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• Suspected US missile attacks rock NW Pakistan (AP)
• European pressure mounts on Iran over stoning case (AP)
• Report: Castro says Cuban model doesn't work (AP)
• In Gulf work camp, jobless begin glum journey home (AP)
• Afghan Cleric Uses Koran Burning for Political Gain (Time.com)
• Capello confirms he will quit after Euro 2012 (AFP)
• Pessimistic about peace, Israelis greet new year (AP)
• Mayor of northern Mexico town killed by gunmen (AP)
• US tries to avert Sudan war after 'inevitable' split (AFP)
• US drone strike 'kills four militants' in Pakistan (AFP)
• Conservatives see poll lead evaporate (Reuters)
• Australian government prepared to adjust mining tax (Reuters)
• Weary of drug war, Mexico debates legalization (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Trapped miners in Chile: families camp out above ground – awaiting loved ones' rescue (The Christian Science Monitor)
• North Korea Succession: Reports of Power-Handover Talks (Time.com)

Suspected US missile attacks rock NW Pakistan (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 09:41 AM PDT AP - Three suspected U.S. missile strikes in less than 12 hours hit militant targets in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, an unusually intense barrage that follows four other such attacks in the last week. At least 14 suspected militants were killed.

European pressure mounts on Iran over stoning case (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:02 PM PDT AP - European Union nations and the continent's biggest human rights organization slammed Iran on Wednesday for its plan to stone a woman convicted of adultery, while Iran's ambassador to the Vatican said there is "hope" the punishment could be eased upon review by Iranian authorities.

Report: Castro says Cuban model doesn't work (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:35 PM PDT AP - Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work, a rare comment on domestic affairs from a man who has conspicuously steered clear of local issues since stepping down four years ago.

In Gulf work camp, jobless begin glum journey home (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 10:08 AM PDT AP - The hidden face of the Emirates' economic crunch is in places such as Industrial Zone 18 and the ramshackle compound for about 700 migrant workers within. For more than six months, they have lived on charity, fought off rats and slept amid piles of trash after a construction company abruptly closed and left them jobless.

Afghan Cleric Uses Koran Burning for Political Gain (Time.com) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:45 PM PDT Time.com - Whether or not the Koran burning happens in Gainesville on Saturday, a religious conservative in Kabul is already using the event to propel his political ambitions

Capello confirms he will quit after Euro 2012 (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:57 PM PDT AFP - England manager Fabio Capello has ruled out the possibility that he will continue in the job after the Euro 2012 tournament, killing off speculation that recent good performances could prolong his stay.

Pessimistic about peace, Israelis greet new year (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 01:14 PM PDT AP - Israelis usher in the Jewish new year, or Rosh Hashana, at sundown Wednesday with a widespread sense of pessimism that a new round of U.S.-sponsored Mideast talks can achieve peace.

Mayor of northern Mexico town killed by gunmen (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 05:18 PM PDT AP - Mexican prosecutors say hooded gunmen have killed the mayor of a small town in northern Mexico. He is the third mayor to have been slain in the last month, apparently by Mexico's drug cartels.

US tries to avert Sudan war after 'inevitable' split (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:39 PM PDT AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called Sudanese leaders in a bid to defuse what she called the "ticking time bomb" of an inevitable secession of the country?s restive and oil-rich south.

US drone strike 'kills four militants' in Pakistan (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 05:17 PM PDT AFP - A US drone strike early Thursday killed at least four militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, security officials said.

Conservatives see poll lead evaporate (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 01:15 PM PDT Reuters - The Conservative government has seen its lead over the main opposition Liberals evaporate in public opinion polls following recent controversies and the two parties are now running neck and neck, though an election is not seen in the near term.

Australian government prepared to adjust mining tax (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:22 AM PDT Reuters - Australia's fragile Labor government suggested on Wednesday it could adjust a planned profits-based tax on mining companies to bend to demands of the independent MPs giving it a slender grip on power.

Weary of drug war, Mexico debates legalization (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 01:59 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY — A debate about legalizing marijuana and possibly other drugs — once a taboo suggestion — is percolating in Mexico, a national exhausted by runaway violence and a deadly drug war.

Trapped miners in Chile: families camp out above ground – awaiting loved ones' rescue (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 06:28 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Family members and the government are trying to keep optimistic about the rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in the San Jose mine a month ago.

North Korea Succession: Reports of Power-Handover Talks (Time.com) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:45 PM PDT Time.com - In North Korea, the first congress in 30 years of the Workers' Party of Korea may be imminent, suggesting that a succession is being prepared to hand power from Kim Jong Il to his son Kim Jong Un

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