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• Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake (AP)
• 'Alive' survivors to Chilean mining kin: Be strong (AP)
• Afghans continue pulling money from troubled bank (AP)
• Possible talks with Afghan insurgents draw closer (AP)
• Thousands protest French crackdown on Gypsies (AP)
• The Last Secrets of the Forbidden City Head to the U.S. (Time.com)
• Thousands protest French clampdown against Roma (Reuters)
• Saudi telecom shuts websites violating Fatwa edict (AP)
• Salvadoran police find $9M in cash in oil drum (AP)
• World champions Springboks lose their lustre (AFP)
• Powerful quake causes devastation in New Zealand (AFP)
• China tells state companies to explore Potash bid (Reuters)
• 9 killed in New Zealand skydiving plane crash (AP)
• North Korea's Kim Jong-il may go public with dynastic rule (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Israel: Now, More than Ever, Fascinated By Netanyahu (Time.com)
• Price Hikes Trigger Mozambique Protests (OneWorld.net)

Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake (AP) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 04:38 PM PDT AP - The powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Saturday also ripped a new 11-foot (3.5 meter) wide fault line in the earth's surface, officials said Sunday.

'Alive' survivors to Chilean mining kin: Be strong (AP) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 03:24 PM PDT AP - Former rugby players from Uruguay who survived more than two months of isolation in the snow-covered Andes met on Saturday with some of the relatives of 33 trapped miners and urged them to stay strong.

Afghans continue pulling money from troubled bank (AP) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 02:33 PM PDT AP - Nervous Afghans pulled more deposits out of the nation's largest bank on Saturday, despite assurances from government leaders that their money was safe.

Possible talks with Afghan insurgents draw closer (AP) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 02:15 PM PDT AP - In a further step toward reconciling with insurgents, President Hamid Karzai said Saturday he will soon name the members of a council tasked with pursuing peace talks with rebels willing to break with al-Qaida and recognize the government in Kabul.

Thousands protest French crackdown on Gypsies (AP) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 12:44 PM PDT AP - Thousands of people marched in Paris and around France on Saturday to protest expulsions of Gypsies and other new security measures adopted by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.

The Last Secrets of the Forbidden City Head to the U.S. (Time.com) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 02:30 PM PDT Time.com - Though Beijing's Forbidden City has been open to the public for decades, parts of it remained off-limits. This month a new exhibition of artifacts from behind the gates heads to U.S.

Thousands protest French clampdown against Roma (Reuters) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 04:19 PM PDT Reuters - Tens of thousands protested across France on Saturday against a clampdown on immigrants, launching a week of action over policies on which President Nicolas Sarkozy has staked his political reputation.

Saudi telecom shuts websites violating Fatwa edict (AP) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 03:33 PM PDT AP - Saudi Arabia's telecom regulator has shut down three websites that were violating a government decree limiting the issuance of religious edicts to the country's most senior group of clerics, authorities said Saturday.

Salvadoran police find $9M in cash in oil drum (AP) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 03:04 PM PDT AP - Police in El Salvador say officers found $9 million in cash crammed into an oil drum buried at a ranch near the capital.

World champions Springboks lose their lustre (AFP) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT AFP - A year out from defending their World Cup crown, South Africa looked in disarray when they completed a dismal Tri Nations campaign with a 41-39 defeat against Australia on Saturday.

Powerful quake causes devastation in New Zealand (AFP) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:08 PM PDT AFP - New Zealand's most destructive earthquake in nearly 80 years caused two billion dollars' worth of damage Saturday, felling buildings, tearing up roads and sending terrified residents fleeing into the streets.

China tells state companies to explore Potash bid (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2010 08:12 PM PDT Reuters - Chinese officials have ordered state companies to meet investment bankers to explore ways to block BHP Billiton's $39 billion bid for Potash Corp, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.

9 killed in New Zealand skydiving plane crash (AP) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT AP - A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing nine people including four foreign tourists, police said.

North Korea's Kim Jong-il may go public with dynastic rule (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Sep 2010 11:34 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il is expected to convene the first high-level conference of the ruling Workers’ Party in about 40 years amid widespread speculation that the world will finally get the answer to one great question:

Israel: Now, More than Ever, Fascinated By Netanyahu (Time.com) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 02:30 PM PDT Time.com - No one really thinks much will come out of the direct talks with the Palestinians but, when the issue is Bibi, up come visions of Gorbachev -- and Nixon in China

Price Hikes Trigger Mozambique Protests (OneWorld.net) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:56 AM PDT OneWorld.net - MAPUTO, Sep 3 (IPS) - September in Mozambique’s capital has begun with violent protests. Thousands have been striking over an increase in the prices of basic goods, including bread. Police responded with force - firing on crowds gathered on the streets in several suburbs and townships in and around Maputo.

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