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Mudslides trap 500, kill five in southwest China (Reuters)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 4:00am EDT

Reuters - Mudslides after heavy rain have killed five people and trapped more than 500 others in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday.
British tourists safe after Costa Rica mountain ordeal (AFP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 2:48am EDT

AFP - Sixteen British tourists who were trapped overnight in a mountain pass in Costa Rica were evacuated, according to officials.
Small jet crashes at Brazil airport, no one killed (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 2:39am EDT

AP - A small executive jet crashed at Rio's domestic airport Thursday, but all three aboard were rescued without serious injuries.
Narco-blogger beats Mexico drug war news blackout (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 2:29am EDT

AP - An anonymous, twentysomething blogger is giving Mexicans what they can't get elsewhere — an inside view of their country's raging drug war.
Cuba cuts US food imports 28 percent in early '09 (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 2:29am EDT

AP - Cash-strapped Cuba has continued to slash agricultural purchases from the U.S. even as a key bill that would ease Washington's Cuban travel ban and make it easier to sell more food to the island works its way through Congress, according to a report released Thursday.
Why WikiLeaks Is Under Fire From Rights Groups (Time.com)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 1:20am EDT

Time.com - It's not only the Pentagon that has a problem with the release of names of Afghan civilians said to be helping NATO forces
Khadr Trial Reminds of Obama's Failure to Close Gitmo (Time.com)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 1:20am EDT

Time.com - Omar Khadr faces a military tribunal for an incident that occurred when he was 15. The case will remind many of President Obama's failure to keep his promise about closing the GuantÁnamo Bay detention facility
WikiLeaks preparing to release more Afghan files (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 12:23am EDT

AP - WikiLeaks spokesman Julian Assange said Thursday his organization is preparing to release the rest of the secret Afghan war documents it has on file. The Pentagon warned that would be more damaging to security and risk more lives than the organization's initial release of some 76,000 war documents.
Canadian navy boards migrant ship (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 12:10am EDT

AP - The Canadian navy boarded a cargo ship Thursday carrying 490 asylum seekers, including some people Canada has said may be terrorists.
Repercussions of an Israeli attack on Iran (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 11:23pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - If Israel is likely to decide to attack Iran next summer, as argued in an Atlantic Monthly story by Jeffrey Goldberg out this week, the big question is, what happens in the aftermath?
Nigeria: Ruling party leader supports president (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 11:02pm EDT

AP - The leader of Nigeria's ruling party said Thursday that he believed the West African nation's president should be allowed to run in next year's election, despite a power-sharing agreement that calls for a candidate from the Muslim north.
Lawyer: Iranian who faced stoning likely tortured (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 9:20pm EDT

AP - A lawyer for an Iranian woman who had faced death by stoning on an adultery conviction said Thursday he suspects she was tortured into confessing that she was an unwitting accomplice to her husband's murder.
Mexico rethinks drug strategy as death toll soars (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 8:39pm EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY — The drug war in Mexico is at a crossroads. As the death toll climbs above 28,000, President Felipe Calderon confronts growing pressure to try a different strategy — perhaps radically different — to quell the violence unleashed by major drug syndicates.
Canada set to board migrant ship off its West Coast (Reuters)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 8:18pm EDT

Reuters - Canadian authorities prepared on Thursday to board a cargo ship that may be carrying as many 500 people thought to be Tamil migrants who have fled Sri Lanka in a bid to enter Canada as refugees.
Foreigners boost insurgency in eastern Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 6:52pm EDT

AP - As the spotlight of the Afghan war focuses on the south, insurgent activity is increasing in parts of the east, with Arab and other foreign fighters linked to al-Qaida infiltrating across the rugged mountains with the help of Pakistani militants, Afghan and U.S. officials say.
The U.S.-Mexico Border Is Safer Than You Think (OneWorld.net)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 4:04pm EDT

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 11 (New America Media) - Crime along the U.S.-Mexico border has been cited to justify everything from Arizonaâs new immigration law to Congressâ decision Tuesday to spend another $600 million on border enforcement.
Australian opposition vows uranium for India (AFP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 9:25am EDT

AFP - Australia's opposition Thursday vowed to sell uranium to nuclear power India if elected this month and cautioned against over-reliance on China, the country's top trading partner.