Last updated: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 | 5:35 PM ET
- Ex-U.S. senator Ted Stevens dies in plane crash
- A plane carrying former U.S. senator Ted Stevens and ex-NASA chief Sean O'Keefe crashed near a remote fishing village in Alaska, killing the longtime senator and at least four others, authorities say. more »
- Khadr trial's jury selection begins
- Jury selection for the U.S. military commission trial of Canadian Omar Khadr has begun in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. more »
- Afghan civilian deaths spike in 2010: UN
- The number of civilians killed or injured in Afghanistan jumped 31 per cent in the first six months of the year due to a rise in violence by insurgents, the United Nations says in a report. more »
- Angry JetBlue flight attendant gets bail
- A JetBlue flight attendant who got into an altercation with a passenger upon landing and then fled the plane on an emergency chute has been granted bail in New York City. more »
- China floods death toll tops 700
- Chinese soldiers and rescue workers are searching for survivors after a landslide swept through a community in northwestern China on Sunday. more »
- H1N1 pandemic officially over: WHO
- The World Health Organization has declared that the H1N1 pandemic, which killed more than 18,000 people around the world and sparked mass vaccination programs, is over. more »
- Markets cut losses on Federal Reserve move
- North American markets pared earlier losses Tuesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve acknowledged the pace of the U.S. economic recovery has slowed and said it would buy government debt on a small scale. more »
- Polish ambassador's children die in crash
- Poland's ambassador to Canada has returned to his homeland after hearing his two children died in a car crash. more »
- Japan apologizes to South Korea for colonial rule
- Japan apologized on Tuesday to South Korea for its colonial rule over the country, seeking to strengthen ties ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Japanese annexation of the Korean peninsula. more »
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- Tears across generations: relatives of lost Vietnamese soldiers pay their respects at memorial
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- Plane crashes in Alaska, kills former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens; ex-NASA chief survives
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