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Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, left, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai greet each other during a joint peace meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Saurabh Das / AP)

Divers hampered after heavy rain speeds up river current

Divers' operations to find five people still missing since the collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge were hampered because heavy rain had strengthened the current in the Mississippi River.

CNN

5 U.S. soldiers killed south of Baghdad

Reuters

Musharraf, Karzai pledge to fight terrorism

Pakistan's and Afghanistan's presidents have pledged to fight terrorism together and prevent extremists from operating in their countries.

Bloomberg

Coalition base in Afghanistan attacked twice in one day

CNN

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Life in Afghanistan

BBC

'Survivable space' but no response in Utah mine

Six trapped coal miners failed to respond to rescuers pounding on a second drill that has penetrated a collapsed Utah mine, but there was a "survivable space" and safe drinking water, officials said.

Reuters

Miner rescue plods on

Yahoo! News

Doctors: many monsoon deaths could have been easily prevented

Doctors said many deaths in South Asia could have been easily prevented, blaming lack of access to basic medication and ignorance of how to treat the waterborne diseases that followed the deluge.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

Islamists urge caliphate revival

Some 100,000 Islamists have met in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, to press for the re-establishment of a caliphate across the Muslim world.

BBC

Taliban: 2 female Koreans to be freed

A Taliban spokesman said that two sick female South Korean hostages would be released "soon" for the sake of good relations between the Taliban and South Korea.

ABC News

Talking with the Taliban

Reuters

POLITICS

Senior U.S. soldier puts draft on agenda

The U.S. Army said it exceeded its July recruiting goal, the same day the White House war tsar said it makes sense militarily to consider the draft for relieving war-related stresses on U.S. forces.

The Age

'Fixin' to sit down,' Bush and Sarkozy do

U.S. President George W. Bush and French President Nicholas Sarkozy convened for hot dogs and hamburgers, and privately discussed Lebanon and Sudan at the Bush family retreat in Kennebunkport.

ABC News

U.S., French leaders meet

CNN

Romney wins Iowa Straw Poll as expected

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won an easy and expected victory in a high-profile Iowa Republican Party Straw Poll, claiming nearly twice as many votes as his nearest rival.

U.S. News & World Report

BUSINESS

Chavez deepens Petrocaribe oil pledges

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pledged to meet Caribbean nations' oil needs for years to come, and urged the region to unite and seek greater independence from the United States.

Yahoo! News

London hit by biggest crisis in a decade

Britain's golden economic era is facing its final days with financial markets suffering their worst crisis in a decade, analysts warned last night.

Telegraph.co.uk

SPORTS

Webb extends scoreless streak to 33 with complete game

Brandon Webb tossed his second consecutive shutout, extending his scoreless streak to a club record 33 innings, as the Arizona Diamondbacks held off the Washington Nationals, 1-0.

Sports Network

All signs point to PGA victory for Woods

Tiger Woods packed excitement into the third round of the PGA Championship, making eight birdies and shooting a 63 to come within one putt of setting the all-time major championship scoring record.

ESPN

Third round of 2007 PGA Championship

Golf.com

HEALTH

United States slips to 42nd in life expectancy rankings

Americans are living longer than ever, but not as long as people in 41 other countries. A baby born in the United States in 2004 will live an average of 77.9 years.

Chicago Tribune

EDUCATION

The hook this year on 'Sesame' is literacy

As "Sesame Street" begins its 38th season on PBS, 26 new episodes will focus on early literacy and language skills.

USA Today

Rider frat leader denies hazing charge

The former president of the fraternity where a Rider University pledge died after binge drinking pleaded not guilty to a charge of aggravated hazing.

Star-Ledger

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GOOD NEWS

Zoo welcomes rare baby dolphin birth

The latest arrival at the dolphinarium in Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odessa, a calf born less than a week ago, seems destined to become a performing star alongside his mother and father.

NEWS.com.au

WORLD

Computer glitch causes delays at LAX

International passengers were stuck at Los Angeles International Airport for several hours after a computer failure prevented customs officials from screening arrivals.

Yahoo! News

Hurricane heads toward Hawaii, expected to weaken

Hurricane Flossie headed west toward Hawaii, but the powerful Pacific storm was set to weaken and produce little more than heavy showers and high surf across the state, forecasters said.

Reuters

NYC reduces precautionary security after ‘radiological threat’

The New York Police Department was reducing its extra security procedures, a day after an unsubstantiated radiological threat against the nation’s largest city.

MSNBC

New York weathers bomb scare

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

World's birds on death row: race to save 189 species from extinction

The world's most ambitious bird conservation project will be launched this week amid evidence that hunting and loss of habitat has caused species to disappear at an unprecedented rate.

London Independent

Meteor shower to peak Sunday night

Looking for some dirt-cheap entertainment? Look up at the sky for the annual Perseids meteor shower.

Seattle Times

Study: Cities make storms more fierce

Cities make summer thunderstorms more intense than they would be in the countryside, a new study by researchers at Princeton University suggests.

LiveScience

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Merv Griffin dies at age 82

Merv Griffin, the entertainer turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, has died. He was 82.

Yahoo! News

Luxury palooza!

Lollapalooza and other music festivals now offer VIP options, including massages and gourmet food. But is it rock 'n' roll?

Christian Science Monitor

Lunch with Paul Muldoon

A Pulitzer Prize winner who spends very little time writing? Hailed as the most important poet of his generation, Paul Muldoon likes to keep a clear head.

Financial Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Damage on shuttle shield raises concern at NASA

A routine space shuttle mission, highlighted by revival of the teacher-in-space program, has been overshadowed by a troubling gash in Endeavour's thermal shield.

International Herald Tribune

NASA confirms piece of foam stuck to shuttle

MSNBC

Growing up fast in the cosmos

Astronomers have discovered five full-sized galaxies in the extremely distant — and therefore extremely young — universe.

Science Daily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Evangelical Lutherans urged not to discipline gay clergy

A national assembly of Evangelical Lutherans urged its bishops not to discipline gay and lesbian ministers who violate a celibacy rule.

NPR

The exiles who fly each other’s flags

Young Tibetans in Dharamsala are taking a leaf out of the Jewish youth movement book in a seemingly unlikely cultural exchange.

Times Online

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