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• 152 die as plane crashes in rainy Pakistan hills (AP)
• BP's waning Britishness causes few ripples in UK (AP)
• Rare 3D film shows Warsaw devastated after WWII (AP)
• Worst floods in a decade in China, 30,000 trapped (AP)
• Sarkozy orders illegal Roma immigrants expelled (AP)
• Burma's Than Shwe Visits India to Talk Energy, Security (Time.com)
• Cameron lost hope of taking power during post-poll talks (AFP)
• Egypt: US assurances may boost direct peace talks (AP)
• Parents mourn 2 boys killed by storm in Haiti camp (AP)
• Ulster-bound rugby player Pienaar agrees Sharks release (AFP)
• Men in burqas hide in east Afghanistan: US general (AFP)
• Japan wants US Marines to move to Guam (AFP)
• 2 Americans among 152 dead in Pakistan plane crash (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Catalonia Bullfighting Ban: Divisive Vote Stirs Politics (Time.com)

152 die as plane crashes in rainy Pakistan hills (AP) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:34 PM PDT AP - A passenger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan's capital Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board and scattering body parts and twisted metal far and wide.

BP's waning Britishness causes few ripples in UK (AP) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 11:57 AM PDT AP - Its chairman is Swedish, a growing chunk of its revenue comes from Russia and its incoming chief executive speaks with an American accent. So goes the Britishness in the company once known as British Petroleum.

Rare 3D film shows Warsaw devastated after WWII (AP) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 11:29 AM PDT AP - The plane slowly descends from white clouds and sweeps over a panorama of a city destroyed by the Nazis: the skeletons of bombed bridges jutting from a quiet river, the empty walls of burned-out houses, the Jewish ghetto totally flattened.

Worst floods in a decade in China, 30,000 trapped (AP) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 08:15 AM PDT AP - Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power Wednesday, as the worst flooding in more than a decade continued to besiege many areas of the country.

Sarkozy orders illegal Roma immigrants expelled (AP) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 01:27 PM PDT AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered authorities to expel Gypsy illegal immigrants and dismantle their camps, amid accusations that his government is acting racist in its treatment of the group known as Roma.

Burma's Than Shwe Visits India to Talk Energy, Security (Time.com) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 02:40 PM PDT Time.com - General Than Shwe, leader of the junta that has ruled Burma since 1988, arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a five-day state visit to discuss energy and insurgents

Cameron lost hope of taking power during post-poll talks (AFP) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:51 PM PDT AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed he lost all hope of ousting Gordon Brown in May's general election just 24 hours before taking power, in a documentary broadcast Thursday.

Egypt: US assurances may boost direct peace talks (AP) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 01:56 PM PDT AP - Egypt said Wednesday it has received U.S. assurances that may help in restarting direct peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel.

Parents mourn 2 boys killed by storm in Haiti camp (AP) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT AP - Distraught parents mourned the loss of two children in a camp for Haitian earthquake survivors Wednesday, a day after rains caused a wall to collapse on top of a row of tarp homes.

Ulster-bound rugby player Pienaar agrees Sharks release (AFP) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 01:46 PM PDT AFP - South Africa fly-half Ruan Pienaar has agreed his release from Natal Sharks and will join Ulster at the start of September, it was announced on Wednesday.

Men in burqas hide in east Afghanistan: US general (AFP) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 03:39 PM PDT AFP - Male insurgents are hiding among villagers in eastern Afghanistan dressed in burqas in an attempt to avoid detection, the US regional military commander said Wednesday.

Japan wants US Marines to move to Guam (AFP) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 07:35 AM PDT AFP - Japan's government said Wednesday it had no plan to delay transferring some 8,000 US marines based on the southern island of Okinawa to the US Pacific territory of Guam by 2014.

2 Americans among 152 dead in Pakistan plane crash (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 07:48 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD — Two Americans were among the 152 passengers and crew members who died Wednesday when an Airbus A321 operated by a private Pakistani carrier crashed amid heavy rain into the hills that surround the capital of Islamabad. It was the worst air crash in Pakistani aviation history.

Catalonia Bullfighting Ban: Divisive Vote Stirs Politics (Time.com) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 01:40 PM PDT Time.com - Catalonia is the first region in mainland Spain to ban bullfighting, but opposition parties accuse Catalan politicians of using the vote to push a nationalist agenda

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