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• Car bomb blasts in Afghanistan kill at least 41 (AP)
• Karzai, top rival run about even in Afghan returns (AP)
• Diplomats: Iran's enrichment program stagnates (AP)
• Analysis: Iraq's premier must work to keep job (AP)
• Top reformist confesses in Iran political trial (AP)
• North Korea Makes Nice: An Opening for the U.S.? (Time.com)
• Hooliganism mars Hammers fightback (AFP)
• NM governor pushes imports to Cuba (AP)
• Head of troubled Darfur peacekeeping force resigns (Reuters)
• Military rethinking 'golden hour' for injuries (AP)
• NDP not backing Conservatives (Reuters)
• Kangaroos a deadly Aussie road menace: study (AFP)
• U.S. deaths in Afghanistan headed for another record (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Nigerian amnesty deal with militants unravels (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Is Yemen Chewing Itself to Death? (Time.com)
• Africa Builds United Position on Climate Change (OneWorld.net)

Car bomb blasts in Afghanistan kill at least 41 (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 04:49 PM PDT AP - A cluster of vehicle bombs detonated simultaneously Tuesday in the Taliban's spiritual homeland near a foreign-owned construction company that had recently taken over a contract to build a road through an insurgent-held area. At least 41 people were killed, all civilians, officials said.

Karzai, top rival run about even in Afghan returns (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 04:07 PM PDT AP - President Hamid Karzai and his main rival, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, were running virtually even Tuesday in the first fragmented returns from last week's Afghan election, raising the possibility of a runoff that could drag the process out for months.

Diplomats: Iran's enrichment program stagnates (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 01:56 PM PDT AP - Iran's output of enriched uranium is stagnating even as its production capacity increases, a sign that Tehran may be running out of the ore needed to make nuclear fuel, diplomats said Tuesday.

Analysis: Iraq's premier must work to keep job (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 12:21 PM PDT AP - Abandoned by his fellow Shiites, Iraq's prime minister must turn to new allies and work twice as hard to form a broad-based alliance if he is to keep his job after January's parliamentary elections.

Top reformist confesses in Iran political trial (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 01:22 PM PDT AP - Saeed Hajjarian was a die-hard hero of Iran's reform movement, campaigning to reduce the power of the Islamic clerics even after being shot in the head in an assassination attempt that left him partially paralyzed.

North Korea Makes Nice: An Opening for the U.S.? (Time.com) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 12:10 PM PDT Time.com - Kim Jong Il, the mercurial ruler of North Korea, is freeing hostages and sending high-level envoys to Seoul. Is this an opening?

Hooliganism mars Hammers fightback (AFP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 03:12 PM PDT AFP - West Ham survived a League Cup scare at the hands of London neighbours Millwall on Tuesday in a second round clash that was overshadowed by serious crowd trouble before and during the match.

NM governor pushes imports to Cuba (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 04:32 PM PDT AP - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has met with Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba's parliament, as well as members of the island's chamber of commerce as he heads a trade mission there this week.

Head of troubled Darfur peacekeeping force resigns (Reuters) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 02:45 PM PDT Reuters - The head of the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region, who some diplomats say has been ineffective, is stepping down, the U.N. said on Tuesday.

Military rethinking 'golden hour' for injuries (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 04:33 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military is rethinking its "golden hour" goal for critically injured troops, questioning whether it should spend a little longer evacuating patients to get them to a better hospital.

NDP not backing Conservatives (Reuters) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 02:43 PM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper failed on Tuesday to win support for his minority government from the New Democratic Party as political leaders mull whether to force a new federal election.

Kangaroos a deadly Aussie road menace: study (AFP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 03:14 AM PDT AFP - They may be on the national emblem, but a study has confirmed what many Australians have long suspected: kangaroos are the deadliest animal menace to drivers on the nation's roads.

U.S. deaths in Afghanistan headed for another record (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 03:57 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — With the death of four U.S. soldiers Tuesday, the U.S.-led NATO coalition in Afghanistan now has lost more troops this year than in all of 2008, and August is on track to be the deadliest month for American troops there since the war there began more than eight years ago.

Nigerian amnesty deal with militants unravels (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Nigeria's latest plan to end militant attacks in the volatile Niger River delta that have cut oil production to a 20-year low appears to have collapsed.

Is Yemen Chewing Itself to Death? (Time.com) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 11:10 AM PDT Time.com - Never mind the social effects of an entire nation addled by the narcotic leaf khat, growing the plant could leave the country short of drinking water

Africa Builds United Position on Climate Change (OneWorld.net) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 06:44 AM PDT OneWorld.net - ADDIS ABABA, Aug 25 (IPS) - An African Union proposal demanding billions of dollars in compensation for the impacts of climate change is taking shape.

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