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• 8 US troops killed in fierce Afghan fighting (AP)
• Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa dies aged 74 (AP)
• Abbas faces uproar over deferred war crimes vote (AP)
• Socialists trounce conservatives in Greek election (AP)
• Head of UN nuclear watchdog sees Iran cooperation (AP)
• Injunction by Twitter: A Blogger Makes History Trying to Unmask His Impostor (Time.com)
• Arsenal hit Rovers for six (AFP)
• Mubarak urges Israel to resume peace talks (AP)
• Anti-Jewish statements raise concern on Honduras (AP)
• Egypt's 'white gold' cotton losing its lustre (AFP)
• US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 774 (AP)
• Ford Canada labor talks aim to cut $16/hour gap (Reuters)
• Samoans prepare to bury tsunami victims (AP)
• Afghans criticize UN's strong hand in their election (The Christian Science Monitor)
• How a 'Miracle' Biofuel Plant Ruined Kenyan Farmers (Time.com)

8 US troops killed in fierce Afghan fighting (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 02:31 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight U.S. soldiers and capturing more than 20 Afghan security troops in the deadliest assault against U.S. forces in more than a year, military officials said Sunday.

Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa dies aged 74 (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:39 AM PDT AP - Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa, the "voice of Latin America" whose music inspired opponents of South America's brutal military regimes and led to her forced exile in Europe, died Sunday, her family said. She was 74.

Abbas faces uproar over deferred war crimes vote (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:58 AM PDT AP - Engulfed by domestic outrage, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rushed Sunday to limit the fallout from his decision to suspend efforts to have Israeli officials prosecuted for war crimes over last winter's military offensive in Gaza.

Socialists trounce conservatives in Greek election (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 04:04 PM PDT AP - Greece's Socialists trounced the governing conservatives in a landslide election Sunday, with voters angered by scandals and a faltering economy ousting Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis halfway through his second term.

Head of UN nuclear watchdog sees Iran cooperation (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 12:01 PM PDT AP - The visiting head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog set Oct. 25 as the date for his inspectors to check Iran's newly revealed uranium enrichment site and struck an upbeat note Sunday, saying Tehran's confrontation with the West is shifting gears to more cooperation and transparency.

Injunction by Twitter: A Blogger Makes History Trying to Unmask His Impostor (Time.com) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:55 PM PDT Time.com - Someone has been sending tweets pretending to be a British Conservative blogger. To force his imposter to stop, Donal Blaney achieved a legal first: a tweetinjunction

Arsenal hit Rovers for six (AFP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 05:44 PM PDT AFP - Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal are capable of mounting a sustained challenge for the Premier League title this season after his side routed Blackburn 6-2 at the Emirates Stadium.

Mubarak urges Israel to resume peace talks (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 01:47 PM PDT AP - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak urged Israel to resume peace talks with the Palestinians where they broke off more than a year ago, warning that the peace process "can't take another failure."

Anti-Jewish statements raise concern on Honduras (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 05:06 PM PDT AP - A Jewish civil rights organization is expressing alarm over conspiracy theories claiming Jews and Israel aided the ouster of the Honduran president and attempts to dislodge him from his refuge in the Brazilian Embassy.

Egypt's 'white gold' cotton losing its lustre (AFP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 04:47 PM PDT AFP - Ahmed Mansur, like many farmers, has long thrived on Egypt's famed "white gold" cotton; but with prices uncertain and production costs soaring he is more and more inclined to go "green."

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 774 (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 05:28 PM PDT AP - As of Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, at least 774 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 Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Ford Canada labor talks aim to cut $16/hour gap (Reuters) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 03:03 PM PDT Reuters - Labor costs at Ford Motor Co are about $16 an hour higher in Canada than in the United States, the Canadian Auto Workers confirmed on Friday, but union said it needs guarantees on production levels before it agrees to concessions to level the field.

Samoans prepare to bury tsunami victims (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 04:14 AM PDT AP - Mourning islanders of American Samoa were set to hold a national prayer service Sunday for victims of the tsunami that obliterated villages on the shores of the South Pacific and left at least 176 dead.

Afghans criticize UN's strong hand in their election (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Before their country's fraud-riddled election in August, some Afghans complained it was the international community that would decide the result. With the United Nations having fired a top diplomat for urging a tougher stand against vote-rigging, a move made public Wednesday, they say they now have proof.

How a 'Miracle' Biofuel Plant Ruined Kenyan Farmers (Time.com) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:25 PM PDT Time.com - After receiving promises of riches from the government, farmers in a Kenyanvillage turned over hundreds of acres of precious farmland to a plant calledjatropha, used to make biofuel. Then their crops failed. The farmers are nowdemanding answers

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