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Today's World News: Bomb blast in Afghanistan kills at least 10 Conservative seeks trials for Iran bloodshed Massive turnout for Aquino cortege in Manila Iraq: Ex-Saddam aide gets 7 years in Kurdish case China says another 319 detained over Xinjiang riot Leaving Iran While Looking Over Your Shoulder: A Reporter's Diary Barclays posts 1.9 billion pound half-year net profit Under the veil, nip and tuck makes new Saudi faces Peruvian rebels suspected in attack that kills 5 Slain Nigerian sect members buried in mass graves Pakistan Christians shut schools to mourn killings Canada court won't stop arms dealer's extradition China urges Australia to respect law over Rio case Brazil's growing middle class powers rebound New Taliban code: Don't kill civilians, don't take ransom The Death of Corazon Aquino, Saint of People Power, 1933-2009 Focus Shifts to Trafficking of Men in Europe Bomb blast in Afghanistan kills at least 10 Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:25 pm PDT AP - The Taliban killed at least 10 people and critically injured a local police chief in western Afghanistan's main city on Monday with a remote-controlled bomb hidden in a trash can, officials said. Full Story Top Conservative seeks trials for Iran bloodshed Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:30 am PDT AP - Criticism of Iran's mass prosecution of political activists widened Sunday with the main conservative challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demanding authorities also seek punishment for those accused of killing protesters. Full Story Top Massive turnout for Aquino cortege in Manila Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:53 pm PDT AP - Masses of mourners yelled her name as former President Corazon Aquino's body was escorted Monday through rain-soaked streets to Manila Cathedral, along a historic avenue that 23 years ago became the site of a "people power" revolt against a dictator led by the woman in a yellow dress. Full Story Top Iraq: Ex-Saddam aide gets 7 years in Kurdish case Sun, 2 Aug 2009 02:35 pm PDT AP - One of Saddam Hussein's best-known lieutenants was convicted Sunday of helping to plan the forced displacement of Kurds from northeastern Iraq and sentenced to seven years in jail. Full Story Top China says another 319 detained over Xinjiang riot Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:29 pm PDT AP - Police in western China have detained another 319 people suspected of being involved in deadly ethnic unrest between Muslim minority Uighurs and the dominant Han Chinese community last month, a state news agency said. Full Story Top Leaving Iran While Looking Over Your Shoulder: A Reporter's Diary Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:30 pm PDT Time.com - Recently out of Iran, a reporter for TIME recounts what daily existence was like when the Islamic Republic seemed to be ever more intrusive and coercive Full Story Top Barclays posts 1.9 billion pound half-year net profit Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:50 pm PDT AFP - Banking giant Barclays announced Monday that its net profits soared by 9.9 percent to 1.9 billion pounds (3.2 billion dollars) in the first six months of the year. Full Story Top Under the veil, nip and tuck makes new Saudi faces Sun, 2 Aug 2009 09:01 pm PDT AP - Does Islam frown on nose jobs? Chemical peels? How about breast implants? Full Story Top Peruvian rebels suspected in attack that kills 5 Sun, 2 Aug 2009 02:34 pm PDT AP - Peruvian authorities say attackers believed to be Shining Path rebels killed three police officers and two women in an assault on a remote police post in a coca-growing region. Full Story Top Slain Nigerian sect members buried in mass graves Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:56 pm PDT AFP - Nigerian authorities swept dozens of bodies into mass graves in the grisly aftermath of last week's Islamist uprising that killed hundreds of people, officials and residents said. Full Story Top Pakistan Christians shut schools to mourn killings Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:56 pm PDT AP - Pakistani Christians have closed their schools and colleges across the country for three days starting Monday to mourn and protest the killings of eight of their religious brethren, leaders of the minority community said. Full Story Top Canada court won't stop arms dealer's extradition Sun, 2 Aug 2009 05:07 pm PDT Reuters - A German-Canadian arms dealer facing tax evasion and corruption charges in Germany lost a last-ditch appeal on Sunday to stop his extradition when an Ontario judge rejected his application for an injunction. Full Story Top China urges Australia to respect law over Rio case Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:23 pm PDT AFP - A top Chinese official has called on Canberra to respect China's legal system, saying a mining executive held in Shanghai would have broken Australian law if his alleged crimes had occurred here. Full Story Top Brazil's growing middle class powers rebound Sun, 2 Aug 2009 03:29 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - RIO DE JANEIRO _ Brazil is beginning to pull out of an economic dive triggered by the global financial crisis, but it's not the country's vaunted soybean, meat and iron ore exports that are powering the turnaround of the world's ninth-largest economy. Full Story Top New Taliban code: Don't kill civilians, don't take ransom Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:00 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - US commanders in Afghanistan aren't the only ones worried that civilian deaths are costing them hearts and minds. The Taliban, which has planted bombs in schools and occasionally burned its opponents alive, has put out a new code of conduct for militants that appears to be an attempt to project a softer image to the Afghan people. Full Story Top The Death of Corazon Aquino, Saint of People Power, 1933-2009 Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:30 pm PDT Time.com - At a critical time in her country's history, the shy widow took up her charismatic husband's legacy and led it through a valley of the shadow of death Full Story Top Focus Shifts to Trafficking of Men in Europe Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:05 am PDT OneWorld.net - BRATISLAVA, Jul 31 (IPS) - Governments and third sector organisations must raise awareness of a growing problem with male human trafficking in some of Eastern Europe's poorest countries if its victims are to get the help they need, people trafficking monitors say. Full Story Top

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