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• Pakistan says U.S. warning on militants hurts ties (Reuters)
• Sarkozy, Cameron hailed in Libya as forces enter Sirte (Reuters)
• U.S. men in Iran to be freed soon with Talabani help: envoy (Reuters)
• Rescue under way to free four trapped in Welsh mine (Reuters)
• In would-be Palestinian state, a dose of reality (Reuters)
• In India, an 11-Year Hunger Strike Virtually Ignored (Time.com)
• Rogue trader suspected in $2 billion loss at UBS (AP)
• Defying US, Palestinians press forward with UN bid (AP)
• Richardson aide says Cuba backtracked on American (AP)
• Niger attacks al-Qaida-linked cell, killing 3 (AP)
• Magnitude-7.2 quake shakes Fiji (AP)
• Analysis: Clock ticking for Canada's natural gas champion (Reuters)
• 'X' now a gender option in Australian passports (AP)
• New US ambassador says Egypt's democratic process is 'on track' (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Fallen Rebel: The Capture of a Dissident Syrian Army Officer Is a Blow to the Opposition (Time.com)
• What's behind Russian tycoon Prokhorov's abrupt political exit? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Pakistan says U.S. warning on militants hurts ties (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:43 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. warning on militants based in Pakistan, blamed by Washington for this week's attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, works against counter-terrorism cooperation between the two allies, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

Sarkozy, Cameron hailed in Libya as forces enter Sirte (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 03:53 PM PDT Reuters - The leaders of France and Britain were feted in Libya for their support of the uprising which overthrew Muammar Gaddafi while forces of the new government closed in on his hometown Sirte in an effort to complete their victory.

U.S. men in Iran to be freed soon with Talabani help: envoy (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 02:55 PM PDT Reuters - Two U.S. citizens convicted of spying in Iran will be freed soon after Iraqi President Jalal Talabani negotiated their release with Iranian officials, an Iranian daily quoted an Iraqi envoy to Tehran as saying.

Rescue under way to free four trapped in Welsh mine (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 11:19 AM PDT Reuters - Emergency services were carrying out a major rescue operation on Thursday after four miners became trapped following a flash flood in a coal mine in south Wales.

In would-be Palestinian state, a dose of reality (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 02:06 AM PDT Reuters - In another world, the tented village at al Hadidiya might mark the farthest reaches of a future Palestine. Instead, the herding community living here talk about the limits of that dream.

In India, an 11-Year Hunger Strike Virtually Ignored (Time.com) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 03:45 PM PDT Time.com - Indians were captivated by anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare's recent 12-day hunger strike, but another fast has lasted far longer, completely unnoticed

Rogue trader suspected in $2 billion loss at UBS (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 04:07 PM PDT AP - One man armed with only a computer terminal humbled a venerable banking institution yet again. This time it was Swiss powerhouse UBS, which said Thursday that it had lost roughly $2 billion because of a renegade trader.

Defying US, Palestinians press forward with UN bid (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 04:45 PM PDT AP - In a direct challenge to the United States, the Palestinians said Thursday they will ask the Security Council next week to accept them as a full member of the United Nations, even though Washington has promised to veto the measure.

Richardson aide says Cuba backtracked on American (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:51 PM PDT AP - A top aide to Bill Richardson said Thursday the former New Mexico governor held a series of meetings with Cuban officials over more than a year about the fate of a jailed U.S. subcontractor, and was left with no doubt the Cubans were ready to discuss releasing him.

Niger attacks al-Qaida-linked cell, killing 3 (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:22 PM PDT AP - An army patrol in Niger attacked a four-car convoy Thursday carrying suspected al-Qaida-linked militants, killing three of them and leading to the liberation of more than four dozen youths that had been forcibly recruited by the extremist group, the defense minister said.

Magnitude-7.2 quake shakes Fiji (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:05 PM PDT AP - A magnitude-7.2 earthquake rattled Fiji in the Pacific Ocean on Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. No tsunami warning was issued, and no damage or casualties were immediately reported.

Analysis: Clock ticking for Canada's natural gas champion (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:41 PM PDT Reuters - Encana Corp Chief Executive Randy Eresman did exactly what investors wanted when he created the quintessential pure play in North American natural gas. That's now his biggest problem.

'X' now a gender option in Australian passports (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 11:54 PM PDT AP - Australian passports will now have three gender options — male, female and indeterminate — under new guidelines to remove discrimination against transgender and intersex people, the government said Thursday.

New US ambassador says Egypt's democratic process is 'on track' (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:52 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The new American ambassador made her first major public appearance today, saying that Egypt is on the road to democracy despite the recent expansion of the emergency law, which severely curtails civil rights.

Fallen Rebel: The Capture of a Dissident Syrian Army Officer Is a Blow to the Opposition (Time.com) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 03:45 PM PDT Time.com - In his only face-to-face interview with the media, Col. Hussein Harmoush told TIME this past June that he quit the army, among other reasons, after receiving orders to shoot on protesting civilians

What's behind Russian tycoon Prokhorov's abrupt political exit? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:58 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Russia's third-richest man, industrialist Mikhail Prokhorov, threw a wrench into the country's finely tuned system of "managed democracy" Thursday by abruptly abandoning the political party that he took over just three months ago.

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