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• AP NewsBreak: Nuke agency says Iran can make bomb (AP)
• AU base in Somalia hit by deadly suicide attack (AP)
• Eastern Europe grumbles about downgrade in US ties (AP)
• Car bomb in Kabul kills 6 Italians, 10 Afghans (AP)
• Mixed Reactions in Europe to the U.S. Missile Defense U-Turn (Time.com)
• Italy's migrant crackdown sparks political tensions (Reuters)
• UAE is oil-rich, but struggles to get power to all (AP)
• Venezuela opposition activist seeks asylum in Peru (AP)
• South Africa lodges complaint over Semenya's case with UN (AFP)
• Karzai says vote was fair, Italian troops hit (Reuters)
• Conservatives well ahead: poll (Reuters)
• Prison guards demand right to complain online (AP)
• Karzai says he'll accept outcome of election fraud probes (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Police assault sends China's famed artist-turned-dissident to hospital (The Christian Science Monitor)
• As Students Return, Iran's Regime Braces for More Protests (Time.com)
• Obama Puts Nuclear Abolition Back on Agenda (OneWorld.net)

AP NewsBreak: Nuke agency says Iran can make bomb (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 05:20 PM PDT AP - Iran experts at the U.N nuclear monitoring agency believe Tehran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb and worked on developing a missile system that can carry an atomic warhead, according to a confidential report seen by The Associated Press.

AU base in Somalia hit by deadly suicide attack (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 01:04 PM PDT AP - Islamic insurgents posing as U.N. personnel detonated suicide car bombs in an African Union peacekeeping base Thursday to avenge a U.S. commando raid that killed an al-Qaida operative.

Eastern Europe grumbles about downgrade in US ties (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:06 PM PDT AP - Scuttling a missile defense shield in the Czech Republic and Poland helps smooth relations between the U.S. and Russia. But at what price?

Car bomb in Kabul kills 6 Italians, 10 Afghans (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:22 PM PDT AP - A suicide car bomber killed six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghan civilians Thursday in the heavily guarded capital of Kabul — a grim reminder of the Taliban's reach amid political uncertainty in Afghanistan.

Mixed Reactions in Europe to the U.S. Missile Defense U-Turn (Time.com) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:05 PM PDT Time.com - With the announcement that the U.S. is scrapping its plans to place a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic, some in Europe are relieved, while others feel betrayed

Italy's migrant crackdown sparks political tensions (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 05:11 PM PDT Reuters - The deaths of 73 African migrants who drifted for three weeks in the Mediterranean without rescue have heightened concern about Italy's crackdown on immigration, opening cracks in its ruling coalition and a rift with Brussels.

UAE is oil-rich, but struggles to get power to all (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:46 PM PDT AP - In dusty and sweltering Industrial Area 13, just beyond the glow of Dubai's illuminated skyscrapers, Abdullah Kuttakunnil serves patrons of Kannur Restaurant by candlelight.

Venezuela opposition activist seeks asylum in Peru (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 05:14 PM PDT AP - A Venezuelan opposition figure sought political asylum in Peru on Thursday to evade charges that he incited violence in an August protest against a controversial education law, his lawyer said.

South Africa lodges complaint over Semenya's case with UN (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT AFP - The South African government has lodged a complaint with the United Nations on behalf of world champion runner Caster Semenya.

Karzai says vote was fair, Italian troops hit (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 04:11 PM PDT Reuters - President Hamid Karzai defended Afghanistan's disputed presidential election on Thursday after preliminary results showed he won, and a suicide bomb attack on Italian troops tested the resolve of a major NATO ally.

Conservatives well ahead: poll (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 07:26 AM PDT Reuters - Canada's ruling Conservatives are well ahead of their closest rivals and almost have enough support to gain a majority government if an election were held now, according to a poll published on Tuesday.

Prison guards demand right to complain online (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 05:20 AM PDT AP - A group of prison guards dubbed the Facebook Five has gone to an Australian court to fight for the right to complain about their boss on the Internet.

Karzai says he'll accept outcome of election fraud probes (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:06 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — After winning 54.6 percent of the vote in the initial tally of a fraud-tainted election, President Hamid Karzai, said Thursday that he hoped to serve another five years but would accept the results of investigations that could force him into a runoff.

Police assault sends China's famed artist-turned-dissident to hospital (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - One of China's best-known dissidents is recovering from brain surgery in Germany after having been assaulted by a Chinese policeman.

As Students Return, Iran's Regime Braces for More Protests (Time.com) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:05 PM PDT Time.com - College students are flooding back into the capital, and authorities in Tehran prepare for a potentially disruptive school year

Obama Puts Nuclear Abolition Back on Agenda (OneWorld.net) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:26 PM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Sep 17 (OneWorld.net) - Barack Obama will become the first U.S. president ever to take the gavel at the United Nations Security Council next week, but those lobbying to eliminate the world's nuclear-weapon stockpiles are hoping the session will be historic for its circumstance, not just its pomp.

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