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Most Asian stocks rise on improving US data (AP)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, August 31, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP - Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from improving U.S. housing and jobs data amid lingering worries over the pace of the global economic recovery.


Calderon: Violence price worth paying in drug war (AP)

The entrance of El Noroeste newspaper is covered with bullet holes after unidentified gunmen opened fire on the newspaper's offices in the Pacific resort city of Mazatlan, Mexico, Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. According to el Noroeste, the attack came hours after anonymous calls were made to the newspaper by a group that identified itself as 'La Linea,' or The Line, demanding that the daily publish stories related to the illegal activities of the Sinaloa drug cartel. (AP photo/Christiann Davis)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.


Typhoon kills 5 South Koreans (AP)

People look at a vehicle damaged by a fallen branch after Typhoon Kompasu hit in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The typhoon slammed into South Korea on Thursday, killing three people in what officials said was the strongest tropical storm to hit the Seoul area in 15 years. The driver of the car is safe as the person was not in the car. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - The death toll from Typhoon Kompasu, which battered the Korean peninsula with strong winds and heavy rains, rose to five in South Korea, an official said Friday.


Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near border (AP)
AP - A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug cartel members in northeastern Mexico left 25 purported gunmen dead Thursday, the military said.
Dolphins caught, not killed, in Japan cove (AP)

Fishermen drive bottle-nose dolphins into a net during their annual hunt off Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture (state), Japan, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Japanese government allows a hunt of about 20,000 dolphins a year, and argues that killing them, and also whales, is no different from raising cows or pigs for slaughter. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **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, Sea Shepherd said Friday. A town official said none were killed.


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
ICC charges Pakistan trio over betting scam (AFP)

The International Cricket Council said Thursday it has provisionally suspended the three Pakistan players, including Salman Butt (right) seen here escorted by a policeman in central London, accused of involvement in a betting scam.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Cricket's world governing body charged three Pakistan stars with anti-corruption offences and provisionally suspended them, as the trio protested their innocence in an alleged betting scam.


Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks (AP)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as she hosts the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)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.


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AP - Mexican military says 25 suspects killed in shootout with soldiers near US border.
Sudan's north-south faultline worries about war (AP)

In this photo of Saturday, Aug.14, 2010, Residents of Agok in the contested border zone of Abyei gather under a tree for a session of traditional court, which occurs three times a week in this town, which is largely populated by the Ngok Dinka people. 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. The central Sudan region of Abyei is the subject of a tug-of-war between leaders in Sudan's north and south. The border zone is home to some of Sudan's richest oil fields, worth hundreds of millions of dollars.(AP Photo/Maggie Fick)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.


S.Korea's Kia to recall 35,000 cars in US (AFP)

The logo of South Korean car firm Kia Motors. The country's second largest carmaker has said it is recalling about 35,000 vehicles sold in the United States due to faulty wiring in interior lights that could cause fires.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AFP - South Korea's second largest carmaker Kia Motors said Friday it is recalling about 35,000 vehicles sold in the United States due to faulty wiring in interior lights that could cause fires.


China digs for ways to stymie BHP's Potash Corp bid (Reuters)
Reuters - China is stepping up attempts to hamper BHP Billiton's $39 billion hostile offer for Potash Corp, amid worries about future supplies of fertilizer it needs to rapidly boost food production.
Swing-vote Australia MP hints at possible Labor deal (Reuters)

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard is seen at a cafe in the western suburbs in Melbourne August 22, 2010. REUTERS/Mick TsikasReuters - One of three independent MPs needed by Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard to form a minority government hinted on Friday he could negotiate on Labor's mining profits tax he has previously opposed.


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.
The trickiest issue in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas enter direct peace talks on Thursday, an intensifying battle for Jerusalem has rendered the conflicts trickiest issue even more intractable.
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?
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.
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