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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.