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  • 19 dead in attack on Afghan governor's compound AP - 44 mins ago

    A team of six suicide bombers launched a coordinated assault on a provincial governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 19 people in the latest high-profile attack to target prominent Afghan government … More »19 dead in attack on Afghan governor's compound

    A team of six suicide bombers launched a coordinated assault on a provincial governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 19 people in the latest high-profile attack to target prominent Afghan government officials, authorities said.

  • FILE - In this undated file image obtained from the Twitter page of Anders Behring Breivik, 32, who was arrested in connection with the twin attacks on a youth camp and a government building in Oslo, Norway. Norwegian police say the man who has confessed to killing 69 people at an island youth camp has been brought back to the crime scene. Police say they took Anders Behring Breivik back to Utoya island on Saturday for a reconstruction of the July 22 terror attacks, when Breivik shot the victims dead on the island and killed eight further people in central Oslo with a bomb. (AP Photo/Twitter, Anders Behring Breivik, File)
    Norway killer back on island for reconstruction AP - 51 mins ago

    Held tightly on a police leash, the Norwegian man who confessed to killing 69 people at an island youth camp has reconstructed his actions for police back at the crime scene. More »Norway killer back on island for reconstruction

    FILE - In this undated file image obtained from the Twitter page of Anders Behring Breivik, 32, who was arrested in connection with the twin attacks on a youth camp and a government building in Oslo, Norway. Norwegian police say the man who has confessed to killing 69 people at an island youth camp has been brought back to the crime scene. Police say they took Anders Behring Breivik back to Utoya island on Saturday for a reconstruction of the July 22 terror attacks, when Breivik shot the victims dead on the island and killed eight further people in central Oslo with a bomb. (AP Photo/Twitter, Anders Behring Breivik, File)

    Held tightly on a police leash, the Norwegian man who confessed to killing 69 people at an island youth camp has reconstructed his actions for police back at the crime scene.

  • In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and provided by Shaam News Network, anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters hold up an Arabic banner read:"Didn't you understand or have you stopped listening that we are a people who will bow only to God," during a demonstration against the Syrian regime, at Maarat Harma village, in Edlib province, northern Syria, on Friday Aug. 12, 2011. Tens of thousands of Syrian protesters shouted for President Bashar Assad's death Friday in a dramatic escalation of their rage and frustration, defying bullets and rooftop snipers after more than a week of intensified military assaults on rebellious cities, activists and witnesses said. Security forces killed at least 14 protesters, according to human rights groups. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO
    Syrian gunboats fire on coastal city; 19 killed AP - 21 mins ago

    Syrian gunboats firing heavy machine guns pounded impoverished districts of Latakia on Sunday, killing at least 19 people in a renewed assault on the Mediterranean coastal city, activists said. More »Syrian gunboats fire on coastal city; 19 killed

    In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and provided by Shaam News Network, anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters hold up an Arabic banner read:"Didn't you understand or have you stopped listening that we are a people who will bow only to God," during a demonstration against the Syrian regime, at Maarat Harma village, in Edlib province, northern Syria, on Friday Aug. 12, 2011. Tens of thousands of Syrian protesters shouted for President Bashar Assad's death Friday in a dramatic escalation of their rage and frustration, defying bullets and rooftop snipers after more than a week of intensified military assaults on rebellious cities, activists and witnesses said. Security forces killed at least 14 protesters, according to human rights groups. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO

    Syrian gunboats firing heavy machine guns pounded impoverished districts of Latakia on Sunday, killing at least 19 people in a renewed assault on the Mediterranean coastal city, activists said.

  • Workers hang a Pakistani national flag on a flagpole as part of preparations for the Independence Day celebrations at Pakistani monument or Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. Pakistan will celebrate its 64th Independence Day on Aug. 14, to mark its independence from the British rule in 1947. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
    Hotel bomb kills 12 people in Pakistan AP - 1 hr 11 mins ago

    A bomb attached to a timer ripped through a two-story hotel in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province Sunday, reducing the building to rubble and killing 12 people, police said. More »Hotel bomb kills 12 people in Pakistan

    Workers hang a Pakistani national flag on a flagpole as part of preparations for the Independence Day celebrations at Pakistani monument or Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. Pakistan will celebrate its 64th Independence Day on Aug. 14, to mark its independence from the British rule in 1947. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

    A bomb attached to a timer ripped through a two-story hotel in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province Sunday, reducing the building to rubble and killing 12 people, police said.

  • Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to supporters at an ceremony to open the Aung San Jar-mon Library on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, in Bago, northeast of Yangon, Myanmar. Suu Kyi on Sunday made her first political trip outside the repressive nation's main city since her release from seven years of house arrest, a crucial journey that will test the limits of her freedom. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
    Cheers in Myanmar as Suu Kyi travel tests freedom AP - 57 mins ago

    Thousands of well-wishers lined roadsides in Myanmar to welcome opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she tested the limits of her freedom Sunday by taking her first political trip into the countryside since being released … More »Cheers in Myanmar as Suu Kyi travel tests freedom

    Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to supporters at an ceremony to open the Aung San Jar-mon Library on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, in Bago, northeast of Yangon, Myanmar. Suu Kyi on Sunday made her first political trip outside the repressive nation's main city since her release from seven years of house arrest, a crucial journey that will test the limits of her freedom. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

    Thousands of well-wishers lined roadsides in Myanmar to welcome opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she tested the limits of her freedom Sunday by taking her first political trip into the countryside since being released from house arrest.

  • FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2010 file photo, an eBay logo is seen at their offices in San Jose, Calif. EBay said Thursday, Aug. 12, 2011, that during the week that ended Aug. 6 the number of gold buyers on its site rose 11 percent compared with the weekly average throughout this year. The number of gold sellers rose 14 percent above the year's weekly average as well.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
    Sales of gold up on eBay amid stock market turmoil AP - 8 mins ago

    For gold sellers on eBay, the recent stock market turmoil has been a boon for business. More »Sales of gold up on eBay amid stock market turmoil

    FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2010 file photo, an eBay logo is seen at their offices in San Jose, Calif. EBay said Thursday, Aug. 12, 2011, that during the week that ended Aug. 6 the number of gold buyers on its site rose 11 percent compared with the weekly average throughout this year. The number of gold sellers rose 14 percent above the year's weekly average as well.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

    For gold sellers on eBay, the recent stock market turmoil has been a boon for business.

  • Atlanta Braves second baseman Dan Uggla (26) keeps his club-record 33-game hitting streak alive with a single off Chicago Cubs pitcher Randy Wells (36) in the first inning of a baseball game on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Dave Tulis)
    Atlanta's Uggla extends hitting streak to 33 games AP - 1 hr 26 mins ago

    Braves second baseman Dan Uggla extended his hitting streak to 33 games with a first-inning single off Chicago's Randy Wells on Saturday night. Uggla then hit a leadoff drive in the fourth for his third homer in two games. … More »Atlanta's Uggla extends hitting streak to 33 games

    Atlanta Braves second baseman Dan Uggla (26) keeps his club-record 33-game hitting streak alive with a single off Chicago Cubs pitcher Randy Wells (36) in the first inning of a baseball game on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Dave Tulis)

    Braves second baseman Dan Uggla extended his hitting streak to 33 games with a first-inning single off Chicago's Randy Wells on Saturday night. Uggla then hit a leadoff drive in the fourth for his third homer in two games. He had three hits, including two homers, in the Braves' 10-4 win over the Cubs on Friday night.

  • Bachmann and Perry - a beautiful 2012 rivalry Reuters - 1 hr 35 mins ago
    Republican U.S. presidential candidate Bachmann speaks during the Iowa straw poll in Ames

    AMES, Iowa (Reuters) - It was Michele Bachmann's big moment in the political spotlight and Rick Perry stomped all over it.

  • Michele Bachmann wins Iowa Republican poll Reuters - 9 hrs ago
    U.S. Republican presidential candidate and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann greets supporters at the Iowa Straw Poll in Ames, Iowa

    AMES, Iowa (Reuters) - Michele Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll on Saturday in the first big test of the 2012 Republican presidential campaign, as Texas Governor Rick Perry launched a White House bid that could reshape the race.

  • Four dead in stage collapse at Indiana State Fair Reuters - 8 hrs ago
    Concertgoers and emergency personnel hold up stage rigging after it collapsed at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis

    INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Four people were killed and at least 40 people were injured when an outdoor stage collapsed in windy weather at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday, just minutes before country music duo Sugarland was set to perform.

  • Locke says China need not fret over dollar assets Reuters - 2 hrs 20 mins ago
    Locke, new U.S. ambassador to China, stands with his family outside their residence as he speaks to the media in Beijing

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China should rest easy that its investments in the dollar remain safe, the newly arrived U.S. ambassador in Beijing, Gary Locke, said on Sunday, adding that the world's two biggest economies could find common ground despite economic and political strains.

  • Syrian navy hits Latakia to crush protests Reuters - 11 mins ago

    AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian navy shelled two densely populated residential districts of the main Mediterranean port city of Latakia on Sunday, residents and rights campaigners said, in the second day of a military assault to crush protests.

  • Obama embarks on campaign-style Midwest bus tour Reuters - 37 mins ago
    U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement at the White House

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hits the road on Monday for a Midwestern bus tour that he hopes will leave doubts over his leadership behind in Washington.

  • Suicide bombers, gunmen kill 19 in central Afghanistan Reuters - 2 hrs 16 mins ago

    PARWAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen killed at least 19 people during an attack on a governor's compound in central Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said, with gunbattles and several blasts heard before the assault was put down.

  • Pakistan quizzes suspects over abducted American Reuters - 5 hrs ago
    Police and security officials gather outside the residence of an American citizen after he was kidnapped in Lahore

    LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani police have detained a number of people for questioning in connection with the kidnapping of an American development expert in the eastern city of Lahore, investigators said on Sunday.

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