Suspected US missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan (AP)

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• Suspected US missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan (AP)
• Weeks of rains leave thousands homeless in Mexico (AP)
• 6 killed in 2 separate bomb attacks in Baghdad (AP)
• Servant testifies Filipino warlord ordered killing (AP)
• Mexico: 2 bodies likely massacre investigators (AP)
• China: Journalist Attacks Hurt Investigative Reporting (Time.com)
• Europe bank fears hit shares (Reuters)
• Sex, violence, Islam: Syrian TV soap raises drama (AP)
• Press group: attacks on press in Mexico "a crisis" (AP)
• Attack in northern Nigeria frees prison inmates: guard (AFP)
• Malaysian officials appeal 'Lizard King' sentence (AP)
• Australian government prepared to adjust mining tax (Reuters)
• U.S. offensive expected in home district of Afghan Taliban leader (McClatchy Newspapers)
• IAEA report: What's driving Iran's latest bout of nuclear obstinacy (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Financial Sheriffs to Monitor Banks, Markets in European Union (Time.com)
• Banging a Drum for the MDG Summit (OneWorld.net)

Suspected US missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:08 AM PDT AP - A suspected U.S. drone killed at least six militants in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday when it fired a missile at a house linked to a group that often carries out attacks on NATO troops in neighboring Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.

Weeks of rains leave thousands homeless in Mexico (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:24 AM PDT AP - Tens of thousands of people have abandoned their homes across southern Mexico to escape flooding from weeks of torrential rains, and forecasts are predicting even more rainfall.

6 killed in 2 separate bomb attacks in Baghdad (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 11:55 PM PDT AP - Iraqi police and health officials say at least six people have been killed and 35 wounded in two separate attacks in Baghdad.

Servant testifies Filipino warlord ordered killing (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:43 AM PDT AP - A house servant of the politically powerful clan accused in last year's massacre of 57 people told a Philippine court Wednesday that the family members plotted the killings of rivals and journalists over dinner six days before the ambush.

Mexico: 2 bodies likely massacre investigators (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:28 PM PDT AP - Two dead bodies found in the northern state of Tamaulipas appear to be those of a state detective and local police chief who investigated the massacre of 72 migrants in August, prosecutors said.

China: Journalist Attacks Hurt Investigative Reporting (Time.com) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:15 AM PDT Time.com - China has long been an unfriendly place for journalists, but two attacks on journalists in Beijing this summer serve as a reminder that the threats to the press can extend beyond censorship to outright violence

Europe bank fears hit shares (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:48 AM PDT Reuters - Asian stocks fell on Wednesday, led by shares in Japan's big exporters as a rise in the yen to a new 15-year high threatened to erode their overseas earnings.

Sex, violence, Islam: Syrian TV soap raises drama (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:39 AM PDT AP - In a new Syrian soap opera, a beautiful green-eyed young woman named Layla is torn over whether to take off the niqab, the billowing black Islamic garb that hides every part of her except her eyes.

Press group: attacks on press in Mexico "a crisis" (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 11:14 PM PDT AP - The Committee to Protect Journalists says attacks on the press in Mexico represent a "national crisis" that demands "a full-scale federal response."

Attack in northern Nigeria frees prison inmates: guard (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:45 AM PDT AFP - A guard at a prison in northern Nigeria attacked by suspected members of an Islamist sect said Wednesday that nearly all inmates had been freed and an unknown number of people were shot.

Malaysian officials appeal 'Lizard King' sentence (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:56 AM PDT AP - Malaysian prosecutors filed an appeal Wednesday against a six-month jail sentence of a notorious wildlife trader convicted of smuggling endangered snakes, saying the penalty was insufficient to deter wildlife trafficking.

Australian government prepared to adjust mining tax (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:43 AM PDT Reuters - Australia's fragile Labor government suggested on Wednesday it could adjust a planned profits-based tax on mining companies to bend to demands of the independent MPs giving it a slender grip on power.

U.S. offensive expected in home district of Afghan Taliban leader (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:46 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - ASHEQUE, Afghanistan — Zhari, the birthplace of the Taliban movement and once again a major stronghold of the Taliban insurgency, looks set to become a battle zone where some 2,400 U.S. troops will lead an attempt to reclaim the region for the Afghan government.

IAEA report: What's driving Iran's latest bout of nuclear obstinacy (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:37 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iran reacted angrily Tuesday to charges from the United Nations nuclear watchdog that it was hindering an investigation of its nuclear programs by blocking experienced inspectors, and limiting access and design information.

Financial Sheriffs to Monitor Banks, Markets in European Union (Time.com) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:15 AM PDT Time.com - A trio of financial sheriffs will oversee finance in the entire European market

Banging a Drum for the MDG Summit (OneWorld.net) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:56 PM PDT OneWorld.net - NEW YORK, Sep 7 (IRIN) - Activists are pulling out all the stops ahead of a development summit at UN headquarters on 20-22 September. Pro-aid and anti-poverty lobbyists are trying everything from giant letters to banging pans to raise awareness of the high-level event.

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