Thursday, August 19, 2010
International Headlines
>TOP STORIES as of 0900 GMT -- 19 August, 2010
> LAST U.S. COMBAT CONVOY LEAVES IRAQ
The last U.S. brigade combat team has left Iraq, leaving 56,000
U.S. troops there, the U.S. military said. In all, 50,000 U.S.
forces are to remain past the end of August.
> FLOOD AID ONLY TRICKLING INTO PAKISTAN
Pakistan is reeling from a natural disaster affecting 20 million
people, but aid relief organizations say donors have been
painfully slow in helping.
> INDIA: PAKISTAN VIOLATING CEASE-FIRE
The Indian army accused Pakistani troops of violating a major
cease-fire early Thursday by firing across the line of control
in Kashmir.
> N. KOREA SAYS IT DETAINED S. KOREAN BOAT
North Korean state media on Thursday confirmed the seizure of a
South Korean fishing boat earlier this month with seven crew
members aboard.
> OUTCRY OVER PHILIPPINES 'TORTURE TAPE'
Eleven police officers in Manila have been suspended after video
emerged of a naked detainee being beaten and tortured by one man while
others watched.
> U.S.: WIKILEAKS TALKS NEVER TOOK PLACE
The top lawyer for the Pentagon tried to talk to an attorney who
said he represented the WikiLeaks website on Sunday, August 15,
but the attorney never showed for the 10 a.m. telephone call,
according to a Defense Department spokesman.
> ABDUCTED MEXICAN MAYOR'S BODY FOUND
The body of Edelmiro Cavazos Leal, the mayor of the city of
Santiago in Nuevo Leon state, was found Wednesday, two days
after he was abducted, Mexico's interior ministry announced.
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> ASIAN LABOR MILITANCY RISES WITH PRICES
Bangladeshi garment workers, who make clothes for western brands such
as H&M, Gap and Marks & Spencer, greeted a recent 80
percent pay rise by rampaging angrily through the capital Dhaka.
> SHARP UPTURN IN SHIPPING CONTAINERS
The use of shipping containers, a barometer of the global
economy, has risen sharply this year, surpassing even the record
levels of 2008.
> WILL FACEBOOK JUMP INTO 'LOCATION WARS'?
Facebook is set to embrace location-based networking, allowing
users to tell friends exactly where they are -- using the GPS on
their phones -- in addition to what they are doing and thinking.
