe of flotilla (AP)
• Has Russia's Heat Wave Changed Stance on Climate Change? (Time.com)
• Bad Russian wheat harvest boosts US farmers (AP)
• Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)
• US to reopen consulate in Mexican border city (AP)
• Nigerian leader threatens to keep troops out of UN missions (AFP)
• 10 Taliban taken off UN terror list (AFP)
• In Canada, money may matter for cancer survival (Reuters)
• Australian woman lodges 33 million dollar sex claim (AFP)
• As Pakistani government fails after flooding, Islamists fill void (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Nicolas Sarkozy to foreign-born French: Target police and lose your citizenship (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Struck Out by Béisbol (Time.com)
• Pakistanis Stranded on Rooftops (OneWorld.net)

Pakistani flood survivors salvage little they have (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:44 AM PDT AP - Relief efforts in Pakistan's flood-ravaged northwest picked up pace Monday, but survivors complained about government inaction — a worrying sign for authorities seeking public support for the fight against militants in the region.

UAE: BlackBerry crackdown will affect visitors too (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:29 PM PDT AP - The United Arab Emirates' looming crackdown on BlackBerry services will extend to foreign visitors, putting the government's concerns over the smart phones in direct conflict with the country's ambitions to be a business and tourism haven.

Troops kill 7 protesters in Indian-ruled Kashmir (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:20 PM PDT AP - Government troops fired live ammunition and tear gas into crowds of anti-India protesters Monday as tens of thousands of people demonstrated across Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said. Seven civilians were reported killed.

Iraq's PM warns his critics want a weak leader (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:46 PM PDT AP - Iraq's prime minister warned Monday that his critics want to install a weak leader that would leave the nation riven by sectarian divisions and prey to local warlords.

Israeli about-face: agrees to UN probe of flotilla (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:57 PM PDT AP - Israel agreed Monday to participate in a U.N. investigation of its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last spring, a surprising departure from its traditional distrust of the world body.

Has Russia's Heat Wave Changed Stance on Climate Change? (Time.com) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - Once highly skeptical of climate change, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says the extreme heat the nation is suffering is the result of global warming

Bad Russian wheat harvest boosts US farmers (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - A severe drought destroyed one-fifth of the wheat crop in Russia, one of the world's largest exporters, and now wildfires are sweeping in to finish off some of the fields that remained.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:21 PM PDT AP - October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

US to reopen consulate in Mexican border city (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:14 PM PDT AP - The U.S. consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez will reopen after closing for two working days for a review of security threats, officials said Monday.

Nigerian leader threatens to keep troops out of UN missions (AFP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:06 PM PDT AFP - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan threatened Monday to keep his nation's troops out of UN peacekeeping missions unless rules of engagement are changed to help prevent soldiers' deaths.

10 Taliban taken off UN terror list (AFP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:58 PM PDT AFP - A UN panel on Monday removed 10 Taliban along with 35 Al-Qaeda members and affiliates from its sanctions terror list after its first exhaustive review of 488 blacklisted names.

In Canada, money may matter for cancer survival (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:32 AM PDT Reuters - Despite Canada's universal healthcare system, poorer Canadians with cancer are more likely to die early than their wealthier peers, suggests a new study of almost 100,000 patients from Ontario.

Australian woman lodges 33 million dollar sex claim (AFP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:41 AM PDT AFP - A publicist Monday sued Australia's poshest department store and its former head for 33 million US dollars over alleged sexual misconduct that led to the disgraced chief executive's resignation.

As Pakistani government fails after flooding, Islamists fill void (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:16 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - NOWSHERA, Pakistan — Amid wide complaints about an inadequate government response, private charities, including some linked to Islamic extremists, are stepping in to help victims of the worst flooding in Pakistan in decades, which has claimed some 1,500 lives.

Nicolas Sarkozy to foreign-born French: Target police and lose your citizenship (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:46 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A sweeping and blunt proposal by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to strip French citizenship of persons of foreign origin who endanger police is bringing storms of protest by minority groups and the opposition who accuse the president of a new low in playing the race and ethnic card to appeal to the French far right.

Struck Out by Béisbol (Time.com) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - Baseball Dreams: Striking Out in the Dominican Republic

Pakistanis Stranded on Rooftops (OneWorld.net) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:30 AM PDT OneWorld.net - PESHAWAR, Aug 2 (IRIN) - With thousands of people still stranded on rooftops in the northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), there is mounting concern about disease outbreaks following the worst monsoon flooding in the area in decades.

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