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• Historian doubts Demjanjuk's wartime account (AP)
• Flare-up over tree accents Israel-Lebanon tension (AP)
• Pakistani school seeks to turn boys from Taliban (AP)
• Heat, smoke and worry cloak Moscow (AP)
• Kenya sees big turnout in vote on new constitution (AP)
• Why Digicel Has Donated More Money for Haiti (Time.com)
• Police launch probe after children die in flat blast (AFP)
• US-Egyptian dissident returns to Egypt (AP)
• Ex-premier could outstrip Wyclef in Haiti election (AP)
• Magnitude 7 quake shakes Papua New Guinea (AP)
• Toyota posts $2.2 bln profit as car sales recover (AP)
• New Zealand to name ridge for Everest conqueror (AP)
• Israel threatens to retaliate against attacks on three fronts (McClatchy Newspapers)
• UAE's BlackBerry ban: Why is Canada silent? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• UAE, Saudi Arabia BlackBerry Ban: Problems for Business (Time.com)

Historian doubts Demjanjuk's wartime account (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:13 PM PDT AP - A U.S. military historian on Wednesday testified in the trial of the retired Ohio autoworker accused of being a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp and expressed doubt about John Demjanjuk's account of his whereabouts in the last years of World War II.

Flare-up over tree accents Israel-Lebanon tension (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:28 PM PDT AP - It took no more than cutting down a tree to shatter four years of calm on the Israel-Lebanon border.

Pakistani school seeks to turn boys from Taliban (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:17 AM PDT AP - The painting is disturbing: raindrops shaped like bullets and branches intended to look like blood-soaked necks. The artist was a boy recruited by the Taliban to help kill Pakistani soldiers.

Heat, smoke and worry cloak Moscow (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:50 AM PDT AP - As Moscow's record heatwave began, I threw open all the screenless windows in my apartment, hoping for some breeze — but mostly what I got was visits from bugs and, briefly, an inquisitive crow.

Kenya sees big turnout in vote on new constitution (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 02:06 PM PDT AP - Enthusiastic voters, many wrapped in colorful traditional blankets, waited for hours Wednesday to cast ballots on a new constitution that could spell a new era for Kenya — curtailing the president's enormous powers and giving citizens a bill of rights.

Why Digicel Has Donated More Money for Haiti (Time.com) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:45 PM PDT Time.com - Answering the Call: Haiti's New Entrepreneurs

Police launch probe after children die in flat blast (AFP) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 03:15 PM PDT AFP - Police launched a criminal investigation on Wednesday into the deaths of three young children in an explosion at a block of flats in Edinburgh.

US-Egyptian dissident returns to Egypt (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 01:51 PM PDT AP - An Egyptian-American academic and vocal government critic returned to Egypt late Wednesday for his first visit after a three year exile despite outstanding complaints filed against him for damaging Egyptian interests.

Ex-premier could outstrip Wyclef in Haiti election (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 02:36 PM PDT AP - Another potential powerhouse emerged Wednesday in the race for Haiti's presidency as the ruling party nominated ousted ex-Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis to lead the earthquake-ravaged nation.

Magnitude 7 quake shakes Papua New Guinea (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:19 PM PDT AP - A magnitude 7 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea on Thursday, U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no risk of a significant tsunami in the South Pacific's most populous island nation.

Toyota posts $2.2 bln profit as car sales recover (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:12 PM PDT AP - Toyota reported a quarterly profit of $2.2 billion, reversing from red ink a year earlier as the world's top automaker benefited from a global sales recovery that offset lingering doubts about the safety of its cars.

New Zealand to name ridge for Everest conqueror (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 03:44 PM PDT AP - New Zealand authorities are proposing renaming a ridge on the nation's highest mountain to honor Mount Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary,

Israel threatens to retaliate against attacks on three fronts (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:01 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — Violence this week on Israel's northern and southern borders has escalated tensions and raised the prospect of further clashes this summer, Israeli military experts said Wednesday.

UAE's BlackBerry ban: Why is Canada silent? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:16 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The UAE’s proposed BlackBerry ban is sparking numerous statements of support for the phone’s Canada-based maker Research in Motion (RIM), except from the one entity expected to be the first to speak up: the Canadian government.

UAE, Saudi Arabia BlackBerry Ban: Problems for Business (Time.com) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:45 PM PDT Time.com - At issue is the BlackBerry's encryption system: the U.A.E. wants it to be more open, but that would compromise the security that businesses want

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