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China begins yuan trade against Malaysian ringgit (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:57am EDT

AP - China began allowing the Malaysian ringgit to trade against its currency in its domestic foreign exchange market on Thursday — another step toward raising the yuan's scope in international trading.
Radioactive boars on the rise in Germany (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:50am EDT

AP - It was a big shot. A big hog. And a big disappointment.
US announces aid boost to Pakistan after flooding (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:45am EDT

AP - The United States will increase its aid to flood-ravaged Pakistan to $150 million, U.S. Sen. John Kerry said Thursday, stressing that Washington did not want Islamist extremism to increase on the back of the crisis.
US service member killed in southern Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:29am EDT

AP - A U.S. service member died in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan where fighting is escalating as Afghan and international forces push into areas long held by Taliban insurgents, the international military coalition said Thursday.
Can an Assassination Campaign Turn the Tide in Afghanistan? (Time.com)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:25am EDT

Time.com - Relying on assassinations to decimate the Taliban leadership is a risky strategy, because of the weakness of available intelligence. But if it succeeds, it could change the game
China Tightens Grip on Tibet's Business Class (Time.com)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:25am EDT

Time.com - The recent arrests and heavy prison sentences of members of Tibet's business elite indicate that Chinese officials' suspicion of Tibetans is spreading to other levels of society
Blast kills 7, wounds 14 in China's Xinjiang area (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 9:49am EDT

AP - A suspected bomb attack killed seven people and wounded 14 Thursday in China's far west Xinjiang, a region beset by ethnic conflict and separatist violence.
Lockerbie tries to move on after bomber release (AFP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 9:45am EDT

AFP - The quiet Scottish town of Lockerbie is determined to play down Friday's one-year anniversary of the freeing of the Libyan man convicted of blowing up an airliner over its skies.
Myanmar pro-democracy leaders praise US decision (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 9:44am EDT

AP - Myanmar pro-democracy parties on Friday praised the U.S. decision to support a U.N. war crimes commission as a milestone but cautioned it was too soon to be optimistic.
Australian court tells Muslim witness to remove veil (AFP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 9:40am EDT

AFP - An Australian court ruled Thursday that a Muslim witness must remove her face-covering veil to give evidence at a fraud trial, stoking national debate on the issue.
NKorea confirms it seized South fishing boat, crew (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 9:33am EDT

AP - North Korea confirmed Thursday it seized a South Korean fishing boat more than a week ago and claimed the seven crewmen admitted to fishing in its waters.
Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads home (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 9:22am EDT

AP - A line of heavily armored American military vehicles, their headlights twinkling in the pre-dawn desert, lumbered past the barbed wire and metal gates marking the border between Iraq and Kuwait early Thursday and rolled into history.
No sign of rivals as BHP starts clock on Potash Corp bid (Reuters)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 7:36am EDT

Reuters - BHP Billiton is focusing on getting regulatory approval for its $39 billion hostile bid for Potash Corp before trying in earnest to win over the Canadian company's shareholders, a source said on Thursday.