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Dow closes down 634 points after final plunge
Los Angeles Times
The Dow Jones industrial average finished the day down 634.76 points Monday
after a full-day sell-off accelerated in the final hour of trading as
investors struggled to absorb Standard & Poor's decision to downgrade the
United States' credit rating. ...
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Looting, arson spread widely in London, as civil unrest escalates
Washington Post
By Anthony Faiola, LONDON – Swaths of London became scenes of lawless
looting and raging fires Monday as the wave of civil unrest that has
gripped this sprawling capital sharply escalated, including fresh riots
close to the athletes' village and shiny ...
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Hotel housekeeper sues alleged attacker Dominique Strauss-Kahn
CNN
By Susan Candiotti, CNN National Correspondent New York (CNN) -- Hotel
housekeeper Nafissatou Diallo filed a civil lawsuit Monday against her
alleged attacker Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The former head of the
International Monetary Fund stands indicted on ...
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Syrian death toll rises as Arab states protest
The Guardian
Syria continues its crackdown on pro-democracry activists despite protests
from US and Arab states. Above, protest at the Syrian consulate in
Istanbul, 7 August 2011. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/Getty Images Syria defied
Arab isolation and mounting ...
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Special forces key to new AfPak strategy
Hindustan Times
The mission that left 30 American troops, including 22 Navy SEALs, dead on
Saturday in Afghanistan was just one of dozens of operations carried out by
US Special Operations forces every week in Afghanistan. The only difference
was the disastrous ending ...
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Famine: 'Hundreds of thousands of kids could die'
Houston Chronicle
By JASON STRAZIUSO AP © 2011 The Associated Press DADAAB, Kenya —
Hundreds of thousands of Somali children could die in East Africa's famine
unless more help arrives, a top US official warned Monday in the starkest
death toll prediction yet. ...
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Governor Rick Perry to drop strong 2012 hint
Reuters
Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks during the 2011 Republican Leadership
Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana June 18, 2011. By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rick Perry will signal plans to seek the 2012
Republican presidential nomination at an ...
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Court upholds lawsuit accusing Rumsfeld of being responsible for torture of
2 ...
Washington Post
By AP, CHICAGO — A court says two Americans who worked for an Iraqi
contracting firm can move forward with a lawsuit accusing former Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of being responsible for US forces allegedly
torturing them. ...
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Ohio Gunman Final Victim Was 11-Year-Old Child He Hunted Down
ABC News
By CHRISTINA NG Members of the Summit County Sheriff Department leave the
scene of a multiple fatal shooting, August 7, 2011, Copley Township, Ohio.
(Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal/AP Photo) The final victim of the
rampaging Ohio gunman who killed ...
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Slain San Diego officer had survived combat in Iraq, Afghanistan
Los Angeles Times
When Jeremy Henwood was in Afghanistan as the commander of a Marine
logistics company, his letters to the families of his troops were replete
with support for the US mission and pride in his Marines. Henwood, a San
Diego police officer, was a captain ...
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