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  • A pregnant Somali woman sits by a tree trunk at UNHCR's Ifo Extension camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama has approved $105 million for humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa to combat worsening drought and famine. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
    UN fears dramatic rise in Somalia famine refugees AP - 56 mins ago

    The number of people fleeing famine-hit areas of Somalia is likely to rise dramatically and could overwhelm international aid efforts in the Horn of Africa, a U.N. aid official said Tuesday. More »UN fears dramatic rise in Somalia famine refugees

    A pregnant Somali woman sits by a tree trunk at UNHCR's Ifo Extension camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama has approved $105 million for humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa to combat worsening drought and famine. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

    The number of people fleeing famine-hit areas of Somalia is likely to rise dramatically and could overwhelm international aid efforts in the Horn of Africa, a U.N. aid official said Tuesday.

  • Lebanese intellectuals and journalists make the word of Hama in Arabic with candles as they light them during a vigil sit-in against the Syrian regime and to show their support to the Syrian protesters who demonstrate against the Syrian President Bashar Assad, at the Martyrs square, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Aug. 8, 2011. Despite five months of blistering attacks on dissent, the Syrian regime has yet to score a decisive victory against a pro-democracy uprising determined to bring down the country's brutal dictatorship. President Bashar Assad still has the military muscle to level pockets of resistance, but the conflict has robbed him of almost all international support. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
    Syria defies world reproach with new military raid AP - 34 mins ago

    The Syrian army launched raids on restive areas Tuesday, defying growing international reproach over the regime's deadly crackdown on a 5-month-old uprising as Turkey's foreign minister met with President Bashar Assad to … More »Syria defies world reproach with new military raid

    Lebanese intellectuals and journalists make the word of Hama in Arabic with candles as they light them during a vigil sit-in against the Syrian regime and to show their support to the Syrian protesters who demonstrate against the Syrian President Bashar Assad, at the Martyrs square, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Aug. 8, 2011. Despite five months of blistering attacks on dissent, the Syrian regime has yet to score a decisive victory against a pro-democracy uprising determined to bring down the country's brutal dictatorship. President Bashar Assad still has the military muscle to level pockets of resistance, but the conflict has robbed him of almost all international support. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

    The Syrian army launched raids on restive areas Tuesday, defying growing international reproach over the regime's deadly crackdown on a 5-month-old uprising as Turkey's foreign minister met with President Bashar Assad to express his concern.

  • In this Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 photo, U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class David Hedge from Bealeton, Va., front, and fellow soldiers from 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment are bathed in rotor wash moments after arriving by Blackhawk helicopter for an operation to disrupt weapons smuggling in Istaqlal, north of Baghdad, Iraq. A radical anti-American Shiite cleric is calling on U.S. troops in Iraq to leave the country and go back to their families or risk more attacks. The rare statement by Muqtada al-Sadr was translated into English and posted Tuesday on his website. In it, the powerful Iraqi cleric appeals directly to the roughly 46,000 U.S. troops still in the country. He says Iraq does not need their help.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
    Western style clashes with old bureaucracy in Iraq Reuters - 1 hr 48 mins ago

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - After fighting for more than a year to get paid for reconstructing a government building in Baghdad, Iraqi businessman Abu-Deema says he is throwing in the towel and packing up for a market where he won't … More »Western style clashes with old bureaucracy in Iraq

    In this Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 photo, U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class David Hedge from Bealeton, Va., front, and fellow soldiers from 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment are bathed in rotor wash moments after arriving by Blackhawk helicopter for an operation to disrupt weapons smuggling in Istaqlal, north of Baghdad, Iraq. A radical anti-American Shiite cleric is calling on U.S. troops in Iraq to leave the country and go back to their families or risk more attacks. The rare statement by Muqtada al-Sadr was translated into English and posted Tuesday on his website. In it, the powerful Iraqi cleric appeals directly to the roughly 46,000 U.S. troops still in the country. He says Iraq does not need their help.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - After fighting for more than a year to get paid for reconstructing a government building in Baghdad, Iraqi businessman Abu-Deema says he is throwing in the towel and packing up for a market where he won't drown in bureaucracy.

  • Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney of talks to reporters prior to meeting with the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
    GOP candidates slam Obama on US credit downgrade AP - 5 hrs ago

    The 2012 Republican presidential contenders have roundly criticized President Barack Obama for economic policies they contend helped drive the downgrade of U.S. credit by a major ratings agency. More »GOP candidates slam Obama on US credit downgrade

    Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney of talks to reporters prior to meeting with the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

    The 2012 Republican presidential contenders have roundly criticized President Barack Obama for economic policies they contend helped drive the downgrade of U.S. credit by a major ratings agency.

  • FILE - In this July 28, 2011 photo, polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs arrives at the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas. The same jury that convicted Jeffs on child sex charges is set to begin deliberations Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 in the trial's sentencing phase. Jeffs faces life in prison. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
    Polygamist leader faces possible life prison term AP - 16 mins ago

    Convicted polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is awaiting his punishment from the same Texas jury that convicted him on child sex charges. More »Polygamist leader faces possible life prison term

    FILE - In this July 28, 2011 photo, polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs arrives at the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas. The same jury that convicted Jeffs on child sex charges is set to begin deliberations Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 in the trial's sentencing phase. Jeffs faces life in prison. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

    Convicted polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is awaiting his punishment from the same Texas jury that convicted him on child sex charges.

  • China says it was targeted in 500,000 cyberattacks AP - 55 mins ago

    Nearly 500,000 cyberattacks were aimed at computers in China last year and almost half originated overseas, the government said Tuesday, following recent suggestions Beijing might be behind long-term security attacks internationally.

  • Obama to announce fuel standards for big vehicles AP - 1 hr 7 mins ago
    President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    Fire trucks and concrete mixers, semis, heavy-duty pickups and all trucks in between will, for the first time, have to trim fuel consumption and emissions of heat-trapping gases under new efficiency standards being announced Tuesday by President Barack Obama.

  • Ex-NJ Gov. McGreevey finds niche mentoring inmates AP - 2 hrs 37 mins ago
    In this photo taken Aug. 2, 201, former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, center, listens as an inmate speaks to a gathering of women inmates at Integrity House, a transitional housing/residential treatment area for women incarcerated at the Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearney, N.J. Seven years after coming out as the nation's first openly gay governor and resigning over an affair with a male staffer, McGreevey 54, is the spiritual counselor to 40 women inmates at the North Jersey facility, who have been locked up for crimes ranging from manslaughter and gun possession to drug dealing. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

    For anyone curious about what Jim McGreevey is up to seven years after coming out of the closet to become the first openly gay governor and resigning over an affair with a male staffer, his simple answer is this: "Having lunch at Hudson County Correctional Center."

  • Nyad ends 2nd attempted swim from Cuba to Florida AP - 5 hrs ago
    American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad swims in Cuban waters, offshore Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011. Nyad jumped into Cuban waters Sunday evening and set off in a bid to become the first person to swim across the Florida Straits without the aid of a shark cage. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

    Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad ended her second bid to swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys about halfway through her journey early Tuesday.

  • Perseid meteor shower: Best times to spot 'shooting stars' this week SPACE.com - 12 mins ago

    For Northern Hemisphere observers, August is usually regarded as "meteor month" with one of the best displays of the year reaching its peak near midmonth. That display is, of course, the annual Perseid Meteor Shower beloved by everyone from meteor enthusiasts to summer campers. 

  • Stocks recoup losses on Bernanke hopes AP - 1 hr 0 mins ago
    A currency trader works in front of a TV showing U.S. President Barack Obama at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. Asian equity markets were sharply down early Tuesday as investors fearing a possible global economic slowdown continued to flee stocks. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

    Speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve may announce another round of monetary easing helped stocks recover their poise Tuesday after many global markets entered official bear market territory.

  • Plunge on Wall Street threatens to spook consumers AP - 14 mins ago
    News of a massive stock selloff rolls around a ticker in Times Square, Monday, August 8, 2011, in New York. The Dow Jones industrials closed down 634 points, or 5.5 percent, to 10,809. It was the first time the Dow fell below 11,000 since November and its biggest one-day point drop since December 2008. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

    It's the last thing a nervous consumer and a fragile economy needed: a confidence-killing nosedive on Wall Street.

  • UK PM recalls Parliament for London riot crisis AP - 20 mins ago
    British police officers charge rioters, during riots in Hackney, east London, Monday Aug. 8, 2011. Youths set fire to shops and vehicles in a host of areas of London _ which will host next summer's Olympic Games _ and clashed with police in the nation's central city of Birmingham, as authorities struggled to halt groups of rampaging young people. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

    British Prime Minister David Cameron recalled Parliament from its summer recess Tuesday and nearly tripled the number of police on the streets of London to deal with the crisis touched off by three days of rioting.

  • AP IMPACT: Japan ignored own radiation forecasts AP - 6 hrs ago
    In this photo taken July 26, 2011, playground equipment stands in front of Karino Elementary School which was used as an evacuation shelter in the town of Namie, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan's system to forecast radiation threats was working from the moment its nuclear crisis began. As officials planned a venting operation certain to release radioactivity into the air, the system predicted the elementary school would be directly in the path of the plume emerging from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant. But the prediction helped no one. Nobody acted on it. The school, just over six miles (10 kilometers) from the plant, was not immediately cleared out. Quite the opposite. It was turned into a temporary evacuation center. (AP Photo)

    Japan's system to forecast radiation threats was working from the moment its nuclear crisis began. As officials planned a venting operation certain to release radioactivity into the air, the system predicted Karino Elementary School would be directly in the path of the plume emerging from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Dai-Ichi …

  • For flash mobsters, crowd size a tempting cover AP - 42 mins ago
    In this photo taken July 14, 2011 actors dressed in beach attire participate in a flash mob as part of a commercial for McDonald's in Chicago. Thanks to websites like Twitter and Facebook, more and more so-called flash mobs are materializing across the globe, leaving police scrambling to keep tabs on the spontaneous assemblies.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

    The July 4 fireworks display in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights was anything but a family affair.

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