International Headlines

Date: Friday, August 13, 2010

>TOP STORIES as of 0900 GMT -- 13 August, 2010

> MYANMAR JUNTA SETS FIRST ELECTION IN TWO DECADES
Myanmar will hold general elections on November 7, Myanmar
National Radio announces -- the first since 1990 when the
opposition's victory was rejected.

> GERMAN GROWTH FASTEST SINCE 1991
Germany on Friday reasserted itself as the economic growth
engine of the eurozone, after gross domestic product expanded at
a stellar 2.2 per cent rate in the second quarter compared with
the previous three months.

> FIDEL CASTRO TURNS 84 BACK IN SPOTLIGHT
More than five decades ago, a 32-year-old Cuban guerrilla
fighter named Fidel Castro led a triumphant column of bearded
revolutionaries into the Cuban capital.

> U.N.: WARTIME RAPE NOT 'INEVITABLE'
The United Nations is trying to put sexual violence on the
international policy map, telling political and military leaders
that wartime mass rape "is no more inevitable than, or
acceptable than, mass murder."

> WIKILEAKS TO RELEASE MORE DOCUMENTS
The founder of WikiLeaks says the whistle-blower website is
preparing to release another roughly 15,000 documents about the
war in Afghanistan.

> MORE RAIN, DEATHS IN CHINA MUDSLIDES
More rain is expected Friday in northwest China's Gansu
province, where the death toll from a massive mudslide continues
to climb.

> PAKISTAN PRESIDENT VISITS FLOOD-HIT AREAS
President Asif Ali Zardari finally got a firsthand look Thursday
at the destruction and suffering caused by torrential monsoon
rains and subsequent flooding.

> UGANDA PARADES BOMBING SUSPECTS
The Ugandan government paraded four suspects in last month's
deadly bombings in Kampala before reporters Thursday, with one
of the men calling himself an "evil man."

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> INDIA IMPOSES DEADLINE ON BLACKBERRY
India is expected to make a major decision Thursday regarding
BlackBerry, which is under serious scrutiny because the highly
encrypted messages in the device make it impossible for
intelligence agencies to monitor.

> UNION STRIKE VOTE COULD AFFECT 6 BRITISH AIRPORTS
Six major British airports, including London's Heathrow, could
shut down after employees of airport operator BAA overwhelmingly
voted to go on strike Thursday in a dispute over pay, union
officers said.

> NEW GENERATION OF ENTREPRENEURS
Life has its share of both stormy and sunny moments. There are
clouds (your car broke down) and then there are silver linings
(but at least it's a nice day for a walk).