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NBC - KWES NewsWest 9 - Midland TX, Aug 24, 2010 / A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national, officials said.
Redding.com - Redding CA, Aug 24, 2010 / A suicide bomber and gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people including members of parliament in an attack that set off an hour-long gun battle, a military spokesman and a witness said.
The Alva Review-Courier - Alva OK, Aug 24, 2010 / Philippine authorities defended on Tuesday their handling of a bus hostage crisis in which eight Hong Kong tourists were killed, but missteps were seen as signs of deeper deficiencies in a country beset by security problems.
Ithaca Journal - Ithaca NY, Aug 24, 2010 / Raising hopes further Monday, a second bore hole punched into the chamber where the miners are entombed and a third probe was nearing the spot, Mining Minister Laurence Golborne reported.
Bloomberg.com, Aug 24, 2010 / India will decide on granting environment approval for Posco 's planned $12 billion plant in the eastern state of Orissa after a government report is submitted by the end of next month.
McClatchy, Aug 24, 2010 / It is hard to imagine a government that faces more existential threats to its people, state, and democracy than the current civilian government in Pakistan.
Perth News, Aug 24, 2010 / Australia's "kingmaker" independent MPs were set to hold talks on Tuesday after weekend elections failed to produce a clear winner, triggering the worst political deadlock in decades.
ABC/FOX - ABC 22/FOX 45 - Dayton OH, Aug 24, 2010 / NATO says an operation to provide security ahead of parliamentary elections next month in Afghanistan has killed about 40 Taliban fighters.
2point6billion.com - China & India, Aug 24, 2010 / Road construction, traffic accidents and breakdowns have created 60 miles of bumper-to-bumper gridlock for the past 10 days along the National Expressway 110, also known as the Beijing-Tibet expressway.
Houma Today - Houma LA, Aug 24, 2010 / Aid workers Roque Pascual and Albert Vilalta were abducted last November when their convoy of 4-by-4s was attacked by gunmen on a stretch of road in Mauritania.
The Alva Review-Courier - Alva OK, Aug 24, 2010 / Former President Jimmy Carter was preparing to leave for North Korea on Tuesday to try to gain the freedom of an American imprisoned for illegally entering the communist nation, U.S. officials said Monday night.
Middle East Online, Aug 24, 2010 / First, the Obama administration must persuade Israel to start the direct negotiations with the Palestinians by focusing on the issue of borders.
Sunday Mirror, Aug 24, 2010 / Rebel soldiers gang-raped nearly 200 women and four baby boys within 10 miles of a UN peacekeepers' base, it was claimed last night.
Middle East Online, Aug 24, 2010 / The Park51 controversy has brought many dark elements to the fore.
Anorak News, Aug 24, 2010 / ANNA Ardin is, as alleged in numerous reports, the woman who claims Wikileaks founder Julian Assange sexually molested her.
Sunday Mirror, Aug 24, 2010 / A government minister in Egypt has been detained after a van Gogh painting worth around £32million was stolen from a museum.
The Muslim News, Aug 24, 2010 / Thirty-two people, a former parliamentarian among them, were killed and at least 42 others injured in two terrorist attacks in tribal areas on Monday.
China News.Net, Aug 24, 2010 / Draft legislation to reduce the scope of China's capital punishment laws may not bring down the numbers of those put to death, a human rights group said Tuesday.
KOHO Radio, Aug 24, 2010 / The company formerly known as Blackwater violated U.S. export-control laws nearly 300 times, from attempts to do business in Sudan while that country was under U.S. sanctions to training an Afghan border patrol official who was a native of Iran, the State Department said Monday.
Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ The attack comes amid two days of fighting that have killed at least 40 civilians and wounded more than 130 in the capital according to Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service.
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Aug 24, 2010/ A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national, officials said.
MarketWatch, Aug 24, 2010/ Scottish-headquartered oil exploration group Cairn Energy reported Tuesday that it sharply reduced net losses for the first half of the year, saying its first well in Greenland is showing signs of promise.
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL, Aug 24, 2010/ World stock markets retreated Tuesday as the strong yen knocked Japanese shares and investors anticipated more bad news from U.S. economic reports this week.
The Daily Mirror - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ Two Britons were rescued from a horrifying bus siege in which eight hostages died yesterday after a sacked policeman made a crazed attempt to get his job back.