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• U.S.-German rift emerges over Afghan deaths case (AP)
• Thousands of civilians flee battles in NW Pakistan (AP)
• 9 dead, 926 rescued from capsized Philippine ferry (AP)
• Iraq presses for tribunal for Syria bomb suspects (AP)
• Sarkozy to Brazil with fighter jet bid looming (AP)
• In Italy, An Offended Berlusconi Goes on the Offensive (Time.com)
• Sex Pistols frontman reforms PiL: report (AFP)
• Israel approving new West Bank construction (AP)
• Mom caught in Mexico allegedly sold baby for house (AP)
• Zimbabwe's neighbors to seek end to sanctions (Reuters)
• Cargo ship reported it was sinking off Philippines (AFP)
• Ten years on, no justice for ETimor's Suai massacre victims (AFP)
• Afghan President Karzai closer to winning in disputed election (McClatchy Newspapers)
• North Korea seeks international attention with uranium claim (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Gangs of El Salvador: A Growing Industry (Time.com)

U.S.-German rift emerges over Afghan deaths case (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 04:19 PM PDT AP - An airstrike by U.S. fighter jets that appears to have killed Afghan civilians could turn into a major dispute for NATO allies Germany and the United States, as tensions began rising between them Sunday over Germany's role in ordering the attack.

Thousands of civilians flee battles in NW Pakistan (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 04:28 PM PDT AP - Thousands of civilians have fled Pakistan's northwest Khyber tribal region where the latest military offensive killed 33 more suspected militants Sunday.

9 dead, 926 rescued from capsized Philippine ferry (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 05:25 PM PDT AP - Passengers leapt into the dark sea and parents dropped children into life rafts when a ferry carrying nearly 1,000 people capsized in the middle of the night in the southern Philippines.

Iraq presses for tribunal for Syria bomb suspects (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 05:11 PM PDT AP - Iraq's prime minister pressed a U.N. envoy Sunday on the need for an international tribunal to bring Syrian-based bombing suspects to trial, as Damascus refused to hand over those it called political refugees.

Sarkozy to Brazil with fighter jet bid looming (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 10:52 AM PDT AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy left Sunday for Brazil with hopes of persuading officials there to choose French-made fighter jets in a hot competition with U.S. and Swedish rivals.

In Italy, An Offended Berlusconi Goes on the Offensive (Time.com) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 07:05 AM PDT Time.com - Derided for alleged peccadilloes, the Prime Minister of Italy lashes out in court and in print against his enemies, not sparing the Catholic Church

Sex Pistols frontman reforms PiL: report (AFP) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 05:34 PM PDT AFP - Punk rocker John Lydon, formerly Johnny Rotten, is reforming his second most famous band, Public Image Ltd, after 17 years, a report said Monday.

Israel approving new West Bank construction (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 01:55 PM PDT AP - Israel defied U.S. pressure to halt construction in its West Bank settlements Sunday, with key leaders speaking out in support of the contentious enclaves and preparing to sign orders to allow building of hundreds of new housing units there.

Mom caught in Mexico allegedly sold baby for house (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 03:03 PM PDT AP - Mexican authorities have detained a young mother on suspicion of selling her 8-month-old daughter in exchange for a house and undisclosed payments.

Zimbabwe's neighbors to seek end to sanctions (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 04:43 PM PDT Reuters - African leaders will step up calls Monday for an end to Western sanctions against Zimbabwe and urge South Africa to plead Harare's cause within the Group of 20 rich and developing nations, officials said.

Cargo ship reported it was sinking off Philippines (AFP) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 05:52 PM PDT AFP - A Panama-registered cargo vessel with two South Koreans and 18 Filipinos aboard sent out a distress signal saying it was sinking off the central Philippines, the coastguard said Monday.

Ten years on, no justice for ETimor's Suai massacre victims (AFP) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 10:56 AM PDT AFP - Hundreds of people lit candles and held prayers in East Timor on Sunday to mark the 10th anniversary of one of the worst massacres in the country's history.

Afghan President Karzai closer to winning in disputed election (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 12:41 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai edged closer to a second term in office on Sunday as updated polling results gave him nearly enough votes to avoid a run-off election.

North Korea seeks international attention with uranium claim (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - North Korea's notice to the United Nations Security Council that it's on the verge of developing nuclear warheads with highly enriched uranium appears as a grab for the attention of the US and other major powers. The North's expertise in uranium would mark a significant escalation of its potential as a nascent nuclear power.

The Gangs of El Salvador: A Growing Industry (Time.com) Posted: 05 Sep 2009 10:35 PM PDT Time.com - The impoverished Central American nation is beleaguered by thugs but cannot afford the programs that might get at the root of the crisis

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