Saturday, September 11, 2010

Iran balks at release of American woman (AP)

Iran balks at release of American woman (AP)

Iran balks at release of American woman (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 11:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 21, 2010 file photo, Sarah Shourd, left, hugs her mother Nora Shourd, as Shane Bauer, second right, hugs his mother Cindy Hickey, during their meeting at the Esteghlal hotel in Tehran. 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 - Iranian authorities abruptly halted plans to release an American woman Saturday after more than a year in jail with two friends, dashing their mothers' hopes and pointing to the internal rivalries within Iran's leadership.

Catholics in England suffered long repression (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 11:46 PM PDT

AP - For nearly three centuries after the Reformation, Catholics in England were outlaws.

Greek protesters to confront thrifty government (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 11:58 PM PDT

Coast guards lock the gate of the harbor as riot police take positions during a protest in Thessaloniki, Greece Friday Sept. 10, 2010. Unions are staging protests in Thessaloniki ahead of an annual weekend speech on the state of the economy by Prime Minister George Papandreou. Unions are angry at plans by Papandreou's Socialist government to sell-off and reform loss-making state enterprises and relax labor rules as part of an effort deal with Greece's acute debt crisis. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)AP - Some 4,500 police are on duty Saturday in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki as unions vow to hold rallies against possible new spending cuts by the government to cope with country's major debt crisis.

Ex-PM Rudd named Australia's foreign minister (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 12:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo from June 14, 2009, Australia's then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. Rudd was named Saturday Sept. 11, 2010, as Australia's new foreign minister, a high-profile and coveted posting that will be seen as a consolation prize for being ousted from the leadership. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)AP - Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was named Saturday as Australia's new foreign minister, a high-profile and coveted posting that will be seen as a consolation prize for being ousted from the leadership.

Thousands Afghans in anti-Quran-burning protest (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 12:56 AM PDT

Afghans shout anti-U.S. slogans as they burn tires and block a highway during a protest in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran, at Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. Religious and political leaders across the Muslim world welcomed a decision by the church to suspend its plans to torch copies of their holy book but some said Friday the damage has already been done. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - Shops and police checkpoints have been set on fire during a protest in Afghanistan over a once-planned Quran burning in the United States.

Turkey Braces for Key Vote Over its Future (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 04:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Sunday's constitutional reform referendum will be an important test of strength between the moderate Islamist government and its fiercely secular opponents

Europe bids to aid Pakistan with trade favours (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 12:51 AM PDT

Europe sought to help Pakistan battle flood devastation and the fear of rising Islamist extremism by pushing trade favours on Friday, despite vehement industry opposition. AFP - Europe sought to help Pakistan battle flood devastation and the fear of rising Islamist extremism by pushing trade favours, despite vehement industry opposition.

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Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:03 PM PDT

AP - Iranian state media confirms release of jailed American woman has been postponed.

25 slain in Mexican city; 85 escape border prison (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 10:43 PM PDT

A woman cries after learning that her son was killed as she stands at the crime scene in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday Sept. 9, 2010. Ciudad Juarez has become one of Mexico's deadliest cities as drug gangs continue to battle for control of smuggling routes. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)AP - Gunmen killed 25 people in a series of drug-gang attacks in Ciudad Juarez, marking the deadliest day in more than two years for the Mexican border city. Farther east on the border, 85 inmates scaled the walls of a prison and escaped Friday in Mexico's biggest jail break in recent memory.

Lions upset Tendulkar's Mumbai in opener (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:32 PM PDT

Highveld Lions Jonathan Vandiar plays a shot during the Champions League Twenty20 League match against the Mumbai Indians at The New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The Lions won by nine runs.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - The Champions League Twenty20 tournament got off to a thrilling and surprise start Friday with local outfit Highveld Lions of South Africa defeating star-studded Mumbai Indians by nine runs.

China posts fastest inflation rise in nearly two years (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 12:52 AM PDT

Chinese shoppers are pictured at a supermarket in Hefei, central China's Anhui province. China's consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in nearly two years in August, the government said Saturday, as severe floods and unusually hot weather destroyed crops, driving up food prices.(AFP/File)AFP - China said Saturday that consumer inflation rose at the fastest pace in nearly two years in August, as severe floods and unusually hot weather destroyed crops, driving up food prices.

Bell Canada parent to buy CTV for C$1.3 billion (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:18 PM PDT

Reuters - BCE Inc, Canada's largest telecommunications company, will pay C$1.3 billion ($1.26 billion) for the country's biggest private broadcaster, in a bold gamble on the future of video over the Internet.

Former PM Rudd Australia's new foreign minister (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 11:12 PM PDT

Australian PM Julia Gillard Saturday named former leader Kevin Rudd (pictured in June) as her foreign minister, less than three months after she staged a sudden and ruthless coup against him. The nation's first woman leader announced the appointment as she made sweeping changes to her cabinet.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Saturday named former leader Kevin Rudd as her foreign minister, less than three months after she staged a sudden and ruthless coup against him.

Pentagon eases rules for reporters covering Guantanamo trials (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 03:48 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has revised its ground rules for reporters and photographers covering military trials at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, earning praise from news organizations that had protested the policies as unduly restrictive.

Quran-banning advocate Geert Wilders heads to ground zero (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:54 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As the world focuses on Florida pastor Terry Jones, a September 11 event in New York City will include a surprisingly successful European politician who has spent his career defaming Islam, and who has produced a film that features a Quran in flames.

Foreign Businesses Say China's Regulations Shut Them Out (Time.com)

Posted: 10 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 designed deliberately to hamstring non-Chinese players to the advantage of their local competitors
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