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• Iran, world powers agree to further nuclear talks (AP)
• Indonesian quake toll at 1,100, thousands missing (AP)
• Diplomats: Palestinians drop Gaza resolution (AP)
• Turkey: student protester hurls shoe at IMF chief (AP)
• Political scheme turns Mexican into odd celebrity (AP)
• How is the Olympic Host City Chosen? (Time.com)
• Cuba launches 'no free lunch' trial (Reuters)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,347 (AP)
• Clinton cheers investor turnout at Haiti meeting (AP)
• Beshir pledges free Sudan vote in 2010 (AFP)
• US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 773 (AP)
• Canada's government survives non-confidence motion (Reuters)
• Sabotage behind refugees' boat blast: Australian police (AFP)
• Maliki unveils new national, nonsectarian Iraqi party (McClatchy Newspapers)
• China's 60th anniversary: from Mao's ideology to iPhones (The Christian Science Monitor)
• What Berlusconi's Tan Obama 'Jokes' Say About Italy (Time.com)
• Typhoon Prep Saved Many Lives in Vietnam (OneWorld.net)

Iran, world powers agree to further nuclear talks (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 04:09 PM PDT AP - Iran and six world powers put nuclear talks back on track Thursday at a landmark session that included the highest-level bilateral contact with the U.S. in years and a pledge to meet again this month. President Barack Obama then challenged Tehran to make good on its promises quickly.

Indonesian quake toll at 1,100, thousands missing (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 05:14 PM PDT AP - Across this coastal provincial capital, hardest hit by the latest earthquake to devastate Indonesia, mourners, survivors and rescue workers alike clawed through the rubble.

Diplomats: Palestinians drop Gaza resolution (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 05:27 PM PDT AP - The Palestinian Authority, under heavy pressure from the United States, has withdrawn its support for a U.N. Human Rights Council resolution on alleged war crimes in Gaza, diplomats said Thursday.

Turkey: student protester hurls shoe at IMF chief (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 10:17 AM PDT AP - A student journalist threw a shoe at IMF Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Thursday and ran toward the stage shouting "IMF get out!" as the finance official answered questions at a university in Istanbul.

Political scheme turns Mexican into odd celebrity (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 01:17 PM PDT AP - An eccentric street vendor known for his Rambo-style headband took charge of Mexico City's most populous borough Thursday — at least for a few hours.

How is the Olympic Host City Chosen? (Time.com) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 02:25 PM PDT Time.com - Inside the IOC's intricate selection process

Cuba launches 'no free lunch' trial (Reuters) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 05:20 PM PDT Reuters - There may soon be no such thing as a free lunch, even in Cuba where the communist-run government began an experiment on Thursday to close state-run lunchrooms and give workers money to buy their own meals.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,347 (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 05:43 PM PDT AP - As of Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, at least 4,347 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Clinton cheers investor turnout at Haiti meeting (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 05:32 PM PDT AP - Bill Clinton cheered a large turnout at an investor conference in Haiti's capital Thursday, calling it a sign of hope for economic growth and job creation in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Beshir pledges free Sudan vote in 2010 (AFP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:51 PM PDT AFP - President Omar al-Beshir on Thursday said he supported a "democratic transformation" in Sudan and promised that general elections scheduled for next year would be free and fair.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 773 (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 05:41 PM PDT AP - As of Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, at least 773 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Canada's government survives non-confidence motion (Reuters) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 02:58 PM PDT Reuters - As expected, Canada's minority Conservative government survived a non-confidence motion on Thursday on its handling of the economic crisis due to a split among the three opposition parties.

Sabotage behind refugees' boat blast: Australian police (AFP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:04 AM PDT AFP - A blast on a people-smuggling boat that killed five asylum seekers off north-west Australia earlier this year was caused by arson, police said Thursday.

Maliki unveils new national, nonsectarian Iraqi party (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 02:08 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki on Thursday unveiled his alliance for parliamentary elections in January, billing the ticket as a national, nonsectarian force to challenge a rival Shiite Muslim slate that has broader support among the country's religious authorities.

China's 60th anniversary: from Mao's ideology to iPhones (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Sitting on the sofa amid the middle-class creature comforts typical of modern city life in China, Guan Shulan is effusive about how fortunate she is. Surrounded by six daughters and a son to look after her, the great-grandmother is the coddled matriarch of Chinese dreams.

What Berlusconi's Tan Obama 'Jokes' Say About Italy (Time.com) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 02:25 PM PDT Time.com - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi joked again this week about President Obama's skin color. Where's the outrage, Italy?

Typhoon Prep Saved Many Lives in Vietnam (OneWorld.net) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 07:59 PM PDT OneWorld.net - HANOI, Sep 30 (IRIN) - Ngo Thi Thanh has weathered dozens of tropical storms and typhoons living in central Vietnam's coastal region, but in her 60 years she has never seen the kind of destruction wrought by Typhoon Ketsana, which struck late on 29 September.

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