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• Taliban leader's death disputed, shootout claimed (AP)
• French woman, embassy staff confess in Iran trial (AP)
• Police: Suspect planned attack on Indonesia leader (AP)
• 93 people missing in Tongan ferry disaster (AP)
• Safety of Russian planes in Afghan war questioned (AP)
• Tehran's Trials: Blaming the West, Google and Twitter (Time.com)
• Britain warned on torture complicity (AFP)
• Yemen welcomes US detainee release, calls for more (AP)
• Venezuela orders ambassador back to Colombia (AP)
• Making a meal out of mice in Malawi (AP)
• Guantanamo Uighers to move to Palau by January: president (AFP)
• Hong Kong firm to pay Australia $21m for toxic oil spill (AFP)
• Iran resumes trials of opposition leaders, but could they backfire? (McClatchy Newspapers)
• The Case for Leaving Iraq -- Now (Time.com)

Taliban leader's death disputed, shootout claimed (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 04:09 PM PDT AP - Senior Taliban commanders denied that their leader, Baitullah Mehsud, had been killed in a CIA missile strike, while conflicting reports emerged late Saturday of a clash between rival Taliban factions during a meeting to chose a successor.

French woman, embassy staff confess in Iran trial (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 04:09 PM PDT AP - A young French academic and local staff of the British and French embassies stood trial Saturday with dozens of Iranian opposition figures and confessed to being involved in the country's postelection unrest.

Police: Suspect planned attack on Indonesia leader (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 11:51 AM PDT AP - A leading Southeast Asian terrorist suspect reportedly killed Saturday in a gunbattle with police at a village hide-out was planning a suicide car bomb attack on Indonesia's president, the national police chief said.

93 people missing in Tongan ferry disaster (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 04:02 PM PDT AP - Police say the number of people missing and feared dead after a ferry capsized and sank off Tonga has risen to 93 — eight more than previously thought.

Safety of Russian planes in Afghan war questioned (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 08:44 AM PDT AP - More than a year ago, the U.N. dropped the Russian air transport company Vertikal-T from its approved list of vendors after a fatal helicopter crash in Nepal.

Tehran's Trials: Blaming the West, Google and Twitter (Time.com) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 06:15 AM PDT Time.com - The judicial proceedings appear to be an attempt to consolidate the regime's support among conservatives by blaming old enemies: foreigners

Britain warned on torture complicity (AFP) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 04:05 PM PDT AFP - The government was warned Sunday by a body of lawmakers that regularly using information gained through torture could be legally construed as complicity.

Yemen welcomes US detainee release, calls for more (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 11:48 AM PDT AP - The Yemeni government welcomed on Saturday the release of two Yemenis jailed in the U.S. over terrorism charges, and called for the return of those still held in Guantanamo Bay prison.

Venezuela orders ambassador back to Colombia (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 04:46 PM PDT AP - President Hugo Chavez announced the return of his ambassador to Colombia, but said Venezuela still intends to take a stand against negotiations to lease seven Colombian military bases to the U.S.

Making a meal out of mice in Malawi (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 04:34 PM PDT AP - Cooked, salted or dried, field mice strung on sticks are sold as a popular delicacy in Malawi markets and roadside stalls. The mice are hunted in corn fields after the harvest when they have grown plump on a diet of grains, fruits, grass and the odd insect. The most widely eaten species is known locally as Kapuku, gray in color and with a shorter tail than the more common rat.

Guantanamo Uighers to move to Palau by January: president (AFP) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 04:41 PM PDT AFP - Up to nine Chinese Muslims held in Guantanamo Bay for the past seven years will be moved to the remote Pacific territory of Palau by the end of the year, President Johnson Toribiong has confirmed.

Hong Kong firm to pay Australia $21m for toxic oil spill (AFP) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 08:01 AM PDT AFP - A Hong Kong-based shipping company will pay Australia 25 million dollars (21 million US) in compensation for a massive toxic oil spill during a wild storm, officials said Saturday.

Iran resumes trials of opposition leaders, but could they backfire? (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 11:09 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - CAIRO, Egypt — Iranian state-run television Saturday announced that a trial had resumed for more than 100 opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but most of the day's programming consisted of parenting shows, nature footage accompanied by French meditations and a documentary on the North Pole.

The Case for Leaving Iraq -- Now (Time.com) Posted: 08 Aug 2009 06:15 AM PDT Time.com - Why even some U.S. officials are arguing that there's no point staying because Washington has lost its ability to influence events on the ground

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