- Hurricane Earl weakens to Category 2 storm
- Hurricane Earl has weakened to a Category 2 storm as it blows toward North Carolina's coast.
- Netanyahu, Abbas agree to meet again
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet again following their first direct talks since December 2008.
- BP Gulf oil spill costs hit $8B US
- BP says it has so far spent roughly $8 billion US responding to the disastrous oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.
- No oil leak seen at Gulf of Mexico blast
- The U.S. Coast Guard says there are no signs so far that oil has spiiled from the site of an oil platform explosion Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Pakistan flood effects will linger: aid agencies
- The flood waters that inundated a large swath of Pakistan and forced millions of people out of their homes are starting to recede in some areas - but humanitarian organizations are warning that the need will linger long after the water has poured into the sea.
- Owner of L.A. trunk with mummified baby ID'd
- Police in Los Angeles have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of a baby and a fetus were found.
- West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece
- West Nile virus has killed 13 people in Greece, health authorities say.
- Mozambique food price protests continue
- Angry protesters burn tires on the streets of Mozambique's capital and a TV station says at least one person was killed.
- Congo attacks report delayed: UN
- A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the UN's top human rights official said Thursday.
- Pakistani bomb victims buried
- Thousands of Shia Muslims, thumping their chests and crying, mourned at funeral prayers for victims of a triple bombing in Lahore, Pakistan.
- Afghan fighting kills 2 U.S. troops, insurgents
- Two American troops have died in fighting in Afghanistan, while NATO and local officials say coalition and Afghan forces killed dozens of insurgents in a series of ground and air engagements.
- Aussie PM wins key support in power bid
- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard edges closer to retaining power when an independent lawmaker says he will support her Labor Party to form the first minority government since 1943.
- Storm forecast accuracy doubled in 20 years
- Sophisticated computer models that replaced instinct with cold, hard mathematics have helped forecasters predict where a storm like Hurricane Earl is going about twice as accurately as 20 years ago.
- Europe stands pat on rates
- The European Central Bank leaves its benchmark interest rate unchanged at one per cent for the 16th consecutive month, even as it upgrades its economic forecast for this year and next.
- Typhoon Kompasu lashes South Korea
- Typhoon Kompasu struck South Korea early Thursday, killing three people while it knocked over streetlights and scaffolding in what was called the strongest tropical storm to hit the Seoul area in 15 years.
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