Latest news from around the web, updated 10 minutes ago.

• World

  • U.S. Attack Kills Several in Pakistan
  • SAfrica's Mbeki to meet Zimbabwe parties in Harare
  • Thai court to rule on PM's case on Tuesday

• Business

  • Times Will Shut Down Its Distribution Subsidiary
  • OPEC to entertain idea of cutting production
  • Altria Is Said to Buy Maker of Smokeless Tobacco

• Celebrity

  • Halle Berry, Martha Stewart among stars at CK bash
  • Coen brothers to begin shooting new film in Minn.
  • Spears opens MTV Video Music Awards

• Politics

  • Cheney: Nothing stopping Palin from doing job
  • Cheney: Palin Can Be ‘Effective Vice President’
  • Palin offers first TV interview to ABC

• Science

  • Weekly diabetes jab hopes raised
  • Pain relievers may complicate prostate screening
  • AP IMPACT: Liver Disease Plagues Obese Adolescents

• Tech

  • RIM the big winner in smartphone market: Gartner
  • HBO offshoot launches Web video series
  • China's Hu and Wen get own "fan" website

• Sports

  • Minutes into season, Brady's is put in doubt
  • Knee injury could end Brady's season
  • Murray upsets Nadal to reach final

Selected and fresh photos from around the web.

• Editor's pick

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    A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.

    1 week ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.

    1 week ago

    from Getty Images

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    Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.

    1 month ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.

    1 month ago

    from Getty Images

• Hot off the wire

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    U.S. Ambassador to Cairo Margaret Scobey, right, looks on as she attends the 130th ordinary meeting of the Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League's in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008.

    23 mins ago

    from AP Photo by AMR NABIL

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    REFILE - CORRECTING DATE - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (C) and Franz Muentefering (L), former SPD chairman, attend a news conference in Berlin September 8, 2008. Germany's conservatives sought to paint their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners as panicked and unstable after they overhauled their leadership on Sunday, drawing out early battle lines in the run-up to a 2009 election.

    16 mins ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    South African President Thabo Mbeki (L) looks on upon his arrival on September 8, 2008 at Harare International Airport on September 8, 2008 for a meeting with his Zimbabwean counterpart President Robert Mugabe (R). Mbeki is in Zimbabwe for talks with Mugabe and opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai.

    35 mins ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

• Recently starred

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    Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (standing, L) and his wife Marisa Leticia review the honor guard as they arrive for the Independence Day parade in Brasilia September 7, 2008.

    1 day ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    Former Japanese defence minister Yuriko Koike smiles during a news conference in Tokyo September 8, 2008. Koike, a former TV anchor who has also held the environment portfolio, is one of six contenders aiming to challenge the frontrunner, former foreign minister Taro Aso, in a race to become premier after Yasuo Fukuda abruptly quit last Monday.

    7 hours ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    The representation of Georgia, Tina Burjaliani (R), first deputy-minister of Justice, is seen before the case between Georgia and Russia in the International Court of Justice in the Hague, September 7, 2008. Court hearings began on Monday over Georgia's claims that Russia has committed human rights violations against ethnic Georgians in the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

    5 hours ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) and Japan's Minister of Defense Yuriko Koike walk before their meeting at the State Department in Washington August 9, 2007.

    13 months ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

Our editor's pick, and topics with the most buzz in the last ten minutes.

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  U.S. Open Tennis Championship
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  Sarah Palin
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