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• US forces still in fight at end of combat mission (AP)
• Australian lawmakers reveal $9.7 B hole in pledges (AP)
• Hamas leader rejects talks with Israel (AP)
• Ponzi scheme shakes West African nation of Benin (AP)
• 'Unprecedented' challenge to save Chilean miners (AP)
• Obama's Iraq Speech: Reactions from Afghanistan (Time.com)
• Brothers go head-to-head for leadership of Labour (AFP)
• HRW urges Bahrain investigate torture claims (AP)
• Mexico confirms 2nd migrant survived massacre (AP)
• Number of victims in Congo mass rape increases: U.N. (Reuters)
• Afghan ambassador to US to leave post, slams smears (AFP)
• Australia clocks fastest growth in three years (AFP)
• Obama challenges Netanyahu, Abbas to seize the opportunity (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Hamas targets Israeli-Palestinian talks by killing four Israelis (The Christian Science Monitor)
• France Steps Up Roma Deportation Despite E.U. Criticism (Time.com)
• Mexico Massacre Galvanises Migrant Rights Activists (OneWorld.net)

US forces still in fight at end of combat mission (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents.

Australian lawmakers reveal $9.7 B hole in pledges (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 03:23 PM PDT AP - Australia's opposition Liberal Party had overstated national savings from their election promises by up to 10.6 billion Australian dollars ($9.7 billion), according to official figures released Wednesday by independent lawmakers who are likely to decide which political party forms the next government.

Hamas leader rejects talks with Israel (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:37 PM PDT AP - The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip rejected compromise with Israel in a fiery speech Wednesday, a day after gunmen killed four Israelis in a strong reminder that the Islamic militant group cannot be ignored in any Mideast deal.

Ponzi scheme shakes West African nation of Benin (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:06 PM PDT AP - More than a hundred thousand people in the tiny West African nation of Benin have lost their savings in a Ponzi scheme run by a now-defunct company that appeared to be publicly endorsed by the country's president.

'Unprecedented' challenge to save Chilean miners (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:38 PM PDT AP - The effort to save 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean mine is an unprecedented challenge, mining safety experts said Tuesday. It means months of drilling, then a harrowing three-hour trip in a cage up a narrow hole carved through solid rock.

Obama's Iraq Speech: Reactions from Afghanistan (Time.com) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:40 PM PDT Time.com - President Obama's Oval Office address indicated that the Iraq withdrawal would lead to more forces for Afghanistan. But Afghans only see an eventual withdrawal from their own troubled country

Brothers go head-to-head for leadership of Labour (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:34 PM PDT AFP - Voting began Wednesday to elect a new leader of the Labour party, months after it was ousted following 13 years in power, with former foreign secretary David Miliband tipped to succeed Gordon Brown.

HRW urges Bahrain investigate torture claims (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:19 PM PDT AP - Human Rights Watch has urged Bahraini authorities to immediately look into allegations of torture made by four Shiite activists in detention since mid-August.

Mexico confirms 2nd migrant survived massacre (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:40 PM PDT AP - A second migrant survived the massacre of 72 Central and South Americans near the border with the U.S., Mexican authorities confirmed Wednesday, and they said he has given information that helped their investigation.

Number of victims in Congo mass rape increases: U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:41 PM PDT Reuters - The number of reported victims of a recent mass rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo has grown by nearly a hundred over the last week, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Afghan ambassador to US to leave post, slams smears (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:59 PM PDT AFP - Afghan ambassador to the United States, Said Jawad, said Wednesday he had been ordered to leave his post after seven years, and lashed out at what he called a "broad campaign smear" against him.

Australia clocks fastest growth in three years (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:34 AM PDT AFP - Australia's economy surged 1.2 percent in the three months to June, the biggest jump in three years, data showed Wednesday, boosted by a surprise recovery in consumer spending and soaring mining exports.

Obama challenges Netanyahu, Abbas to seize the opportunity (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:48 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — On the eve of the first direct talks in nearly two years between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, President Barack Obama welcomed the leaders to the White House on Wednesday and urged them to "recognize this as a moment of opportunity that must be seized."

Hamas targets Israeli-Palestinian talks by killing four Israelis (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:08 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - As Middle Eastern leaders gathered in Washington to inaugurate a new round of Israeli-Palestinian talks, Hamas gunmen killed four Israeli settlers in their car outside the West Bank city of Hebron.

France Steps Up Roma Deportation Despite E.U. Criticism (Time.com) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:40 PM PDT Time.com - Piqued by protest at home and abroad following its anti-Roma campaign, France's conservative government steps up expulsions -- and risks splitting the ruling right

Mexico Massacre Galvanises Migrant Rights Activists (OneWorld.net) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:42 PM PDT OneWorld.net - MEXICO CITY, Sep 1 (IPS) - Activists in Latin America have been galvanised by atrocities like the recent massacre of 72 migrants near the U.S. border to step up their efforts on behalf of migrant rights.

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