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• Ahmadinejad blames capitalism for poverty (AP)
• Mideast peacemakers push Israel on settlements (AP)
• 9 NATO troops die in Afghan chopper crash (AP)
• Chileans optimistic for early October miner rescue (AP)
• Al-Qaida claims kidnapping of 5 French in Niger (AP)
• Is India doing enough to reduce child mortality? (Time.com)
• Bees sting Everton in League Cup shock (AFP)
• Archaeologists find theater box at Herod's palace (AP)
• Estranged husband seeks half Betancourt's assets (AP)
• Clinton pushes Sudan on referendum (AP)
• Japan's Kan says intervention in markets "unavoidable" (Reuters)
• Canada's Flaherty warns of risks, slams opposition (Reuters)
• Asylum-seekers end threat to plunge from Sydney roof (AFP)
• In restless Kashmir, desire for independence grows (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Despite Peace Talks, Israel's Settlers Are Dug In (Time.com)
• Asia's next economic tiger? Hint: it's not India or China. (The Christian Science Monitor)
• FBI Chastised for Spying on Activists (OneWorld.net)

Ahmadinejad blames capitalism for poverty (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 04:28 PM PDT AP - Iran's president on Tuesday predicted the defeat of capitalism and blamed global big business for the suffering of millions, but Germany's chancellor said market economies were key to lifting the world's least developed countries out of poverty.

Mideast peacemakers push Israel on settlements (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 04:39 PM PDT AP - The Quartet of Mideast peacemakers shepherding the newly started direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations called on Israel to extend its settlement freeze past Sunday, while cautioning both sides to refrain from "provocative actions and inflammatory rhetoric."

9 NATO troops die in Afghan chopper crash (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 03:19 PM PDT AP - A helicopter carrying international troops crashed in a rugged section of southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing nine service members in the deadliest such incident in four years for coalition forces.

Chileans optimistic for early October miner rescue (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 02:20 PM PDT AP - Chilean rescuers are growing increasingly optimistic about pulling the 33 trapped miners out far sooner than originally estimated, and with drilling quickly advancing on three narrow escape chutes, they raced Tuesday to decide on a design for the capsule that will lift the men to safety.

Al-Qaida claims kidnapping of 5 French in Niger (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 04:41 PM PDT AP - Al-Qaida's North Africa branch has claimed responsibility for kidnapping five French nationals near a uranium mine deep in the desert of the African nation of Niger, an audio message broadcast Tuesday said.

Is India doing enough to reduce child mortality? (Time.com) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 03:25 PM PDT Time.com - Despite its drastic economic advances in the last two decades, India still accounts for 20% of the world's child mortality

Bees sting Everton in League Cup shock (AFP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 04:53 PM PDT AFP - Third tier Brentford knocked Premier League Everton out of the English Football League Cup on penalties in the shock result of the third round on Tuesday.

Archaeologists find theater box at Herod's palace (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 03:21 PM PDT AP - Israeli archaeologists have excavated a lavish, private theater box in a 400-seat facility at King Herod's winter palace in the Judean desert, the team's head said Tuesday.

Estranged husband seeks half Betancourt's assets (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 03:53 PM PDT AP - The estranged second husband of Ingrid Betancourt has filed court papers seeking half her fortune just as the world's most celebrated ex-hostage launches a memoir about her six years in jungle captivity.

Clinton pushes Sudan on referendum (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 04:13 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging Sudanese authorities to make up for lost time in preparing for an independence referendum early next year for the Southern Sudan.

Japan's Kan says intervention in markets "unavoidable" (Reuters) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 04:51 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has said intervention in the foreign exchange markets would be "unavoidable" if there is drastic change in the currency.

Canada's Flaherty warns of risks, slams opposition (Reuters) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 11:34 AM PDT Reuters - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty dismissed on Tuesday the idea of extending Ottawa's stimulus program and lashed out at opposition parties for trying to force what he said was an unwanted election.

Asylum-seekers end threat to plunge from Sydney roof (AFP) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 05:50 AM PDT AFP - A group of asylum-seekers threatening to leap from a Sydney detention centre ended their tense 29-hour standoff with authorities on Tuesday, the immigration department said.

In restless Kashmir, desire for independence grows (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 05:20 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - While a group of Indian lawmakers arrived in Indian Kashmir on Monday hoping to resolve a crisis there that has seen more than 100 civilians killed in the past three months, a surprising amount of Kashmiris in Pakistani Kashmir say they want to see independence from both countries.

Despite Peace Talks, Israel's Settlers Are Dug In (Time.com) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 03:20 PM PDT Time.com - Negotiations over their fate come and go, but those Israelis who've made their homes in occupied territory see themselves as intractable facts on the ground

Asia's next economic tiger? Hint: it's not India or China. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Sep 2010 02:00 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - On a leafy campus on the outskirts of this frenetic city, an experiment is under way. Opened in 2008, the Vietnamese German University (VGU) occupies a temporary, two-story building. This fall it plans to enroll about 220 Vietnamese students, mostly in master's programs taught by visiting German professors.

FBI Chastised for Spying on Activists (OneWorld.net) Posted: 21 Sep 2010 03:18 PM PDT OneWorld.net - NEW YORK, Sep 21 (IPS) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) improperly spied on U.S. activists involved in First Amendment-protected activities and mischaracterised nonviolent civil disobedience as terrorism, which placed innocent activists on terror watch lists, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) charged Tuesday in response to a new report by the Justice Department's Inspector General.

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