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• Tens of thousands flee raging wildfires in Greece (AP)
• Scottish leader defends Lockerbie bomber release (AP)
• Police urge fugitive reality TV star to surrender (AP)
• Even in death, Kim Dae-jung unites Koreas (AP)
• Iraqi suspect: It cost $10,000 to pass checkpoints (AP)
• Russia's Moves Raise Doubts About Obama's Diplomatic 'Reset' (Time.com)
• 2 French teens killed in California van crash (AP)
• Healthy looking Fidel Castro meets Ecuador leader (AP)
• US envoy praises Libya for Darfur crisis mediation (AFP)
• Obama facing hard choices on Afghanistan war plans (AP)
• Hurricane Bill brings rain, wind to eastern Canada (Reuters)
• Plugging Australian oil leak could take weeks (AP)
• Nigerian amnesty plan for oil militants falls flat (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Karzai, Abdullah both claim victory in Afghan election (The Christian Science Monitor)
• In Drought, India's Economy is Feeling the Heat (Time.com)

Tens of thousands flee raging wildfires in Greece (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:32 PM PDT AP - A partial drop in gale-force winds early Monday offered hard-pressed Greek firefighters a brief respite after wildfires raged for two days north of Athens, burning houses and swathes of forest while forcing thousands to evacuate their homes.

Scottish leader defends Lockerbie bomber release (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:22 PM PDT AP - Scotland's government defended itself Sunday against unrelenting criticism from the U.S. over the decision to free the Pan Am Flight 103 bomber on compassionate grounds.

Police urge fugitive reality TV star to surrender (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 04:31 PM PDT AP - Canadian investigators said Sunday they had information that a fugitive reality TV star accused of murdering a former swimsuit model and mutilating her body was in Canada, and urged him to surrender peacefully.

Even in death, Kim Dae-jung unites Koreas (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 09:08 AM PDT AP - In death as in life, Kim Dae-jung managed to bring the two rival Koreas together.

Iraqi suspect: It cost $10,000 to pass checkpoints (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:01 AM PDT AP - Attackers paid $10,000 to get a bomb-laden truck past checkpoints and next to the Iraqi Finance Ministry in last week's attacks, one of the suspected masterminds said in a confession broadcast Sunday.

Russia's Moves Raise Doubts About Obama's Diplomatic 'Reset' (Time.com) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 11:20 PM PDT Time.com - Earlier this year, Obama declared a reset in the relations with Russia. But Russia continues to push its interests in Ukraine and Georgia -- a snub to the U.S. that could put the reset at risk

2 French teens killed in California van crash (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:29 PM PDT AP - Two French teenagers were killed and five other French nationals were injured when the driver of their van fell asleep, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and roll over, the California Highway Patrol said Sunday.

Healthy looking Fidel Castro meets Ecuador leader (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 01:02 PM PDT AP - Cuba's Communist Youth newspaper is showing a photo of a healthier-looking Fidel Castro talking with the visiting Ecuadorean president.

US envoy praises Libya for Darfur crisis mediation (AFP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 03:23 PM PDT AFP - US envoy Scott Gration praised Libya's role in resolving the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan at a meeting with Egyptian, Libyan and Sudanese officials in Cairo Sunday.

Obama facing hard choices on Afghanistan war plans (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:31 PM PDT AP - As public support for the war in Afghanistan erodes, President Barack Obama soon may face two equally unattractive choices: increase U.S. troops levels to beat back a resilient enemy, or stick with the 68,000 already committed and risk the political fallout if that's not enough.

Hurricane Bill brings rain, wind to eastern Canada (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 07:19 AM PDT Reuters - Hurricane Bill brought rain and heavy winds to Nova Scotia in eastern Canada on Sunday, which could flood and damage coastal areas and possibly impact offshore oil and gas facilities.

Plugging Australian oil leak could take weeks (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 06:21 AM PDT AP - Plugging a leak at an offshore drilling rig that has caused an oil slick off Australia will take weeks, the operator said Sunday, though officials said there was little threat of environmental damage.

Nigerian amnesty plan for oil militants falls flat (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 01:56 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria's latest plan to end militant attacks in the volatile Niger River Delta that have cut oil production to a 20-year low appears to have collapsed.

Karzai, Abdullah both claim victory in Afghan election (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The top two candidates in Afghanistan's presidential race both claimed to be on their way to victory after Thursday's vote.

In Drought, India's Economy is Feeling the Heat (Time.com) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 11:20 PM PDT Time.com - As this year's drought hits the country's rural economies hard, India looks for solutions to better prepare itself for the next one

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