Friday, September 10, 2010

Decision to suspend Quran-burning met with relief (AP)

Decision to suspend Quran-burning met with relief (AP)

Decision to suspend Quran-burning met with relief (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:40 AM PDT

Pakistani protesters rally in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran in Multan, Pakistan on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)AP - Religious and political leaders across the Muslim world welcomed a decision by a small American church to suspend its plans to torch copies of their holy book — but some said Friday the damage has already been done.

2 Guinea election officials charged with fraud (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:54 AM PDT

AP - Two senior voting officials have been charged with vote tampering and sentenced to one year in prison a week before Guinea's crucial presidential vote, in a court proceeding that not even their lawyers were informed of and which is bound to increase tensions before the poll.

Mexican police didn't know they'd caught drug capo (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:07 PM PDT

Soldiers stand next to weapons seized at a warehouse following a clash in the town of General Trevino, Nuevo Leon State, bordering the United State on September 2. At least four people died in a clash between soldiers and suspected drug gang members in northeastern Mexico, a day after 25 outlaws died in a shootout with soldiers nearby, police said Friday.(AFP/Dario Leon)AP - The Mexican police officers who arrested infamous drug suspect Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias "La Barbie," did not initially know who they had caught, according to a booking report obtained Thursday.

Day of mourning for Russian car bomb victims (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:53 PM PDT

In this image made from television, the wreckage of a car destroyed in a suicide car attack is seen in a square outside a market in Vladikavkaz, North Caucasus, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. A suicide car bomber hit the central market of Vladikavkaz on Thursday, killing more than a dozen and wounding more than 130 people in one of the worst terror attacks in the volatile region in years, officials said. (AP Photo/AP Television News) ** IMAGE FROM TV** TV OUT **AP - Flags are at half-staff in the Russian Caucasus city of Vladikavkaz and stunned residents are laying flowers in a rubble-strewn square where a suicide car bombing killed 17 people and wounded more than 140.

China calls in Japan envoy for 3rd time over boat (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:02 AM PDT

In this photo released by Japan Coast Guard, a Japan Coast Guard boat, foreground, goes by a Chinese fishing boat which Japan Coast Guard officers are on board for inspection after it collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near a chain of disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japanese or Diaoyu in Chinese in the East China Sea, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The collisions occurred near the islands claimed by both countries after the ship received repeated warnings from Japan's coast guard to move out of the waters, officials said. (AP Photo/Japan Coast Guard) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - China summoned Japan's ambassador for a third time Friday to protest the detention of the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that collided with Japanese patrol vessels near disputed islands, demanding he and his ship be released unconditionally.

Why Foreign Businesses in China Are Getting Mad (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Foreign businesses in China are voicing growing frustration about the country's heavily regulated market -- a bureaucratic maze many say is deliberately designed to hamstring non-Chinese players to the advantage of their local competitors

Deutsche Bank to unveil 9-bln-euro rights issue (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:38 AM PDT

Deutsche Bank is set to raise up to nine billion euros through a rights issue to bolster its capital as global banking regulators finalise tough new rules for the industry, a report said Friday.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - Deutsche Bank is set to raise up to nine billion euros through a rights issue to bolster its capital as global banking regulators finalise tough new rules for the industry, a report said Friday.

Iran to free female American for holiday clemency (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2010 file photo, American hikers Shane Bauer, left, Sarah Shourd, center, and Josh Fattal, sit at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran. Iran announced Thursday that one of the three Americans jailed for more than a year will be released Saturday to mark the end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - Iran said Thursday it will free Sarah Shourd, one of three Americans jailed for more than 13 months, as an act of clemency to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Honduras deploys soldiers on anti-crime patrols (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:31 PM PDT

AP - The Honduran government has deployed soldiers to perform anti-crime patrols in some of the Central American country's most violent cities, following the massacre of 18 people in a shoe factory this week.

(AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:40 AM PDT

AP - Guinea election commission's president and planning director charged with fraud before vote

Thousands protest Koran burning plan in Afghan north (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:10 AM PDT

Reuters - Thousands of Afghans protested against the United States in the northeast on Friday, the largest demonstration since a small U.S. church said it planned to burn copies of the Koran, an Afghan official said.

Air India bomb perjury trial starts in Canada (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:32 PM PDT

Reuters - A Canadian man's own actions will prove he lied to a court about having no knowledge of the conspiracy that led to the deadly bombing of Air India Flight 182 in 1985, prosecutors said at the start of a perjury trial on Thursday.

Australia to oppose Air New Zealand, Virgin Blue alliance (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:38 PM PDT

A Virgin Pacific Blue Boeing 737 and an Air New Zealand Boeing 737 are seen at Wellington Airport. Australia's corporate watchdog Friday said it would likely reject a proposed alliance between the two carriers because it could disadvantage more than a million passengers a year.(AFP/File/Dean Treml)AFP - Australia's corporate watchdog Friday said it would likely reject a proposed alliance between Air New Zealand and Virgin Blue because it could disadvantage more than a million passengers a year.

Quran burning canceled after Pentagon calls pastor (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 05:33 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Under tremendous pressure from U.S. officials all the way up to President Barack Obama, a Florida pastor on Thursday called off a Quran burning that he'd scheduled for Saturday, the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which had drawn international condemnation and posed a potential threat to national security.

Germany considers scrapping the draft (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:30 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The young man playing with kids at the Main Krokodile preschool here isn't your typical caregiver. He's among the tens of thousands of Germans who fulfill their military service by working with children, the elderly, or the disabled. The head of the school, Berndt Niedergesäss, is all for it: "The children love dealing with men," he says.

Rachel Corrie v. Israel Trial: Contradictions Emerge (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - The family of American activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer, is fighting a civil suit in Israel's courts, forcing the authorities to reveal details of her death
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