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Pakistan: 25 bodies recovered from plane crash (AP)

\"AAP - A government official says at least 25 bodies have been recovered from the site of the plane crash in the hills surrounding Pakistan\'s capital.


British PM visits India to boost trade links (AP)

\"BritishAP - British Prime Minister David Cameron and a massive delegation of Cabinet ministers and dignitaries fanned out across India on Wednesday in a visit aimed at rebuilding trade relations and other ties between the two nations.


France declares war against al-Qaida (AP)

\"AAP - France has declared war on al-Qaida, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network\'s North African branch, after the terror network killed a French aid worker it took hostage in April.


China floods test massive Three Gorges Dam (AP)

\"InAP - Record-high water levels put the capacity of China\'s massive Three Gorges Dam to the test Wednesday after heavy rains raged on across the country, compounding flooding problems that already have left more than 1,200 people dead or missing.


Afghan govt: Bus hits bomb, killing 25 (AP)

\"DemocratAP - A packed bus hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 people aboard, as NATO announced another U.S. death in a rapidly rising monthly death toll.


Burma\'s Than Shwe Visits India to Talk Energy, Security (Time.com)
Time.com - General Than Shwe, leader of the junta that has ruled Burma since 1988, arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a five-day state visit to discuss energy and insurgents
Alcohol eases rheumatoid arthritis: study (AFP)

\"DrinkingAFP - Drinking alcohol may help reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis and cut the risk of developing the painful and crippling disease, a study published Wednesday has shown for the first time.


Al-Qaida No. 2 slams France\'s ban on Islamic veils (AP)
AP - Al-Qaida\'s No. 2 has slammed France\'s push to ban the Islamic full-face veil and urged Muslim women in a new audio message on the Internet to defend their headdress in a holy war against the \"secular Western crusade.\"
AP Impact: Mexico justice means catch and release (AP)

\"FILEAP - It\'s practically a daily ritual: Accused drug traffickers and assassins, shackled and bruised from beatings, are paraded before the news media to show that Mexico is winning its drug war. Once the television lights dim, however, about three-quarters of them are let go.


We can build United States of Africa, Gaddafi says (Reuters)

\"LibyanReuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday his dream of a United States of Africa was still alive and this week\'s African Union summit was another step toward that objective.


PayPal making belated foray in Japan, without eBay (AP)

\"AndrewAP - PayPal, the online payment unit of Internet commerce firm eBay Inc., is planning to break into the Japanese market — the first time it has entered a region without eBay\'s powerful auction business.


TSX urged to do more to prevent conflicts of interest (Reuters)
Reuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange falls short of global listing standards and should do more to manage potential conflicts of interests in how it regulates listed companies, according to report published on Tuesday.
Australian PM hits back at pre-election leaks (AFP)

\"AustralianAFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday angrily denied opposing popular welfare increases after damaging cabinet leaks rocked her campaign for next month\'s elections.


Search continues for missing sailor in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The body of a sailor who was killed in a Taliban ambush arrived home in the United States Tuesday as the military continued a massive search for his comrade, whom the Taliban claimed it kidnapped last week in eastern Afghanistan.
Khmer Rouge torture chief to appeal: Is he a chameleon or a contrite Christian? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Math wiz, high school teacher, communist ideologue, born-again Christian, aid worker, contrite confessor, and mass murderer.
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