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South Korean protesters shout slogans in a rally demanding the safe return of South Koreans kidnapped in Afghanistan and the withdrawal of South Korean troops from that country near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Lee Jin-man / AP)

South Korean envoy races to save 22 hostages

A South Korean envoy is headed to Afghanistan to try and save 22 Koreans held captive by Taliban kidnappers after the militants killed one hostage.

CNN

President Roh's office denounces killing of Korean hostage

Yonhap News Agency

Zimbabwean women activists face increasing repression

Zimbabwean women activists fighting the political and economic crises ravaging their country are suffering increasing violence and repression, a report said.

Africasia

Judge orders Sudan to pay USS Cole families $8M

A federal judge ordered Sudan to pay nearly $8 million to the families of 17 sailors killed in the 2000 terrorist attack on the USS Cole.

TIME

Former therapist gets 45 years for molesting sick kids

A former respiratory therapist was sentenced to more than 45 years in prison for sexually preying upon children who were so sick they couldn't speak out.

Houston Chronicle

Hospital molestation

Fox6

Bombings kill 50 soccer fans in Baghdad

Two suicide car bombings struck soccer fans in Baghdad as they were celebrating Iraq's victory in the Asian Cup semifinal, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 100, officials said.

Forbes

Security in Iraq

CBS News

Rocket fire kills 10 in Pakistan

Four rockets crashed into a city in northwest Pakistan, killing 10 people, wounding 40 and stoking the confrontation between Islamic militants and the government.

Globeandmail.com

Rocket fatalities in Pakistan

Reuters

New U.S. study calls Guantánamo captives dangerous

Accelerating the public-relations battle over Guantánamo, a new study argues that large numbers of detainees were a direct threat to U.S. forces, including al-Qaida fighters.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

India backs civil nuclear pact with U.S.

India and the U.S. edged closer to securing a ground-breaking agreement on civil nuclear cooperation after two Indian cabinet committees gave their approval.

Financial Times

India backs nuclear deal

BBC

Rights group slams Colombia's rebels for land mines

Human Rights Watch said the escalating use of land mines by Colombian rebels is killing and mutilating hundreds annually, making the nation the world leader in mine victims.

International Herald Tribune

When land mines in Colombia take a civilian toll

NPR

POLITICS

House panel cites Bush aides for contempt of Congress

A House panel cited President George W. Bush's top aide and former counsel for contempt of Congress over their refusal to cooperate with an investigation of the dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys.

Bloomberg

Revelations, contradictions in Gonzales testimony

NPR

Panel calls for improved veterans care

A presidential commission urged broad changes to veterans' care that would boost benefits for family members helping the wounded and overhaul the way disability pay is awarded.

Kansas City Star

Woodruff questions Bush over veterans' care

ABC News

BUSINESS

New Orleans home sellers struggle

In working-class areas, homes for sale have begun to move briskly. But in the ritzy uptown district and other well-to-do neighborhoods, the picture is much bleaker.

USA Today

Worst home sales in 4 1/2 years

ABC News

Amazon's spending pays off

Investors wondered for years whether Amazon's heavy spending on new products and technology was worth it. Now it's all starting to pay off, at least judging by the company's latest profit report.

BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Falcons hold off on suspending Vick until NFL completes probe

Hanging in Arthur Blank's opulent headquarters is a signed photograph of his star quarterback breaking away from a defender, a memento of happier times for the Atlanta Falcons.

San Diego Union-Tribune

Falcons owner comments on Vick

USA Today

NBA commissioner: 'sacred trust' of fans is at stake

NBA Commissioner David Stern expressed his horror at allegations that referee Tim Donaghy bet on league games and pledged to do everything in his power to restore fans' "sacred trust."

USA Today

Betting scandal

Yahoo! News

HEALTH

Obesity may be 'socially contagious,' landmark study suggests

A landmark study has found that whether your friends, family members and spouse are overweight or slender can significantly influence whether you pack on the pounds or stay slim and fit.

CBC

Having an obese friend increases your chance of becoming obese

Insider Medicine

End-of-life hospice care underused

Too few Americans entering life's final phase are availing themselves of high-quality hospice care, despite the fact that Medicare covers the expense, experts say.

Health Day

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Priest arrested over genocide in Rwanda

A former government administrator and a Catholic priest sought for their alleged roles in the 1994 Rwandan genocide were arrested in France.

allAfrica.com

Egypt's religious advisor says Muslims can choose own religion

Egypt's official religious advisor ruled that Muslims are free to change their faith as it is a matter between an individual and God, in a move which could have far-reaching implications for Christians.

Africasia

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GOOD NEWS

Chain of human kindness could end the wait for a new kidney

It is the medical nightmare that nobody wants to face: A close relative needs a new kidney, you want to donate, but there is no blood-type match.

Times Online

Kenya: HIV/AIDS crusader wins top award

Colleagues describe her as an intellectually gifted woman, easily equated with Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai. Her exemplary works have received recognition worldwide.

allAfrica.com

NATION

Men accused of horrific triple killing were on parole

A pair of career criminals accused of strangling the wife of a doctor and then killing her two daughters by setting fire to their house were out on parole.

Times Online

'Career criminals' charged with killing mother, 2 daughters

KCAL

Worst of hurricane season still to come

Nearly eight weeks have passed since the last tropical storm, but banish any notion the 2007 hurricane season has been unusually slow and beware the coming months, experts say.

AOL News

Move to limit memorials angers families of Iraq troops

Twenty soldiers deployed to Iraq from the army base in Fort Lewis, Wash., were killed in May, a monthly high. That same month, the base announced a change in how it would honor its dead.

International Herald Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

U.S. border fence seen harming ocelots and butterflies

The riot of green vegetation that lines both sides of the Rio Grande river along the southeast Texas and Mexican border can give a canoeist the impression of gliding past unbroken wilderness.

Environmental News Network

Earthquake 'swarm' strikes Africa, puzzles experts

The tremors began on July 12, so faint that they were barely noticed. A week later, a couple of good jolts sent people fleeing their offices in downtown Nairobi. Then the tremors were gone.

National Geographic

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Disney-branded films to ban depictions of smoking

Walt Disney Co. became the first major Hollywood studio to ban depictions of smoking, saying there would be no smoking in its family-oriented, Disney-branded films.

Yahoo! News

Activists push Home Depot to drop Fox

The Sierra Club and other U.S. activist groups have launched a campaign to get Home Depot to drop its ads from the Fox network.

Earth Times

'I am innocent' Lohan e-mail says

With two trips to rehab behind her and a litany of legal problems ahead, Lindsay Lohan has added more grist to the mill but says she is not guilty in her latest arrest.

Globeandmail.com

Wax museum puts Lohan in stripes

KNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Korean mummy holds clues to disease

The liver of a child mummy preserved for 500 years still holds samples of the hepatitis B virus. It was unearthed in South Korea and will help scientists understand how the virus evolved.

LiveScience

Humans narrowly beat computer in tense poker battle

Two professional poker players narrowly beat a computer after four tense rounds that scientists called the world's first man-versus-machine poker championship.

Sydney Morning Herald

EDUCATION

Professor who wrote September 11 essay is sacked

The University of Colorado has fired an academic whose comparison of victims of the September 11 attacks to Nazis triggered a debate over free speech and scholarship in the U.S.

Brisbane Times

Explosion at UCLA building

An explosion occurred in the cooling system of a building housing a nanotechnology center at the University of California, Los Angeles, authorities said. There were no injuries.

San Francisco Chronicle

Explosion rocks UCLA campus

KCBS

Bloomberg urges performance-based pay for teachers

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a potential independent presidential candidate, is pushing for performance-based merit pay for teachers in the nation's public schools.

Newsday

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