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  • Robert Gates meets troops in Afghanistan

    Robert Gates meets troops in Afghanistan

    The London News.Net

    US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in the south of Afghanistan after touching down on Friday.

  • Man arrested after package found in luggage in Miami

    Man arrested after package found in luggage in Miami

    The London News.Net

    Miami police swooped on the main airport on Friday when screeners detected a suspicious article in a checked bag.

  • Mexican shootout kills dozens of people

    Mexican shootout kills dozens of people

    The London News.Net

    25 or more people have died in a gunfight between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug gang members near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey.

  • Abbas and Netanyahu on cordial terms at peace talks

    Abbas and Netanyahu on cordial terms at peace talks

    The London News.Net

    Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is time to finalize a deal on the Middle East peace process.

  • Afghanistan outraged at civilian deaths in airstrike

    Afghanistan outraged at civilian deaths in airstrike

    The London News.Net

    Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack which killed 10 parliamentary campaign workers and injured two others including a candidate.

  • US general says Taliban is strapped for cash

    US general says Taliban is strapped for cash

    The London News.Net

    A US general has revealed the Taliban in Afghanistan are very short of money with their drug labs and supply routes under pressure from US troops.

  • Muslims asked to commit money to Pakistan

    Muslims asked to commit money to Pakistan

    The London News.Net

    The relief effort in the area hit by floods in Pakistan may be helped by a new request for Muslims to tithe for the aid effort.

  • Stephen Hawking says the universe created itself

    Stephen Hawking says the universe created itself

    The London News.Net

    A new book written by famous British physicist, Stephen Hawking, claims that God did not create the universe and the "big bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics.

  • Fuel tanker aground in Canadian waters

    Fuel tanker aground in Canadian waters

    The London News.Net

    A fuel tanker is aground on a sandbar in Canada’s far north.

  • Three killed in small plane crash in California

    The London News.Net

    Three people were killed in a small plane crash Thursday in a lagoon in the US state of California, authorities said.

  • Another oil rig catches fire in Gulf waters

    Another oil rig catches fire in Gulf waters

    The London News.Net

    Another Gulf coast rig has caught fire, causing the United States Coast Guard to scramble into action.

  • Israeli girl hurt in car stoning

    Israeli girl hurt in car stoning

    The London News.Net

    A twelve-year-old girl, riding in a car which was driving through Tapuach Junction in the West Bank, has been hit with a stone which came through the window.

  • Many dead after  horrific attack in Lahore, Pakistan

    Many dead after horrific attack in Lahore, Pakistan

    The London News.Net

    Another 250 were wounded in the first major attack since huge floods devastated the country more than a month ago.

  • Abbas says peace will come if settlements stop

    Abbas says peace will come if settlements stop

    The London News.Net

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met in a meeting promoted by Washington.

  • Migrants abducted in northern Mexico

    Migrants abducted in northern Mexico

    The London News.Net

    Mexican authorities are searching for migrants they believe have been kidnapped in north Mexico.

  • Zeta-Jones says husband should have been diagnosed earlier

    Zeta-Jones says husband should have been diagnosed earlier

    The London News.Net

    Catherine Zeta-Jones has been angered by a medical diagnosis of her husband, Michael Douglas, in which he was told he has stage four cancer of the throat.

  • Explosives used to put down Australian whale

    Explosives used to put down Australian whale

    The London News.Net

    Authorities in Western Australia have used a large amount of explosives to blow up a live whale.

  • Light plane crash kills two in Austria

    The London News.Net

    A small aircraft crashed in Austria Thursday afternoon, killing the pilot and only passenger, police said.

  • Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored

    Washington Times

    U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about condit...

  • Police question scientist in Miami airport scare

    Washington Times

    Passengers head out of the terminal at Miami International Airport early Friday morning, Sept. 3, 2010. A spokesman for the airport said four of its six concourses were evacuated as a police bomb squa...

  • Unemployment rate rises to 9.6 as 54,000 jobs are lost

    Washington Times

    Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as more people entered the market looking for work.Companies added a net total of 67,000 new jobs last mon...

  • Some flooding on N.C. Outer Banks as Earl passes

    Washington Times

    BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Earl roared past the North Carolina Outer Banks early Friday, flooding some parts of the narrow vacation islands and knocking out electricity before driving north a...

  • Plane crash kills steel exec Borrmann, 2 others

    San Francisco Chronicle

    Divers were able to find the bodies of two men in the wreckage, but the plane and the bodies cannot be moved until federal safety investigators arrive.

  • Monster Azerbaijani Flag Is No More...For Now

    RadioFreeEurope

    Well, it did. The flag was damaged by the wind and had to be taken down, which is perhaps no surprise given that some etymologists believe Baku's name originates from the Persian for "wind-pounde...

  • Video Shows Karrubi's Home Damaged After Attack

    RadioFreeEurope

    of opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi.Reports today also say dozens of plainclothes agents and Basij forces have surrounded the area where Karrubi lives.Karrubi's son told RFE/RL's Radio Farda that hard-...

  • The Important Role Of Weeping In Iran's Domestic, Foreign Policy

    RadioFreeEurope

    " (Talented Moron) writes about the role of weeping in Iran's domestic and foreign policy. He has put together a number of examples from Iran's recent history.

  • State Department Set To Increase Presence In Iraq

    RadioFreeEurope

    With U.S. combat troops out of Iraq and the U.S. military presence continuing to thin out in the coming months, thousands of civilians are moving in to carry out the largest U.S.-led foreign reconstru...

  • Invitation: Can Democracy Take Root in Kyrgyzstan?

    RadioFreeEurope

    , the only country in the world to host both Russian and American military installations, has been rocked by political instability and murderous violence over the past year. In April, a mob overthrew ...

  • Explosion at Shiite Protest Kills at Least 40 in Pakistan

    International Herald Tribune

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A blast ripped through a Shiite protest march in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 40 people, police and rescue officials said. At least...

  • US opens probe into Mariner Energy's Gulf platform fire

    New York Post

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement launched an investigation into the fire that erupted Thursday on Mariner Energy's Gulf of Mexico platform."We are continuing to closel...

  • Economy lost 54,000 jobs in August as unemployment rate rises

    New York Post

    WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as weak hiring by private employers wasn't enough to keep pace with a large increase in the number of people l...

  • Iran's president says Israel 'can be removed from the world'

    New York Post

    Hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that the people of the Middle East are "capable of removing the Zionist regime from the world scene" in an annual Palestinian solidarity day...

  • Defendants Convicted in Portugal Sex Abuse Trial

    International Herald Tribune

    Filed at 9:21 a.m. ET LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- A Portuguese court found six men and one woman guilty Friday of crimes relating to child sex abuse in a major trial that lasted nearly six years, a pros...

  • Strong 6.3 magnitude quake shakes Alaska's Aleutian Islands

    New York Post

    A magnitude-6.3 earthquake shook Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands early Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.The quake struck just southeast of Adak Island at 2:16am local time at a depth of 31...

  • NY near worst for road ruin

    New York Post

    09/03/2010 8:19 AM Crossing into NY from any of the adjoining states is like leaving a developed country and driving into the backwaters of some banana republic. IS it because NY is skimping on highw...

  • 6.3-magnitude quake shakes Alaska's Aleutian Islands

    Channel News Asia

    WASHINGTON : A strong, magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands early Friday, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake struck just southeast of Adak Island at 2:16 am l...

  • France and Britain scuttle talk of pooling aircraft carriers

    Channel News Asia

    PARIS : France and Britain announced on Friday they are talking about sharing the cost of military aircraft programmes, but rejected reports that they plan to merge their aircraft carrier fleets. "In ...

  • Suicide blast at Tajikistan police base, 25 hurt

    Channel News Asia

    DUSHANBE : A suicide bomber in an explosives-packed car wounded at least 25 police officers in an attack on their base in Tajikistan Friday that left the building in flames, interior ministry official...

  • UK vow on military ties with France

    The Independent

    Defence Secretary Liam Fox promised "closer co-operation" with the French today as military budgets face being squeezed on both sides of the Channel. Dr Fox, who was in Paris for tal...

  • Israeli and Palestinian leaders face critics of talks

    The Independent

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned Friday from the resumption of Mideast negotiations in Washington to confront internal opposition to his peace moves, just as his Palestinian counte...

  • New rig explosion raises spectre of second Gulf of Mexico oil spill

    The Independent

    A mile-long oil sheen has spread from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said ...

  • Oil rig explodes off US Gulf coast

    The Independent

    A mile-long oil sheen spread from an offshore oil platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico today. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said the sheen, about a mile long and 100ft wide, was s...

  • Silver lining in jobs report

    CNN

    NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Businesses are hiring, but not enough to make up for the massive losses of temporary government jobs. The economy lost a total of 54,000 jobs in August, according to the Lab...

  • A quicker jobs recovery

    CNN

    NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A jobless recovery? Hardly.By historical standards, the labor market is recovering nicely -- job growth has started earlier than in past recessions.

  • 43 killed in Pakistan blast

    CNN

    Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- At least 43 people have been killed and 78 others wounded in a bomb blast during an Al Quds day rally in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, authorites said.

  • Ex-MI6 man sentenced over leaks

    BBC

    'Strange young man' Houghton had tried to sell copies of electronic files containing details of information gathering software and staff lists to the agents in The Netherlands. The Dutch authorities...

  • GMTV says goodbye after 17 years of early mornings

    BBC

    Morning show GMTV has appeared on ITV1 for the final time after 17 years with presenter Andrew Castle paying tribute to "loyal viewers". He said there had been "squabbles along the way...

  • Fringe defends ticket sales total

    BBC

    Organisers of the Edinburgh Fringe have defended their decision to count customers of free shows in their box office sales. They claimed on Monday that almost two million tickets had been sold for th...

  • Women rescued in 'brothel raids'

    BBC

    Police have raided a number of properties suspected of being used as brothels in Belfast. It is understood that they rescued a number of foreign women believed to have been forced to work as prostitu...

  • MP says paper 'hacked' his phone

    BBC

    A Welsh MP says he believes his answer machine messages were intercepted by journalists at the News of the World. Rhondda MP Chris Bryant said the Metropolitan Police told him his name appeared on ma...