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• Hurricane Rick builds to Category 5 off Mexico (AP)
• Afghan president under pressure over fraud rulings (AP)
• Truck bomb destroys key bridge in western Iraq (AP)
• Rio gangs shoot down police chopper, 2 cops dead (AP)
• Moscow Mayor Promises a Winter Without Snow (Time.com)
• Policemen hurt in green protest at power station (AFP)
• Iran releases foreign Newsweek reporter on bail (AP)
• Tijuana police find 2nd body hanging from bridge (AP)
• Contested Sudan census not basis for referendum: VP (AFP)
• Kerry: too soon to send more troops to Afghanistan (AP)
• Aussie girl, 16, sets off on round-world sail (AFP)
• Karzai balking at proposed deal to end Afghan election dispute (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Is the U.S. Softening Its Opposition to the Honduran Coup? (Time.com)

Hurricane Rick builds to Category 5 off Mexico (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 04:25 PM PDT AP - Hurricane Rick strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast Saturday and forecasters said it could strike the Baja California Peninsula next week.

Afghan president under pressure over fraud rulings (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 12:49 PM PDT AP - Afghanistan's election crisis deepened Saturday as President Hamid Karzai resisted international pressure to accept fraud rulings that could force him into a runoff with his main challenger.

Truck bomb destroys key bridge in western Iraq (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 02:53 PM PDT AP - A suicide bomber driving a dynamite-laden truck destroyed a key bridge Saturday on a highway used by the departing U.S. military, while separate attacks killed nine Iraqis, most of them security force members, police said.

Rio gangs shoot down police chopper, 2 cops dead (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 04:55 PM PDT AP - Drug traffickers shot down a police helicopter during a gunbattle between rival gangs Saturday, killing two officers and injuring four in a burst of violence just two weeks after the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games.

Moscow Mayor Promises a Winter Without Snow (Time.com) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 06:15 AM PDT Time.com - This winter, Moscow's mayor Yury Luzhkov plans to spray the clouds before they reach the city to stop the snow from falling. A hair-brained scheme? Or a brilliantidea to keep the capital from being snowed under?

Policemen hurt in green protest at power station (AFP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 04:58 PM PDT AFP - Three police officers were taken to hospital Saturday during a protest by environmental campaigners at one of Britain's biggest coal-fired power stations, police said.

Iran releases foreign Newsweek reporter on bail (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 05:11 PM PDT AP - Iran released a foreign Newsweek reporter on bail Saturday almost four months after he was arrested following the country's disputed presidential election, as embattled opposition leaders promised to press on with their campaign against the country's rulers.

Tijuana police find 2nd body hanging from bridge (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 04:19 PM PDT AP - Police in this northern Mexican border city found a man's nude, mutilated body hung by the neck from an expressway overpass Saturday, the second such grisly discovery in nine days.

Contested Sudan census not basis for referendum: VP (AFP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 12:55 PM PDT AFP - The list of voters in a referendum on south Sudan's independence will not be drawn from the contested results of the last census, Vice President Ali Osman Taha said on Saturday.

Kerry: too soon to send more troops to Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 05:03 PM PDT AP - With Afghanistan's election crisis deepening, Sen. John Kerry says it would be irresponsible for the U.S. to consider sending additional troops to the region at this time.

Aussie girl, 16, sets off on round-world sail (AFP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 04:46 PM PDT AFP - An Australian schoolgirl bidding to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world began her journey Sunday, despite urgings from officials to abandon the perilous endurance test.

Karzai balking at proposed deal to end Afghan election dispute (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 02:46 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States and other powers struggled Saturday to persuade Afghan Pres. Hamid Karzai to accept a deal to resolve the dispute over the country's tainted presidential election and avert a political crisis that could spark civil unrest and jeopardize the U.S.-led fight against the Taliban-led insurgency.

Is the U.S. Softening Its Opposition to the Honduran Coup? (Time.com) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 06:15 AM PDT Time.com - Regional diplomats say the U.S. may be backing away from its insistence on restoring Honduran President Zelaya to office before next month's election

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