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• West goes to Iran talks — and readies sanctions (AP)
• Aid flows to tsunami-hit Samoas as deaths hit 119 (AP)
• Powerful Indonesia quake kills 75, traps thousands (AP)
• US diplomat met with Cuban dissidents in Havana (AP)
• A new kind of justice in Pakistan's Swat Valley (AP)
• Report: Both Georgia, Russia to blame for 2008 war (Time.com)
• Chelsea struggle to beat APOEL (AFP)
• US: Iraq budget shortfall poses security challenge (AP)
• Hunger strike over prosecutions grows in Venezuela (AP)
• Guinea's military leader bans demonstrations (AP)
• China's 60th anniversary stirs pride, also unease (AP)
• Canada set to avoid early election again (Reuters)
• Tsunami deaths likely to rise in Pacific islands (Reuters)
• EU: Georgia started '08 war but Russia shares blame (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Dallas terror plot: Troubled Jordanian teen or jihadist? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Talking With Iran: Chances for a Breakthrough Are Low (Time.com)
• Guinea Crackdown Draws International Scorn (OneWorld.net)

West goes to Iran talks — and readies sanctions (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:41 PM PDT AP - The U.S. and five other world powers go to the table with Iran on Thursday to demand a freeze of its nuclear activities, and a senior U.S. official said Washington may seek rare face-to-face talks with Iranian diplomats.

Aid flows to tsunami-hit Samoas as deaths hit 119 (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:11 PM PDT AP - Police in green reflective vests searched a ghastly landscape of mud-strewn streets, pulverized homes and bodies scattered in a swamp Wednesday as dazed survivors emerged from the muck and mire of an earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 119 in the South Pacific.

Powerful Indonesia quake kills 75, traps thousands (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:22 PM PDT AP - A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering landslides and trapping thousands under collapsed buildings — including two hospitals, an official said. At least 75 bodies were found, but the toll was expected to be far higher.

US diplomat met with Cuban dissidents in Havana (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:43 PM PDT AP - A senior U.S. diplomat who traveled to Havana for the highest-level talks with Cuban officials in decades also met with opposition activists to discuss their political views, three dissidents and a State Department official said Wednesday.

A new kind of justice in Pakistan's Swat Valley (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:16 PM PDT AP - Courts are back in session in Pakistan's Swat Valley after a three-month hiatus because of an army offensive against Taliban militants. How well the judiciary performs may be crucial in ensuring that the insurgents do not return.

Report: Both Georgia, Russia to blame for 2008 war (Time.com) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:55 PM PDT Time.com - Who started last year's brief but disastrous war between Georgia and Russia?The verdict is in: Georgia fired the first shots, but Russia stoked the tensions

Chelsea struggle to beat APOEL (AFP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:19 PM PDT AFP - Chelsea came through a tricky Champions League tie in Cyprus on Wednesday against Cypriot underdogs APOEL Nicosia with a scrappy 1-0 victory to stay top of Group D.

US: Iraq budget shortfall poses security challenge (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:10 PM PDT AP - Iraq's budget shortfall due to low oil prices presents a challenge to building up the country's army and raises questions about whether it will be able to protect itself when U.S. troops leave, a top American commander said Wednesday.

Hunger strike over prosecutions grows in Venezuela (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:33 PM PDT AP - More than 150 university students have joined a hunger strike to demand the Organization of American States investigate allegations that dozens of Venezuelans have been jailed for their opposition to President Hugo Chavez.

Guinea's military leader bans demonstrations (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:49 PM PDT AP - Guinea's military leader banned all gatherings and demonstrations Wednesday, as the United Nations pressed for an independent investigation into why troops opened fire on 50,000 pro-democracy protesters.

China's 60th anniversary stirs pride, also unease (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:21 PM PDT AP - To mark 60 years of communist rule China put together its biggest-ever military parade: hundreds of thousands of marchers, batteries of goose-stepping soldiers and weaponry from drone missiles to amphibious assault vehicles.

Canada set to avoid early election again (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:52 PM PDT Reuters - Canada seemed set to avoid an early election for a second time this month after the small New Democratic Party (NDP) said on Wednesday it would keep the minority Conservative government in power

Tsunami deaths likely to rise in Pacific islands (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:19 PM PDT Reuters - Relief workers in American Samoa and Samoa searched for survivors on Thursday after a series of tsunamis smashed into the tiny Pacific islands, killing more than 100 people, flattening villages and leaving thousands homeless.

EU: Georgia started '08 war but Russia shares blame (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:22 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - MOSCOW — Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had no justification under international law when he ordered a military incursion into the breakaway South Ossetia region last year that included missile barrages on civilian areas, according to a European Union-commissioned report released Wednesday.

Dallas terror plot: Troubled Jordanian teen or jihadist? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Known to wear a cross around his neck and spend more time in churches than the local mosque, US terror suspect Hosam Smadi has many Jordanians rethinking what makes a "terrorist."

Talking With Iran: Chances for a Breakthrough Are Low (Time.com) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:55 PM PDT Time.com - Rather than a last-chance opportunity for Tehran to respond to Western ultimatums, Thursday's Geneva meeting will likely launch a process involving some give and take

Guinea Crackdown Draws International Scorn (OneWorld.net) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 07:34 PM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Sep 29 (OneWorld.net) - Human rights groups and the UN chief are condemning Tuesday's brutal military attacks on a pro-democracy rally in the West African nation of Guinea. Over 100 people were killed and countless women raped and sexually assaulted.

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