Abbas to stake Palestinian claim to state at U.N. (Reuters)

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• Abbas to stake Palestinian claim to state at U.N. (Reuters)
• As sparks fly, Pakistan warns U.S.: "You will lose an ally" (Reuters)
• Iran's Ahmadinejad attacks West, prompts walk-out (Reuters)
• President Saleh returns to Yemen amid gunfire, blasts (Reuters)
• At least 11 more bodies dumped in Mexican port city (Reuters)
• Pakistan's Sectarian Killers Operate with Impunity (Time.com)
• G20 pledge offers respite for shares, euro (Reuters)
• Yemen TV: President Saleh back from Saudi Arabia (AP)
• Venezuela's Chavez: Chemotherapy has concluded (AP)
• SKorean reporters detained by China near NKorea (AP)
• Australia 'collar bomb' suspect extradited from US (AP)
• Pope arrives in Berlin to a dissonant welcome (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Greece Debt Crisis: Have the Cuts Gone Too Deep? (Time.com)
• Is Nigeria's Boko Haram group really tied to Al Qaeda? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Abbas to stake Palestinian claim to state at U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:25 AM PDT Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asks the United Nations Friday to recognize a state for his people, even though Israel still occupies its territory and the United States has vowed to veto the move.

As sparks fly, Pakistan warns U.S.: "You will lose an ally" (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:02 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan warned the United States it risks losing an ally if it continued to accuse Islamabad of playing a double game in the war against militancy, escalating the crisis in relations between the two countries.

Iran's Ahmadinejad attacks West, prompts walk-out (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 03:10 PM PDT Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flayed the West on Thursday for a catalog of misdeeds, but his address to the United Nations passed over Tehran's nuclear program and the Palestinian statehood issue.

President Saleh returns to Yemen amid gunfire, blasts (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:09 AM PDT Reuters - President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned to Yemen on Friday after three months in Saudi Arabia recovering from an assassination attempt and was greeted by the sound of gunfire and explosions across the capital.

At least 11 more bodies dumped in Mexican port city (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 08:18 PM PDT Reuters - At least 11 more bodies were dumped around the Mexican city of Veracruz on Thursday, according to local media reports, two days after the discovery of 35 other corpses in the once-quiet Gulf port.

Pakistan's Sectarian Killers Operate with Impunity (Time.com) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:15 AM PDT Time.com - The military and government appear reluctant to act against the group that claimed responsibility for a massacre of Shi'ite pilgrims on Monday

G20 pledge offers respite for shares, euro (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:49 AM PDT Reuters - European shares inched up from 26-month lows on Friday and the euro rose after the G20 major economies pledged to preserve financial stability, but risk sentiment remained fragile on fears of renewed recession in the developed world.

Yemen TV: President Saleh back from Saudi Arabia (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:11 AM PDT AP - President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned Friday to the violence-torn Yemeni capital after more than three months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in a surprise move certain to further enflame battles between forces loyal to him and his opponents.

Venezuela's Chavez: Chemotherapy has concluded (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 10:38 PM PDT AP - President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that he completed chemotherapy, expressing optimism the treatment was successful and vowing to continue steering Venezuela toward socialism.

SKorean reporters detained by China near NKorea (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:57 AM PDT AP - Chinese authorities detained a group of South Korean journalists and others for a fourth day Friday on suspicion of spying while on a reporting trip near China's border with North Korea, officials in Seoul said.

Australia 'collar bomb' suspect extradited from US (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:22 AM PDT AP - An Australian investment banker accused of chaining a fake bomb to a teenage girl's neck in a bizarre extortion attempt was being extradited Friday from the U.S. to face a slew of charges at home, police said.

Pope arrives in Berlin to a dissonant welcome (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 09:18 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Pope Benedict XVI has arrived for a four-day tour in Germany, the third time the pontiff has returned to his home country, and the first time he has made an official visit to the capital.

Greece Debt Crisis: Have the Cuts Gone Too Deep? (Time.com) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:15 AM PDT Time.com - The announcement that Greece has agreed to even harsher austerity measures to keep getting bailout loans has angered Greeks -- and has some wondering whether default might be the better option

Is Nigeria's Boko Haram group really tied to Al Qaeda? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 08:56 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Earlier this week, lawmakers, aides, and journalists in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja rushed into the streets after word spread that a bomb was planted in the National Assembly. Frantic calls to loved ones with reassurances of safety could be heard while police scrambled to find the explosive.

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