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4 American troops killed by bomb in Afghanistan (AP)

US soldiers are seen during a military parade in Kandahar province in early August. Four US soldiers have been killed in a Taliban-style bomb attack in Afghanistan, NATO said, bringing the toll of Americans to 21 dead since Friday.(AFP/File/Yuri Cortez)AP - NATO says four American troops have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan.


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Mexico captures reported drug lord ‘the Barbie’ (AP)

In this image released by Mexico's Public Safety Department on Monday Aug. 30, 2010, Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias 'the Barbie,'' is escorted by police officers in the state of Mexico, which borders the capital, Mexico City. Federal police on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, captured Valdez Villarreal, a Texas-born alleged drug kingpin, who faces trafficking charges in the U.S. and has been blamed for a vicious turf war that has included bodies hung from bridges and shootouts in central Mexico.(AP Photo/Mexico's Public Safety Department)AP - Texas-born fugitive Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias “the Barbie,” is the third major suspected drug lord to fall in Mexico in the past 10 months and a coup for…

Fearing the future, few Iraqis cheer US departure (AP)

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, walks with Gen. Ray Odierno, right, after he arrived, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Vice President Joe Biden returned to Iraq Monday to mark this week's formal end to U.S. combat operations and push the country's leaders to end a six-month postelection stalemate blocking formation of a new government. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - As Vice President Joe Biden presides over the formal end to U.S. combat operations in Iraq, few Iraqis are cheering the American exit.


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Earl threatens US Coast after hitting Caribbean (AP)

Luis Colon uses an umbrella to shield himself from rain and wind caused by the approaching Hurricane Earl in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)AP - Hurricane Earl, now a powerful Category 4 storm, barreled toward the U.S. coast early Wednesday after battering tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and winds…

8 coalition troops killed in south Afghanistan (AP)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a trilateral regional summit in Tehran, August 5, 2010. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiAP - Roadside bombs killed eight members of the international force in Afghanistan — including seven U.S. troops — raising to more than a dozen the number who have died in…