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• Colombian president comes down with the swine flu (AP)
• Calls for fast action in Japan after historic vote (AP)
• American commander: US on the road out of Iraq (AP)
• Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert indicted (AP)
• Blast kills 16 Pakistan cadets; NATO trucks bombed (AP)
• Japan's Election: Opposition Wins Historic Victory (Time.com)
• WW2 singer Vera Lynn returns to British album charts (AFP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,337 (AP)
• Shooting kills 8 revelers in Mexican coastal town (AP)
• Gabon awaits poll outcome, Bongo's son confident (Reuters)
• China denounces Dalai Lama visit to Taiwan (Reuters)
• Australia probes North Korea weapons for Iran seizure (Reuters)
• Zuma says Zimbabwe making progress (The Christian Science Monitor)
• U.S.-Colombia Pact Causes Stir Among Neighbors (Time.com)

Colombian president comes down with the swine flu (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 05:18 PM PDT AP - President Alvaro Uribe has the swine flu and officials are contacting other South American governments whose leaders attended a summit last week with the Colombian leader, authorities said Sunday.

Calls for fast action in Japan after historic vote (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 05:01 PM PDT AP - The morning after a historic victory by Japan's opposition party in national elections, pressure was already mounting Monday for quick, definitive action on a host of problems facing the country, with jump-starting the economy at the top of the list.

American commander: US on the road out of Iraq (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 02:49 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military is packing up to leave Iraq in what has been deemed the largest movement of manpower and equipment in modern military history — shipping out more than 1.5 million pieces of equipment from tanks to antennas along with a force the size of a small city.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert indicted (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 11:47 AM PDT AP - Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted on corruption charges Sunday, becoming the first Israeli premier to go on trial and highlighting a series of cases that have shaken the public's faith in the political system.

Blast kills 16 Pakistan cadets; NATO trucks bombed (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 12:02 PM PDT AP - Bombings targeted a Pakistani police station and set a NATO fuel convoy ablaze Sunday, killing 16 cadets in the northwest's Swat Valley and threatening the supply line to international forces in Afghanistan in a separate attack near the border.

Japan's Election: Opposition Wins Historic Victory (Time.com) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 11:55 AM PDT Time.com - Victorious Democratic Party of Japan candidates hoarsely shouted the celebratory phrase "banzai" after exit polls showed Japan's main opposition party blasted the incumbent Liberal Democratic Party from its virtually untested 54-year reign

WW2 singer Vera Lynn returns to British album charts (AFP) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 03:13 PM PDT AFP - Dame Vera Lynn, the "sweetheart" of the armed forces during World War II, became on Sunday the oldest living artist to reach the top 20 of Britain's album charts, her record company said.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,337 (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 05:24 PM PDT AP - As of Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009, at least 4,337 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Shooting kills 8 revelers in Mexican coastal town (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 04:21 PM PDT AP - Gunmen opened fire on a crowd of young people partying at a seaside boulevard in northwestern Mexico, killing eight people and wounding four, an official said Sunday.

Gabon awaits poll outcome, Bongo's son confident (Reuters) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 05:16 PM PDT Reuters - Gabon's voters waited on Monday for the first results of an election for a successor to long-time leader Omar Bongo, with the late president's son tipped for power in the central African oil-producing state.

China denounces Dalai Lama visit to Taiwan (Reuters) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 05:09 PM PDT Reuters - China denounced the Dalai Lama's trip to Taiwan, saying the visit by a man Beijing brands a separatist could "have a negative influence" on relations between the mainland and Taiwan, state media reported on Monday.

Australia probes North Korea weapons for Iran seizure (Reuters) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 05:48 AM PDT Reuters - Australia will investigate the case of a shipment of North Korean weapons seized from an Australian-owned ship en route to Iran to see if its laws were broken, Transport Minister Anthony Albanese said Sunday.

Zuma says Zimbabwe making progress (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - After meeting with the members of Zimbabwe's coalition government, South African President Jacob Zuma yesterday said the six-month-old national unity government was functioning well.

U.S.-Colombia Pact Causes Stir Among Neighbors (Time.com) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 11:55 AM PDT Time.com - Hugo Chavez isn't the only Latin American leader unhappy about the military agreement between the two nations

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