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• Fury over Mohammad video simmers on in Muslim world
• Afghan policeman kills two British soldiers
• Anti-Putin protesters show their strength in Russia
• Syria envoy meets Assad, says conflict is global threat
• Israeli official signals no war is imminent with Iran
• U.S. orders embassy staff to leave Tunis, Khartoum
• Pope urges Lebanon to set an example for co-existence
• Portuguese and Spanish march as anger over tax hikes grows
• Ukraine risks failing election test, U.S. warns
• U.S. won't tolerate efforts to harm Americans: Obama
• Syria envoy says no plan to end violence yet
• Al-Qaida calls for more attacks on embassies
• 2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghan insider attack
• SAfrican police fire gas, force people into shacks
• Topless Kate pix published in Ireland, Italy next
• Anti-Putin protest draws tens of thousands
• Pope tells Syrians he admires their courage
• No Chavez running mate in Venezuela despite cancer
• All-female bloc runs in Palestinian elections

Fury over Mohammad video simmers on in Muslim world Posted: 15 Sep 2012 04:05 PM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - A wave of furious anti-Western protests against a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad abated on Saturday, but U.S. policy in the Muslim world remained overshadowed by 13 minutes of amateurish video on the Internet. Washington ordered family members and non-essential staff to leave the U.S. embassy in Khartoum, which was attacked on Friday, after Sudan turned down its request to send Marines to bolster security. In addition it pulled non-essential personnel out of its embassy in Tunisian capital Tunis, also attacked on Friday, and urged American citizens to leave the city. ...

Afghan policeman kills two British soldiers Posted: 15 Sep 2012 02:54 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan policeman killed two British soldiers from the NATO-led force in southern Afghanistan on Saturday before he was himself shot dead, security and coalition officials said. The incident brought to 47 the number of foreign military personnel killed in insider attacks this year. The gunman was returning from a security operation in Helmand with coalition soldiers when he turned his gun on them, a security source told Reuters. He killed the two soldiers and wounded three others. ...

Anti-Putin protesters show their strength in Russia Posted: 15 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched though Moscow under streaming banners, flags and balloons on Saturday to demand an end to President Vladimir Putin's long rule and show their protest movement remains strong. Protesters chanted "Russia without Putin!" in the first big rally since June, defying increasingly tough Kremlin measures against the opposition since the former KGB spy began another six years in the Kremlin in May. ...

Syria envoy meets Assad, says conflict is global threat Posted: 15 Sep 2012 11:59 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said after talks with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday that the escalating conflict in the country posed a global threat. Activists say 27,000 people have been killed in the 18-month-old uprising against Assad. Late on Saturday, 20 bodies, including a woman's, were found by residents in a district of Damascus that had been overrun by Assad's troops, a watchdog said. ...

Israeli official signals no war is imminent with Iran Posted: 15 Sep 2012 10:56 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior Israeli official signaled on Saturday that there would be no unilateral attack on Iran in the coming weeks, saying that international pressure had kept Tehran's controversial nuclear program in check. Speculation that Israel might attack Iranian atomic facilities alone, and soon, has soared given an unusually public dispute with the United States about how much time to allow for negotiations and sanctions to run their course before considering military action. ...

U.S. orders embassy staff to leave Tunis, Khartoum Posted: 15 Sep 2012 03:46 PM PDT WASHINGTON/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The United States ordered non-essential staff to leave its embassies in Tunisia and Sudan on Saturday after both diplomatic posts were attacked and Khartoum rejected a U.S. request to send a platoon of Marines to bolster security at its mission there. "Given the security situation in Tunis and Khartoum, the U.S. State Department has ordered the departure of all family members and non-emergency personnel from both posts, and issued parallel travel warnings to American citizens," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement. The U.S. ...

Pope urges Lebanon to set an example for co-existence Posted: 15 Sep 2012 11:23 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Pope Benedict urged multi-faith Lebanon on Saturday to be a model of religious peace for the Middle East, as a civil war raged in neighboring Syria, deepening sectarian divisions. "Lebanon is called, now more than ever, to be an example," he told political and religious leaders on the second day of a visit that coincided with violent protests across the Muslim world against a U.S.-made film insulting Islam. Lebanon - torn apart by a 1975-1990 sectarian civil war - is a religious mosaic of over four million people whose Muslim majority includes Sunnis, Shi'ites and Alawites. ...

Portuguese and Spanish march as anger over tax hikes grows Posted: 15 Sep 2012 01:00 PM PDT LISBON (Reuters) - Over 150,000 Portuguese marched on Saturday against planned tax hikes that have shattered the consensus behind austerity imposed by an EU/IMF bailout, and tens of thousands more marched in Spain, seen as the next country needing to be bailed out. The rallies in Portugal were mostly incident-free, but a young protester of about 20 was taken to hospital with burns after an attempted self-immolation during the protests in the northern town of Aveiro. RTP television quoted firemen as saying his life was not in danger. ...

Ukraine risks failing election test, U.S. warns Posted: 15 Sep 2012 11:45 AM PDT YALTA, Ukraine (Reuters) - The United States warned Ukraine on Saturday the prosecution of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was damaging its ties with the West, but a Ukrainian official responded by asking for U.S. help to mount another criminal probe against her. The case of Tymoshenko, a former prime minister jailed for seven years for alleged abuse of office, dominated a two-day international gathering ahead of a parliamentary election next month which Ukraine hopes will enhance its democratic credentials. ...

U.S. won't tolerate efforts to harm Americans: Obama Posted: 15 Sep 2012 09:56 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday rejected any denigration of Islam but said there is no excuse for attacks on U.S. embassies, insisting he will never tolerate efforts to harm Americans. "I have made it clear that the United States has a profound respect for people of all faiths," Obama said in his weekly radio address. "Yet there is never any justification for violence .... There is no excuse for attacks on our embassies and consulates." Angry anti-American protests have swept the Muslim world in response to a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad. An attack on the U. ...

Syria envoy says no plan to end violence yet Posted: 15 Sep 2012 09:28 AM PDT The new international envoy tasked with ending Syria's civil war summed up his first foray to Damascus Saturday with a startling and frank admission that he still has no plan for stopping the bloodshed which he warned could threaten world peace.

Al-Qaida calls for more attacks on embassies Posted: 15 Sep 2012 02:45 PM PDT Al-Qaida's most active branch in the Middle East called for more attacks on U.S. embassies Saturday to "set the fires blazing," seeking to co-opt outrage over an anti-Muslim film even as the wave of protests that swept 20 countries this week eased.

2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghan insider attack Posted: 15 Sep 2012 11:25 AM PDT An Afghan local policeman killed two soldiers with the NATO military coalition in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the latest in a surge of insider attacks that are fracturing trust between Afghan forces and their international partners.

SAfrican police fire gas, force people into shacks Posted: 15 Sep 2012 04:17 PM PDT In a crackdown on striking miners condemned by the South African Council of Churches, police fired rubber bullets and tear gas that sent men, women and children scattering as officers herded them into their shacks.

Topless Kate pix published in Ireland, Italy next Posted: 15 Sep 2012 11:49 AM PDT The British royal family faced a multinational battle to contain the spread of topless photos of Prince William's wife Kate, as an Irish tabloid published them Saturday and an Italian gossip magazine planned to do the same despite the threat of legal action.

Anti-Putin protest draws tens of thousands Posted: 15 Sep 2012 11:53 AM PDT The first major protest against President Vladimir Putin after a summer lull drew tens of thousands of people, determined to show that opposition sentiment remains strong despite Kremlin efforts to muzzle dissent.

Pope tells Syrians he admires their courage Posted: 15 Sep 2012 10:24 AM PDT Pope Benedict XVI told Syrians at a rally for young people Saturday that he admired their courage and that he does not forget those in the Middle East who are suffering.

No Chavez running mate in Venezuela despite cancer Posted: 15 Sep 2012 11:02 AM PDT When he takes the stage at campaign rallies, Hugo Chavez stands alone.

All-female bloc runs in Palestinian elections Posted: 15 Sep 2012 01:31 PM PDT A new group running for municipal elections in Hebron is offering residents an alternative to politics as usual in the conservative West Bank city: Women at the helm, instead of men.

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