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USAID chief says he had to leave Pak after being threatened Times of India WASHINGTON: Indian-American US aid chief Rajiv Shah has said that he had to leave a relief camp in flood-hit Pakistan in a hurry, after being threatened by extremist elements present there. Shah was the topmost US official to visit Pakistan this week ... See all stories on this topic »

Video of the Trapped Chilean Miners Stirs a Country's Emotions New York Times By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO SAN JOSÉ MINE, Chile — Huddled around a television set in a dining tent, relatives laughed, smiled and clapped on Friday as they watched the first video images of the 33 miners trapped in a chamber about 2000 feet below. ... See all stories on this topic »

US welcomes citizen's release after Carter's visit to DPRK Xinhua WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The US State Department on Friday welcomed the release of an American citizen by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) after former President Jimmy Carter visited Pyongyang. "We welcome the release of Aijalon ... See all stories on this topic »

A new threat: homegrown and high-tech Globe and Mail Khurram Syed Sher, 28, of London, Ont., is transported from a courthouse in this image taken from television on Friday Aug. 27, 2010. An alleged domestic terror plot that reached from a quiet, west-end Ottawa neighbourhood to Iran, Dubai, Pakistan and ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

Iraq put on high alert ahead of expected bombing campaign CNN By Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Iraqi soldiers secure the site of a suicide car bomb attack at a police station in the Baghdad suburb of Qahira on Wednesday. Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned Friday of likely attacks across the ... See all stories on this topic »

Investigator disappears during Mexico deaths probe AFP CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — An official probing the massacre of 72 migrants in northeast Mexico has gone missing along with a police officer as more bodies were identified and two car bombs shook the region. The official, Roberto Suarez, was one of the ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Zuma under threat as unions set up strike confrontation Sydney Morning Herald JOHANNESBURG: The South African President, Jacob Zuma, faced one of his biggest tests as tens of thousands of striking workers took to the streets this week and relations with his trade union backers neared breaking point. As Mr Zuma headed home from a ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Scores turn out to bury Philippine hostage-taker AFP TANAUAN, Philippines — Scores of friends and family turned out Saturday to bury the slain ex-policeman who this week hijacked a bus in Manila, leading to a crisis in which eight Hong Kong tourists died. Even as the government tried to distance itself ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Japan's consumer prices slide, unemployment falls AFP TOKYO — Japan's consumer prices continued to slide while the unemployment rate fell for the first time in six months in July, the mixed data Friday illustrating the fragility of the country's recovery. Japan's core consumer price index fell 1.1 percent ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Thailand: Nigel Thompson discovers the very best of Bangkok and Phuket Mirror.co.uk By Nigel Thompson 28/08/2010 Soldiers on the streets using live ammo. Shopping centres, the stock exchange and several Government buildings ablaze. A pall of smoke over Bangkok . And dozens dead. Not the kind of images you usually associate with the ... See all stories on this topic » Mirror.co.uk

Attack Suspect Held at Hospital Wall Street Journal By SEAN GARDINER Michael Enright, the 21-year-old accused of slashing a taxi driver after questioning whether he was a Muslim, was transferred to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan Thursday night where he was admitted to a secured psychiatric ward, ... See all stories on this topic »

Zardari for devising mechanisms to avert flood losses Daily Times ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday urged engineers and experts to devise mechanisms to divert floodwaters away from population clusters towards desert areas, where it could be used for productive purposes. Briefing the media after the ... See all stories on this topic »

New York mayor plays golf with holidaying Obama Sify New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg paid a visit to Martha's Vineyard, where Barack Obama is on a holiday, and played golf with the US president. The mayor was invited by Obama to talk about the economy, a White House spokesman told New York Post Friday. ... See all stories on this topic »

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