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• UK court convicts 3 of plot to blow up airliners (AP)
• Point man in Mexico's war on drug cartels resigns (AP)
• Afghan group says NATO strike killed 70 civilians (AP)
• Anti-Chavez TV station faces possible shutdown (AP)
• A Deadly Afghan Air Strike Puts Pressure on Germany's Unpopular Mission (Time.com)
• David backs British Open as battle of sexes looms (AFP)
• Power problems mean Iraq suffers hot summer, again (AP)
• 1 killed in Haiti mudslide after few hours of rain (AP)
• Gabon opposition calls for election recount (AP)
• 13 dead, 66 missing in China coal mine accident (AFP)
• E. Timor aid — where did billions go? (AP)
• Obama has yet to define U.S. objectives in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Miyuki Hatoyama: First Lady in Outer Space? (Time.com)

UK court convicts 3 of plot to blow up airliners (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:21 PM PDT AP - Three British Muslims were convicted Monday of plotting to murder thousands by downing at least seven airliners bound for the U.S. and Canada in what was intended as the largest terrorist attack since Sept. 11.

Point man in Mexico's war on drug cartels resigns (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 05:23 PM PDT AP - Mexico's point man in the drug war resigned Monday in a Cabinet shakeup that raised questions on whether the government's strategy to crack down on brutal gangs will change course.

Afghan group says NATO strike killed 70 civilians (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:42 PM PDT AP - An Afghan rights group said Monday a recent airstrike on a pair of hijacked fuel tankers killed as many as 70 civilians in northern Afghanistan, as the German troops whose commander ordered the bombing defended the action.

Anti-Chavez TV station faces possible shutdown (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 03:59 PM PDT AP - The government said Monday a leading TV channel aligned with Venezuela's opposition could lose its broadcast license for allegedly airing a viewer's text message calling for a coup and the assassination of President Hugo Chavez.

A Deadly Afghan Air Strike Puts Pressure on Germany's Unpopular Mission (Time.com) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT Time.com - With the federal election only three weeks away, a deadly Afghan air strike ordered by German troops has pushed Germany's military mission to the forefront of the campaign, forcing candidates to finally address the controversial issue

David backs British Open as battle of sexes looms (AFP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 04:39 PM PDT AFP - World number one Nicol David has offered careful backing to the British Open, the sport's oldest tournament, as squash battles over declining prize money and sex equality.

Power problems mean Iraq suffers hot summer, again (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:45 PM PDT AP - There's a running joke in Baghdad this summer — whenever the electricity minister promises to generate more power, it's time to buy more diesel for your private generator.

1 killed in Haiti mudslide after few hours of rain (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 05:18 PM PDT AP - A mudslide set off by several hours of heavy rain swept into at least 32 houses and shacks made of tin, concrete and dirt walls early Monday, killing at least one person in this Haitian beach town.

Gabon opposition calls for election recount (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 02:07 PM PDT AP - Gabon's main opposition parties on Monday demanded authorities conduct a recount of a disputed election the government said was won by the son of the country's long-ruling president.

13 dead, 66 missing in China coal mine accident (AFP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 05:53 PM PDT AFP - An accident in a Chinese coal mine early Tuesday left 13 people dead and 66 others missing, the state work safety watchdog said, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

E. Timor aid — where did billions go? (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 07:40 AM PDT AP - A decade after tiny East Timor broke from Indonesia and prompted one of the most expensive U.N.-led nation-building projects in history, there is little to show for the billions spent.

Obama has yet to define U.S. objectives in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:20 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration and Congress begin a heated debate about how many more American troops to send to Afghanistan, military observers, soldiers on the ground there and some top Pentagon officials are warning that dispatching even tens of thousands more soldiers and Marines might not ensure success.

Miyuki Hatoyama: First Lady in Outer Space? (Time.com) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT Time.com - Miyuki Hatoyama, who writes about UFOs and eating sunshine, is a breath of bracing air in a country where political wives are often neither seen nor heard.

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