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• Violent protests after Dutch outlaw squatting (AP)
• Dozens killed in Indonesian train crash (AP)
• Cuba to add new docks, terminal at Cienfuegos port (AP)
• Anti-American cleric vies for more power in Iraq (AP)
• New Iraq Government Set, as al-Sadr Okays al-Maliki as PM (Time.com)
• Ex-Pakistani leader admits mistakes while in power (AP)
• Ancient tree to help turn Jericho into tourism hub (AP)
• Colombia: Attempt to kidnap Escobar brother foiled (AP)
• US condemns Nigerian independence day car bombs (AFP)
• Pakistan says NATO halt temporary (AFP)
• Canada forms panel to probe oil sands pollution (Reuters)
• Australian spies 'may have tracked' WikiLeaks founder (AFP)
• NATO tankers torched in Pakistan, but alternative routes to Afghanistan limited (The Christian Science Monitor)
• E.U. Threats to Sue Won't Stop France from Deporting Roma (Time.com)
• Ecuador coup attempt shows fragility of Latin American democracy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Violent protests after Dutch outlaw squatting (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:45 PM PDT AP - More than 100 people protesting the outlawing of squatting at unused buildings in the Netherlands clashed with police in Amsterdam's historic center late Friday, throwing stones, setting fires and erecting barricades.

Dozens killed in Indonesian train crash (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:44 PM PDT AP - Local television says at least 25 people were killed in train crash in central Indonesia.

Cuba to add new docks, terminal at Cienfuegos port (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2010 02:50 PM PDT AP - Cuba will build three additional loading docks and a terminal large enough to accommodate modern supertankers by 2014 at its port in Cienfuegos, part of the communist government's effort with Venezuela to rehabilitate and modernize the area's oil refinery.

Anti-American cleric vies for more power in Iraq (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2010 03:34 PM PDT AP - A Muslim cleric who once used a militia to resist the American invasion positioned himself as a big winner in Iraq's monthslong political deadlock Friday when his party threw its support behind the beleaguered prime minister.

New Iraq Government Set, as al-Sadr Okays al-Maliki as PM (Time.com) Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:40 PM PDT Time.com - After the longest postelection hiatus in world parliamentary history, Iraq looks set to finally have a new government. And it won't look much different from the current one

Ex-Pakistani leader admits mistakes while in power (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - Pakistan's ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf has apologized for mistakes made during his last term in office as he launched a bid to return to power.

Ancient tree to help turn Jericho into tourism hub (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2010 02:07 PM PDT AP - "And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, who was the chief among the tax collectors, and he was rich.

Colombia: Attempt to kidnap Escobar brother foiled (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:32 PM PDT AP - Colombian police foiled an attempt to abduct the brother of slain narco kingpin Pablo Escobar, authorities said Friday.

US condemns Nigerian independence day car bombs (AFP) Posted: 01 Oct 2010 02:21 PM PDT AFP - The United States condemned twin car bombings in the Nigerian capital Abuja that killed at least 10 people Friday near ceremonies to mark 50 years of independence.

Pakistan says NATO halt temporary (AFP) Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:45 PM PDT AFP - Pakistan's ambassador to the United States on Friday promised that his country would reopen its border crossing with Afghanistan to US-led forces once it can be confident of security.

Canada forms panel to probe oil sands pollution (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2010 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - Canada's environment minster has formed a scientific panel to examine whether Alberta's oil sands projects are polluting the Athabasca River as charged by an influential water ecologist.

Australian spies 'may have tracked' WikiLeaks founder (AFP) Posted: 01 Oct 2010 12:42 AM PDT AFP - Australian spy agencies may have helped trace the movements of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose whistleblowing website published tens of thousands of secret US military files, reports said Friday.

NATO tankers torched in Pakistan, but alternative routes to Afghanistan limited (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Oct 2010 07:25 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Unknown assailants destroyed nearly 40 vehicles, mostly NATO tankers bringing oil to Afghanistan, on a nighttime raid in southern Pakistan early Friday.

E.U. Threats to Sue Won't Stop France from Deporting Roma (Time.com) Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:40 PM PDT Time.com - The European Commission is challenging France's forceful expulsion of Gypsies. But with that action falling short of discrimination charges, Paris is likely to ignore the warnings and keep on deporting

Ecuador coup attempt shows fragility of Latin American democracy (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Oct 2010 07:16 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - President Rafael Correa of Ecuador was rescued from the hospital where he was trapped Thursday for 12 hours, but the political implications of the attempt to isolate the democratically elected leader will resonate for some time to come.

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