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Suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 people
(AP) (09/06/2010 09:43 AM)
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 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.
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UN nuke agency warns monitoring of Iran hampered
(AP) (09/06/2010 12:05 PM)
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 AP - In an unusually blunt warning, the U.N. atomic agency said Monday that its monitoring of Iran's nuclear activities is being hampered because Tehran objects to giving some agency inspectors access to its program.
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Lebanon PM: Wrong to accuse Syria in Hariri death
(AP) (09/06/2010 01:43 PM)
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AP - Lebanon's Western-backed prime minister made a startling reversal Monday and said it was a mistake to accuse Syria of the massive 2005 truck bombing that killed his father, claiming the charge was politically motivated.
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Hurricane watch issued for coasts of Mexico, Texas
(AP) (09/06/2010 02:43 PM)
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 AP - Mexican authorities urged people to move to shelters while officials in Texas distributed sandbags and warned of flash floods as Tropical Storm Hermine headed toward the northwestern Gulf coast on Monday.
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Lawyer says Iranian woman could be stoned soon
(AP) (09/06/2010 02:39 PM)
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 AP - The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction says he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon.
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The Bettencourt Scandal Puts Sarkozy in Growing Peril
(Time.com) (09/06/2010 12:55 PM)
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Time.com - As the scandal surrounding the L'OrÉal billions further entwines Eric Woerth, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's support for his labor minister could cost him the next election
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French unions launch strike over pension overhaul
(AP) (09/06/2010 02:51 PM)
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AP - French train traffic began tapering off Monday at the start of what promises to be a major strike over unpopular conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62.
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Egyptian officials to be tried in Van Gogh theft
(AP) (09/06/2010 11:48 AM)
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AP - Eleven culture officials from Egypt's government have been formally charged in last month's theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum that had no functioning security alarms.
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Death toll 44 in Guatemala mudslides; more missing
(AP) (09/06/2010 02:51 PM)
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 AP - Searchers on Monday pulled more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and people trying to save them. Yet more mudslides helped raise Guatemala's official death toll to 44 after days of torrential rains.
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Peacekeeping cushioning African states from scrutiny: analysts
(AFP) (09/06/2010 03:04 PM)
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 AFP - Troop contributions for UN peacekeeping missions are helping African nations build a buffer against criticism over democratic and human rights failings, analysts said Monday.
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Rise of new influence groups in China: think tank
(AFP) (09/06/2010 03:02 PM)
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 AFP - Forces outside China's traditional power bases are increasingly shaping the country's foreign policy, pushing for more international participation, the SIPRI think tank said in a report Monday.
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China tells state companies to explore Potash bid
(Reuters) (09/03/2010 11:12 PM)
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Reuters - Chinese officials have ordered state companies to meet investment bankers to explore ways to block BHP Billiton's $39 billion bid for Potash Corp, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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Australia election impasse expected to end Tuesday
(Reuters) (09/06/2010 04:29 AM)
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 Reuters - Australian Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard will know on Tuesday if she can form a new minority government with the support of three independents, ending more than two weeks of uncertainty after the August 21 elections.
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Settlers defy Netanyahu with vow to begin construction
(McClatchy Newspapers) (09/03/2010 04:59 PM)
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McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — Jewish settlers across the West Bank have vowed to begin construction in more than 60 locations, posing a direct challenge to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he returned home from Thursday's first round of direct peace talks in Washington.
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Japan convicts Greenpeace's 'Tokyo Two' for whaling investigation
(The Christian Science Monitor) (09/06/2010 11:55 AM)
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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.
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Afghanistan: Run on Kabul Bank Shakes a Fragile Economy
(Time.com) (09/06/2010 11:55 AM)
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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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New Two-Hour TB Test
(OneWorld.net) (09/05/2010 06:18 PM)
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OneWorld.net - JOHANNESBURG, Sep 3 (PlusNews) - A new, accurate, easy-to-use test can
diagnose tuberculosis (TB) - including drug-resistant strains of the
disease - in less than two hours. It has the potential to save thousands
of lives in developing countries, where current tests are often
unreliable, take weeks to process, or are simply unavailable.
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