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• Lawyer: Iran woman could be stoned to death soon (AP)
• Suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 people (AP)
• Argentines risking all to carry huge wads of cash (AP)
• Death toll 45 in Guatemala mudslides; more missing (AP)
• Spain not convinced new Basque truce is credible (AP)
• What the Basque Terrorists' Unilateral Ceasefire Reveals (Time.com)
• Gerrard cool under siege before Switzerland match (AFP)
• Egyptian opposition leader urges election boycott (AP)
• Soldiers fire on family's car in Mexico, killing 2 (AP)
• Suspected Islamists kill officer, wound five in Nigeria (AFP)
• U.S. Afghanistan commanders condemn Koran-burning plan (Reuters)
• Australia's political deadlock set to end Tuesday (Reuters)
• Japan convicts Greenpeace's 'Tokyo Two' for whaling investigation (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Afghanistan: Run on Kabul Bank Shakes a Fragile Economy (Time.com)

Lawyer: Iran woman could be stoned to death soon (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:30 PM PDT AP - The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon with the end of a moratorium on death sentences for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 people (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:07 PM PDT AP - A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a car in an alley behind a police station in a strategically important town in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 17 police and civilians in an explosion that shattered the station and neighboring homes.

Argentines risking all to carry huge wads of cash (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 01:01 PM PDT AP - The "marker" lurks inside the bank, looking for people pulling large amounts of cash from a safe deposit box or bank account. The gunmen linger outside, usually on motorcyles, waiting to make their move.

Death toll 45 in Guatemala mudslides; more missing (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 04:40 PM PDT AP - Searchers on Monday pulled five more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and people trying to save them. Yet more mudslides raise Guatemala's official death toll to 45 after days of torrential rains.

Spain not convinced new Basque truce is credible (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:25 PM PDT AP - How many cease-fires can you announce and break before everyone stops paying attention?

What the Basque Terrorists' Unilateral Ceasefire Reveals (Time.com) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 03:20 PM PDT Time.com - Spain's political establishment has rejected a unilateral ceasefire declared by the battered Basque terrorist group ETA. What does it reveal about the cohesion of the separatists -- and what they might do next?

Gerrard cool under siege before Switzerland match (AFP) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 03:09 PM PDT AFP - Steven Gerrard admits being captain of England right now feels like a man under siege as he prepares to lead his team into a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier against Switzerland here on Tuesday desperately trying to keep the focus on football.

Egyptian opposition leader urges election boycott (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 04:20 PM PDT AP - Egypt's leading democracy advocate made a forceful call Monday for the nation to boycott November's parliamentary election, saying they were certain to be rigged and urging his young supporters to be patient and plan for a lengthy struggle.

Soldiers fire on family's car in Mexico, killing 2 (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 04:12 PM PDT AP - Soldiers opened fire on a family's car at a military checkpoint in northern Mexico, killing a 15-year-old boy and his father, authorities and relatives said Monday.

Suspected Islamists kill officer, wound five in Nigeria (AFP) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:37 PM PDT AFP - Suspected members of an Islamist sect that launched an uprising last year have killed a retired police officer and wounded five other people, the latest of such attacks in Nigeria's north, police said Monday.

U.S. Afghanistan commanders condemn Koran-burning plan (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 04:51 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan warned on Monday that a small Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks could endanger the lives of American troops.

Australia's political deadlock set to end Tuesday (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 03:38 PM PDT Reuters - Australia's agonizing wait for a new government is expected to finally end on Tuesday, with independent lawmakers holding the balance of power in parliament due to decide their allegiances later in the day.

Japan convicts Greenpeace's 'Tokyo Two' for whaling investigation (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 08:55 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A Greenpeace effort to expose what it sees as widespread corruption in Japan's government-subsidized whaling industry ended on Monday with two of its activists convicted of theft and trespassing.

Afghanistan: Run on Kabul Bank Shakes a Fragile Economy (Time.com) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 03:20 PM PDT Time.com - The government insists there is no reason for anxiety but the depositors outside Afghanistan's largest bank are implacable. They want their money back

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