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  • A sick Pakistani's bed sits outside Tuesday for lack of room at a rural health center in a flood-affected district of Punjab province. Hundreds of health facilities have been damaged by flooding. (Associated Press)

    Pakistan flooding stirs U.S. fears

    Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years are increasing worries in Washington that the disaster will undermine the South Asian nation's political stability and jeopardize U.S. gains across the border in Afghanistan.


  • BOOK REVIEW: On the trail of Islamic terrorism

    In his latest nonfiction book, Michael Mewshaw seems determined to find out how his character felt as he himself undertook an extraordinary, 2,100-mile reporting journey through North Africa on the trail of Islamic terrorism and its state opponents in Algeria and its volatile Maghreb neighbors.


  • Residents of the village of Hamdani Legari, near Moro, Pakistan, work to reinforce the embankment to keep floodwaters at bay on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

    Thousands stay in Pakistan floods to protect homes

    Across the Pakistan flood zone, thousands — perhaps hundreds of thousands — of people have decided to stay in their homes, often sleeping on rooftops because of the high water.


  • Florence and state spar over 'David'

    Florence's mayor is defending his city's ownership of Michelangelo's marble masterpiece "David" after the Culture Ministry reportedly asserted that the treasure belongs to the central government in Rome.


  • Williams sisters commit to US for Fed Cup final

    Serena and Venus Williams told the U.S. Tennis Association they plan to play in the Fed Cup final against Italy in November.


  • This image provided by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia shows an image from the August issue of Vogue Italia featuring Kristen McMenamy. The issue includes a photo spread shot by Steven Meisel titled "Water & Oil".    (AP Photo/Vogue Italia, Steven Meisel)

    Viva Vogue Italia? Oil-inspired spread stirs muck

    The model is in black, prone and dirty on jagged rocks, netting draped around her legs like a dead sea creature.


  • **FILE** President Barack Obama (Associated Press)

    Embassy Row

    European lawmakers are warning President Obama that his failure to remove an exiled Iranian opposition group from the U.S. terrorist blacklist gives the brutal Iranian regime an excuse to execute domestic dissidents and pursue nuclear weapons.


  • Agnieszka Radwanska, of Poland, flips her racket after missing a shot against Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, during the Mercury Insurance Open tennis tournament in Carlsbad, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

    Pennetta eliminates Stosur in straight sets

    Flavia Pennetta moved into the semifinals of the Mercury Insurance Open with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over second-seeded Samantha Stosur on Friday.


  • Agnieszka Radwanska, of Poland, flips her racket after missing a shot against Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, during the Mercury Insurance Open tennis tournament in Carlsbad, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

    Pennetta eliminates Stosur in straight sets

    Flavia Pennetta moved into the semifinals of the Mercury Insurance Open with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over second-seeded Samantha Stosur on Friday.


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