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• Warsaw ghetto uprising leader Edelman dies at 90 (AP)
• Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics (AP)
• Rio erupts in celebration with 2016 Olympics (AP)
• Hamas swaps video of Israeli soldier for prisoners (AP)
• Iran's Geneva Offer on Nukes: Progress for Both Sides (Time.com)
• Windy City blown away in 2016 Olympic voting (AP)
• Iran, world powers agree to further nuclear talks (AP)
• Clinton tours historic palace in Haiti tourism bid (AP)
• Clashes in southern Sudanese oil region: gov't (AFP)
• Obama meets with Afghanistan commander in Denmark (AP)
• "Toronto 18" bomb plotter sentenced to 7 years (Reuters)
• Aussie mom gets life in jail for starving daughter (AP)
• For Brazil, Olympics mean the future finally has arrived (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Nuclear talks: Iran agrees to meet US, world powers twice more in October (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Rio Wins the 2016 Olympics: Now For the Hard Part (Time.com)
• Talk Radio in Hot Water over Uganda Riots (OneWorld.net)

Warsaw ghetto uprising leader Edelman dies at 90 (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 03:04 PM PDT AP - Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the ill-fated 1943 Warsaw ghetto revolt against the Nazis, died Friday at the age of 90.

Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:28 PM PDT AP - Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful friends. But none of that mattered. Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story — of about 400 million sports-mad people on a giant untapped and vibrant continent yearning, hoping, that the Olympics finally might come to them. And the International Olympic Committee was hooked.

Rio erupts in celebration with 2016 Olympics (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 03:56 PM PDT AP - Rio de Janeiro was ready to party Friday, and it had the best of reasons — winning the 2016 Olympics.

Hamas swaps video of Israeli soldier for prisoners (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:11 PM PDT AP - In the first video images since he was captured by Palestinian militants in 2006, Israeli Sgt. Gilad Schalit — looking thin but healthy, his hair freshly trimmed — sent love to his family, appealed for his freedom and held up a newspaper to prove the footage was recent.

Iran's Geneva Offer on Nukes: Progress for Both Sides (Time.com) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:20 PM PDT Time.com - Tehran sees opening its new enrichment facility to inspections and agreement to ship its fuel stocks for further processing in Russia as building tacit acceptance of its uranium enrichment capability

Windy City blown away in 2016 Olympic voting (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT AP - Chicago can't blame it all on Rio.

Iran, world powers agree to further nuclear talks (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:43 PM PDT AP - Fresh from a landmark meeting that put Iran nuclear talks back on track, Tehran and six world powers are already quibbling over what was agreed on ahead of follow-up talks later this month.

Clinton tours historic palace in Haiti tourism bid (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:23 PM PDT AP - Bill Clinton, slathered in sunscreen, urged Americans to explore the riches of Haitian tourism on Friday as he took a VIP trip to a mountain palace and a nearby beach where a cruise ship pier is being built.

Clashes in southern Sudanese oil region: gov't (AFP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:26 PM PDT AFP - Fighting broke out in an oil-rich area of southern Sudan between forces loyal to an ex-warlord and the state?s governor, with as many as 12 people killed according to officials.

Obama meets with Afghanistan commander in Denmark (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:28 PM PDT AP - At a pivotal point in the administration's Afghanistan strategy, President Barack Obama and his top Afghan war commander met privately aboard Air Force One Friday for a talk the White House described as productive.

"Toronto 18" bomb plotter sentenced to 7 years (Reuters) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:54 AM PDT Reuters - "Toronto 18" member Mohamed Dirie was sentenced to seven years in jail on Friday for his role in a plot to bomb Toronto landmarks in 2006, the second member of the group to be given jail time.

Aussie mom gets life in jail for starving daughter (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 06:18 AM PDT AP - An Australian woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the starvation death of her 7-year-old daughter.

For Brazil, Olympics mean the future finally has arrived (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 03:52 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — For the longest time, a joke about Brazil made the rounds in the halls of international financial organizations: Latin America's largest and most populous nation had a great future — and always would.

Nuclear talks: Iran agrees to meet US, world powers twice more in October (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iran and world powers agreed in Geneva on Thursday to "intensify dialogue" on Iran's nuclear program and other issues, by meeting twice more in October. But though both sides seemed cautiously pleased, their agendas remained far apart.

Rio Wins the 2016 Olympics: Now For the Hard Part (Time.com) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:20 PM PDT Time.com - The city will offer athletes some of the most stunning settings in Olympic history. But it must first do a lot of spending and building -- and policing

Talk Radio in Hot Water over Uganda Riots (OneWorld.net) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:24 AM PDT OneWorld.net - NAIROBI/KAMPALA, Oct 2 (IRIN) - Criminal charges and the closure of several radio stations over alleged incitement to violence in Kampala have sparked a debate about the limits of free speech in Uganda.

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