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 | | | | Good Morning Aron, | WED 18 Aug 2010 | | | | |  | | | | | | |  | | | 
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| | August 18, 2010 07:50 AM ET
 | ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Nearly half the $459 million needed to fund initial relief efforts following Pakistan's worst ever floods has been secured after days of lobbying donors and warnings that the country faces a spiraling humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
| | | | August 18, 2010 06:19 AM ET
 | CHICAGO (Reuters) - A jury found ousted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich guilty on Tuesday on one count of making false statements to federal officials, but was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on 23 other counts.
| | | | August 18, 2010 09:19 AM ET
 | MANILA (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. military Pacific Command said Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea was causing concern in the region, and said the United States would work to ensure security and protect important trade routes.
| | | | | August 17, 2010 07:34 PM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor David Paterson plans to discuss relocating a proposed Muslim cultural center and mosque to a less emotionally charged location farther from New York City's "Ground Zero" site of the September 11 attacks.
| | | | August 17, 2010 07:11 PM ET
 | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The next stage of California's gay marriage court battle rests on a procedural issue that could halt the case, leaving same-sex unions legal in California without a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to guide the country.
| | | | August 18, 2010 06:35 AM ET
 | MANILA (Reuters) - A bus swerved off the road into a ravine in the northern Philippines Wednesday killing at least 40 people, local officials said.
| | | | | August 18, 2010 09:20 AM ET
 | NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co will list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange after its initial public offering, a source familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
| | | | | August 18, 2010 06:22 AM ET
 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's role in housing finance should undergo "fundamental change," but it should still provide some guarantees in the mortgage market, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday.
| | | | | August 18, 2010 08:36 AM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mortgage applications leaped last week as rock-bottom rates lifted demand for home refinancing loans to its highest level in 15 months, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday.
| | | | | August 18, 2010 08:59 AM ET
 | SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought President Dmitry Medvedev's help for his nation on Wednesday, two decades after Moscow ended a disastrous conflict there that cost the lives of about 15,000 Soviet troops.
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U.N. secures more Pakistan flood relief funds
