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• Iceland ex-PM faces possible charges in meltdown (AP)
• US soldier held in slayings of 2 GIs in Iraq (AP)
• Colombian officials put mudslide death toll at 30 (AP)
• Eiffel Tower reopens after telephoned bomb threat (AP)
• Ed Miliband Tops Brother David to Lead British Labour Party (Time.com)
• Terror plot uncovered in Europe (AP)
• US in last-ditch attempt to save Mideast talks (AP)
• Chile rescue speeds up, cheering miner families (AP)
• Guinea massacre victims' families unable to gather (AP)
• US seeks to ease Chinese fears (AP)
• Canada freezes big anti-tobacco push, critics fume (Reuters)
• Australia's new parliament is sworn in (AFP)
• Why many environmentalists will fight Germany's green energy plan (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Terrorism Alert Raised in France; Sarkozy Enemies Suspicious (Time.com)
• Afghanistan's President Karzai names Taliban outreach group (The Christian Science Monitor)

Iceland ex-PM faces possible charges in meltdown (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 03:35 PM PDT AP - Iceland's former Prime Minister Geir Haarde has been referred to a special court in a move that could make him the first world leader to be charged in connection with the global financial crisis.

US soldier held in slayings of 2 GIs in Iraq (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 03:22 PM PDT AP - An American serviceman is being held in Iraq in connection with the fatal shootings of two soldiers and the wounding of another following an apparent argument, the U.S. military said Tuesday.

Colombian officials put mudslide death toll at 30 (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:35 PM PDT AP - Colombian rescue officials said Tuesday it will take at least a week to unearth about 30 people who were buried by a landslide as many changed from one bus to another on a mountain road blocked by a previous slide.

Eiffel Tower reopens after telephoned bomb threat (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:07 PM PDT AP - The Eiffel Tower was briefly evacuated Tuesday evening after officials received a bomb threat called in from a telephone booth, in the second such alert at the monument in two weeks.

Ed Miliband Tops Brother David to Lead British Labour Party (Time.com) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 04:00 PM PDT Time.com - Ed Miliband has beaten his sibling David to become leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party. While the younger brother turns to bringing the party back from defeat, the question is whether the older brother will join him or walk away

Terror plot uncovered in Europe (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:35 PM PDT AP - Intelligence officials have intercepted a credible terror plot against Britain and France, raising security fears at the Eiffel Tower on Tuesday, but failing to raise the overall threat level in either country.

US in last-ditch attempt to save Mideast talks (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:37 PM PDT AP - Frustrated by a new impasse, the White House sent its Mideast envoy to the region Tuesday in a last-ditch attempt to prevent the collapse of peace talks over Israel's decision to allow new construction in West Bank settlements.

Chile rescue speeds up, cheering miner families (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:09 PM PDT AP - Rapid progress Tuesday in the drilling of escape tunnels for 33 trapped miners brought smiles, hugs and cheers of "Viva Chile!" from family members and government officials, as hopes rose the men might be rescued sooner than planned.

Guinea massacre victims' families unable to gather (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:15 PM PDT AP - The families of the 157 people killed in a massacre in Guinea last September were barred Tuesday from entering or approaching the soccer stadium where the killings occurred on the one-year anniversary of the slaughter.

US seeks to ease Chinese fears (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:36 PM PDT AP - The United States sought Tuesday to ease China's worries over a strong U.S. presence in the South China Sea, where Beijing and its neighbors are bickering over territorial claims.

Canada freezes big anti-tobacco push, critics fume (Reuters) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:21 PM PDT Reuters - Canada has frozen long-held plans to slap graphic new warning labels on packs of cigarettes, prompting critics to attack what they see as the tobacco industry's excessive influence on the minority Conservative government.

Australia's new parliament is sworn in (AFP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 03:47 AM PDT AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's tiny majority was slashed to the bare minimum on Tuesday during a rocky start to the new-look parliament led by the first minority government since World War II.

Why many environmentalists will fight Germany's green energy plan (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 02:55 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Angela Merkel’s German cabinet Tuesday ratified an ambitious blueprint for moving the country toward a low-emission energy future that calls for ending centuries of reliance on fossil fuels.

Terrorism Alert Raised in France; Sarkozy Enemies Suspicious (Time.com) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 04:00 PM PDT Time.com - While many of President Sarkozy's enemies smell a rat in the beleagueredgovernment's sudden raising of the terrorism alert, security officials nonetheless believe there is an elevated threat level

Afghanistan's President Karzai names Taliban outreach group (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:37 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Amid record levels of violence in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai announced the team of people he believes are key to bringing the Taliban to the table.

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