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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.