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2nd US Navy sailor’s body recovered in Afghanistan (AP)

July 29th, 2010

This photo, displayed on a leaflet that was distributed by the U.S. military to civilians in Logar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 25, 2010 shows a missing U.S. Navy sailor. The Navy identified the missing sailor as Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, a 25-year-old from the Seattle area. The Pentagon lists Newlove as 'whereabouts unknown,' and did not confirm he was captured. Another service member who went missing with Newlove was identified as Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley — a 30-year-old father of two from Wheatridge, Colorado. NATO recovered his body Sunday. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and…

Rain slows hunt for air crash bodies in Pakistan (AP)

July 29th, 2010

People carry a casket of a plane crash victim during a funeral prayer in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Airbus A321 operated by local carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking the country's capital, Islamabad, during stormy, monsoon weather, killing all 152 people on board. (AP Photo/Karachi)AP - Anguished relatives sought the remains of loved ones killed in Pakistan’s worst-ever plane crash, some grieving at a hospital collecting bodies Thursday and others joining the recovery effort…

Militants kill 7 policemen, soldiers in Baghdad (AP)

July 29th, 2010

FILE - In July 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi army soldiers stand near a massive crater outside the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq. An al-Qaida-linked group is claiming responsibility for the bombing earlier this week targeting the Baghdad offices of the pan-Arab television station, Al-Arabiya. A statement posted Thursday, July 29, 2010, on the website of the Islamic state of Iraq said the operation was carried out by a 'hero of Islam.' (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Iraqi police and army officials say seven members of the country’s security forces have been killed in what apparently were coordinated attacks in Baghdad’s Sunni district of Azamiyah.


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Churchill’s choppers sold at auction in England (AP)

July 29th, 2010

In this photo released by Newsmakers PR a part of a set of dentures used by the wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is seen, Thursday July 29, 2010. The Royal College of Surgeons of England says the partial dentures were a tool that the Prime Minister relied upon to overcome a childhood lisp. They are being put on auction with an estimated value of 4,000 pounds to 5,000 pounds ($6,200 to $7,800.) (AP Photo/Newsmakers) ** ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES **AP - A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill — described as the teeth that saved the world — sold at auction Thursday for 15,200…

Russia grants more powers to KGB successor agency (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) has signed into a law a bill expanding the powers of the successor to the Soviet-era KGB security service, the Kremlin said in a statement. The bill, criticised by rights groups, would allow the Federal Security Service to issue official warnings to individuals whose actions are deemed to be creating the conditions for crime.(AFP/File/Alexey Panov)AP - Russians may now face jail time for crimes they have not yet committed under a new security law signed Thursday by President Dmitry Medvedev.


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