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Pakistani villagers wade through water after heavy rain fall caused flooding in Nowshera near Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Emergency   Floods   Pakistan   Photos   Aid		  The New York Times 
400 Killed in Flooding in Pakistan, Officials Say
Fri 30 Jul 2010
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — More than 400 people have died and thousands of others were made homeless as some of the worst floods in Pakistan’s history hit this northwestern region, provincial... (photo: AP / B.K.Bangash)
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Asia   Consumer   Electronics   Photos   Wikipedia: Hitachi		  LA Daily News 
Hitachi returns to profit as demand in Asia fuels turnaround
Fri 30 Jul 2010
Associated PressPosted: 07/30/2010 08:41:47 AM PDTUpdated: 07/30/2010 08:41:48 AM PDT TOKYO — Hitachi, a maker of everything from home appliances to nuclear reactors, returned to... (photo: creative commons)
Protesters killed in Kashmir clash  Al Jazeera  Fri 30 Jul 2010
Protesters killed in Kashmir clash
Two protesters have been shot dead after security forces fired on hundreds of demonstrators in Indian-administered Kashmir. The clash, which also left 12 people wounded, took place in Sopore town,... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Demonstrators   Kashmir   Photos   Protesters   Security
Chinese paramilitary police patrol near a mosque closed to Friday prayers in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Friday, July 10, 2009.  The New York Times  Fri 30 Jul 2010
China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites
BEIJING — Three men accused of “endangering state security” for their role in maintaining popular Uighur-language Web sites have been sentenced to prison terms of 3 to 10 years,... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
China   Law   Photos   Uighurs   Wikipedia: Uyghur people
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Columbia Supercomputer - NASA Advanced Supercomputing Facility Deccan Herald Fri 30 Jul 2010
DAE unveils supercomputer
Chennai, July 30, DHNS: The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) on Friday added yet another feather to its cap with the inauguration of its latest supercomputer cluster,... (photo: NASA / Epolk)
Atomic   Energy   Photos   Sciences   Supercomputer
Protesters shot dead in Kashmir Irish Times Fri 30 Jul 2010
Protesters shot dead in Kashmir
Indian police today fired at thousands of people protesting against Indian rule in Kashmir, killing two demonstrators, officials said, in the latest flare-up of violence... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Indian   Kashmir   Photos   Police   Protesters
Soldiers fire on protesters in Kashmir, 3 killed Newsvine Fri 30 Jul 2010
Soldiers fire on protesters in Kashmir, 3 killed
SRINAGAR — Paramilitary soldiers fired on thousands of demonstrators in Indian Kashmir on Friday, killing three men and wounding at least 80 others as protests... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Kashmir   Photos   Police   Protesters   Srinagar
The Times of India Fri 30 Jul 2010
2 killed, 50 injured in fresh Kashmir clashes
SRINAGAR: Security forces opened fire to quell stone-pelting protesters as fresh violence on Friday erupted in the Kashmir Valley after days of relative calm, leaving two... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
India   Injured   Kashmir   Photos   Security
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, students walk out of an exam venue after Thursday morning's national college entrance exam in Anxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Thursday, July 3, 2008. More than 120,000 students whose university entrance exams were delayed by the massive Chinese earthquake in May finally sat down Thursday to take the tests that will dictate their future. China Daily Fri 30 Jul 2010
Backgrounder: China's 10-year national education plan
BEIJING - China published in full the country's national education plan for the next decade Thursday, pledging to shape a learning society and turn China into a country... (photo: AP / Xinhua,Yin Dongxun)
Beijing   China   Education   Photos   Society
Pakistani rescue workers take a break as they search for evidence and victims at the site of Wednesday's deadly plane crash, in the mountains surrounding Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The New York Times Fri 30 Jul 2010
Search Resumes After Pakistan Plane Crash
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For the first time since Wednesday’s airplane crash that killed 152 people, rescue workers continued the search for body parts and the... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed)
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With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010. US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep Asia Times
In this July 7, 2008 photo, an investor looks at a stock price board at a private securities' company in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell sharply Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, on heavy selling of airlines and other market heavyweights, as investors and analysts puzzled over why expectations of a rally linked to the Beijing Olympic games never materialized. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 4.5 percent, or 122.81 points, to 2,605.16. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second market dropped 5.6 percent to 74 Asia nudges ahead Asia Times
President Barack Obama addresses the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Obama reviving US clout in Asia as China stumbles Khaleej Times
Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata). Several waved albatrosses Punta Suarez, Espanola, Galapagos Islands. Fernandina (Narborough) Island: The name was given in honor of King Ferdinand II of Aragon, who sponsored the voyage of Columbus Galapagos Islands off danger list at gallop Hong Kong Standard
Pilipinas Shell oil transport truck seen in Busuanga Airport for refilling airplanes in the departure terminal of the airport , Palawan Province , Philippines , May 25 , 2009. Shell profit rises to $4.4 billion in second quarter Houston Chronicle
Australia's Israel Folau scores a try as New Zealand's Manu Vatuvei closes in during Rugby League's test match in Brisbane, Australia Israel Folau's final insult to rugby league The Australian
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Symbol of Maruti Suzuki Company at Kolkata on Thursday in Eastern India City, June 18, 2009 ---- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK Maruti to launch five CNG cars in a single day Deccan Herald
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Chief Minister of West Bengal state Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, speaks during the 111th birth anniversary celebrations of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, whose statue is seen in the background, in Calcutta, India, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007. India's communists should think again Gulf News
Former Pakistani cricket stars and winners of World Cup 1992 Imran Khan, left, and Javed Miandad chat at a reception to celebrate the 10 years anniversary of victory at the World Cup 1992, in Lahore Saturday, March 31, 2002. PM's attack on Pakistan will fuel extremism, warns Imran Khan London Evening Standard
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