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worldnews.msnbc.msn — NOWSHERA, Pakistan -- There has been little change to the scenes at Jalozai refugee camp in recent years. Lines of worn and weary wait to register for services, clutching the few belongings they brought with them.

npr — With desertification, drought and a booming mining industry, Mongolians are leaving the traditional life of herding. Herdsman Bat-Erdene Badam says he will be the last in his family to tend livestock. His children are trading in their nomadic lives for more stable, often urban jobs.» E-Mail This     » Add to...

thedailybeast — Ron Moreau and Sami Yousafzai on the message behind the harsh sentence for the doctor who helped the CIA.

worldnews.msnbc.msn — A U.S. drone strike hit a village mosque in northwest Pakistan Thursday morning, killing at least 10 people, a Pakistani official and witnesses told NBC News.

cbsnews — Intelligence officials suspect America behind second drone attack in 24 hours on day after conviction of doc who aided bin Laden hunt

npr — With desertification, drought and a booming mining industry, Mongolians are leaving the traditional life of herding. Herdsman Bat-Erdene Badam says he will be the last in his family to tend livestock. His children are trading in their nomadic lives for more stable, often urban jobs.» E-Mail This     » Add to...

cbsnews — Mariela Castro tells Calif. academic conference that Cuban-Americans supporting economic, travel restrictions "have no scruples"

cbsnews — With short climbing season hampered by bad weather, large number of climbers creates bottleneck on most dangerous part of the mountain

cbsnews — Russian missile fired from mobile launcher so new it has no name; designed to counter NATO's missile defense system

cbsnews — Jeremy Paxman told inquiry that Morgan delivered his warning over lunch at the the Mirror newspaper HQ in 2002

npr — The rule, instituted to improve sanitation, applies to bathrooms in tourist spots such as parks, railway stations, supermarkets and malls.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

npr — To protect the endangered animals, forest guards have been given the go-ahead to use lethal force if necessary. One minister has told rangers to "shoot at sight."» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

worldnews.msnbc.msn — TRIPOLI, Lebanon – It only takes a two minute stroll down Syria Street to see why so many people are so worried about what might happen next in Lebanon.

worldnews.msnbc.msn — Iran and world powers exchanged unusually detailed proposals at talks in Baghdad on Wednesday in hopes of defusing a long, volatile standoff over suspicions Tehran's atomic energy program may be a disguised quest for nuclear weapons.

thedailybeast — Commercial climbing on Everest is in trouble as the mountain’s two biggest problems—the number of climbers and the deteriorating conditions—have expanded beyond anyone’s control, writes Nick Heil.

npr — With all the Reagan veneration, it's not surprising there's a Reagan relic out there. A lab vial is said to contain a now dried blood sample from the president on the day he was nearly assassinated in March 1981. That the vial is up for auction has caused a controversy,...

cbsnews — State in western India allows forest guards to shoot hunters in bid to curb rampant attacks on tigers and other wildlife

npr — Nearly two years ago, Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered private security companies be brought under state control. The Afghan Public Protection Force is poised to take over. But the new system is expected to increase security costs for USAID by $455 million. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

cbsnews — West pushes for more disclosures, Tehran wants timetables and goals as discussions over controversial nuclear program open

cbsnews — New details emerge from mental health advocate about man who beheaded fellow Greyhound bus passenger in 2008

npr — The U.S. and other world powers hope to lay out a step by step process that will eventually lead to an end to Iran's nuclear enrichment program. Iran hopes to ease punitive sanctions that are choking its economy.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

online.wsj — Fitch Ratings downgraded Japan's sovereign rating, citing the country's "leisurely" efforts to remedy its dire fiscal situation.

online.wsj — Countries involved in a U.S.-backed trans-Afghanistan pipeline will sign a commercial agreement aimed at keeping the much-delayed $7.6 billion project alive.

online.wsj — Millions of Egyptians voted in a historic presidential election that is expected to usher in the country's first freely elected civilian leader after six decades of military-backed dictatorship.

online.wsj — Global powers presented Iran with a new package of demands and inducements aimed at limiting the country's nuclear program, according to Western officials.