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Heavy monsoon flooding devastates northern India, Bangladesh killing at least 166

Associated Press
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - GAUHATI, India -- Teeming monsoon rains have inundated wide swaths of northern India and neighboring Bangladesh, killing at least 166 people and washing away village...
Russia claims polar seabed

Associated Press
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- Two small Russian submarines completed a risky voyage deep below the North Pole Thursday, planting their country's flag in a titanium capsule on the Arctic Oce...
Esmark to buy East Coast mill from Mittal Steel

Associated Press
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- Mittal Steel Co. NV said Thursday it will sell its Sparrows Point mill near Baltimore to a group led by privately held steel distributor Esmark Inc., ...
Business briefs

Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Hybrid sales on record pace DETROIT -- Hybrid vehicles are on track to achieve record U.S. sales this year. An estimated 187,000 hybrids were sold in the first six month...
Animal group yields funds

Associated Press
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A Sacramento-area animal rescue group investigated for how it spent millions of dollars raised after Hurricane Katrina has agreed to give up contro...
Penn connects with Chavez

Associated Press
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - CARACAS, Venezuela -- Hollywood star Sean Penn applauded President Hugo Chavez as the Venezuelan leader lambasted the Bush administration and demanded an end to war in I...
Staking its claim

By Guy Faulconbridge Reuters
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- Russian explorers dived deep below the North Pole in a submersible on Thursday and planted their national flag on the seabed to stake a symbolic claim to the e...
Study says pollution haze over the Indian Ocean contributes to melting of Himalayan glaciers

Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Huge haze clouds over the Indian Ocean contribute as much to atmospheric warming in Asia as greenhouse gases and play a significant role in ...
S. Korea seeks direct talks

Associated Press
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- Officials searched Thursday for a neutral meeting place that would be safe for both South Korean negotiators and Taliban captors to hold face-to-f...
House backs troop rests

Associated Press
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The House voted Thursday to give U.S. troops guaranteed time at home between deployments to Iraq, the latest but assuredly not the last challenge to Presid...

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