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Mexican mayor found dead 3 days after kidnapping (AP)

Posted: August 18th, 2010, 5:48am EDT

AP - The kidnapped mayor of a northern Mexican town was found dead Wednesday, extending a rash of deadly attacks on political figures in an area besieged by drug gang battles.
Detainee torture cases proceed overseas as U.S. stonewalls (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 18th, 2010, 10:24pm EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — In June, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case of a Canadian man who contends that U.S. authorities mistook him for an al Qaida operative in 2002 and shipped him to a secret prison in Syria, where he was beaten with electrical cables and held in a grave-like cell for 10 months.
North Korean plane crash in China is shrouded in mystery (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 18th, 2010, 6:03pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A North Korean fighter jet crashed Wednesday on what appeared to be an illicit flight deep inside China, South Korean and Chinese news agencies reported.
Standing Up for Homeless Vets at Stand Downs (OneWorld.net)

Posted: August 18th, 2010, 3:11pm EDT

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 18 (New America Media) - More than 400 homeless veterans from across Northern California relaxed in comfort at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. The occasion: a âStand Down,â where the homeless veterans were given access to good food, clean clothes, showers and beds.