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• US strike kills 5 German militants in Pakistan (AP)
• Chile president sees miners rescued before Oct. 15 (AP)
• Nobel Prize given for test tube baby research (AP)
• US working to accept exiled Cuban prisoners (AP)
• Chavez: State will lower prices of farm supplies (AP)
• Is Bosnia One Step Closer to Unity -- Or Collapse? (Time.com)
• British comic actor Norman Wisdom dies aged 95 (AFP)
• Arsonists torch mosque in West Bank village (AP)
• Video: Bolivian president knees soccer opponent (AP)
• Somali ambulance workers risk death in city of war (AP)
• Japan PM and Chinese premier meet, to start talks (Reuters)
• EU delays green barrier to Canada oil sands: draft (Reuters)
• Germany finishes paying WWI reparations, ending century of 'guilt' (The Christian Science Monitor)
• In Brazil, No Victory Yet for Lula's Anointed Successor (Time.com)
• How Colombia's President Santos aims to tackle decades of violent land disputes (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Nepal Peace Process Delayed, Says UN (OneWorld.net)

US strike kills 5 German militants in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - An American missile strike killed five German militants Monday in the rugged Pakistan border area where a cell of Germans and Britons at the heart of the U.S. terror alert for Europe — a plot U.S. officials link to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden — were believed in hiding.

Chile president sees miners rescued before Oct. 15 (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:09 PM PDT AP - Chile's president said Monday that his government is "very close" to pulling 33 trapped miners to safety and he hopes to be there in person to see the rescue before leaving on a trip to Europe.

Nobel Prize given for test tube baby research (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:01 PM PDT AP - The Nobel Prize in medicine went to a man whose work led to the first test tube baby, an achievement that helped bring 4 million infants into the world and raised challenging new questions about human reproduction.

US working to accept exiled Cuban prisoners (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:46 PM PDT AP - Washington is working on a plan to bring the vast majority of exiled Cuban political prisoners from Spain to the United States and has already processed the first case, a senior State Department official told The Associated Press on Monday.

Chavez: State will lower prices of farm supplies (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:28 PM PDT AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez promised on Monday to bring down prices of seeds and fertilizer as his government takes over a leading farm-supply business.

Is Bosnia One Step Closer to Unity -- Or Collapse? (Time.com) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - The results of Bosnia's elections on Sunday show voters moving tentatively away from ethnic tension and towards change. But can its leaders come together quickly enough to save the country from falling apart?

British comic actor Norman Wisdom dies aged 95 (AFP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:41 PM PDT AFP - British comic actor Norman Wisdom, famous for his slapstick film roles in his trademark cloth cap and ill-fitting jacket, died Monday at the age of 95, his family said.

Arsonists torch mosque in West Bank village (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:16 PM PDT AP - Arsonists torched a mosque in a West Bank village Monday, scrawling "revenge" on a wall in Hebrew and charring copies of the Muslim holy book in an attack that threatened to stoke tensions over deadlocked Mideast peacemaking.

Video: Bolivian president knees soccer opponent (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:18 PM PDT AP - President Evo Morales kneed an opposing player in the groin during a soccer match against a team of political rivals after an apparent hard foul by the opponent, images of the altercation broadcast Monday show.

Somali ambulance workers risk death in city of war (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT AP - A lull during fierce fighting gave Hassan Mohamud Mohamed time to hire a boy to wash the blood from his vehicle.

Japan PM and Chinese premier meet, to start talks (Reuters) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:46 PM PDT Reuters - Japanese and Chinese leaders held their first meeting on Monday since a collision at sea last month caused a diplomatic feud, and agreed to start high level talks to repair their ties, a Japanese official said.

EU delays green barrier to Canada oil sands: draft (Reuters) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 06:26 AM PDT Reuters - Europe has yielded to Canadian pressure by delaying possible green trade barriers to Canada's highly polluting oil sands, but only for one year, a leaked document shows.

Germany finishes paying WWI reparations, ending century of 'guilt' (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 10:57 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - To some historians, World War I ended Sunday.

In Brazil, No Victory Yet for Lula's Anointed Successor (Time.com) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - Will Dilma be able to sell her policies to win over the electorate in a run-off? Or will an influence peddling scandal hamstring her campaign?

How Colombia's President Santos aims to tackle decades of violent land disputes (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 10:53 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Colombia has tried this before.

Nepal Peace Process Delayed, Says UN (OneWorld.net) Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:44 PM PDT OneWorld.net - KATHMANDU, Oct 4 (IRIN) - The peace process is incomplete in Nepal nearly four years after the Maoist rebels signed a peace agreement with the government, ending a decade-long armed insurgency, says the UN.

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