Assembly reverses vote rule after UN warning
BAGHDAD, (Reuters): IRAQ'S PARLIAMENT reversed on Wednesday a ruling that would have helped a new constitution win approval in a referendum, appeasing minority Sunnis after the United Nations hinted it might refuse to endorse the vote.

Another hurricane could hit this year
MIAMI (AP): WITH TWO months left in the Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters warn that another devastating storm could hit the U.S. this year. And, some of the conditions that sent hurricanes Katrina and Rita slamming into the Gulf Coast...

Heavy rains cause deadly mudslides
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP): HEAVY RAINS pounded Central America for a fourth day Wed-nesday, pushing rivers over their banks and unleashing at least two deadly mudslides as the region's death toll increased to nearly 100 people.