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Yahoo! News: World News World News North Korean diplomats seize books on Kim in Myanmar (Reuters) Reuters - North Korean diplomats in Myanmar have confiscated hundreds of copies of a locally published biography on the Stalinist state's reclusive leader, Kim Jong-il, the book's author said Friday. Posted on 30 July 2010 | 1:43 am Officials: Floods kill at least 267 in Pakistan (AP) AP - The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 267 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides. Posted on 30 July 2010 | 1:35 am Australia govt expands proposed broadband network (AP) AP - Australia's government expanded its ambitious plan to bring broadband to much of the vast country, adding 300,000 homes and businesses to the coverage area Friday in hopes of winning votes in next month's federal election. Posted on 30 July 2010 | 1:29 am China criticizes Clinton comments on island chains (AP) AP - China's military on Friday criticized remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Washington had a strong interest in seeing territorial disputes in the South China Sea resolved peacefully. Posted on 30 July 2010 | 1:28 am Alcatel-Lucent posts 2nd quarter loss (AP) AP - Alcatel-Lucent SA says its net loss in the second quarter was a wider-than-expected euro184 million (US$240 million) but said it remains on track for a targeted improvement in profitability this year. Posted on 30 July 2010 | 1:21 am Pair wanted in US woman's death deported to Panama (AP) AP - A U.S. couple was deported in shackles Thursday to Panama, where they face charges of killing two Americans and questioning in the disappearances of five other people. Posted on 30 July 2010 | 1:17 am Fed atty: Military secrets sold to pay for HI home (AP) AP - A federal prosecutor said Thursday a former B-2 bomber engineer helped China design a stealth cruise missile to raise money to pay the $15,000-a-month mortgage on the mansion-like home he built on Maui's north shore. Posted on 30 July 2010 | 1:16 am Police say 4 soldiers killed in landmine attack (AP) AP - Suspected separatist rebels triggered a land mine explosion Friday that killed at least four paramilitary soldiers and injured 25 others in India's remote northeastern state of Assam, police said. Posted on 30 July 2010 | 1:16 am Spanish Court Seeks Arrest of U.S. Soldiers in Hotel Attack (Time.com) Time.com - Spain's National Court has re-opened its case against three U.S. troops implicated in a 2003 attack on Baghdad's Hotel Palestine that killed two journalists Posted on 30 July 2010 | 1:10 am China: Factory Explosion, Toxic Spills as Disasters Rise (Time.com) Time.com - While China's boom has always been dogged by environmental and safety hazards, the frequency of disasters this summer has raised new questions about whether the country can maintain its pace of expansion without doing more harm than good Posted on 30 July 2010 | 1:10 am Top Mexican drug lord killed in clash with army (AP) AP - One of the top three leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel died in a gunfight with soldiers Thursday, ending the long run of a mysterious capo considered a founder of the country's massive methamphetamine trade. Posted on 29 July 2010 | 11:36 pm Pentagon rethinking who can access secret information (McClatchy Newspapers) McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A low-ranking Army soldier suspected of leaking thousands of classified documents had access to the documents because U.S. officials have pressed to make sure secret information is available to combat units. Posted on 29 July 2010 | 9:11 pm Al-Qaida plants flag, burns bodies in Iraq attack (AP) AP - Militants flew an al-Qaida flag over a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their bodies in a brazen afternoon attack that served as a grim reminder of continued insurgent strength in Iraq's capital. Posted on 29 July 2010 | 5:59 pm Canada think tank sees loophole in emissions plans (Reuters) Reuters - Proposed Canadian regulations to cut emissions from cars and trucks may have little to no effect as early "action credits" banked by automakers may be able to carry them through the compliance period, an environmental think tank said on Thursday. Posted on 29 July 2010 | 5:57 pm Spreading the Floating Farms Tradition (OneWorld.net) OneWorld.net - CHANDRA, Jul 29 (IRIN) - As swollen monsoon rivers and rising sea levels threaten to engulf more land across Bangladesh, NGOs are training thousands of farmers in traditional soil-less farming on water. Posted on 29 July 2010 | 5:50 pm Black Eyed Peas join Mexico in protesting Arizona immigration law SB1070 [video] (The Christian Science Monitor) The Christian Science Monitor - Mexico staged a handful of protests today against the new immigration law in Arizona, where up to 530,000 undocumented workers live and 88.6 percent of the Hispanic population is Mexican. Posted on 29 July 2010 | 5:41 pm Moroccan king marks anniversary with clemency (AFP) AFP - King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Thursday granted pardons or reduced sentences to nearly 1,000 people to mark his 11 years on the throne, the justice ministry said. Posted on 29 July 2010 | 4:01 pm