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Aug 14, 2010 Gunmen Kill 16 in SW Pakistan Attacks |
| Photo: AP Pakistani officials say gunmen have killed 16 people in two separate attacks in the restive southwest of the country. Police say the first incident took place Saturday in Aab-e-Ghum, a town near the Baluchistan provincial capital of Quetta. | |
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Aug 14, 2010 Amid conflict, Kashmir man tries suicide 13 times |
| SRINAGAR, India - The wounds of Kashmir's never-ending war are reflected in Arshid Malik's red, downcast eyes, in the tremble of the cigarette in his hand, in the self-inflicted knife scars gouged into his left forearm. | |
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Aug 13, 2010 Zardari Urges Pakistan to Aid Flood Victims in Message on Independence Day |
| President Asif Ali Zardari urged Pakistanis to mark the anniversary of the country's birth today by helping the millions displaced by its worst ever floods that have killed 1600 people and ... | |
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Aug 13, 2010 World Digest: Burma's government sets date for long-awaited elections |
| The Burmese government will hold the country's first elections in 20 years on Nov. 7 despite growing international criticism. The elections, announced Friday, will be the final element in Senior Gen. | |
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Aug 13, 2010 China declares day of mourning for mudslide victims |
| BEIJING - China on Saturday announced a national day of mourning as millions in the country's west struggled with more rain and the aftermath of mudslides that have killed more than 1150 people. | |
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Aug 10, 2010 As Pakistanis flee flood zone, officials decry lack of international aid |
| At least 1500 are dead after monsoon rains bloated rivers, submerged villages and triggered landslides in Pakistan. By Griff Witte ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- Hundreds of thousands of people fled an ever-expanding flood zone Tuesday as Pakistan's leaders ... | |
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Aug 10, 2010 UN Reports Rising Afghan Civilian Casualties |
| KABUL, Afghanistan - The number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan continued to climb in the first half of 2010, with an increasing number of children in the toll and a spike in the recently troubled northeast, but more than ever, ... | |
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Aug 9, 2010 Highlights - Naomi Campbell diamond testimony put to the test |
| THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Actress Mia Farrow was giving testimony to the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Monday over a gift of diamonds that supermodel Naomi Campbell received at a charity dinner in South Africa. | |
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Aug 9, 2010 Netanyahu Tells Probe Israel Acted in Self Defense |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a government-appointed inquiry that Israeli commandos acted in self-defense when they opened fire after boarding a ship carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, ... | |