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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, and British Prime Minister David Cameron look at one another before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 29, 2010.

photo: AP / Saurabh Das

Cameron Defends His Criticism of Pakistan
read more The New York Times

On Thursday in India, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain defended remarks he had made a day earlier about the need for Pakistan to not give haven to terrorist groups. On Wednesday, Mr. Cameron said, after a speech in the Indian city of Bangalore, “We want to see a strong and a stable and a democratic Pakistan, but we cannot tolerate in...

A plume of smoke is seen after a plane crashes on the Elmendorf Air Force in Anchorage, Alaska, Weds., July 28, 2010.

photo: AP / Roger Herrera

Military cargo plane crashes at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska; no word on casualties
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ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska - The Alaska National Guard says a military cargo plane has crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage. Alaska National Guard spokesman Maj. Guy Hayes confirmed the Wednesday evening crash of a C-17. No other details were immediately available, including whether there were casualties. Military police refused...

In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, sand bags are used to block the flood water outside women's house in Changchun in northeast China's Jilin province.

photo: AP

China flood death toll nears 1,000
read more Al Jazeera

China's worst flooding in more than a decade has killed nearly 1,000 people across the country and stranded tens of thousands in the northeast without power. The state-run flood control office said 928 people have been killed since the rainy season began in May and 477 others are missing. More heavy rains were expected for the southeast,...

A soldier stands guard at the crime scene where the bodies of six alleged drug traffickers were killed in Santa Elena Barillas, outskirts of Guatemala City, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010.

photo: AP / Moises Castillo

Guatemala tries Mexican massacre suspects
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The trial has opened in Guatemala of 14 alleged members of the Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas. The men have been charged with the murder of 11 people in 2008. Prosecutors say the killings were part of a turf war between Mexican and Guatemalan cartels. Guatemalan police say the massacre is...

Traces of an oil sheen float on the Gulf of Mexico five and a half miles south of the Louisiana coast Thursday, April 29, 2010.

photo: AP / Patrick Semansky

Vast oil slicks all but disappear in Gulf of Mexico
read more Irish Times

LARA MARLOWE in Washington THE FIERY explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11 men on April 20th was followed by images of stricken wildlife, acrimonious hearings on Capitol Hill and revelations that BP failed to take the most elementary safety precautions. For example, it shut off the rig's fire alarm so workers' sleep would not be...

Demonstrators protest Arizona's new immigration law outside the US embassy in Mexico City, Wednesday July 28, 2010. The banner and T-shirts read in Spanish "Boycott Arizona's law, don't buy US products."

photo: AP / Alexandre Meneghini

Arizona judge puts crackdown on illegal immigration on hold
read more The Independent

A crackdown on illegal immigration in Arizona was thrown into a state of limbo yesterday, as a judge at the State Capitol in Phoenix put almost every one of its most controversial measures on hold, just 14 hours before they had been due to take effect. The temporary injunction issued by Judge Susan Bolton shortly after 10am left supporters of the...

Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors amid the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official says all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed.

photo: AP / Irfan Haider

Air traffic blunder may have caused crash that left 152 dead in Pakistan
read more The Independent

Pakistan is marking a national day of mourning after the largest plane crash in the country's history yesterday left no survivors. Airblue flight 202 was carrying 152 people from Karachi to Islamabad when it crashed into the Margalla Hills on the northwest edge of the capital amid heavy rain and thick fog yesterday morning. "There are no...

Britain's opposition Conservative Party leader David Cameron answers a question from a journalist as he gives a speech to journalists and academics at a think tank on Policy Exchange in London, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007.

photo: AP / Akira Suemori

UK 'terror' warning angers Pakistan
read more Al Jazeera

Remarks by David Cameron, the British prime minister, that Islamabad should not "promote the export of terror" have angered Pakistani officials. Cameron made the comments on Wednesday during a visit to promote increased trade with India, which has tense relations with neighbouring Pakistan. "We cannot tolerate in any sense the idea that...

File- Major General (MGEN) James N. Mattis, USMC, Commanding General, 1st Marine Division (MAR DIV), returns a salute from Marines of 1st Battalion (BN) 4th Marines about to be promoted, at Camp Commando, Kuwait while forward deployed in support of Operation enduring Freedom.

photo: USMC / SSgt Daniel Schrubb

The 'Real' Rogue Soldiers
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. At first glance and in regards to the title, it might seem this article pertains to the Afghan army sergeant who recently turned his weapon and fired on trainers, or Bradley Manning who is suspected of leaking 90,000 secret military reports to Wikileaks, including the now infamous video showing...

A mother helps her child to drink water from a public water tanker in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 22, 2007. "Coping with Water Scarcity" is the theme for World Water Day 2007, which is celebrated each year on March 22.

photo: AP / Manish Swarup

UN declares access to clean water a human right
read more Khaleej Times

UNITED NATIONS ' The UN General Assembly on Wednesday recognized access to clean water and sanitation as a human right. After more than 15 years of debate on the issue, 122 countries voted in favor of a...