International Headlines

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:02:07 -0400
TOP STORIES as of 0900 GMT -- 26 July, 2010

> KHMER ROUGE PRISON CHIEF GUILTY OF GENOCIDE
The Cambodian war crimes tribunal sentences Kaing Guek Eav,
alias Duch, to 35 years in prison for running a notorious
torture prison under the Khmer Rouge.

> LEAKED DOCUMENTS 'SHOCK' AFGHANISTAN
The Afghan government said Monday it was "shocked" as it sifted
through tens of thousands of leaked U.S. military and diplomatic
reports on the war in Afghanistan that a whistleblower website
posted a day earlier.

> IRAQ: SUICIDE BOMBER TARGETS AL-ARABIYA
A suicide car bomb targeted the bureau of al-Arabiya TV in
central Baghdad on Monday, Iraq's interior ministry said.

> BP: NO DECISIONS MADE ON CEO CHANGE
BP said Monday morning that no final decision had been made
regarding changes to the company's management.

> U.S., S. KOREA BEGIN MILITARY DRILLS
Amid heightened tensions with North Korea, the United States and
South Korea on Sunday began joint military exercises.

> FESTIVAL CANCELED AFTER DEATH STAMPEDE
The death toll from the stampede at a German music festival is
now at 19, police in Duisburg, Germany, said Sunday. The number
of people injured when chaos broke out at Saturday's "Love
Parade 2010" has also risen -- to 400, police said.

> SUSPECT IN MEXICO CAR ATTACK ARRESTED
A man who police say was responsible for a fatal car bombing in
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, that killed three people is in custody,
municipal police said.

> 1 KILLED, 10 WOUNDED IN BANGKOK BLAST
A bomb exploded Sunday in front of a busy shopping area in
Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least one man, authorities said.

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> U.S. LAW TARGETS 'CONFLICT MINERALS' IN CONGO
A new U.S. law aims to ensure that the smart phone glued to your
ear is not helping fund wars in Congo and neighboring countries.

> SEVEN OUT OF 91 BANKS FAIL EU STRESS TESTS
Seven out of 91 European banks have failed an EU-wide test to
determine if they have enough capital to withstand future
potential economic shocks.