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Breaking News Fri, 30 Jul 2010
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)
 Hitachi-technology-industry (sl1)
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 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)
Aviation   Disaster   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: Airblue Flight 202


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