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• Pakistan leader says militants could exploit flood (AP)
• US officials: Mideast talks may start soon (AP)
• UN seen meeting aid goal for flood-hit Pakistan (AP)
• NY mosque imam in Mideast for outreach tour (AP)
• Saudi judge considers paralysis punishment (AP)
• IDF on Facebook: Soldier-Prisoner Photos Embarrass Israel (Time.com)
• London warns Libya against feting Megrahi's release (AFP)
• Israel police detain fiery settler rabbi (AP)
• Calderon: Mexico should consider anonymous judges (AP)
• US senators renew call for full Lockerbie probe (AFP)
• Senator Kerry returns to Kabul for Karzai talks (Reuters)
• Economy shows new signs of slowing (Reuters)
• Australia government lose slim lead in election: poll (Reuters)
• Winning in Afghanistan may hinge on power of persuasion (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraq war: Last US combat brigade crosses into Kuwait (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Caribbean Drug Kingpin Turned Porn Star (Time.com)

Pakistan leader says militants could exploit flood (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:09 PM PDT AP - Islamist terrorists may exploit the chaos and misery caused by the floods in Pakistan to gain new recruits, the country's president warned Thursday — remarks echoed by a leading U.S. senator who said America would stand by its vital wartime ally during the crisis.

US officials: Mideast talks may start soon (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:55 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration said Thursday it is near to securing an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians to resume direct peace talks. Some U.S. officials said an announcement could be imminent.

UN seen meeting aid goal for flood-hit Pakistan (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:27 PM PDT AP - The United Nations appeared to have met its target of $460 million in immediate aid for flood-stricken Pakistan on Thursday after the U.S. and other nations significantly upped their pledges.

NY mosque imam in Mideast for outreach tour (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:07 PM PDT AP - The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the Manhattan site of the Sept. 11 attacks began a U.S.-funded outreach tour of the Middle East Thursday to talk about religious tolerance in America.

Saudi judge considers paralysis punishment (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:26 PM PDT AP - A Saudi judge has asked several hospitals in the country whether they could damage a man's spinal cord as punishment after he was convicted of attacking another man with a cleaver and paralyzing him, the brother of the victim said Thursday.

IDF on Facebook: Soldier-Prisoner Photos Embarrass Israel (Time.com) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT Time.com - Eden Aberjil thought her days with the IDF were the time of her life -- a feeling not shared by those worried about Israel's image in the world today

London warns Libya against feting Megrahi's release (AFP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:25 PM PDT AFP - London warned Libya that any celebrations to mark the one-year anniversary Friday of the Lockerbie bomber's release would be "tasteless, offensive and deeply insensitive".

Israel police detain fiery settler rabbi (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 11:38 AM PDT AP - Police say they have detained a West Bank settler rabbi over a contentious religious book that discusses when it is permissible for Jews to kill non-Jews.

Calderon: Mexico should consider anonymous judges (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:56 PM PDT AP - President Felipe Calderon said Mexico should consider appointing anonymous judges for drug trafficking trials, an unexpected proposal that he acknowledged contradicts the country's efforts to build a more open judicial system.

US senators renew call for full Lockerbie probe (AFP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:14 PM PDT AFP - The British and Scottish governments must back a new independent investigation into the decision to free the Lockerbie bomber one year ago, four US senators angry over the release said Thursday.

Senator Kerry returns to Kabul for Karzai talks (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:35 PM PDT Reuters - Influential U.S. Senator John Kerry returned abruptly to Afghanistan on Thursday to see President Hamid Karzai, seeking to press him over a four-month deadline for private security contractors to be disbanded.

Economy shows new signs of slowing (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:16 PM PDT Reuters - Worse than foreseen wholesale trade and leading indicator figures on Thursday added to worries that Canada's economy is slowing, pressured by weakness in the housing sector.

Australia government lose slim lead in election: poll (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - Australia's Labor government has lost its lead and is now tied for support with the conservative opposition a day ahead of the country's general election, a newspaper poll showed on Friday.

Winning in Afghanistan may hinge on power of persuasion (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:54 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BABUR, Afghanistan — The American Army had arrived. Taliban fighters had been pushed on the defensive with surprising ease. With U.S. attack helicopters zipping by overhead, Babur elders gathered alongside swaths of red grapes drying in the southern Afghanistan dirt to hear from the new village rulers.

Iraq war: Last US combat brigade crosses into Kuwait (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 08:58 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The last US combat brigade crossed into Kuwait Thursday morning after a series of night maneuvers through the desert, marking a new chapter in the seven-year-conflict in which the struggle for political power has replaced direct combat.

The Caribbean Drug Kingpin Turned Porn Star (Time.com) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:05 PM PDT Time.com - The capture of JosÉ Figueroa-Agosto marks the fall of one of the region's most flamboyant narcotraffickers. The pornography is extra

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