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Australian Greens back PM as coalition talks progress (AFP)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 4:34am EDT

AFP - Australia's only Greens MP Wednesday declared his support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard as tortuous negotiations to form a minority government inched forward.

Farmer-turned-hunger striker dies in Venezuela (AP)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 4:10am EDT

AP - A farmer who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with Venezuela's government has died in a military hospital where he had been taken against his will.

Mexico captures reported drug lord 'the Barbie' (AP)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 4:06am EDT

AP - A former Texas high school football player and petty street dealer who allegedly rose to become one of Mexico's most savage assassins became the third major drug lord brought down by Mexico in less than a year, and could provide intelligence on even bigger kingpins.

Australian PM wins Greens support in govt bid (Reuters)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:52am EDT

Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard won backing from the influential Greens party on Wednesday, lifting her lawmaker tally by one as she tries to form a minority Labor government after inconclusive elections.

Exercise cuts genetic obesity risk by 40 percent: study (AFP)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:44am EDT

AFP - Physical exercise can reduce a genetic predisposition to obesity by an average of 40 percent, a new study showed.

'Unprecedented' challenge to save Chilean miners (AP)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:38am EDT

AP - The effort to save 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean mine is an unprecedented challenge, mining safety experts said Tuesday. It means months of drilling, then a harrowing three-hour trip in a cage up a narrow hole carved through solid rock.

Birthplace of the Taliban: the next battleground (AP)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:27am EDT

AP - As some 400 U.S. and Afghan soldiers gather to honor their first fallen comrade, mournful Muslim prayers mingle with the stutter of machine gun fire and the thud of exploding grenades just beyond their heavily fortified camp.

Panel: India must secure elephant reserves (AP)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:22am EDT

AP - India should protect its elephant population by securing its wildlife reserves, curbing poaching and restricting development in the corridors they use to travel between forested areas, a panel recommended.

New photos show Fidel Castro with US journalist (AP)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:17am EDT

AP - Cuba on Tuesday released pictures of Fidel Castro with an American magazine correspondent and a Washington-based policy expert, while a Mexican newspaper published an interview in which the gray-bearded revolutionary expressed regret for past persecution of homosexuals.

Palestinian kills 4 Israelis on eve of peace talks (AP)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:17am EDT

AP - Palestinian gunmen opened fire Tuesday on an Israeli car in the West Bank and killed four passengers on the eve of a new round of Mideast peace talks in Washington. The Islamic militant group Hamas claimed responsibility.

Ugandan Guerrillas in the Lord's Resistance Army Fight in Sudan (Time.com)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:05am EDT

Time.com - Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army is supposed to be on the run and desperate. Why, then, has it spread its terror to even more countries?

Amsterdam Arrests: Terrorism Trial Run for Yemeni Men? (Time.com)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:05am EDT

Time.com - Were al Soofi and al Murisi, the two U.S. residents of Yemeni origin who were apprehended in Amsterdam on Monday, performing a trial run for a terrorism attack?

Obama declares U.S. combat mission in Iraq over (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 1:17am EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — After more than seven years of war, President Barack Obama declared the combat mission in Iraq over on Tuesday night, saying that's in the best interests of both Iraqis and Americans and that ending combat will help the United States focus on new priorities, especially restoring the economy.

Ex-Islamists walk free from Libyan jail (Reuters)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:37am EDT

Reuters - Libya freed 37 prisoners late on Tuesday, including at least one former detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, who had been jailed for links to radical Islamist groups but have since renounced violence.

Hamas targets Israeli-Palestinian talks by killing four Israelis (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 11:08pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As Middle Eastern leaders gathered in Washington to inaugurate a new round of Israeli-Palestinian talks, Hamas gunmen killed four Israeli settlers in their car outside the West Bank city of Hebron.

Canadian economy slows sharply in second quarter (Reuters)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:43pm EDT

Reuters - Canada's economic growth rate slowed more sharply than expected in the second quarter on weaker consumer spending and trade performance, fueling uncertainty about the pace of interest rate hikes by the Bank of Canada.

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Edgar Valdez Villarreal â suspected drug lord 'La Barbie' â arrested in Mexico (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:05pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Mexico officials announced late Monday that they captured Edgar Valdez Villarreal, or âLa Barbie,â one of the country's most-wanted men. Authorities have described him as a powerful drug lord responsible for supplying the American market with cocaine.

Land, Mineral Rights in Conflict in Zambia (OneWorld.net)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 11:42pm EDT

OneWorld.net - MANSA, Aug 30 (IRIN) - Mining prospectors in Luapula Province, northern Zambia, have forced small-scale farmers from their land at gun point, according to villagers in the region.

Border firefight, violence leaves ten dead in Indian Kashmir (AFP)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 6:24pm EDT

AFP - Indian troops killed nine suspected militants as they tried to cross the de facto border with Pakistan that divides the volatile region of Kashmir, the army said Monday.

Germany's central bank rejects racist comments (AP)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 6:23pm EDT

AP - Germany's central bank distanced itself Monday from a board member who stereotyped Muslims and Jews, saying his remarks were harmful and violated the Bundesbank's code of conduct.

Oil sands polluting Alberta river system: study (Reuters)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 6:22pm EDT

Reuters - Oil sands operations are polluting the Athabasca River system, researchers said on Monday, contradicting the Alberta government's assertions that toxins in the watershed are naturally occurring.

Cuba's Fidel Castro gives new details of illness (AP)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 6:18pm EDT

AP - Fidel Castro has given new details of just how sick he was when he was forced to give up power four years ago, saying in a rare interview that he was weak, dangerously thin and thought at times he could not go on.

Italy's Berlusconi meets Gaddafi after Islam storm (Reuters)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 5:49pm EDT

Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met Muammar Gaddafi on Monday, after the Libyan leader aroused a media storm by suggesting to a group of young women they convert to Islam.

Israel researchers find ancient disposable cutlery (AP)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 5:26pm EDT

AP - Israeli archaeologists believe thousands of ancient shards of flint found scattered around a fire pit in a cave near Tel Aviv might be the world's oldest known disposable knives.

Hurricane Earl lashes Caribbean, threatens US (AP)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 5:19pm EDT

AP - Hurricane Earl lashed the northeastern Caribbean on Monday as a still-growing Category 3 storm on a course that could threaten the eastern United States later this week.

Iran state media call French first lady prostitute (AP)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 5:12pm EDT

AP - Iranian state media called France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy a "prostitute" on Monday in an unusual attack on the wife of a world leader that shows deep anger over her support for an Iranian woman who faced death by stoning for adultery.

Gunman kills 6, wounds 9 in Slovakia (AP)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 4:45pm EDT

AP - A gunman killed six people and wounded at least nine in an attack in a neighborhood of Bratislava on Monday, then committed suicide, police said.

7 US troops killed in 2 south Afghan bomb attacks (AP)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 4:43pm EDT

AP - Seven American service members were killed Monday in two separate roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, NATO said.

Alleged Cricket Fraud Leaves Pakistan Shocked, Outraged (Time.com)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 3:25pm EDT

Time.com - After weeks of enduring the misery wrought by unprecedented floods, the country has been hit by allegations that its national cricket heroes deliberately performed poorly in exchange for money

China reviews death penalty for nonviolent crimes (Time.com)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 3:25pm EDT

Time.com - For the first time in 30 years, China's top legislature proposed this week to reduce the number of crimes punishable by execution by up to 20%

New video shows emotional trapped Chilean miners (AP)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 12:54pm EDT

AP - A new video of 33 men trapped in a mine under Chile's Atacama Desert shows them sending greetings to their families, talking about how they are doing better since receiving food and breaking into tears as they talk about loved ones.

Australia immigration prison riot hits second day (AFP)

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 12:01pm EDT

AFP - More than 100 alleged people-smugglers from Indonesia launched a second day of protests at an Australian immigration prison Monday, defying police negotiators and remaining on the roof, officials said.

BOJ to hold emergency meeting Mon; seen easing policy (Reuters)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 1:02am EDT

Reuters - The Bank of Japan will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to ease monetary policy in the face of strong government pressure as the yen's strength threatens a fragile economic recovery.

Cool Hamilton wins chaotic Belgian Grand Prix (AFP)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 12:54am EDT

AFP - Lewis Hamilton regained the initiative in the drivers' world championship in emphatic style on Sunday when he won a dramatic and incident-filled Belgian Grand Prix.

Newborn Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean (AP)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 12:43am EDT

AP - Islanders set up emergency shelters and airlines canceled flights Sunday as newly born Hurricane Earl churned toward the northern Caribbean. Cruise lines diverted ships to avoid the storm's path.

Internet may phase out printed Oxford Dictionary (AP)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 12:43am EDT

AP - It weighs in at more than 130 pounds, but the authoritative guide to the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary, may eventually slim down to nothing. Oxford University Press, the publisher, said Sunday so many people prefer to look up words using its online product that it's uncertain whether the 126-year-old dictionary's next edition will be printed on paper at all.

Abbas: No peace talks with settlement building (AP)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 12:43am EDT

AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned Sunday that he will not back down from his threat to pull out of new peace talks with Israel if it resumes construction in West Bank settlements.

7 US troops killed in latest Afghanistan fighting (AP)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 12:43am EDT

AP - Seven U.S. troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan's embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials found the bodies Sunday of five kidnapped campaign aides working for a female candidate in the western province of Herat.

Chile miners must move tons of rocks in own rescue (AP)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 11:13pm EDT

AP - The 33 trapped Chilean miners who have astonished the world with their discipline a half mile underground will have to aid their own escape — clearing thousands of tons of rock that will fall as the rescue hole is drilled, the engineer in charge of drilling said Sunday.

Report: 100 Russian skinheads attack concertgoers (AP)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 10:04pm EDT

AP - Scores of bare-chested skinheads attacked a crowd of about 3,000 people at a rock concert in central Russia on Sunday, beating them with clubs, media reports said.

Palestinian rivals crack down harder on opponents (AP)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 9:45pm EDT

AP - The rival Palestinian governments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have clamped down harder on opponents and critics in recent months — deepening a nasty split that could prevent Palestinian statehood even if peace talks with Israel kicking off this week succeed against long odds.

Gun battle frees supporter of Nigerian president: police (AFP)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 8:42pm EDT

AFP - Nigerian police have freed a prominent supporter of the president believed to be the son of an ex-prime minister after a gun battle with his abductors, authorities said Sunday, months ahead of elections.

How moderate Muslims in Africa view NYC mosque debate (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 8:41pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Suburban Point E, on whose cobblestone backstreets Senegalese-American R&B rouÃ© Akon passed his boyhood years, already has a mosque. Several, actually, each megaphoning prayer songs across balmy Ramadan soirÃ©es. So, locals wonder, why shouldn't downtown New York City get another mosque, too?

Outrage Grows Over Failure to Protect DRC Civilians (OneWorld.net)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 6:09pm EDT

OneWorld.net - UNITED NATIONS, Aug 28 (IPS) - As details emerged this week of the U.N.'s knowledge of rebel activity in the villages where nearly 200 women were systematically gang raped by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late last month, human rights groups are demanding an investigation into the U.N.'s failure to prevent the raid from occurring.

China Reviews Death Penalty for Nonviolent Crimes (Time.com)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 3:25pm EDT

Time.com - For the first time in 30 years, China's top legislature proposed this week to reduce the number of crimes punishable by execution by up to 20%

In Chechnya, A Blood Feud Ends--and a Despot Digs In (Time.com)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 3:25pm EDT

Time.com - The men of gun-loving Chechnya, long Russia's most rebellious province, are not known for turning the other cheek. So many observers were baffled last week when the region's most notorious feud ended without a fight.

Australian support for republic flags: poll (AFP)

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 8:26am EDT

AFP - Support for Australia becoming a republic has slumped to a 16-year-low, according to the results of a poll released Sunday which found that one-in-three people never want to break ties with Britain.

What's behind Mexican migrant killings still unclear (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 27th, 2010, 12:40am EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon on Friday accused the gunmen who killed 72 illegal migrants in northern Mexico this week of "incalculable savagery" as his government attempted to depict the major drug gang implicated in the slaughter as weakened and desperate.

Ford recalls 575,000 Windstar vans in U.S., Canada (Reuters)

Posted: August 27th, 2010, 9:31pm EDT

Reuters - Ford Motor Co> is recalling about 575,000 Windstar vans in 21 cold-weather U.S. states and Canada from model years 1998 to 2003 because of the possibility that the rear axle may fracture due to corrosion, federal regulators reported on Friday.

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Russia grain export ban benefits US farmers, sparks talk on climate change (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 27th, 2010, 9:28pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The International Grains Council on Thursday cut its forecast for global wheat output by 1.1 percent, primarily on the news that major grain exporter Russia has seen one-third of its crop wiped out by the worst drought in a century.

Australian 'kingmakers' to meet on vote deadlock (AFP)

Posted: August 24th, 2010, 6:51am EDT

AFP - Australia's "kingmaker" independent MPs were set to hold talks on Tuesday after weekend elections failed to produce a clear winner, triggering the worst political deadlock in decades.

With U.S. Approval, Moscow Heads Back to Afghanistan (Time.com)

Posted: August 24th, 2010, 6:20am EDT

Time.com - The Soviet pull-out from Afghanistan was a humiliating defeat, but now Russia, worried about the flow of terror and heroin, is being encouraged to return -- by the U.S.

A Ramadan: A Season of Brisk Business in the Middle East (Time.com)

Posted: August 24th, 2010, 6:20am EDT

Time.com - Like Christmas in the U.S., the austere Muslim holy month is becoming increasingly commercialized in places like Dubai and Egypt

Nigeria tailor-makes a yam-packed 'Sesame Street' (AP)

Posted: August 24th, 2010, 6:00am EDT

AP - It looks a lot like "Sesame Street," only that's no Cookie Monster.

Australia's "kingmakers" meet to discuss next government (Reuters)

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 5:21am EDT

Reuters - A handful of independent and Green MPs who will decide the make-up of Australia's minority government hold their first meeting on Tuesday to discuss whether to support Labor or the conservative opposition's bid for power.

Mayhem in Manila: 9 killed on hijacked tourist bus (AP)

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 5:09am EDT

AP - It looked like a hostage rescue in slow motion: Police creeping up on the bus with sledgehammers and smashing first one window, then another, then trying and failing to rip open the door.

Mexico police recover 7 bodies from mines (AP)

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 4:46am EDT

AP - Authorities said Monday that seven bodies were pulled from mine shafts in central Mexico, while mounting drug violence forced U.S. diplomats to pull their kids out of a school in the northern city of Monterrey.

Spanish hostages freed by al-Qaida arrive in Spain (AP)

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 3:38am EDT

AP - Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped almost nine months ago by an al-Qaida affiliate arrived Tuesday in Barcelona after a multi-million-dollar ransom was reportedly paid for their freedom — a sign of the terrorist group's growing sophistication in bankrolling operations through kidnappings, experts said.

Freed al Qaeda hostages arrive back in Spain (Reuters)

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 3:34am EDT

Reuters - Two Spanish aid workers held by al Qaeda's North African wing returned to Barcelona after being freed on Monday, ending a kidnapping that lasted nearly nine months.

Supplies reach Chilean miners; now, the long wait (AP)

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 3:00am EDT

AP - Trapped nearly half a mile inside the earth and facing perhaps four months before rescue, 33 Chilean miners began getting food, water and oxygen from above ground Monday as rescue teams worked to gauge their state of mind and brace them for the long wait ahead.

Pakistani president defends gov't flood response (AP)

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 2:35am EDT

AP - Pakistan's president defended the government's much-criticized response to the country's record-breaking flood crisis as emergency workers worked frantically to shore up a system of levees protecting two southern cities.

State Department details Blackwater violations of U.S. laws (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 1:01am EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The company formerly known as Blackwater violated U.S. export control laws nearly 300 times, ranging from attempts to do business in Sudan while that country was under U.S. sanctions to training an Afghan border patrol official who was a native of Iran, the State Department said Monday.

Colombian rebels reiterate willingness to talk (AP)

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 12:30am EDT

AP - Colombia's largest rebel group is offering dialogue on the country's conflict, saying in an Internet posting Monday that it is willing to present its ideas to a forum of South American leaders.

Potash Corp puts pressure on BHP to raise bid (Reuters)

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 12:09am EDT

Reuters - Potash Corp said on Monday it has held talks with other possible suitors as it ratcheted up pressure on BHP Billiton to raise its $39 billion offer for the world's largest fertilizer producer.

Mideast passions quiet over NY mosque showdown (AP)

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 11:48pm EDT

AP - On the streets of lower Manhattan, there's no mistaking how the passions flow: One side saying its their patriotic duty to block a planned Islamic center and the other insisting America cannot curtail freedoms as revenge for the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Iraq border concerns spur effort to integrate Kurdish and Iraqi Army forces (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 8:44pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In this disputed city, Kurdish forces are being trained by Iraqi Army instructors in what officials call a breakthrough aimed at easing tensions between the two sides and securing Iraqâs vulnerable border with Iran.

Jewish Leaders Join Support for Ground Zero Mosque (OneWorld.net)

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 2:05pm EDT

OneWorld.net - LOS ANGELES, Aug 22 (New America Media) - Religious leaders from a variety of faiths gathered Friday at the Islamic Center of Southern California in Los Angeles to express support for the building of an Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan, two blocks from the former site of the World Trade Center.

Philippine gunmen kill South Korean, kidnap two (AFP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 4:44am EDT

AFP - Gunmen killed a South Korean man and kidnapped two of his companions in a pre-dawn attack in the Philippines Monday, police said.

Australian markets bet on new conservative government (Reuters)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 4:35am EDT

Reuters - Australian financial markets bet on Monday that inconclusive weekend elections would deliver a change of government, ushering in a new minority conservative administration that would scrap a planned mining tax.

Australians Vote "Neither" In Weekend Polls (Time.com)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 4:30am EDT

Time.com - Australia has its first hung parliament in 70 years, with neither the conservative Liberal nor the Labor Party getting the requisite 76 seats to win the national election

Brazil: Venture Capital's New Hot Spot (Time.com)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 4:30am EDT

Time.com - Brazil: Venture Capital's New Hot Spot

2 of 9 trapped dolphins rescued in Bolivia river (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 4:23am EDT

AP - Dozens of biologists and environmental activists rescued two freshwater dolphins Sunday among nine that have been trapped in a river by low water levels for more than a month.

Australian parties seek backing of independents (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 4:12am EDT

AP - Leaders of Australia's two major political parties lobbied for support from independent lawmakers to stitch together the nation's first minority government since World War II after the closest elections in almost 50 years.

Joy in Chile: 33 miners trapped 17 days are alive (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 4:11am EDT

AP - Chile's president euphorically waved the note, written deep inside a collapsed mine, that his country waited 17 agonizing days to see: "All 33 of us are fine in the shelter," one of the trapped miners wrote in red letters.

Iran inaugurates nation's first unmanned bomber (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 3:30am EDT

AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country's first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an "ambassador of death" to Iran's enemies.

Rain batters China; 250,000 evacuated in flood (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 3:18am EDT

AP - Flooding forced the evacuation of more than 250,000 people in the northern China along its border with North Korea, state media said Monday.

France resolute on cutting deficit, Lagarde tells FT (AFP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 3:13am EDT

AFP - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said her country would do "whatever it takes" to cut its budget deficit in an interview with the Financial Times (FT) published Monday.

Next US target: The birthplace of the Taliban (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 2:09am EDT

AP - As Lt. Col. Peter N. Benchoff prepares for an assault next month into the birthplace of the Taliban, he doesn't sugarcoat the hurdles his troops face in this crucial swath of southern Afghanistan.

4 decapitated bodies hung from bridge in Mexico (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 2:07am EDT

AP - The decapitated bodies of four men were hung from a bridge Sunday in this central Mexican city besieged by fighting between two drug lords.

Kigali -- from sleepy backwater to Africa's Singapore (AFP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 12:42am EDT

AFP - Rwanda's capital is changing from a sleepy backwater where most things closed at 9:00 pm to a future Singapore with gleaming office blocks and all-night shopping.

As floodwaters recede, anger grows in northwest Pakistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 9:29pm EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - CHARSADDA, Pakistan — In the village of Drab Korona in northwest Pakistan, Sirajuddin returned to where his house had stood to salvage what he could. What he found was just a shallow muddy pool.

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Israel's Netanyahu scores big victory with direct peace talks â for now (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 6:52pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Savoring the diplomatic victory of renewed direct peace talks announced last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet today that a peace treaty with the Palestinians would be "a difficult thing, but it is possible."

Video of mob killings sparks anguish in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 1:06pm EDT

AP - The Pakistani men took turns savagely beating the two teenage brothers with sticks, drawing blood before dragging and hanging their dead bodies from a nearby metal pole. None of the dozens of people watching tried to stop the attack, not even several police. The boys may have been mistaken for robbers.

In new posters, Egypt's son for president? (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 12:57pm EDT

AP - Posters have sprouted up around Egypt promoting the son of President Hosni Mubarak as the country's next leader, in the most overt campaign yet for a controversial father-son succession in this key U.S. Arab ally.

LRA spreading reign of terror in south Sudan (AFP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 12:55pm EDT

AFP - When the dreadlocked gunmen burst out of the jungle at night firing AK-47 assault rifles, the men of the village took up bows and arrows to defend their families.

Israeli PM: Peace 'difficult but possible' (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 12:49pm EDT

AP - Israel's prime minister spelled out his opening position for the new round of Mideast peace talks set to begin next week, insisting Sunday on key security conditions and saying an agreement would be "difficult but possible."

Russian police detain opposition leader (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 12:41pm EDT

AP - Moscow police have detained opposition leader Boris Nemtsov and another activist after they attempted to lead a march through the center of the Russian capital.

Australian parties seek backing of independents (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 12:26pm EDT

AP - The leaders of Australia's two major political parties began negotiating power deals with independent lawmakers Sunday after the nation's closest election in decades failed to deliver a clear mandate to govern.

Markets nervous as Australia faces hung parliament (Reuters)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 12:24pm EDT

Reuters - Australia's two major parties wooed independent lawmakers on Sunday after an inconclusive election left the nation facing its first hung parliament since 1940 and set up financial markets for a sell-off.

Shiites say Bahrain crackdown sets back relations (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 12:15pm EDT

AP - The top Shiite politician in Bahrain says last week's crackdown on Shiite protesters has destroyed a decade of stable sectarian relations.

Iran inaugurates nation's first unmanned bomber (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT

AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country's first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an "ambassador of death" to Iran's enemies.

Rain batters China anew; 94,000 evacuated in flood (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 11:54am EDT

AP - Flooding killed four people and forced the evacuation of 94,000 people in the northern Chinese port city of Dandong after heavy rains caused the Yalu river to breach its banks, state media said Sunday.

Russia's Long War (Time.com)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 9:30am EDT

Time.com - Russia's Long (and Brutal) War on Terror

Why Kashmir is Burning Again (Time.com)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 9:30am EDT

Time.com - Why Kashmir is Burning Again

On a mission to track and save the elusive jaguar (AP)

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 6:01am EDT

AP - The search begins where a dirt road ends, in a forest festooned with vines and filled with the chatter of trilling birds. This is the realm of jaguars, and a young biologist has made it her mission to find them.

China to restrict knife sales ahead of Asian Games (AFP)

Posted: August 21st, 2010, 6:31am EDT

AFP - Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou will restrict the sale of knives as they step up security ahead of the Asian Games in November, state media said Saturday.

Haiti council: Wyclef Jean can't run for president (AP)

Posted: August 21st, 2010, 6:11am EDT

AP - Haiti's electoral commission said Friday that hip hop artist Wyclef Jean cannot run for president of this Caribbean nation, ending his outsider's bid to lead a country struggling to recover from the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Australia votes on whether first woman PM survives (AP)

Posted: August 21st, 2010, 6:01am EDT

AP - Australians chose between two relatively unknown, but divergent personalities in a tight race Saturday pitting the country's first female prime minister against her socially conservative challenger just two months after she took power.

Police arrested in northern Mexico mayor's killing (AP)

Posted: August 20th, 2010, 5:45am EDT

AP - Six city police officers were arrested Friday in the killing of a mayor in northern Mexico, as the country's escalating drug violence targets more public officials.

Minority government possible in cliffhanger Australia poll (Reuters)

Posted: August 20th, 2010, 5:40am EDT

Reuters - Australians voted on Saturday in the closest election in decades with voters divided on whether to give Labor a second term or opt for conservative rule, raising a real prospect of a minority government unpopular with investors.

Mystery surrounds Mubarak Jr 'presidency bid' (AFP)

Posted: August 20th, 2010, 5:28am EDT

AFP - A campaign to nominate the son of Egypt's aging President Hosni Mubarak to succeed him has long intrigued palace watchers in this country, which faces an uncertain political future amid growing dissent.

Cyberactivists unblock Wikileaks for Thai Netizens (AP)

Posted: August 20th, 2010, 5:09am EDT

AP - A group of anonymous Internet activists has set up a website to display information about Thailand that comes from the whistle-blower site Wikileaks, which is blocked to some viewers in the Southeast Asian country.

Poverty forces Roma to leave Bulgaria and Romania (AFP)

Posted: August 20th, 2010, 5:05am EDT

AFP - Europe's Roma communities, at the centre of an immigration row in France, are often driven out by poverty from their homes in Romania and Bulgaria, the European Union's two most impoverished members.

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Posted: August 20th, 2010, 4:35am EDT

AP - Electoral council: Wyclef Jean cannot run for president of Haiti.

Iran prepares to start up first nuclear reactor (AP)

Posted: August 20th, 2010, 4:14am EDT

AP - Iranian and Russian nuclear technicians made final preparations to start up Iran's first reactor on Saturday after years of delays, an operation that will mark a milestone in what Tehran considers its right to produce nuclear energy.

Mexican Police Help Murder Their Own Mayor (Time.com)

Posted: August 20th, 2010, 1:25am EDT

Time.com - Santiago, Mexico is a picturesque town of waterfalls, colonial churches and holiday homes for the rich. But no corner of the country is shielded from the relentless rain of drug-related bloodshed.

War Fears May be Overblown as Iran Reactor Comes Online (Time.com)

Posted: August 20th, 2010, 1:25am EDT

Time.com - The Bushehr reactor built by Russia is not suspected of offering Tehran any weapons capability. And so, despite a furious war debate in parts of the media, the next phase of the standoff is likely to be a new round of talks

Skepticism widespread in Mideast over new peace talks (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 20th, 2010, 11:52pm EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — As the Obama administration heralded a new round of face-to-face talks on Mideast peace, the abiding reaction across the region Friday was skepticism, with many expressing doubt that conditions are ripe for much to come from negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

Al-Qaida in Iraq claims army recruit bombing (AP)

Posted: August 20th, 2010, 11:09pm EDT

AP - An al-Qaida in Iraq front group on Friday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing this week that killed 61 Iraqi army recruits in the deadliest single act of violence in Baghdad in months.

Canada talks tough in jockeying over Arctic (Reuters)

Posted: August 20th, 2010, 9:32pm EDT

Reuters - Canada will promote itself as an Arctic power in asserting its sovereignty over the resource-rich region, the government said on Friday in a paper laying out its foreign policy plans for the Far North.

Palestinians see danger for Abbas in resumed Israel peace talks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 20th, 2010, 8:42pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - There was little for Palestinians to be upbeat about Friday as they waited for an official invitation to join Israel at resumed direct peace talks to be hosted by President Obama on Sept. 2.

Is Ground Zero mosque part of culture war or symbol of tolerance? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 20th, 2010, 3:15pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Most of the opponents of the so-called Ground Zero mosque, scheduled for construction two blocks from the old World Trade Center in Manhattan, say their objections are largely out respect for the dead and concern for the families who have spent the past nine years trying to rebuild their lives.

China begins yuan trade against Malaysian ringgit (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:57am EDT

AP - China began allowing the Malaysian ringgit to trade against its currency in its domestic foreign exchange market on Thursday — another step toward raising the yuan's scope in international trading.

Radioactive boars on the rise in Germany (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:50am EDT

AP - It was a big shot. A big hog. And a big disappointment.

US announces aid boost to Pakistan after flooding (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:45am EDT

AP - The United States will increase its aid to flood-ravaged Pakistan to $150 million, U.S. Sen. John Kerry said Thursday, stressing that Washington did not want Islamist extremism to increase on the back of the crisis.

US service member killed in southern Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:29am EDT

AP - A U.S. service member died in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan where fighting is escalating as Afghan and international forces push into areas long held by Taliban insurgents, the international military coalition said Thursday.

Can an Assassination Campaign Turn the Tide in Afghanistan? (Time.com)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:25am EDT

Time.com - Relying on assassinations to decimate the Taliban leadership is a risky strategy, because of the weakness of available intelligence. But if it succeeds, it could change the game

China Tightens Grip on Tibet's Business Class (Time.com)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:25am EDT

Time.com - The recent arrests and heavy prison sentences of members of Tibet's business elite indicate that Chinese officials' suspicion of Tibetans is spreading to other levels of society

Blast kills 7, wounds 14 in China's Xinjiang area (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 9:49am EDT

AP - A suspected bomb attack killed seven people and wounded 14 Thursday in China's far west Xinjiang, a region beset by ethnic conflict and separatist violence.

Lockerbie tries to move on after bomber release (AFP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 9:45am EDT

AFP - The quiet Scottish town of Lockerbie is determined to play down Friday's one-year anniversary of the freeing of the Libyan man convicted of blowing up an airliner over its skies.

Myanmar pro-democracy leaders praise US decision (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 9:44am EDT

AP - Myanmar pro-democracy parties on Friday praised the U.S. decision to support a U.N. war crimes commission as a milestone but cautioned it was too soon to be optimistic.

Australian court tells Muslim witness to remove veil (AFP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 9:40am EDT

AFP - An Australian court ruled Thursday that a Muslim witness must remove her face-covering veil to give evidence at a fraud trial, stoking national debate on the issue.

NKorea confirms it seized South fishing boat, crew (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 9:33am EDT

AP - North Korea confirmed Thursday it seized a South Korean fishing boat more than a week ago and claimed the seven crewmen admitted to fishing in its waters.

Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads home (AP)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 9:22am EDT

AP - A line of heavily armored American military vehicles, their headlights twinkling in the pre-dawn desert, lumbered past the barbed wire and metal gates marking the border between Iraq and Kuwait early Thursday and rolled into history.

No sign of rivals as BHP starts clock on Potash Corp bid (Reuters)

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 7:36am EDT

Reuters - BHP Billiton is focusing on getting regulatory approval for its $39 billion hostile bid for Potash Corp before trying in earnest to win over the Canadian company's shareholders, a source said on Thursday.

Mexican mayor found dead 3 days after kidnapping (AP)

Posted: August 18th, 2010, 5:48am EDT

AP - The kidnapped mayor of a northern Mexican town was found dead Wednesday, extending a rash of deadly attacks on political figures in an area besieged by drug gang battles.

Detainee torture cases proceed overseas as U.S. stonewalls (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 18th, 2010, 10:24pm EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — In June, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case of a Canadian man who contends that U.S. authorities mistook him for an al Qaida operative in 2002 and shipped him to a secret prison in Syria, where he was beaten with electrical cables and held in a grave-like cell for 10 months.

North Korean plane crash in China is shrouded in mystery (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 18th, 2010, 6:03pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A North Korean fighter jet crashed Wednesday on what appeared to be an illicit flight deep inside China, South Korean and Chinese news agencies reported.

Standing Up for Homeless Vets at Stand Downs (OneWorld.net)

Posted: August 18th, 2010, 3:11pm EDT

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 18 (New America Media) - More than 400 homeless veterans from across Northern California relaxed in comfort at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. The occasion: a âStand Down,â where the homeless veterans were given access to good food, clean clothes, showers and beds.

Rare double quake caused deadly Samoa tsunami: scientists (AFP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 12:17am EDT

AFP - The devastating tsunami which killed nearly 200 people in Samoa and Tonga last September was the result of a rare double earthquake and not one as previously believed, scientists said Wednesday.

Venezuela bans violent photos in newspapers (AP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 11:56pm EDT

AP - A court ordered Venezuela's newspapers on Tuesday to stop publishing photographs depicting blood, guns and other violent images and warned an opposition-aligned daily that it could face a hefty fine for publishing a photo of bodies in a morgue.

Pakistan flood aid inadequate, U.N. warns (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 11:52pm EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD — Pakistan remains desperately short of the money it needs to cope with the huge floods that have devastated the country in the past two weeks, the United Nations warned Tuesday as the scale of the disaster continued to grow.

Spurs suffer Swiss scare in Champions League bid (AFP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 11:32pm EDT

AFP - Tottenham Hotspur suffered a huge fright in their historic bid for a Champions League berth on Tuesday, losing 3-2 to Swiss side Young Boys in Berne in the first leg of their play off.

Palestinian who attacked Turkish Embassy captured (AP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 11:26pm EDT

AP - A Palestinian who broke into the Turkish Embassy in Israel trying to take hostages and demanding asylum was turned over to Israeli authorities late Tuesday, ending a tense standoff.

Mexico City mayor demands cardinal apologize (AP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 10:51pm EDT

AP - Mexico City's leftist mayor said Tuesday he will take legal action if a Roman Catholic cardinal doesn't apologize for suggesting he bribed the Supreme Court to uphold a city law allowing adoptions by same-sex couples.

Some of the recent attacks in Iraq (AP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 10:45pm EDT

AP - A look at recent major attacks in Iraq:

China's economy as No. 2: How it's playing in Japan (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 10:25pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - China finally overtook Japan and became the worldâs second-biggest economy, according to data released this week in Tokyo, which showed minimal GDP growth in the land of the rising sun, while its huge neighbor continued its blistering rise.

Aid groups again denied access to Darfur camp (AP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 9:36pm EDT

AP - Sudanese authorities on Tuesday again prevented aid workers from entering a camp for 80,000 displaced people in South Darfur, a day after allowing a small group in for the first time in two weeks to deliver medicine and fuel to operate water pumps.

Harper says will not call election in fall (Reuters)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 8:14pm EDT

Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper repeated on Tuesday that Canadians are not seeking a federal election this fall and said he will not be calling one.

3 more Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain (AP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 4:25pm EDT

AP - Three more Cuban political prisoners have arrived in Madrid, bringing to 23 the number released into exile under Cuba's pledge to free dissidents jailed since 2003.

Taiwan parliament approves China trade pact (AFP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 4:24pm EDT

AFP - Taiwan's parliament Tuesday approved a sweeping trade deal with China that is expected to bring the two former rivals closer together than ever before.

S. Sudan wants 1.5M people to return before vote (AP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 3:59pm EDT

AP - The government of Southern Sudan wants 1.5 million southerners who fled to the country's north during the country's long civil war to return home before a crucial referendum that could split the oil-rich south from the north.

No fun intended: Brazil forbids election spoofing (AP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 3:56pm EDT

AP - Make no joke about it, Brazil's presidential election is a serious affair, devoid of Jon Stewart's wry jabs, sidesplitting Top 10 lists or the "Saturday Night Live" cast lampooning politicians left and right that characterized the latest U.S. contest.

UN says millions without help in Pakistan floods (AP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 3:53pm EDT

AP - The World Bank said Tuesday it will redirect $900 million of its existing loans to Pakistan to help in flood recovery, as the U.N. warned that many of the 20 million people affected by the disaster have yet to receive any emergency aid.

Israeli says she didn't humiliate Arab on Facebook (AP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 3:17pm EDT

AP - The security obsessed Israeli military is confronting a new adversary — trying to control what its own soldiers post to the Internet.

Lebanon grants Palestinian refugees right to work (AP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 2:57pm EDT

AP - Lebanon's state-run news agency says Parliament has passed a law that for the first time grants the country's Palestinian refugees the right to work in any profession.

Baghdad suicide bomb hits army recruits, kills 61 (AP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 2:53pm EDT

AP - Young men from some of Iraq's poorest areas waited all night outside an army recruitment center, only to become easy prey Tuesday for a suicide bomber who killed 61 in the crowd. Desperate for jobs, dazed survivors rushed to get back in line after the attack.

Kosovo Begins to Find an Independent National Identity (Time.com)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 1:55pm EDT

Time.com - A World Court ruling last month gave a huge boost to the legitimacy of secession by the tiny former province of Serbia. Now that Kosovars are confident about independence, they find time to look ahead

Pakistan's Floods May Sink the Economy and Zardari (Time.com)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 1:55pm EDT

Time.com - The catastrophic floods have damaged Pakistan's agricultural center and set up an already unpopular President, Asif Ali Zardari, for more political attacks

Pentagon warning over China military build-up (AFP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 1:28pm EDT

AFP - China is extending its military advantage over Taiwan and increasingly looking beyond, building up a force with power to strike in Asia as far afield as the US territory of Guam, the Pentagon said.

Wounded buffalo kills Zimbabwean conservationist (AP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 12:37pm EDT

AP - A wounded buffalo, known as one of the most aggressive animals in the African bush, gored veteran Zimbabwean conservationist Steve Kok to death, ending his years of dedication to saving wild animals from poachers' traps, colleagues said Tuesday. He was 71.

6 badly injured in 'miracle' crash flown to Bogota (AP)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 12:23pm EDT

AP - An 11-year-old girl was in critical condition with a brain hemorrhage Tuesday, the worst injured survivor as investigators sought clues to why a jet carrying 131 people crashed while landing in a thunderstorm.

Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Non-Discrimination Against Gays (OneWorld.net)

Posted: August 17th, 2010, 11:36am EDT

OneWorld.net - MEXICO CITY, Aug 16 (IPS) - In the last two weeks, Mexico's Supreme Court has taken two fundamental steps in recognising the rights of gays and lesbians. On Monday, it voted to uphold a Mexico City law that allows same-sex couples to adopt.

What's meeting of U.S. lawmakers, Karzai opponents mean? (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 16th, 2010, 12:34am EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Four members of the House of Representatives held talks last month in Europe with leaders of Afghanistan's ethnic minorities, including a former vice president, opposed to President Hamid Karzai and his U.S.-backed initiative to open political negotiations with the Taliban.

In Colombia plane crash, pilot skill praised for minimal injury (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 16th, 2010, 10:54pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Officials in Colombia called it a âmiracleâ that the plane crash on a Colombian island early Monday morning resulted in just one death.

Corrected: Canada existing home sales fall (Reuters)

Posted: August 16th, 2010, 4:04pm EDT

Reuters - Corrects headline to "existing home sales" from "new home sales"

China-funded port a 'symbol of non-partisan policy' (AFP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 12:16am EDT

AFP - A China-funded port in Sri Lanka will be a symbol of Colombo's non-partisan foreign policy, the president said Sunday amid Indian concerns over Beijing's interests in the region.

Talks with N. Ireland dissidents no betrayal: police chief (AFP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 12:12am EDT

AFP - Northern Ireland's police chief said on Sunday that opening talks with armed groups would not amount to a betrayal, despite recent bomb attacks that have targeted members of the police and army.

Colombian VP out of hospital after heart surgery (AP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 12:05am EDT

AP - Colombia's vice president has been released by doctors after undergoing heart bypass surgery.

Rain halts Murray-Federer final at Toronto (AFP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 11:00pm EDT

AFP - Britain's Andy Murray led Swiss Roger Federer 7-5, 3-2 on Sunday when their Toronto Masters final was stopped by a second major rain interruption.

Mexican founders' bones displayed for bicentennial (AP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 10:38pm EDT

AP - Mexico is displaying the bones of 13 of its founding fathers — and one founding mother — at the National Palace as part of its yearlong bicentennial celebrations.

Petraeus holds out prospect of reconciliation with Taliban (AFP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 9:22pm EDT

AFP - General David Petraeus, the US commander in Afghanistan, held out the prospect Sunday of eventual reconciliation with the Taliban, including negotiations with leaders with "blood on their hands."

Former Nigerian VP Abubakar announces election bid (Reuters)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 8:10pm EDT

Reuters - Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar on Sunday formally declared his intention to run in elections due next January, posing a challenge to President Goodluck Jonathan for the ruling party ticket.

In sign of calm, Israel removes gunfire barrier (AP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 8:09pm EDT

AP - Israel will not accept conditions for resuming direct negotiations with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top Cabinet ministers affirmed in a meeting late Sunday, reflecting a hard line just as invitations to the talks appeared to be near.

Lockerbie families raise new questions over bomber (AP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 8:09pm EDT

AP - The regrets of a cancer expert who assessed the only man ever convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie jetliner bombing have intensified the anger felt by victims' relatives over Scotland's decision to release the Libyan on compassionate grounds.

UN chief: Never seen anything like Pakistan floods (AP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 8:08pm EDT

AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday he has never seen anything like the flood disaster in Pakistan after surveying the devastation and urged foreign donors to speed up assistance to the 20 million people affected.

Nigeria: Shell says pipeline sabotage increasing (AP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 8:07pm EDT

AP - Royal Dutch Shell PLC warned Sunday that thieves in Nigeria's oil-rich and restive southern delta are increasingly targeting the company's crude pipelines, including at least three incidents of sabotage this month alone.

Petraeus hedges bets on Afghan withdrawal (AFP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 8:06pm EDT

AFP - General David Petraeus refused Sunday to be bound by a July 2011 deadline to begin withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan, reserving the right to seek a delay if conditions aren't right.

Arsenal grab freak point to draw 1-1 at Liverpool (AFP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 7:59pm EDT

AFP - A late Pepe Reina own goal helped Arsenal salvage a point in a 1-1 draw at Anfield after David Ngog had put Liverpool in front in a match that saw both sides finish with 10 men on Sunday.

Bahrain arrests 4 Shiite activists amid clashes (AP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 7:18pm EDT

AP - A Bahraini security official says four leading Shiite activists have been arrested as the kingdom's Sunni leaders try to end violent confrontations between Shiite protesters and anti-riot police.

Sunni security militia targeted in Iraq violence (AP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 6:58pm EDT

AP - Gunmen robbed four commercial ships anchored near the southern oil hub of Basra in a rare attack off the Iraqi coast, the U.S. Navy said Sunday.

Pilgrims evacuated after bomb threat at Lourdes (AP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 5:40pm EDT

AP - Thousands of people, many disabled or ailing, were evacuated Sunday from the shrine at Lourdes in southern France after a bomb threat on the Catholic holy day of Assumption. The pilgrims returned after explosives experts scoured the area.

In Israel, Commerce amid Conflict (Time.com)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 11:45am EDT

Time.com - In Israel, Commerce amid Conflict

Playing Golf in the Amazon: Where Water Hazard Means Piranhas (Time.com)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 11:30am EDT

Time.com - Welcome to one of the most remote golf courses in the world. Now, here's your machete and watch that you don't get swallowed by a boa.

Sri Lanka: Business Picks Up in Northern Former War Zone (Time.com)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 11:00am EDT

Time.com - After being cut off from the rest of the country for more than 25 years, commerce has arrived in Sri Lanka's former war zone of Kilinochchi

Why is Morocco Picking a Fight with Spain? (Time.com)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 11:00am EDT

Time.com - As Morocco refuses to back down in a centuries-old dispute over two Mediterranean enclaves, many see the spat as yet another sign that Spain is losing the respect of the global community

Australia set for cliffhanger poll (AFP)

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 10:08am EDT

AFP - Australia was Sunday heading for a knife-edge election, with no party streaking ahead in opinion polls with less than a week to go, raising the prospect of the first hung parliament in 70 years.

Former close Chavez adviser Muller dies (AP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 4:09am EDT

AP - Alberto Muller Rojas, once a close adviser to President Hugo Chavez who recently distanced himself from the Venezuelan leader's socialist party, has died. He was 75.

AP Exclusive: Afghan attack survivor tells story (AP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 2:48am EDT

AP - One of the gunmen who killed 10 charitable health workers in northern Afghanistan hitched a ride with the medical team shortly before the murders, the sole survivor of the attack told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Tight Australian election race enters final week (Reuters)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 2:42am EDT

Reuters - SYDNEY (Reuters) Australia's Labor government has a narrow lead over the conservative opposition, an opinion poll showed on Monday, with just five days left of campaigning in what is one of the tightest elections in many years.

Venezuela newspaper faces probe over morgue photo (AP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 2:09am EDT

AP - Prosecutors in Venezuela say they are investigating a newspaper's publication of a photograph on its front page depicting dead bodies in a Caracas morgue.

Hampshire win T20 final despite Christian chaos (AFP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 1:42am EDT

AFP - Hampshire were crowned English county cricket's Twenty20 champions on their Rose Bowl home ground after a last ball win over Somerset on Saturday.

Tamil migrants in good condition: Canada (AFP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 1:31am EDT

AFP - Hundreds of Sri Lankan Tamil migrants who arrived aboard a rusty cargo ship were in good condition after their three-month voyage, Canadian officials said Saturday.

Murray upsets Nadal to reach Toronto final (AFP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 11:30pm EDT

AFP - Scotland's Andy Murray upset world number one Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday, advancing the defending champion into the final of the 2.4 million-dollar ATP Toronto Masters.

Afghanistan crush Scotland by 229 runs (AFP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 10:47pm EDT

AFP - Afghanistan went to the top of the ICC Intercontinental Cup table with a resounding 229-run victory over Scotland on Saturday.

6 African migrants killed in Egypt in desert clash (AP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 10:29pm EDT

AP - Six African migrants trying to cross into Israel were killed in clashes with Bedouin traffickers and Egyptian border guards in the Sinai Desert, security officials said Saturday.

UNAMID says two of its police abducted in Darfur (AFP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 9:22pm EDT

AFP - Two police advisers deployed with the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan's western region of Darfur were kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday, UNAMID said in a statement.

Cholera strikes amid Pakistani flood disaster (AP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 8:55pm EDT

AP - The deadly, waterborne disease cholera has surfaced in flood-ravaged Pakistan, the U.N. confirmed Saturday, adding to the misery of 20 million people the government says have been made homeless by the disaster. A fresh surge of floodwater swelled the Indus River, threatening previously spared cities and towns in the south.

Officials: Alleged US missiles kill 12 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 8:27pm EDT

AP - Suspected U.S. missiles killed 12 people Saturday in a Pakistani tribal region filled with Islamist insurgents bent on pushing Western troops out of neighboring Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.

AP: Sole survivor of Afghan attack tells story (AP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 8:07pm EDT

AP - One of the gunmen who killed 10 charitable health workers in northern Afghanistan hitched a ride with the medical team shortly before the murders, the sole survivor of the attack told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Underneath Lebanon, Israel sees hidden battlefield (AP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 8:03pm EDT

AP - With tensions mounting along their shared border, Israel's military says Hezbollah is moving fighters and weapons into the villages of south Lebanon, building up a secret network of arms warehouses, bunkers and command posts in preparation for war.

Chile crews drill probes will reach trapped miners (AP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 7:32pm EDT

AP - Chile's mining minister says rescuers hope that probes they are drilling will reach 33 trapped miners by Monday.

2 killed as troops open fire on Kashmir protesters (AP)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 7:14pm EDT

AP - Two people were shot dead by security forces Saturday as deaths continued to mount during weeks of defiant protests against India's rule over the predominantly Muslim region of Kashmir.

Labor has big poll lead before Australia election (Reuters)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 1:31pm EDT

Reuters - Australia's Labor government has pulled ahead of the conservative opposition, according to a poll published on Saturday, a week away from an election expected to be the closest in years.

A Swiss Town Celebrates the Red Cross Founder It Never Much Liked (Time.com)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 8:50am EDT

Time.com - After founding the Red Cross, Henry Dunant fell into poverty and obscurity, sheltering in Heiden, where townsfolk never warmed to him. Why is it celebrating him today?

In Israel, A Fight to Make the Wall More Inclusive (Time.com)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 8:45am EDT

Time.com - Women and other Jewish groups are fighting for the right of full religious access at the Jerusalem's Western Wall

Swiss Consider Deporting Foreign Criminals (Time.com)

Posted: August 14th, 2010, 8:45am EDT

Time.com - Two initiatives to expel immigrants who break the law stir controversy

Pakistan flood crisis raises fears of country's collapse (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 12:28am EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The humanitarian and economic disaster caused by the worst floods in Pakistan's history could spark political unrest that could destabilize the government, dealing a major blow to the Obama administration's efforts to fight violent Islamic extremism.

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Fonseka convicted in Sri Lanka amid delayed inquiry over Tamil Tigers war (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 8:51pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A Sri Lanka military court today convicted former Army chief Sarath Fonseka of meddling in politics while on duty, raising concerns that the government is trying to silence a retired general who has hinted that the government may have committed war crimes during its 25-year civil war with the Tamil Tigers.

Gitmo trial delayed due to attorney's illness (AP)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 4:16pm EDT

AP - The war-crimes trial of a young Canadian detainee will be put on hold for at least 30 days due to the illness of his Pentagon-appointed attorney, a defense official said Friday.

Peres' Romania comment criticized by Jewish center (AP)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 4:14pm EDT

AP - The Simon Wiesenthal Center criticized Israeli President Shimon Peres on Friday for thanking Romania for saving Jews, saying he should have condemned the Romanian state for the tens of thousands of Jews who were killed there during World War II.

Lebanon TV stations scrap controversial Jesus show (AP)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 4:11pm EDT

AP - Two Shiite Muslim television stations in Lebanon canceled a controversial program about Jesus on Friday, saying they do not want to stir up sectarian conflict in the country.

Hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers land in Canada (AFP)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 4:07pm EDT

AFP - Hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers on board a cargo ship arrived at a naval base in western Canada on Friday, escorted by a naval frigate and police helicopters.

Zimbabwe's coalition agrees on some disputed posts (AP)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 3:57pm EDT

AP - The Zimbabwe prime minister's party says one of its major disagreements with longtime ruler President Robert Mugabe over sharing the key posts of ten provincial governors has been resolved ahead of a summit of regional leaders.

Turkey discovers ancient underground tomb (AP)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 3:09pm EDT

AP - Police have raided a house used by people suspected of digging illegally for antiquities and discovered two tunnels leading to an underground tomb that housed an ancient marble coffin and frescoes, officials said Friday.

UK defense chief plans cuts, major changes (AP)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 3:04pm EDT

AP - Britain's defense secretary said Friday that senior military posts could be axed as he prepares major spending cuts and a sweeping overhaul of the country's armed forces.

Bosnian court confirms genocide indictment (AP)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 3:03pm EDT

AP - Bosnia's top war crimes court has confirmed genocide indictments against four former Bosnian Serb soldiers suspected of killing more than 800 people in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

Russia: Iran's nuclear plant to get fuel next week (AP)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 2:54pm EDT

AP - Russia will load fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant next week despite U.S. demands to prevent Iran obtaining nuclear energy until the country proves that it's not pursuing a weapons capacity, officials said Friday.

Spain: 2 firefighters killed battling rural blaze (AP)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 2:46pm EDT

AP - A forest fire fanned by shifting gusts of wind killed two firemen in northwestern Spain, officials said Friday.

Gaza Strip: Crisis Takes a Psychological Toll on Locals (Time.com)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 1:45pm EDT

Time.com - The Palestinian enclave remains traumatized by war and blockade. It is evident in the games children play, the art on the walls and the crises within families

Why WikiLeaks is under fire from human-rights groups (Time.com)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 1:45pm EDT

Time.com - It's not only the Pentagon that has a problem with the release of names of Afghan civilians said to be helping NATO forces

Three gunned down in Melbourne shootings (AFP)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 12:03pm EDT

AFP - Two men were gunned down in a popular Melbourne bar area on Friday, shortly after the killing of a known crime figure sparked fears of a new gang war in the city's notorious underworld.

Canada intercepts migrant ship on Pacific coast (Reuters)

Posted: August 13th, 2010, 6:12am EDT

Reuters - Canadian authorities unloaded a cramped cargo ship on Friday of nearly 500 asylum seekers from Sri Lanka whose arrival has sparked a national debate over the country's immigration and refugee laws.

Mudslides trap 500, kill five in southwest China (Reuters)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 4:00am EDT

Reuters - Mudslides after heavy rain have killed five people and trapped more than 500 others in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday.

British tourists safe after Costa Rica mountain ordeal (AFP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 2:48am EDT

AFP - Sixteen British tourists who were trapped overnight in a mountain pass in Costa Rica were evacuated, according to officials.

Small jet crashes at Brazil airport, no one killed (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 2:39am EDT

AP - A small executive jet crashed at Rio's domestic airport Thursday, but all three aboard were rescued without serious injuries.

Narco-blogger beats Mexico drug war news blackout (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 2:29am EDT

AP - An anonymous, twentysomething blogger is giving Mexicans what they can't get elsewhere — an inside view of their country's raging drug war.

Cuba cuts US food imports 28 percent in early '09 (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 2:29am EDT

AP - Cash-strapped Cuba has continued to slash agricultural purchases from the U.S. even as a key bill that would ease Washington's Cuban travel ban and make it easier to sell more food to the island works its way through Congress, according to a report released Thursday.

Why WikiLeaks Is Under Fire From Rights Groups (Time.com)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 1:20am EDT

Time.com - It's not only the Pentagon that has a problem with the release of names of Afghan civilians said to be helping NATO forces

Khadr Trial Reminds of Obama's Failure to Close Gitmo (Time.com)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 1:20am EDT

Time.com - Omar Khadr faces a military tribunal for an incident that occurred when he was 15. The case will remind many of President Obama's failure to keep his promise about closing the GuantÁnamo Bay detention facility

WikiLeaks preparing to release more Afghan files (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 12:23am EDT

AP - WikiLeaks spokesman Julian Assange said Thursday his organization is preparing to release the rest of the secret Afghan war documents it has on file. The Pentagon warned that would be more damaging to security and risk more lives than the organization's initial release of some 76,000 war documents.

Canadian navy boards migrant ship (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 12:10am EDT

AP - The Canadian navy boarded a cargo ship Thursday carrying 490 asylum seekers, including some people Canada has said may be terrorists.

Repercussions of an Israeli attack on Iran (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 11:23pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - If Israel is likely to decide to attack Iran next summer, as argued in an Atlantic Monthly story by Jeffrey Goldberg out this week, the big question is, what happens in the aftermath?

Nigeria: Ruling party leader supports president (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 11:02pm EDT

AP - The leader of Nigeria's ruling party said Thursday that he believed the West African nation's president should be allowed to run in next year's election, despite a power-sharing agreement that calls for a candidate from the Muslim north.

Lawyer: Iranian who faced stoning likely tortured (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 9:20pm EDT

AP - A lawyer for an Iranian woman who had faced death by stoning on an adultery conviction said Thursday he suspects she was tortured into confessing that she was an unwitting accomplice to her husband's murder.

Mexico rethinks drug strategy as death toll soars (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 8:39pm EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY — The drug war in Mexico is at a crossroads. As the death toll climbs above 28,000, President Felipe Calderon confronts growing pressure to try a different strategy — perhaps radically different — to quell the violence unleashed by major drug syndicates.

Canada set to board migrant ship off its West Coast (Reuters)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 8:18pm EDT

Reuters - Canadian authorities prepared on Thursday to board a cargo ship that may be carrying as many 500 people thought to be Tamil migrants who have fled Sri Lanka in a bid to enter Canada as refugees.

Foreigners boost insurgency in eastern Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 6:52pm EDT

AP - As the spotlight of the Afghan war focuses on the south, insurgent activity is increasing in parts of the east, with Arab and other foreign fighters linked to al-Qaida infiltrating across the rugged mountains with the help of Pakistani militants, Afghan and U.S. officials say.

The U.S.-Mexico Border Is Safer Than You Think (OneWorld.net)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 4:04pm EDT

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 11 (New America Media) - Crime along the U.S.-Mexico border has been cited to justify everything from Arizonaâs new immigration law to Congressâ decision Tuesday to spend another $600 million on border enforcement.

Australian opposition vows uranium for India (AFP)

Posted: August 12th, 2010, 9:25am EDT

AFP - Australia's opposition Thursday vowed to sell uranium to nuclear power India if elected this month and cautioned against over-reliance on China, the country's top trading partner.

Nicaraguan top court replaces opposition judges (AP)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 4:22am EDT

AP - Nicaraguan Supreme Court justices who support President Daniel Ortega picked seven lawyers from Ortega's Sandinista party Wednesday to replace opposition judges who have been boycotting court sessions.

The Match-Fixing Allegation Tainting Spanish Soccer (Time.com)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 4:20am EDT

Time.com - Coming hot on the heels of the nation lifting the World Cup, a Spanish soccer scandal threatens to overshadow the new domestic season

Will Russia's wildfires stoke political change? (Time.com)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 4:20am EDT

Time.com - Smoke, heat and flames are pushing Russians to the brink of their legendary patience. But will growing popular frustration force officials to respond?

American boy plans NKorea trip to pitch peace idea (AP)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 4:15am EDT

AP - A 13-year-old American plans to visit North Korea this week and perhaps meet leader Kim Jong Il to pitch his idea for a "children's peace forest" in the demilitarized zone.

US triples number of Pakistani aid helicopters (AFP)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 4:09am EDT

AFP - The United States tripled the number of helicopters helping Pakistan's flood relief effort, as top US officials issued somber warnings about the massive scale of the disaster.

Barclays investment bank mulls job cuts: source (AFP)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 3:13am EDT

AFP - The investment banking arm of Barclays is considering axing 400 jobs worldwide, a source close to the bank has said.

Mexican president critical of low conviction rate (AP)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 1:52am EDT

AP - President Felipe Calderon questioned prosecutors and judges Wednesday as to why so few people are caught and punished for violent crimes in Mexico.

Australia's Qantas profits down 4.3 percent (AFP)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 1:31am EDT

AFP - Australia's Qantas Airways Thursday announced a 4.3 percent drop in full-year net profits but said conditions were improving as the industry recovers from its battering in the financial crisis.

Bin Laden's cook gets 14-year sentence (Reuters)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 1:06am EDT

Reuters - A U.S. military tribunal on Wednesday sentenced Osama bin Laden's former cook to 14 years in prison, but he is expected to serve far less under a plea deal that remains secret.

Gitmo jury recommends 14 years for al-Qaida cook (AP)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 12:59am EDT

AP - A Guantanamo jury recommended a 14-year sentence Wednesday for an al-Qaida cook, though he could be released much sooner under a plea bargain that will limit the time he spends in prison.

Conservatives backtracks slightly on census (Reuters)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 12:45am EDT

Reuters - Canada's Conservative government backtracked slightly on Wednesday over its plan to change next year's census, which has drawn both political and legal fire and may be hurting it in the polls.

UN appeals for $460 million for Pakistan (AP)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 12:26am EDT

AP - The United Nations appealed for nearly $460 million Wednesday to provide immediate help to millions of victims of the worst floods in Pakistan in living memory and said it will need millions more to help rebuild the devastated country.

AP Exclusive: Aid workers' last moments (AP)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 12:04am EDT

AP - The first sign of danger was the crackle of gunfire over their heads. Ten gunmen, their faces covered, rushed toward terrified humanitarian workers and began shouting "Satellite! Satellite!" — a demand to surrender their phones.

U.N. appeals for Pakistan aid as rains threaten more flooding (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 11:40pm EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - SUKKUR, Pakistan — The United Nations appealed Wednesday for $459 million in emergency aid for Pakistan as fresh monsoon rains raised fears that new flooding could drive more people from their homes, deepening the humanitarian catastrophe.

The other Kashmir problem: India and Pakistan tussle over water (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 10:55pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Amid a summer of heat, regional flooding, and separatist protests across Indian-controlled Kashmir, one of the unlikely grievances mentioned by rock-throwing youth is water.

Israel finds rare 2,200-year-old gold coin (AP)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 10:36pm EDT

AP - Archaeologists say they have uncovered the heaviest and most valuable gold coin ever found in Israel. The 2,200-year-old coin weighs an ounce (28 grams) and was found at the Tel Kedesh site near the Lebanon border on June 22, according to Wednesday's statement from the antiquities authority.

Russia's Agony a 'Wake-Up Call' to the World (OneWorld.net)

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 7:09pm EDT

OneWorld.net - VIENNA, Aug 11 (IPS) - A wind turbine on an acre of northern Iowa farmland could generate 300,000 dollars worth of greenhouse-gas-free electricity a year. Instead, the U.S. government pays out billions of dollars to subsidise grain for ethanol fuel that has little if any impact on global warming, according to Lester Brown.

Struggling PM regains slim lead in Australia vote (AFP)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 5:06am EDT

AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has snatched back a narrow election-winning lead from her rival Tony Abbott, but next week's vote remains on a knife edge, two new polls showed Monday.

Guantanamo gears up for 1st trial under Obama (AP)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 4:59am EDT

AP - U.S. military officers were flying in Sunday to serve as jurors in war-crimes proceedings as the Guantanamo tribunal system geared up for one of its busiest weeks under President Barack Obama.

Ex-Mexico president calls for legalizing drugs (AP)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 4:23am EDT

AP - Former President Vicente Fox is joining with those urging his successor to legalize drugs in Mexico, saying that could break the economic power of the country's brutal drug cartels.

Chavez: US diplomat won't be accepted as envoy (AP)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 3:50am EDT

AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday went through with his threat to reject the diplomat nominated by President Barack Obama to be the U.S. ambassador to Caracas.

Chavez to meet with Colombia's new president (AP)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 2:06am EDT

AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his new Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, will meet this week as the first step toward restoring diplomatic relations between the South American neighbors, officials said Sunday.

Sudan suspends BBC broadcasts on FM (AFP)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 11:58pm EDT

AFP - Sudan halted Monday BBC broadcasts in Arabic on FM radio frequencies after suspending its agreement with the British public broadcaster for reasons it said had nothing to do with its newscasts.

Victims of Afghan massacre gave years of service (AP)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 11:58pm EDT

AP - One gave up a lucrative practice to give free dental care to children who had never seen a toothbrush. Others had devoted whole decades of their lives to helping the Afghan people through war and deprivation.

Brown, Robinson hand Capello double quit snub (AFP)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 11:25pm EDT

AFP - Manchester United defender Wes Brown became the second England player on Sunday to retire from international football, dealing another worrying snub to coach Fabio Capello.

Afghan commission: Civilian deaths up in 2010 (AP)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 9:57pm EDT

AP - Civilian war deaths in the first seven months of 2010 rose by 6 percent over the same period last year, Afghanistan's human rights commission said Sunday. The modest increase suggested that U.S. and NATO efforts to hold down civilian casualties were having some success.

In flood-ravaged Pakistan, army gains stature over government (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 9:18pm EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - KARACHI, Pakistan — The Pakistan government's poor response to the worst floods in the country's history has damaged its fragile democracy, while the powerful military establishment has gained stature with its emergency relief work, analysts said.

Israeli nuclear whistleblower out of prison again (AP)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 8:27pm EDT

AP - An Israeli nuclear whistleblower who spent 18 years behind bars was released from jail Sunday after serving an additional three months for violating his release terms.

Russia wildfires: Thick, toxic smog chokes Moscow residents (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 7:33pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Mila Kharitonova says she feels as though she were trapped in a burning building, amid unbearable heat and smoke, and finds herself constantly struggling to suppress the urge to grab her children and flee.

Who is the New Guerilla Group Threatening Chaos in Greece? (Time.com)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 5:25pm EDT

Time.com - Since it emerged early last year, the deadly Greek terrorist group Sect of Revolutionaries has been targeting journalists and police. Now it says it will turn the country into a "war zone" to scare away tourists and keep the country's economy hurting

Fidel in Fatigues: Castro Returns to the Podium (Time.com)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 5:25pm EDT

Time.com - Cuba's former leader addressed its National Assembly in a rare public appearance that analysts say is a bid to bolster the Communist party faithful amid challenging times

Australia's opposition targets boatpeople in poll bid (Reuters)

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 10:09am EDT

Reuters - Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott pledged tougher prison sentences for people-smugglers on Sunday as he formally launched his campaign to unseat the Labor government in the August 21 election.

Pakistanis desperate to escape flood areas (Reuters)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 10:15pm EDT

Reuters - Pakistanis desperate to get out of flooded villages threw themselves at helicopters on Saturday as more heavy rain was expected to intensify both suffering and anger with the government.

Floods kill at least 8 in Europe (AP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 10:13pm EDT

AP - Flooding caused by heavy rains has killed at least eight people in Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic, officials said Saturday.

Blasts in Iraqi city of Basra kill 10, wound 35 (AP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 10:05pm EDT

AP - Two explosions killed at least 10 people and wounded 35 Saturday in a downtown market in Iraq's second-largest city.

Pakistan president heckled at UK political rally (AP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 9:29pm EDT

AP - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari wrapped up his to Britain by addressing a political rally Saturday, facing criticism and protesters for touring overseas as floods killed more than 1,500 people in his country.

Rescuers work to free 34 trapped in Chilean mine (AP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 9:27pm EDT

AP - Three groups of rescuers are searching for 34 miners trapped since Thursday in a collapsed gold mine in northern Chile.

Afghan medical mission ends in death for 10 (AP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 9:04pm EDT

AP - They hiked for more than 10 hours over rugged mountains — unarmed and without security — to bring medical care to isolated Afghan villagers until their humanitarian mission took a tragic turn.

West African states discuss Al-Qaeda fight (AFP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 8:57pm EDT

AFP - Intelligence officials from six West African countries gathered in the Malian capital to discuss the fight against Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), according to intelligence sources.

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Posted: August 7th, 2010, 8:50pm EDT

AP - Health officials say blasts at a market in Iraq's second-largest city kill 10 people, wound 35.

Ten medical aid workers robbed, killed in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 8:47pm EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — Ten members of an international medical mission, including six Americans, were robbed and killed while returning from a two-week trek through risky parts of eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials and organizers of the aid mission said Saturday.

More rains hit flooded Pakistan, Islamists step up (AP)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 8:45pm EDT

AP - Authorities evacuated thousands of Pakistanis living along expanding rivers on Saturday as forecasts predicted even more heavy rain could deepen the country's flood crisis. As the prime minister appealed for national solidarity, hardline Islamists rushed to fill in the gaps in the government's aid effort.

Chretien in successful brain surgery (Reuters)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 8:27pm EDT

Reuters - Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, who led the country from 1993 to 2003, had emergency brain surgery in Montreal on Friday but was expected to be released from hospital in a few days.

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Afghanistan war: Deadly ambush of medical mission roils one of safest provinces (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 3:54pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In one of Afghanistan's safest provinces, 10 members of a medical mission - including six Americans - were killed by militants.

Australian PM meets ousted rival; poll predicts loss (Reuters)

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 10:59am EDT

Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard met ousted predecessor Kevin Rudd on Saturday to bolster a flagging campaign as a new poll predicted she would lose a general election in two weeks' time.

Britain, Pakistan vow unity against terrorism (AFP)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 4:59am EDT

AFP - The leaders of Britain and Pakistan smoothed over a row about Islamabad's response to terrorism as they agreed to step up cooperation in the fight against violent extremism.

Fidel Castro to attend session of Cuba parliament (AP)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 4:57am EDT

AP - A lively and healthy-looking Fidel Castro appealed to President Barack Obama to stave off global nuclear war in an emphatic address to parliament Saturday that marked his first official government appearance since emergency surgery four years ago.

Mexico confirms car had explosive device aboard (AP)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 4:52am EDT

AP - Investigators said Friday there was an explosive device aboard a car that blew up outside police headquarters in the border state of Tamaulipas, the second car-bomb attack against law enforcement in less than a month.

Flash floods kill 112 in Indian-held Kashmir (AP)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 4:47am EDT

AP - A cloudburst followed by flash floods hit a Himalayan desert region in Indian-controlled Kashmir, sending rivers of mud down mountainsides and killing at least 112 people and injuring another 400, officials said Saturday.

Cuba tries armed men tied to US anti-Castro group (AP)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 4:23am EDT

AP - Three armed men who were intercepted by Cuban border guards in 2001 and have been awaiting trial since then on charges they planned acts of sabotage went to court behind closed-doors Friday, according to a veteran human rights activist.

Floods kill 113 in Indian Kashmir (AFP)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 4:18am EDT

AFP - Rescuers resumed the search for survivors Saturday after huge floods caused by freak rains killed at least 113 people in a part of Indian Kashmir famed for high-altitude adventure tourism.

Beer, Sunburns and Bachelor Parties -- Barcelona says "Enough!" (Time.com)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 2:05am EDT

Time.com - The city renowned for its high culture takes measures to discourage bad behavior among tourists

Rockets Fired from Sinai to Israel, Jordan: By Hamas or Bedouin? (Time.com)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 2:05am EDT

Time.com - After cities in Israel and Jordan suffered attacks, suspicion fell on Egypt's Sinai as a launchpad. But who launched the rockets?

Poll shows Australian government heading for poll defeat (Reuters)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 1:16am EDT

Reuters - A leading opinion poll shows Australia's Labor government heading for an election defeat in two weeks time, according to results published on Saturday.

Haiti faces a question: Who is Wyclef Jean? (AP)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 1:07am EDT

AP - Street star. Scandal-plagued aid director. Ex-Fugees hip hop frontman. The moment he filed his candidacy, Wyclef Jean became the most famous — and thus potentially most powerful — candidate in Haiti's critical post-earthquake presidential election.

1997 South Africa dinner raises diamond questions (AP)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 12:32am EDT

AP - The party to raise money for Nelson Mandela's children's charity started with an odd guest list: Dining among the celebrities was Liberian warlord Charles Taylor, also known as the "Butcher of Monrovia."

Sudan denies aid agencies access to Darfur camp (AP)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 11:44pm EDT

AP - Sudanese authorities have denied the U.N.'s humanitarian arm access to a Darfur refugee camp after an outbreak of violence, a U.N. spokesman said Friday.

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Hiroshima memorial visit: unspoken apology or commitment to disarmament? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 10:07pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - For the first time since the A-bomb was dropped on Japan, ending World War II and killing more than 100,000 people, the United States sent a representative to the annual memorial at Hiroshima.

Sudan denies aid to camp devastated by fighting: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 9:15pm EDT

Reuters - Sudan has denied aid agencies access to Darfur's Kalma camp after five people were killed there and thousands fled when divisions over peace talks turned violent, humanitarian officials said on Friday.

In Colombia, A Cemetery Full of Questions (OneWorld.net)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 4:12pm EDT

OneWorld.net - LA MACARENA, Aug 6 (IPS) - The most determined attempt by the far-right paramilitaries to establish a presence in this town in central Colombia ended in failure.

Canada economy sees first jobs loss of 2010 (Reuters)

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 1:11pm EDT

Reuters - Canada's economy unexpectedly shed 9,300 jobs in July, the first month it failed to create any this year, suggesting the country's recovery from the recession is starting to cool.

Pentagon may change rules for covering Guantanamo trials (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 5th, 2010, 12:49am EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Faced with protests from a number of news organizations, the Pentagon is considering revising the rules it invoked in May to ban four reporters from covering the trials of suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Thousands flee as Pakistan floods spread (AFP)

Posted: August 5th, 2010, 11:06am EDT

AFP - Thousands fled devastating floods in Pakistan on Thursday, wading through water or crammed into cars as officials warned that heavy rains threatened entire villages and that dams could burst.

Campbell tells court of gift of 'dirty-looking stones' (AFP)

Posted: August 5th, 2010, 11:03am EDT

AFP - Supermodel Naomi Campbell told a war crimes court Thursday she had received a gift of "dirty-looking stones" she assumed was from Liberia's Charles Taylor after a 1997 dinner hosted by Nelson Mandela.

Hundreds flee Pakistan floods, as criticism grows (AP)

Posted: August 5th, 2010, 10:44am EDT

AP - Flood survivors loaded down with possessions fled a growing deluge in Pakistan's most populous province Thursday as the government came under renewed criticism for its response to the worst monsoon rains in decades.

Naomi Campbell tells war crimes court was given diamonds (Reuters)

Posted: August 5th, 2010, 10:42am EDT

Reuters - British supermodel Naomi Campbell, testifying at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, said on Thursday she had been given a pouch containing diamonds while in South Africa in 1997.

Early results: New constitution for Kenya likely (AP)

Posted: August 5th, 2010, 10:14am EDT

AP - Preliminary results announced Thursday showed that Kenya's new constitution is likely to pass overwhelmingly, but opponents of the new draft questioned the returns.

3 traffic policemen, 3 others die in Iraq violence (AP)

Posted: August 5th, 2010, 10:13am EDT

AP - Iraqi officials say three traffic policemen have died in drive-by shootings in western Baghdad while gunmen stormed the house of a policemen, killing him, his wife and a relative.

Death Match: Grand Theft Auto vs. the British Treasury (Time.com)

Posted: August 5th, 2010, 10:10am EDT

Time.com - Britain cancels a planned tax break for its video game industry, leading lobbyists to warn that it might be game over for U.K. gaming

Iraq: Requiem for a Profound Misadventure (Time.com)

Posted: August 5th, 2010, 10:10am EDT

Time.com - Obama's somber speech on Iraq is a reminder of when and why we should -- and should not -- go to war

Cambell testifies she received dirty 'stones' (AP)

Posted: August 5th, 2010, 10:01am EDT

AP - Model Naomi Campbell testified at the war crimes trial of former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor on Thursday that she received a gift of "dirty-looking stones" after attending a dinner with him — but stopped short of saying they were diamonds or that she was given them by Taylor himself.

SKorea launches drills despite NKorean threats (AP)

Posted: August 5th, 2010, 9:58am EDT

AP - South Korean troops fired artillery and dropped sonar buoys into the Yellow Sea as naval drills kicked off Thursday near the spot where a warship sank four months ago.

Suicide bomber kills 7 Afghan police in north (AP)

Posted: August 5th, 2010, 9:49am EDT

AP - A suicide car bomber struck a convoy of NATO troops and Afghan police Thursday in northern Afghanistan, killing seven police officers and wounding at least 11 people.

Ex-PM Rudd charges into Australia poll race (AFP)

Posted: August 5th, 2010, 8:55am EDT

AFP - Dumped Australian leader Kevin Rudd rocketed himself back into the country's election race Thursday with a blistering attack accusing conservative candidate Tony Abbott of "economic vandalism".

Conquistador monument draws Mexican Indians' ire (AP)

Posted: August 4th, 2010, 5:18am EDT

AP - A city in southern Mexico agreed Wednesday to consider a petition by Mayan Indians to remove a recently installed monument to the Spanish conquistadores who led the bloody conquest of the region in the 1500s.

Israel threatens to retaliate against attacks on three fronts (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: August 4th, 2010, 1:01am EDT

McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — Violence this week on Israel's northern and southern borders has escalated tensions and raised the prospect of further clashes this summer, Israeli military experts said Wednesday.

Colombia offers clues for solution to Mexico drug war (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: August 4th, 2010, 11:35pm EDT

The Christian Science Monitor - MedellÃn, once nearly synonymous with cocaine trafficking, used to be the epicenter of Colombia's decades-long drug war â and one of the most dangerous places in the world.

Canadian government says no to census compromise (Reuters)

Posted: August 3rd, 2010, 11:50pm EDT

Reuters - The Canadian government has rejected a compromise over next year's census that would keep it compulsory to answer some detailed questions, but eliminate the threat of a prison sentence for refusing, Treasury Board President Stockwell Day said on Tuesday.

Unsung Heroes of the BP Spill: Vietnamese American Youth (OneWorld.net)

Posted: August 3rd, 2010, 12:51pm EDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (New America Media) - High school senior Anna Nguyen already had her hands full applying to colleges. Then the BP spill occurred, and suddenly the Louisiana 17-year-old had another priority: helping her family to recover from her fatherâs sudden loss of income.

Dutch troops leave Afghanistan after four years (AFP)

Posted: August 1st, 2010, 10:28am EDT

AFP - Dutch troops were to leave Afghanistan after four years on Sunday, handing over control of military operations in central Uruzgan province after a political row at home forced their draw-down.

Thousands trapped by Pakistan floods; 900 dead (AP)

Posted: August 1st, 2010, 10:24am EDT

AP - Rescue workers struggled Sunday to save more than 27,000 people still trapped by massive flooding in Pakistan's northwest that has killed over 900 people and destroyed thousands of homes, officials said.

UAE to block many BlackBerry services in October (AP)

Posted: August 1st, 2010, 10:13am EDT

AP - The United Arab Emirates says it plans to block some messaging and web services on BlackBerry smart phones beginning in October.

Iran says 3 Americans should stand trial (AP)

Posted: August 1st, 2010, 9:39am EDT

AP - Iran reiterated on Sunday that three Americans jailed a year ago should stand trial on charges of illegally crossing the country's borders.

Aussie PM struggles to get campaign back on track (AFP)

Posted: August 1st, 2010, 9:11am EDT

AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard struggled Sunday to put her election campaign back on track after a poll showed her heading for defeat following a series of damaging leaks.

July deadliest month for Iraqis since 2008 (AP)

Posted: August 1st, 2010, 8:58am EDT

AP - July was the deadliest month for Iraqis in more than two years, according to newly released figures that show 535 were killed in violence.

US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo (AP)

Posted: August 1st, 2010, 8:06am EDT

AP - As the U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Barack Obama, its most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo.

Moody wants England rugby captaincy permanently (AFP)

Posted: August 1st, 2010, 7:59am EDT

AFP - Bath flanker Lewis Moody has revealed he is eager to become England's full-time captain.

Turkey, Syria engage in bird diplomacy (AP)

Posted: August 1st, 2010, 6:12am EDT

AP - The latest beneficiary of improved relations between Turkey and Syria is the rare northern bald ibis.

Building boom transforms Mozambique, but not for poor (AFP)

Posted: August 1st, 2010, 6:03am EDT

AFP - Heavily pregnant Adelaide Mangwel balances 18 kilos of prawns on her head as she slowly descends the crowded ferry that carried her across Maputo Bay to sell her seafood in Mozambique's capital.

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