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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.
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.