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Pakistanis desperate to escape flood areas (Reuters)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 10:15pm EDT

Reuters - Pakistanis desperate to get out of flooded villages threw themselves at helicopters on Saturday as more heavy rain was expected to intensify both suffering and anger with the government.
Floods kill at least 8 in Europe (AP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 10:13pm EDT

AP - Flooding caused by heavy rains has killed at least eight people in Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic, officials said Saturday.
Blasts in Iraqi city of Basra kill 10, wound 35 (AP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 10:05pm EDT

AP - Two explosions killed at least 10 people and wounded 35 Saturday in a downtown market in Iraq's second-largest city.
Pakistan president heckled at UK political rally (AP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 9:29pm EDT

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.
Rescuers work to free 34 trapped in Chilean mine (AP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 9:27pm EDT

AP - Three groups of rescuers are searching for 34 miners trapped since Thursday in a collapsed gold mine in northern Chile.
Afghan medical mission ends in death for 10 (AP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 9:04pm EDT

AP - They hiked for more than 10 hours over rugged mountains — unarmed and without security — to bring medical care to isolated Afghan villagers until their humanitarian mission took a tragic turn.
West African states discuss Al-Qaeda fight (AFP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 8:57pm EDT

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.
(AP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 8:50pm EDT

AP - Health officials say blasts at a market in Iraq's second-largest city kill 10 people, wound 35.
Ten medical aid workers robbed, killed in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 8:47pm EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — Ten members of an international medical mission, including six Americans, were robbed and killed while returning from a two-week trek through risky parts of eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials and organizers of the aid mission said Saturday.
More rains hit flooded Pakistan, Islamists step up (AP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 8:45pm EDT

AP - Authorities evacuated thousands of Pakistanis living along expanding rivers on Saturday as forecasts predicted even more heavy rain could deepen the country's flood crisis. As the prime minister appealed for national solidarity, hardline Islamists rushed to fill in the gaps in the government's aid effort.
Chretien in successful brain surgery (Reuters)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 8:27pm EDT

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.
Afghanistan war: Deadly ambush of medical mission roils one of safest provinces (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 3:54pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In one of Afghanistan's safest provinces, 10 members of a medical mission - including six Americans - were killed by militants.
Australian PM meets ousted rival; poll predicts loss (Reuters)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 10:59am EDT

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.