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Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near border
(AP)
 AP - Soldiers killed 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has seen a surge in drug gang violence, the military said.
09/02/2010 - 11:47 PM
Calderon: Violence price worth paying in drug war
(AP)
 AP - President Felipe Calderon tried to rally frustrated Mexicans behind his increasingly bloody drug war Thursday, saying he knows violence has surged under his watch, but arguing that it is the price of confronting powerful and brutal cartels.
09/02/2010 - 11:43 PM
Massacre survivor: Victims refused narco work
(AP)
 AP - One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migrants said in an interview broadcast Thursday that they were killed because they refused to work for the traffickers.
09/02/2010 - 11:29 PM
Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash
(AP)
 AP - An Indonesian volcano sent a new, powerful burst of hot ash high into the air early Friday, violently shaking homes and trees along the slopes and sending panicked villagers scurrying back to safety.
09/02/2010 - 11:13 PM
Dolphins caught, not killed, in Japan cove
(AP)
 AP - Dolphins have been herded into a cove as part of an annual hunt in the Japanese seaside town made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about their slaughter, conservationist group Sea Shepherd said Friday. A town official said none were killed.
09/02/2010 - 11:15 PM
Religious Minorities Suffering Worst in Pakistan Floods
(Time.com)
Time.com - Amid the catastrophes, the country's religious minorities are under assault -- and one group has allegedly been denied official assistance
09/02/2010 - 06:50 PM
EU presses China to step up fight against fakes
(AFP)
 AFP - The European Union said it would press China on Friday to back up its words with action and do more to stem the flow of Chinese-made counterfeit goods into Europe and around the world.
09/02/2010 - 11:19 PM
Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks
(AP)
 AP - To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas — the Islamic militant group that controls one of the two Palestinian territories and rejects negotiations.
09/02/2010 - 04:06 PM
Salvador bans gang membership after bus massacre
(AP)
AP - El Salvador has made it illegal to belong to a street gang in the wake of an attack on a passenger bus that killed 17 people.
09/02/2010 - 11:57 PM
Sudan's north-south faultline worries about war
(AP)
 AP - Four months before Southern Sudan is scheduled to hold an independence referendum, tensions are already rising in this oil-rich region that sits on the expected future border, with allegations the central government is using violence and ethnic cleansing to sway the vote.
09/02/2010 - 08:15 PM
French 'Spiderman' in Sydney court over climb
(AP)
 AP - A French skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spiderman" pleaded not guilty Friday to charges related to his bare-handed climb up a 57-story building in downtown Sydney.
09/03/2010 - 12:19 AM
China approached Canadian fund on rival Potash bid
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese and other investors have approached at least one big Canadian pension manager about a bid for Canada's Potash Corp to rival BHP Billiton's $39 billion hostile offer.
09/02/2010 - 11:21 PM
Thai firm rejects Indonesian oil spill cash claim
(AFP)
 AFP - A Thai-owned firm Friday rejected Indonesia's 2.4 billion US dollar compensation claim over a major oil spill off Australia's north which campaigners say hit the livelihoods of thousands of poor fishermen.
09/03/2010 - 12:06 AM
Obama's peacemaking effort faces steep odds for success
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The first Middle East peace talks in nearly two years got off to a quick start Thursday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas agreeing to meet again in two weeks and to commence work on the blueprint for a peace treaty.
09/02/2010 - 07:32 PM
Abbas agrees to fresh Israeli-Palestinian talks in Egypt, but has little support at home
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - When Israeli-Palestinian peace talks move beyond today's summit in Washington, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will face a tough balancing act as even his allies at home push back against US and Israeli pressures.
09/02/2010 - 04:35 PM
Why Israelis Don't Care About Peace with Palestinians
(Time.com)
Time.com - Israelis feel prosperous, secure -- and disengaged from the peace process with the Palestinians. Is that wise?
09/02/2010 - 06:50 PM
Mexico Massacre Galvanises Migrant Rights Activists
(OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - MEXICO CITY, Sep 1 (IPS) - Activists in
Latin America have been galvanised by atrocities like the recent
massacre of 72 migrants near the U.S. border to step up their efforts on
behalf of migrant rights.
09/01/2010 - 04:42 PM
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