Palestinians to push U.N. bid despite Obama (Reuters)

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• Palestinians to push U.N. bid despite Obama (Reuters)
• Two U.S. hikers convicted as spies leave Iran on bail (Reuters)
• China steps up condemnation of U.S. over Taiwan arms (Reuters)
• North Korea says wants to more talks with U.S. (Reuters)
• Three car bombs kill six in Russia's Dagestan (Reuters)
• Mexico's Gangsters Send a Grisly Message on Crime (Time.com)
• Pope begins state visit to Germany (AP)
• Freed Americans in seclusion with families in Oman (AP)
• Hugo Chavez finishing 4th round of chemotherapy (AP)
• Libya rulers say they seize Gaddafi desert outposts (Reuters)
• SE Asia risks China's ire to discuss sea dispute (AP)
• Harper says Bank of Canada can act on FX: report (Reuters)
• Koalas need tunnels, speed limits say Australian politicians (Reuters)
• Tensions over Palestinian UN bid spur new patrols in West Bank (The Christian Science Monitor)
• American Hikers' Two-Year Iran Ordeal Is Over (Time.com)
• Mexican families struggle to find drug war's 'disappeared' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Palestinians to push U.N. bid despite Obama (Reuters) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 06:47 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama told the United Nations on Wednesday there was no short cut to Middle East peace but Palestinians said they would press on with a request for U.N. recognition of their nascent state.

Two U.S. hikers convicted as spies leave Iran on bail (Reuters) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 02:14 PM PDT Reuters - Two U.S. citizens sentenced in Iran to eight years' jail for spying flew out of the country on Wednesday after Oman paid bail of $1 million, diplomats said.

China steps up condemnation of U.S. over Taiwan arms (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:43 AM PDT Reuters - China stepped up its condemnation of the United States on Thursday for selling arms to Taiwan saying they could disrupt military exchanges, a warning that is likely to unsettle, but not derail, ties with Washington.

North Korea says wants to more talks with U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:45 AM PDT Reuters - North Korea wants to hold a second round of dialogue with the United States, possibly next month, as part of renewed efforts to restart talks on disabling the North's nuclear weapons program, a South Korean official said on Thursday.

Three car bombs kill six in Russia's Dagestan (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:27 AM PDT Reuters - Six people were killed and at least 50 injured when three car bombs exploded in the capital of the Muslim Dagestan region in Russia's North Caucasus, an Interior Ministry source and Islamist rebels said on Thursday.

Mexico's Gangsters Send a Grisly Message on Crime (Time.com) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:15 AM PDT Time.com - The dumping of 35 bodies in rush hour traffic underscores the president's point that organized crime is killing more people than dictatorships

Pope begins state visit to Germany (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:38 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Germany on his first state visit to his homeland where he is expected to be greeted by large protests and even larger crowds of Catholic faithful.

Freed Americans in seclusion with families in Oman (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:57 AM PDT AP - Two Americans released from an Iranian prison are spending their first full day of freedom in seclusion with their families, after more than two years in custody accused as spies.

Hugo Chavez finishing 4th round of chemotherapy (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 08:47 PM PDT AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that he was finishing his fourth round of chemotherapy in Cuba and expressed optimism that he will not require any further treatment.

Libya rulers say they seize Gaddafi desert outposts (Reuters) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 07:28 PM PDT Reuters - Libya's interim rulers said they had captured one of Muammar Gaddafi's last strongholds deep in the Sahara desert, finding chemical weapons, and largely taken control of another.

SE Asia risks China's ire to discuss sea dispute (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:55 AM PDT AP - Southeast Asian maritime experts scrutinized a Philippine proposal for settling a tense dispute over South China Sea islands, despite protests against Thursday's meeting by China, which claims the entire, potentially oil-rich area.

Harper says Bank of Canada can act on FX: report (Reuters) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 02:46 PM PDT Reuters - The Bank of Canada could intervene to prevent a speculative appreciation of the Canadian dollar, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in an interview published on Wednesday.

Koalas need tunnels, speed limits say Australian politicians (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:20 AM PDT Reuters - Special koala tunnels and tougher road speed limits would help avoid one of the leading causes of death of Australia's iconic marsupial, lawmakers said on Thursday.

Tensions over Palestinian UN bid spur new patrols in West Bank (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 12:19 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - As Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas defends his bid for statehood at the United Nations, his people are defending their land.

American Hikers' Two-Year Iran Ordeal Is Over (Time.com) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:15 AM PDT Time.com - The release of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal ends a 26-month hell for their families

Mexican families struggle to find drug war's 'disappeared' (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:17 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Veronica Coronilla said goodbye to her husband on March 21 as he set off from their home in rural Guanajuato in central Mexico with 22 other men to enter the United States illegally to find work. It was her husband's fifth trip, so Ms. Coronilla was not worried.

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