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• Basra blasts kill 20 Iraqis, wound scores (AP)
• Santos becomes Colombia's 59th president (AP)
• Teams suspend hunt for 34 trapped in Chilean mine (AP)
• Pakistan president heckled at UK political rally (AP)
• Who is the New Guerilla Group Threatening Chaos in Greece? (Time.com)
• Michelle Obama visits Spanish city of Ronda (AP)
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• Fanfare, intrigue at sign ups for Haiti election (AP)
• West African states discuss Al-Qaeda fight (AFP)
• Cahill plans to banish World Cup woes (AFP)
• Chretien in successful brain surgery (Reuters)
• Australian PM meets ousted rival; poll predicts loss (Reuters)
• Khadr trial will be a window into America's war on terror (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Afghanistan war: Deadly ambush of medical mission roils one of safest provinces (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Fidel in Fatigues: Castro Returns to the Podium (Time.com)

Basra blasts kill 20 Iraqis, wound scores (AP) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 04:59 PM PDT AP - Explosions killed at least 20 people and wounded as many as 100 Saturday night at a downtown market in Iraq's second-largest city, a senior official said, coming at the end of a violent day that also saw the slaying of seven policemen around the country.

Santos becomes Colombia's 59th president (AP) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 03:57 PM PDT AP - Juan Manuel Santos, sworn in Saturday as Colombia's 59th president, vowed to cement security gains but declared himself open to dialogue with rebels in hopes of ending the Western Hemisphere's only armed conflict.

Teams suspend hunt for 34 trapped in Chilean mine (AP) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 03:22 PM PDT AP - Search groups suspended their hunt for 34 workers trapped inside a gold and copper mine in northern Chile after a new collapse Saturday put the searchers lives in danger, authorities said.

Pakistan president heckled at UK political rally (AP) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 12:29 PM PDT AP - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari wrapped up his to Britain by addressing a political rally Saturday, facing criticism and protesters for touring overseas as floods killed more than 1,500 people in his country.

Who is the New Guerilla Group Threatening Chaos in Greece? (Time.com) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 01:15 AM PDT Time.com - Since it emerged early last year, the deadly Greek terrorist group Sect of Revolutionaries has been targeting journalists and police. Now it says it will turn the country into a "war zone" to scare away tourists and keep the country's economy hurting

Michelle Obama visits Spanish city of Ronda (AP) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 06:03 PM PDT AP - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha on Saturday visited the picturesque southern city of Ronda, once a favorite haunt of actor-director Orson Welles and author Ernest Hemingway.

(AP) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 11:50 AM PDT AP - Health officials say blasts at a market in Iraq's second-largest city kill 10 people, wound 35.

Fanfare, intrigue at sign ups for Haiti election (AP) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:53 PM PDT AP - Last-minute political intrigue matched the ruckus outside Haiti's election headquarters Saturday as candidate registration for the post-earthquake presidential race rollicked to a close.

West African states discuss Al-Qaeda fight (AFP) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 11:57 AM PDT AFP - Intelligence officials from six West African countries gathered in the Malian capital to discuss the fight against Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), according to intelligence sources.

Cahill plans to banish World Cup woes (AFP) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:43 PM PDT AFP - Australia midfielder Tim Cahill will try to erase his bitter World Cup memories by leading Everton's bid to break into the Premier League's top-four.

Chretien in successful brain surgery (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 11:27 AM PDT Reuters - Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, who led the country from 1993 to 2003, had emergency brain surgery in Montreal on Friday but was expected to be released from hospital in a few days.

Australian PM meets ousted rival; poll predicts loss (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 01:59 AM PDT Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard met ousted predecessor Kevin Rudd on Saturday to bolster a flagging campaign as a new poll predicted she would lose a general election in two weeks' time.

Khadr trial will be a window into America's war on terror (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 01:45 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — Across his eight years in U.S. custody, Americans have seen Canadian Omar Khadr grow from a child found near dead in a war zone in Afghanistan to a brooding, weeping teenager and more recently a defiant young man spurning a guilty plea deal at Guantanamo.

Afghanistan war: Deadly ambush of medical mission roils one of safest provinces (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 06:54 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In one of Afghanistan's safest provinces, 10 members of a medical mission - including six Americans - were killed by militants. The attack highlights the trouble coalition forces have had containing the reach of insurgent activity in the Afghanistan war.

Fidel in Fatigues: Castro Returns to the Podium (Time.com) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 01:15 AM PDT Time.com - Cuba's former leader addressed its National Assembly in a rare public appearance that analysts say is a bid to bolster the Communist party faithful amid challenging times

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