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Jimmy Carter Secures Release of U.S. Prisoner in North Korea

MSNBC 08/26/2010
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Aijalon Gomes, right, prepare to leave North Korea from Pyongyang on Friday.

Looking gaunt but relieved, an American freed after nearly seven months jailed in North Korea left Pyongyang on Friday in the company of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

Pakistani Taliban hint at attacks on aid workers

RASOOL DAWAR Yahoo! News 08/26/2010
Saudi couple "hammer 24 nails" into Sri Lankan maid

A Saudi couple tortured their Sri Lankan maid after she complained of a too heavy workload by hammering 24 nails into her hands, legs and forehead, officials said on Thursday.

Pakistani Taliban hint at attacks on aid workers

The Taliban hinted they may launch attacks against foreigners helping Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the country's history, saying their presence was "unacceptable." The U.N. said it would not be deterred by violent threats.

Olli Heinonen

Iran has stockpiled enough low-enriched uranium for 1-2 nuclear arms but it would not make sense for it to cross the bomb-making threshold with only this amount, a former top U.N. nuclear official was quoted as saying.

Palestinians torch cars in Jerusalem violence

Palestinians torched half a dozen vehicles in East Jerusalem on Thursday and threw stones and firebombs at Israeli police after Jewish settlers approached a mosque, local residents and police said.

Putin fires darts at gray whale from crossbow

DAVID NOWAK Yahoo! News 08/25/2010
Putin fires darts at gray whale from crossbow

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin fired darts from a crossbow at a gray whale off Russia's Far Eastern coast on Wednesday in the latest in a series of man-versus-nature stunts designed to cultivate the image of a macho leader.

4 killed as gunmen attack passenger bus in Southern Philippines

Two policemen, a bus driver and his assistant were killed when a group of armed men, clad in military and police uniforms, attacked a passenger bus in the southern Philippine province of Lanao del Norte early Thursday, military officials said.

Murdered British spy found stuffed into sports bag in bath of London flat

Heidi Blake and Duncan Gardham Telegraph 08/25/2010

62 killed in attacks targeting Iraqi security forces

Ahmed Rasheed and Waleed Ibrahim Reuters 08/25/2010
Murdered British spy found stuffed into sports bag in bath of London flat

A British spy who was found dead in the bath of a flat in London was killed before his body was stuffed into a sports bag where it lay decomposing for up to two weeks.

62 killed in attacks targeting Iraqi security forces

Suicide bombers and other attackers killed at least 62 people in coordinated attacks on Iraqi security forces throughout the country Wednesday, less than a week before U.S. troops formally end combat operations.


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