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Toll from Guatemala, Mexico landslides rises above 50 (AFP)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:35:20 GMT

Guatemalan Luisa Marroquin wades through the water as she walks out of her house, flooded by the overflowing of the Amatitlan lake, some 35 km south of Guatemala City. The toll from the heaviest rains in living memory in Guatemala and Mexico rose Tuesday above 50, as Guatemalan officials called off the search for 15 more corpses because of safety fears.(AFP/Johan Ordonez)AFP - The toll from the heaviest rains in living memory in Guatemala and Mexico rose Tuesday above 50, as Guatemalan officials called off the search for 15 more corpses because of safety fears.


Half a year on, little progress in Iraq government talks (Reuters)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:55:44 GMT

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) meets with Iraq's former Prime Minister and head of the Iraqiya coalition Iyad Allawi (R) in Baghdad June 29, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Six months after Iraq held an election many hoped would usher in greater stability and peace, voters like Naseer Challoub are running out of patience with politicians, and also out of faith in democracy.


Report: BP probe to spread blame for spill (Reuters)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:54:01 GMT

Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana, in this handout photograph taken on April 21, 2010 and obtained on April 22. REUTERS/U.S. Coast Guard/Handout/FilesReuters - BP Plc's internal probe of the deadly April 20 blowout that unleashed the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill will assign blame to BP as well as other companies involved in the well's operations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.


Grim outlook for Democrats puts House up for grabs (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:03:15 GMT

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2009 file photo, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks in Silver Spring, Md. Their control of the House in peril, Democrats are playing defense all across the country. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - Their control of the House in peril, Democrats are scratching to survive in races all across the country. Disgruntled voters, a sluggish economy and vanishing enthusiasm for President Barack Obama have put 75 seats or more — the vast majority held by Democrats — at risk of changing hands.


EU decries 'barbaric' plans to stone Iranian woman (AP)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:03:13 GMT

FILE - This undated file image made available by Amnesty International in London on Thursday, July 8, 2010, shows Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two who was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran on charges of adultery. Ashtiani is now facing a new punishment of 99 lashes because a British newspaper ran a picture of an unveiled woman mistakenly identified as her, the woman's son said Monday. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, File)** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES**AP - The international crossfire over Iran's stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery intensified Tuesday with a top European Union official calling it \"barbaric\" and an Iranian spokesman saying it's about punishing a criminal and not a human rights issue.


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