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• Official: Dozens of Taliban killed after U.S. deaths (AP)
• Italy grapples with priest sex abuse accusations (AP)
• Pakistan outsources part of terror war to militia (AP)
• Thousands pay respects to Cuban revolutionary hero (AP)
• 6 Hong Kong workers die in elevator shaft fall (AP)
• The Killings of Five Reporters Return To Haunt Australia - and Indonesia (Time.com)
• Ex-BoE member astounded U.S. govt didn't save Lehman (Reuters)
• Israel: Differences with US over peace talks (AP)
• 54 US-bound migrants detained at Costa Rican coast (AP)
• AU soldiers mistake camels for Somali rebel attack (Reuters)
• Germany ponders Afghanistan exit strategy (AP)
• Canada's NDP leader says election is not inevitable (Reuters)
• Australia intercepts boat with 65 asylum seekers (AFP)
• Terror group builds big base under Pakistani officials' noses (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Obama's Tough Choice on Iran (Time.com)

Official: Dozens of Taliban killed after U.S. deaths (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 01:37 PM PDT AP - About 50 Taliban militants died in a battle in western Afghanistan after an insurgent ambush killed three U.S. troops, an Afghan official said Sunday.

Italy grapples with priest sex abuse accusations (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 09:16 AM PDT AP - It happened night after night, the deaf man said, sometimes in the priest's bedroom, sometimes in the bathroom, even in the confessional.

Pakistan outsources part of terror war to militia (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 09:38 AM PDT AP - They wear their hair and beards long, Taliban style, and support attacks on U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan. Yet the fighters are tolerated and — many believe — backed by Pakistan because they share a common enemy: the country's most deadly terror network.

Thousands pay respects to Cuban revolutionary hero (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 04:12 PM PDT AP - Tens of thousands of Cubans lined up Sunday to pay their respects to Juan Almeida Bosque, a vice president and hero of the country's 1959 revolution whose death at the age of 82 further thinned the ranks of this communist-run country's old-guard leaders.

6 Hong Kong workers die in elevator shaft fall (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 11:58 AM PDT AP - A construction platform inside an elevator shaft collapsed Sunday, sending six workers falling about 20 stories to their deaths inside a Hong Kong skyscraper, officials said.

The Killings of Five Reporters Return To Haunt Australia - and Indonesia (Time.com) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 03:00 PM PDT Time.com - Australia's Federal Police decide to open a war crimes investigation into the deaths of the so-called Balibo Five in a remote East Timorese village 34 years ago. Did a new movie push them to act now?

Ex-BoE member astounded U.S. govt didn't save Lehman (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 05:05 PM PDT Reuters - The former deputy Governor of the Bank of England said he was "astounded" the U.S. government let Lehman Brothers go under, and that the bank's collapse marked a clear moment when people lost confidence in the markets.

Israel: Differences with US over peace talks (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 01:40 PM PDT AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking before a key meeting with the White House Mideast envoy, said Sunday that differences remain with the U.S. over resuming peacemaking with the Palestinians.

54 US-bound migrants detained at Costa Rican coast (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 05:19 PM PDT AP - Costa Rican authorities detained 54 U.S.-bound migrants from Africa and Nepal after their boat arrived on the Central American country's coast, officials said Sunday.

AU soldiers mistake camels for Somali rebel attack (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 12:00 PM PDT Reuters - African Union soldiers shot dead 11 camels in the Somali capital on Saturday night, mistaking the galloping animals for an insurgent attack, residents said.

Germany ponders Afghanistan exit strategy (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 02:50 PM PDT AP - Germany's foreign minister on Sunday advocated laying the foundations by 2013 for an eventual withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Canada's NDP leader says election is not inevitable (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 04:24 PM PDT Reuters - Canada can avoid an election if Prime Minister Stephen Harper works with the opposition to resolve differences on employment insurance and other issues dividing Parliament, the leader of the New Democrats said on Sunday.

Australia intercepts boat with 65 asylum seekers (AFP) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 12:25 AM PDT AFP - The Australian navy has intercepted a suspected people-smuggling boat carrying 65 asylum seekers, officials said, the second such vessel stopped in 24 hours off the country's northwest coast.

Terror group builds big base under Pakistani officials' noses (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 12:21 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan — A Pakistani terrorist group that's allied with al Qaida and sends jihadists to Afghanistan to fight U.S. and government troops is building a huge new base in full view of the authorities in Pakistan's most heavily populated province, locals and officials told McClatchy.

Obama's Tough Choice on Iran (Time.com) Posted: 13 Sep 2009 03:00 PM PDT Time.com - Nuclear diplomacy looks unlikely to yield the results sought by the U.S. any time soon, but escalating sanctions may make the prospects for a peaceful solution even more remote

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