Pakistani rescue teams try to reach tens of thousands of people cut off by devastating floods which are now estimated to have affected three million people.
The prime minister and his deputy write a joint letter to cabinet colleagues to remind them that reducing the deficit is the "most urgent issue facing Britain".
The killing of five policemen in Baghdad yesterday came as President Barack Obama vowed again to fulfill an agreement with the Iraqi government to lower US troop levels from 80,000 to 50,000 by the end of August.
The ethics charges against Representatives Charles B. Rangel and Maxine Waters reflect, in part, Washington’s heightened sensitivity to indiscretions by members of Congress.
Nearly five million barrels of oil have gushed from BP’s well, federal scientists said, according to the most precise estimates yet of the well’s flow rate.
AP - Gunmen killed at least 45 people in Pakistan's largest city after the assassination of a prominent lawmaker set off a cycle of revenge attacks, officials said Tuesday. Dozens of vehicles and shops were set ablaze as security forces struggled to regain control of Karachi.
AP - A powerful earthquake struck waters off of eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage and officials said there was no threat of a tsunami.
AP - The pace of consumer spending stalled in June and personal incomes failed to increase, further evidence that the economic recovery slowed in the spring.
BP delayed work to permanently seal its blown-out oil well because of a leak in the cap's hydraulic control system. BP plans to pump mud through the cap to plug the well.
Eight people were shot and two were killed when a masked suspect fired into a crowd at a party in Indiana early Tuesday morning, Indianapolis police said.
The leading suspect in the leaking of thousands of military documents to WikiLeaks had been disciplined at least twice in the previous three years but maintained his security clearance.
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