Dutch General Kees van den Heuvel (R) and U.S.Army Colonel James Creighton are seen during the transfer of authority from the Netherlands to the U.S. and Australia in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan August 1, 2010. REUTERS/Dave de Vaal/Netherlands Ministry of De…... [more »]

Date: 1 August 2010, 5:06 am

Workers conduct a clean-up operation near the oil spill site in Dalian, Liaoning province August 1, 2010. As many as 60,000 tonnes of heavy crude oil could have been spilled into China's northeast coastal waters as a result of an explosion that r…... [more »]

Date: 1 August 2010, 5:04 am

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak shakes hands with Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres during a meeting at the presidential palace in Cairo August 1, 2010. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)... [more »]

Date: 1 August 2010, 5:03 am

Iraqi policemen work at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. July was the deadliest month for Iraqis in more than two years, according to newly released figures that show 535 were killed in violence. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)... [more »]

Date: 1 August 2010, 4:58 am

Kashmiri women shout anti-India slogans outside a hospital where injured of a firing incident were brought in for treatment in Srinagar August 1, 2010. Two persons were killed on Sunday bringing the death toll to 8 since Friday by police firing on Ka…... [more »]

Date: 1 August 2010, 4:57 am

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak (R) listens to his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres during a meeting at the presidential palace in Cairo August 1, 2010. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)... [more »]

Date: 1 August 2010, 4:56 am

A Chinese couple visits a lavender farm on the outskirts of Beijing, China Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)... [more »]

Date: 1 August 2010, 4:56 am

People help a victim injured in a firing incident, outside a hospital in Srinagar August 1, 2010. Two persons were killed on Sunday bringing the death toll to 8 since Friday by police firing on Kashmiri protesters during angry anti-India demonstratio…... [more »]

Date: 1 August 2010, 4:54 am

Pakistani soldiers use boats to evacuate local residents in the flood-hit Mohib Bhanda area in Nowshera district. The death toll from floods in Pakistan passed 900 as nearly 50 people were confirmed dead in the capital of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir…... [more »]

Date: 1 August 2010, 4:51 am

A photographer takes picture of a girl posing at a horsewhip grass planted at a lavender farm on the outskirts of Beijing, China Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)... [more »]

Date: 1 August 2010, 4:51 am