Suspected US missile attacks rock NW Pakistan (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:41:21 GMT
AP - Three suspected U.S. missile strikes in less than 12 hours hit militant targets in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, an unusually intense barrage that follows four other such attacks in the last week. At least 14 suspected militants were killed.

European pressure mounts on Iran over stoning case (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:02:33 GMT
AP - European Union nations and the continent's biggest human rights organization slammed Iran on Wednesday for its plan to stone a woman convicted of adultery, while Iran's ambassador to the Vatican said there is "hope" the punishment could be eased upon review by Iranian authorities.

Mullah Omar tells Afghans Taliban are winning (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:58:48 GMT
AP - The Taliban's shadowy leader told Afghans on Wednesday that the insurgents are winning the war and warned Americans that they are wasting lives and billions in tax dollars by continuing in the conflict.

Report: Castro says Cuban model doesn't work (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:35:21 GMT
AP - Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work, a rare comment on domestic affairs from a man who has conspicuously steered clear of local issues since stepping down four years ago.

In Gulf work camp, jobless begin glum journey home (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:08:48 GMT
AP - The hidden face of the Emirates' economic crunch is in places such as Industrial Zone 18 and the ramshackle compound for about 700 migrant workers within. For more than six months, they have lived on charity, fought off rats and slept amid piles of trash after a construction company abruptly closed and left them jobless.

The Afghan Firebrand Capitalizing on the Koran Burning (Time.com)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:25:00 GMT
Time.com - Whatever happens in Gainesville on Saturday, Sept. 11, a religious conservative in Kabul is already using it to propel his political ambitions forward

Goldman seen paying $30 million British fine (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:39:44 GMT
AP - Goldman Sachs & Co. is expected to be fined around $30 million by British authorities following an investigation of the big Wall Street bank's activities in London, according to news reports Wednesday.

Pessimistic about peace, Israelis greet new year (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:14:45 GMT
AP - Israelis usher in the Jewish new year, or Rosh Hashana, at sundown Wednesday with a widespread sense of pessimism that a new round of U.S.-sponsored Mideast talks can achieve peace.

Chavez to talk with Jewish leaders in Venezuela (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:32:51 GMT
AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that he will meet later this month with the country's Jewish leaders, who are expressing concerns about anti-Semitism in some state media.

US tries to avert Sudan war after 'inevitable' split (AFP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:39:43 GMT
AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called Sudanese leaders in a bid to defuse what she called the "ticking time bomb" of an inevitable secession of the country?s restive and oil-rich south.