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Myanmar sets election 20 years after
Myanmar, also knowns as Burma, which has been under military rule since 1962 sets election in November 07, 2010, 20 years after the last election in 1990. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi who was under house arrest since 1989 won in that 1990 election but the military-junta refused to recognize the results. The ongoing detention of Aung San Suu Kyi was extended up to November 2010 and she was barred from participating in the upcoming national elections.
Read the full story with video, Myanmar junta sets election date of Nov. 7, at the CNN site.
Read the full story, Timeline: Key events in recent Myanmar history, at the CNN site.
Floods in Pakistan affected 15 million people
According to CNN.com today’s news, “Although the death toll is lower, the 15 million people affected are more than those affected in the 2005 Pakistan earthquakes, the 2004 Indonesia tsunami and the January earthquake in Haiti combined.”
Read the full story with videos, Pakistani president finally visits flood-affected areas, at the CNN site.
Read the full story with video, Pakistani president visits flood relief camp in Sindh, at the BBC site.
Death toll soars in Moscow due to heat and smog
People in Moscow have been suffering for several weeks now because of heat and smog cause by wildfires. According to news reports, the death rate has doubled and the level of air pollution will remain high in the coming days in Moscow, Russia.
Read the full story, Moscow death toll soars as heat wave persists, at the Los Angeles Times site.
Read the full story with video, Heat and smog double death rate in Moscow, at the CNN site.
Mia Farrow testified Naomi Campbell said Charles Taylor sent diamond
Mia Farrow has testified in court today at The Hague that model Naomi Campbell said that the ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor sent men and had given her a diamond.
The former Liberian Charles Taylor is being accused of illegally using mined diamonds and selling diamonds to secure weapons for the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels of Sierra Leone during the 1991-2001 civil war.
Liberia is the oldest republic of Africa.
Read the full story with video, Naomi Campbell said Taylor sent diamond: Mia Farrow, at the BBC site.
Read the full story, Q&A: Charles Taylor on trial, at the BBC site.
Read the full story with video, Farrow: Campbell said diamond was from Taylor, at the CNN site.
Note: Mia Farrow gives evidence at The Hague live right now. The live video may not be available anymore once the session is closed. Broadcast subject to a 30 minute delay.
Updated on August 10, 2010, added a video.
Toyota President Akio Toyoda, Toyota Cars Recalled
CNN’s Kyung Lah looks at Toyota’s president, Akio Toyoda, as he prepares to face U.S. lawmakers.
CNN’s Kyung Lah reports on how Toyota’s fate could hinge on CEO Akio Toyoda’s performance before U.S. lawmakers.
Read the full story with video, Japan Inc.’s reputation rides on Toyoda, at the CNN site.
Diabetes drug linked to heart attacks
A senate report concludes the diabetes drug Avandia is linked to tens of thousands of heart attacks.
Solar Cooking for 100,000 in India
The Indian holy town of Shirdi boasts the world’s largest solar cooker.
CNN’s Mallika Kapur reports
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized for child migrant abuse
Children of poor British families were brought to Australia in a program called ‘The Child Migrants Programme’ that ended 40 years ago. Those children were promised of a better life but ended up abused and forced into labor. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologized on Monday to those British migrant victims known as the ‘Forgotten Australians’.
Read the full story with video, ‘Forgotten Australians’ get apology, at the CNN site.
Read the full story, Australia apologises for child migrant abuse, at the ITN site.
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