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Today's World News: Rockets fired at Israeli city Eilat Flood victims' anger with Pakistani gov't grows High Iraq deaths cast doubt on US stability talk Suicide car bomb kills 5 kids in south Afghanistan Raul Castro says state will reduce economic role Argentina Belatedly Celebrates a Journalist Hero Death toll from Russian wildfires reaches 34 Puerto Rican nationalist Lolita Lebron dies at 90 Arab nomads settling in contested Sudan region: official Hiroshima mayor, China activists win 'Asian Nobel' Economic growth ticks higher in May Embattled Aussie PM pledges the 'real Julia' U.S.-led coalition finds 'success' elusive in Kandahar Hamas attacks: A bid to scuttle direct talks? Signs of Uzbek Persecution Rising in Kyrgyzstan Kenya Divided by the Colours of a New Constitution Rockets fired at Israeli city Eilat Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:31 pm PDT AP - Israeli police say rockets have been fired toward the southern Israeli city of Eilat. Jordan says one blast hit its city of Aqaba, injuring four people. Full Story Top Flood victims' anger with Pakistani gov't grows Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:17 pm PDT AP - As Monday dawned, Faisal Islam sat on a highway median in northwestern Pakistan — the only dry ground he could find — and railed against the government for its failure to provide aid nearly a week after the country's worst-ever floods first hit. Full Story Top High Iraq deaths cast doubt on US stability talk Sun, 1 Aug 2010 10:19 pm PDT AP - While concern is rising in the U.S. about the war in Afghanistan, the Americans are anxious to show evidence of progress in their other conflict — Iraq. Full Story Top Suicide car bomb kills 5 kids in south Afghanistan Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:19 pm PDT AP - A suicide car bomber blew himself up next to a police truck bringing a southern Afghan official to work early Monday, killing five children nearby, officials said. Full Story Top Raul Castro says state will reduce economic role Sun, 1 Aug 2010 06:36 pm PDT AP - Raul Castro said Sunday that his government will scale back controls on small businesses, lay off unnecessary workers and allow more self-employment — significant steps in a country where the state dominates nearly every facet of the economy. Full Story Top Argentina Belatedly Celebrates a Journalist Hero Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:35 pm PDT Time.com - When the generals began disposing of thousands of young people in the late 1970s, only one journalist dared stand up for the rights of the "disappeared." And then he seemed to vanish from history. Full Story Top Death toll from Russian wildfires reaches 34 Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:45 pm PDT AP - Russia's Emergencies Ministry says 34 people are known to have died in the recent wave of wildfires, which have destroyed hundreds of homes but are thought to be slowly dying down. Full Story Top Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:16 pm PDT AP - Israeli police say rockets fired at southern city of Eilat; one hits nearby Jordan, injuring 4. Full Story Top Puerto Rican nationalist Lolita Lebron dies at 90 Sun, 1 Aug 2010 05:44 pm PDT AP - Lolita Lebron, a Puerto Rican independence activist who spent 25 years in prison for participating in a gun attack on the U.S. Congress a half-century ago, died Sunday. She was 90. Full Story Top Arab nomads settling in contested Sudan region: official Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:53 am PDT AFP - Members of an Arab nomadic tribe are settling in a contested region straddling north and south Sudan, hoping to vote in referendum next year that will define its status, a Sudanese official said on Sunday. Full Story Top Hiroshima mayor, China activists win 'Asian Nobel' Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:52 pm PDT AP - The three-term mayor of Hiroshima who spearheaded a global campaign for nuclear disarmament and a photographer who documented river pollution in his native China are among the 2010 winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards. Full Story Top Economic growth ticks higher in May Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:58 am PDT Reuters - Growth in Canada's economy edged up in May after stalling unexpectedly in April, helped by strength in the goods-producing sectors led by oil and gas extraction, while the service sector faltered for a second straight month. Full Story Top Embattled Aussie PM pledges the 'real Julia' Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:28 pm PDT AFP - Struggling Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard vowed Monday to shed her campaign's strict stage management and be herself, as a new poll showed this month's election teetering on a knife edge. Full Story Top U.S.-led coalition finds 'success' elusive in Kandahar Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:28 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan _ As the U.S.-led coalition launches its most critical military operation of the nine-year war in Afghanistan, doubts are growing about whether the United States and its allies can contain the surging Taliban-led insurgency and prevent the country from reverting to an al Qaida sanctuary or erupting in civil war. Full Story Top Hamas attacks: A bid to scuttle direct talks? Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:57 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Israel and forces loyal to the militant Hamas government that controls Gaza exchanged fire this weekend, with Palestinian rockets hitting southern Israel and Israel responding with multiple airstrikes across the territory. Full Story Top Signs of Uzbek Persecution Rising in Kyrgyzstan Sun, 1 Aug 2010 10:35 pm PDT Time.com - Six weeks after deadly violence between the Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities of southern Kyrgyzstan, Uzbeks are being persecuted under the guise of an investigation into the fighting Full Story Top Kenya Divided by the Colours of a New Constitution Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:23 am PDT OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, Jul 30 (IRIN) - Less than three years after a closely fought presidential election plunged Kenya into widespread violence and displaced thousands, the country is bracing itself for another crucial and equally divisive ballot, this time on a new constitution. Full Story Top

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