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Rio de Janeiro to Host 2016 Summer Games IOC President Jacques Rogge made announcement in Copenhagen, Friday Rescue Workers Search for Survivors from Asian Disasters, Death Toll Likely to Rise Death toll from Indonesia earthquake likely to pass 1,000; more than 400 killed by Typhoon Ketsana in Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos US Unemployment Rate Edges Higher Labor Department says employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, service industries hit especially hard Suspected US Drone Kills Top Militant in Pakistan Tahir Yuldashev, a leader of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, wounded in late August in South Waziristan, reported to have died a few days later Israel Receives Videotape of Captured Soldier After Palestinian Prisoner Release First glimpse of Sergeant Gilad Shalit that Israelis have seen since June 2006 when Palestinian militants abducted him while he was patrolling along Gaza border Al-Qaida Linked Group Gains Control of Somali Port City Al-Shabab appears to control Kismayo Friday after battling rival militant group for key town Ugandan Drought Worsens Clan Tensions Over Food and Livestock Water and good pasture scarce, food aid stolen Mauritanian Women Train for Entrepreneurship Women often bear brunt of country's crushing poverty but local non-profit is trying to change that by turning wives, mothers, into entrepreneurs Russia's Power-Plant Disaster Highlights Decaying Infrastructure Years before dam breach killed 75 people, authorities had called urgently for repairs New Yorker Creates a Human Habitat on a Barge The 'Waterpod' attracts people worried about global warming