International News
Crowds attack home of Iranian opposition leader (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 05:01 AM
- AP - Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending a key rally on Friday.
Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 04:55 AM
- AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province.
Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in troubled border state (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 02:38 AM
- AP - Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the country's drug war.
Police: Attack on Pakistan minority mosque kills 1 (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 04:33 AM
- AP - A suicide attack on a mosque belonging to a minority sect killed at least one person and wounded several others in northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said.
Egypt TV show stirs debate over Muslim Brotherhood (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 02:53 AM
- AP - The bearded young cleric yells at a young woman for lifting her traditional veil from her face while speaking to him on the street, and rants against Egyptians who adopt Western lifestyles and values. His followers beat up an opponent.
German Banker's Anti-Immigration Book Riles the Nation (Time.com)
- September 3, 2010 at 04:40 AM
- Time.com - A new anti-immigration book by a director on the board of Germany's central bank has outraged the nation -- and has critics calling for his job
Court gives verdicts in Portugal child abuse trial (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 05:15 AM
- AP - A judge has started reading out a Portuguese court's verdicts on more than 800 alleged crimes in a major child sex abuse trial that has lasted nearly six years.
Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks (AP)
- September 2, 2010 at 03:06 PM
- AP - To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas — the Islamic militant group that controls one of the two Palestinian territories and rejects negotiations.
Salvador bans gang membership after bus massacre (AP)
- September 2, 2010 at 10:57 PM
- AP - El Salvador has made it illegal to belong to a street gang in the wake of an attack on a passenger bus that killed 17 people.
Mozambique calm after 2 days of deadly food riots (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 04:27 AM
- AP - Mozambique's government says the economy lost more than $3 million because of two days of violent protests over rising prices.
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