REUTERS Headlines

• Pakistani Taliban threaten more suicide attacks
  MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban on Tuesday threatened more suicide attacks on security forces and government offices, challenging authorities already overwhelmed by the worst floods in the country's history. […]
• Six months on, little progress in Iraq govt talks
  BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Six months after Iraq held an election that many hoped would usher in greater stability and peace, voters like Naseer Challoub are running out of patience with politicians, and also out of faith in democracy. […]
• Australia's Gillard scrapes back to power
  CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard secured a wafer thin parliamentary majority on Tuesday, ending a political impasse but hardly cheering investors worried about the fragility of her government and its plans to tax mining profits. […]
• Storm Hermine moves into south Texas
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Hermine headed into south Texas on Tuesday after dumping heavy rain onto northeastern Mexico near the Texas border, a region still recovering from Hurricane Alex's visit in June. […]
• China seeks to avoid shouting matches with U.S.
  BEIJING (Reuters) - China wants to quell tensions with the United States through quiet talk, not shouting matches, a top diplomat told White House advisers on Tuesday, aiming to pave the way for a visit by President Hu Jintao early next year. […]