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Nearly 50 people are killed, hundreds wounded, and an entire village destroyed in a series of bombings<\/a> around Baghdad and northern Iraq. The attacks, coming on the heals of Friday’s car bombing that killed 30 outside a mosque in Mosul, have raised concerns about whether or not Iraqi forces will be able to maintain security now that U.S. troops have pulled out of Iraqi cities.<\/p>\n

As Typhoons Morakot and Etau continue to wreak havoc in Asia, nearly one million people are evacuated<\/a> from China’s eastern coastal provinces, at least 13 are killed<\/a> in western Japan, and hundreds are missing after landslides<\/a> hit the village of Xialin in Taiwan.<\/p>\n

President Barack Obama meets with Mexican President Felipe Calder\u00f3n and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Guadalajara, Mexico, for the forth annual summit of North American leaders<\/a>. Major issues to be discussed include the economic crisis, the swine flu pandemic, the drug trade, climate change and immigration.<\/p>\n

At least two civilians and three police officers are killed in Taliban attacks on government buildings near Kabul, just 10 days before Afghanistan’s elections<\/a>, which members of the Taliban have vowed to disrupt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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