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US-Led Forces Kill Afghan Police in Friendly Fire Incident Officials say Coalition forces attacked a police post in Nangahar province, bordering Pakistan US Deputy Secretary of State Visits Baghdad John Negroponte met with Iraqi prime minister and other officials, Tuesday Palestinian Factional Violence Escalates Rocket attack on Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh's home comes one day after factional fighting left at least 14 people dead Heavy Rains Kill 99 People in Bangladesh Worst damage occurred in congested shantytown where hillside collapsed, burying hundreds of bamboo and straw huts UN Says Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia Still Needs Improvement United Nations says Indonesia must take concrete steps to protect human rights defenders, counter 'culture of impunity' often enjoyed by authorities US Welcomes Rollback of Pakistani Media Curbs A top US diplomat is due in Islamabad late Tuesday for talks with President Pervez Musharraf and other senior officials EU Official Urges China to Increase Market Access, Reform Currency European Union hopes such steps will ease growing frictions over China's enormous trade surplus with the 27-nation bloc Northern India Sweating Out Summer Power Shortage Extreme heat blamed for 100 deaths in northern India in recent weeks Forgotten Photos Show Life in 1940s Chinese City of Tientsin Faces of Tientsin, 1946 photo exhibition in California composed of photographs kept in storage for six decades