An Iraqi Army soldier is killed and eleven people are wounded following two bombs going off in Baghdad. (Xinhua)
Gunmen kidnapped nine police officers investigating a death in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, and the bodies of two of the lawmen were found later. (AP via npr)(Sina)
Producers on the South African version of the Big Brother TV series evict a male housemate who punched a female housemate, bowing to pressure from women's rights activists after initially accepting the physical confrontation. (BBC)
The United Nations launches an appeal for more than $2 billion in the wake of the 2010 Pakistan floods: this represents the organisation's biggest response to a natural disaster. (BBC)
A drill reaches 33 Chilean miners trapped underground in the 2010 Copiapó mining accident since 5 August; their rescue is still expected to take several weeks. (BBC)
Japan says China has shipped drilling equipment to a disputed gas field amid a diplomatic row over the seizure of a Chinese fishing boat captain near the disputed Senkaku Islands. (AFP)(BBC)
The United States charges 2 married former nuclear contractors with trying to give away the country's nuclear secrets to Venezuela. (BBC)
