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• EU decries 'barbaric' plans to stone Iranian woman (AP)
• Report: Castro blasts Ahmadinejad as anti-Semitic (AP)
• Abbas asks US to step into settlement dispute (AP)
• Iraqi soldier fires on US troops, kills 2 (AP)
• Iraq displays hundreds of recovered artifacts (AP)
• Financial Sheriffs to Monitor Banks, Markets in European Union (Time.com)
• BBC World Service may axe broadcasts to Myanmar: report (AFP)
• Iran says it has the right to bar UN inspectors (AP)
• Floods leave tens of thousands homeless in Mexico (AP)
• UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo (AP)
• Top US commander: Burning Quran endangers troops (AP)
• Australian Labor Party wins enough support to rule (AP)
• U.S. offensive expected in home district of Afghan Taliban leader (McClatchy Newspapers)
• North Korea releases prisoners in exchange for humanitarian aid (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Uganda: Democratic Reform and Security Top U.S. Agenda (Time.com)
• Banging a Drum for the MDG Summit (OneWorld.net)

EU decries 'barbaric' plans to stone Iranian woman (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:03 PM PDT AP - The international crossfire over Iran's stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery intensified Tuesday with a top European Union official calling it "barbaric" and an Iranian spokesman saying it's about punishing a criminal and not a human rights issue.

Report: Castro blasts Ahmadinejad as anti-Semitic (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:21 PM PDT AP - Fidel Castro criticized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes and questioned his own actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 during interviews with an American journalist he summoned to Havana to discuss fears of global nuclear war.

Abbas asks US to step into settlement dispute (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:34 PM PDT AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he has asked the U.S. to settle a dispute with Israel over settlement expansion that is threatening to derail Mideast peace talks.

Iraqi soldier fires on US troops, kills 2 (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:06 PM PDT AP - An Iraqi soldier fired a barrage of bullets at American troops protecting one of their commanders during a visit to an Iraqi army base Tuesday and killed two of them, the first U.S. servicemen to die since President Barack Obama declared an end to combat operations in the country last week.

Iraq displays hundreds of recovered artifacts (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:18 PM PDT AP - Iraq displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country's looted heritage and span the ages from a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king to a chrome-plated AK-47 bearing Saddam Hussein's image.

Financial Sheriffs to Monitor Banks, Markets in European Union (Time.com) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - A trio of financial sheriffs will oversee finance in the entire European market

BBC World Service may axe broadcasts to Myanmar: report (AFP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:37 PM PDT AFP - The BBC World Service could face drastic budget cuts that may force it to withdraw from Myanmar, a move that critics fear would be a "gift to the military junta", a report said Wednesday.

Iran says it has the right to bar UN inspectors (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:58 PM PDT AP - Iran's nuclear chief said Tehran has the right to bar some U.N. inspectors from monitoring its disputed nuclear program, the semiofficial ISNA news agency reported.

Floods leave tens of thousands homeless in Mexico (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:41 PM PDT AP - Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swaths of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes.

UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:44 PM PDT AP - The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July — more than double the number previously reported — and accepted partial responsibility for not protecting citizens.

Top US commander: Burning Quran endangers troops (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:41 PM PDT AP - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned an American church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book could endanger U.S. troops in the country and Americans worldwide.

Australian Labor Party wins enough support to rule (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:38 PM PDT AP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard barely retained power when the last two independent legislators made kingmakers by deadlocked elections ended a tense 17-day standoff and agreed to join her government. Her next challenge? Keeping the unlikely bedfellows of her coalition together.

U.S. offensive expected in home district of Afghan Taliban leader (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:46 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - ASHEQUE, Afghanistan — Zhari, the birthplace of the Taliban movement and once again a major stronghold of the Taliban insurgency, looks set to become a battle zone where some 2,400 U.S. troops will lead an attempt to reclaim the region for the Afghan government.

North Korea releases prisoners in exchange for humanitarian aid (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:54 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - South Korea on Tuesday recovered a fishing boat and its seven-man crew from North Korea after agreeing to an exchange that analysts see as auguring well for inter-Korean reconciliation â€" though not for an end to the North’s nuclear program.

Uganda: Democratic Reform and Security Top U.S. Agenda (Time.com) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - Pushing for electoral reform is tricky when the strongman in power is also a key ally against extremist violence

Banging a Drum for the MDG Summit (OneWorld.net) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:56 PM PDT OneWorld.net - NEW YORK, Sep 7 (IRIN) - Activists are pulling out all the stops ahead of a development summit at UN headquarters on 20-22 September. Pro-aid and anti-poverty lobbyists are trying everything from giant letters to banging pans to raise awareness of the high-level event.

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