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• NATO helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, killing 38 (Reuters)
• Quarter-million Israelis march for economic reform (Reuters)
• Saleh to leave hospital, fighting flares in Sanaa (Reuters)
• Somali government declares Islamist rebellion defeated (Reuters)
• Far-Right Ideologues Must Take Responsibility for the Islamophobia (Time.com)
• Blazes, looting in London riot (AFP)
• 270,000 attend Israel's biggest pocketbook protest (AP)
• Mexican villagers attack alleged crooks, killing 6 (AP)
• Sudan accuses US of distorting and damaging image (AFP)
• Copter shot down, killing 30 US troops, 7 Afghans (AP)
• Australia firm on Malaysia refugee deal (AFP)
• Five myths about Africa (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Post-Petraeus Afghanistan: Turning Defeat into Transition (Time.com)
• Helicopter crash kills dozens in Afghanistan: implications for US war effort? (The Christian Science Monitor)

NATO helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, killing 38 (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:08 PM PDT Reuters - A NATO helicopter crashed during a battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan, killing 30 U.S. soldiers, an interpreter and seven Afghans, the Afghan president said on Saturday, the deadliest single incident for foreign troops in 10 years of war.

Quarter-million Israelis march for economic reform (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2011 01:27 PM PDT Reuters - A quarter-million Israelis marched on Saturday for lower living costs in an escalating protest that has catapulted the economy onto the political agenda and put pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Saleh to leave hospital, fighting flares in Sanaa (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2011 02:31 PM PDT Reuters - Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh will leave hospital soon, a government source said on Saturday, as clashes between his loyalists and opponents flared in the capital he left when protests against his rule turned into open warfare.

Somali government declares Islamist rebellion defeated (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:41 AM PDT Reuters - Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said on Saturday his military had defeated Islamist rebels battling to overthrow his Western-backed government after the al Shabaab group began withdrawing fighters from the capital Mogadishu.

Far-Right Ideologues Must Take Responsibility for the Islamophobia (Time.com) Posted: 06 Aug 2011 02:50 AM PDT Time.com - Viewpoint: Far-Right Ideologues Must Take Responsibility for Islamophobia

Blazes, looting in London riot (AFP) Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:30 PM PDT AFP - Rioters went on the rampage in north London on Saturday, torching police cars, a bus and a shop amid widespread looting following a protest over the fatal shooting of a man by armed officers.

270,000 attend Israel's biggest pocketbook protest (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2011 02:12 PM PDT AP - At least a quarter of a million Israelis, fed up with the mounting cost of living, poured into the streets of the country's major cities Saturday night to demand that their leaders address their plight — and proving by their tremendous numbers that they will not go away.

Mexican villagers attack alleged crooks, killing 6 (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:20 PM PDT AP - Mexican authorities say dozens of armed villagers in southern Mexico confronted a suspected crime gang in their home and a child, a woman and four men were killed in the resulting gunbattle.

Sudan accuses US of distorting and damaging image (AFP) Posted: 06 Aug 2011 01:24 PM PDT AFP - Sudan on Saturday strongly criticised the United States for intentionally distorting and damaging the country's image, and urged the US State Department not to be a "tool of war."

Copter shot down, killing 30 US troops, 7 Afghans (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:29 PM PDT AP - Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan commandos, U.S. officials said Saturday. It was the deadliest single loss for American forces in the decade-old war.

Australia firm on Malaysia refugee deal (AFP) Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:53 AM PDT AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Saturday that reports of a hunger strike among Malaysia-bound asylum seekers would not deter her from the controversial refugee swap plan.

Five myths about Africa (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Here we were, stuck axle-deep on a muddy road in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a very impressive midafternoon rainstorm.

Post-Petraeus Afghanistan: Turning Defeat into Transition (Time.com) Posted: 06 Aug 2011 02:50 AM PDT Time.com - A new military chief and a new U.S. ambassador are in place, but the same problems are sticking around

Helicopter crash kills dozens in Afghanistan: implications for US war effort? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:22 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan claimed the lives of at least 31 American Special Forces soldiers and 7 Afghan soldiers on Saturday. The loss is the biggest single day death toll for the United States in nearly 10 years of war in Afghanistan.

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