Blast outside school in west Afghanistan - residents

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• Blast outside school in west Afghanistan - residents
• China formally begins probe into U.S. chicken parts
• Germans vote amid economic issues, Islamic threats (AP)
• Socialists tipped to lead as Portugal votes (AFP)
• China formally begins probe into U.S. chicken parts (Reuters)
• Germany set for general election
• Germans set for federal vote
• UN chief, Europeans chide Iran's new atom plant (AP)
• Philippine storm leaves 72 dead and missing (AP)
• UN urges Asian nations to get tougher on Myanmar (AP)
• Germany set for general election
• Protests grow in Honduras, 90 days after coup
• Merkel shoots for second term in crisis-hit Germany
• Recount of votes in Gabon election on Tuesday: court
• A look at Russia's violence-wracked North Caucasus (AP)
• Arabs and Israelis tell clashing tales of the land (AP)
• US forces move into central Afghan city (AP)
• Turkey PM to visit Iran, urges caution on sanctions
• Gaddafi cancels Canadian stopover - CBC
• FEATURE - Steam rises anew in Turkey's historic bath houses

Blast outside school in west Afghanistan - residents Posted: 26 Sep 2009 10:37 PM PDT HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An explosion was heard outside a school on Sunday in Afghanistan's western city of Herat, residents said, but the cause was not immediately clear and it was not known if there were any casualties.

China formally begins probe into U.S. chicken parts Posted: 26 Sep 2009 10:37 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Sunday formally launched an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into chicken parts imports from the U.S., two days after U.S. lawmakers agreed to end a gag order that prevented the U.S. from even considering importing Chinese cooked poultry.

Germans vote amid economic issues, Islamic threats (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 10:04 PM PDT AP - Germans decide Sunday whether to return the nation's first woman chancellor to a second term in office following a lackluster campaign centered largely on economic issues and a rash of last-minute threats by Islamic extremists.

Socialists tipped to lead as Portugal votes (AFP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 10:06 PM PDT AFP - Some 9.5 million people go to the polls in Portugal Sunday in an election which Prime Minister Jose Socrates' Socialists are tipped to win, but without their current absolute majority in parliament.

China formally begins probe into U.S. chicken parts (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:58 PM PDT Reuters - China on Sunday formally launched an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into chicken parts imports from the U.S., two days after U.S. lawmakers agreed to end a gag order that prevented the U.S. from even considering importing Chinese cooked poultry.

Germany set for general election Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:10 PM PDT Germans are set to vote in a national election in which Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking a second term.

Germans set for federal vote Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:55 PM PDT Chancellor Merkel looking to gain enough votes to permit new centre-right coalition.

UN chief, Europeans chide Iran's new atom plant (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:30 PM PDT AP - Iran's sudden revelation of a formerly secret uranium enrichment plant brought more condemnation Saturday at the U.N. General Assembly, with the Netherlands calling Tehran's presumed weapons program "a major challenge to international peace and security."

Philippine storm leaves 72 dead and missing (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:17 PM PDT AP - Rescuers stepped up their efforts in the northern Philippines on Sunday as the skies started to clear a day after a tropical storm tore through and left more than 70 people killed or missing in the worst flooding in more than four decades.

UN urges Asian nations to get tougher on Myanmar (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:43 PM PDT AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged a ministerial meeting of southeast Asian nations late Saturday to take a tougher line with fellow member Myanmar in hopes its military junta will free political prisoners and hold fair elections.

Germany set for general election Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:10 PM PDT Germans are set to vote in a national election in which Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking a second term.

Protests grow in Honduras, 90 days after coup Posted: 26 Sep 2009 06:21 PM PDT TEGUCIGALPA -Protests have been mounting here, as thousands of supporters of deposed President Manuel Zelaya took to the streets 90 days after his ouster and hopes faded for a way out of a tense standoff in the nation's capital. Read more...

Merkel shoots for second term in crisis-hit Germany Posted: 26 Sep 2009 06:18 PM PDT BERLIN -Angela Merkel was gunning as favourite for a second mandate from German voters on Sunday to lead a country hit by the global recession and at odds over its increasingly bloody Afghanistan mission. Read more...

Recount of votes in Gabon election on Tuesday: court Posted: 26 Sep 2009 02:13 PM PDT LIBREVILLE -Gabon's constitutional court on Tuesday will recount all the votes from last month's contested presidential election won by the son of longtime leader Omar Bongo Ondimba, it was announced. Read more...

A look at Russia's violence-wracked North Caucasus (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:00 PM PDT AP - The mountainous regions of southernmost Russia, known as the North Caucasus, have a combined population of almost 7 million and have long been beset by violence, stoked by poverty, corruption, Islamic extremism, ethnic tensions, feuding criminal gangs and the two separatist wars that ravaged Chechnya since 1994. Here's a look at the most troubled republics:

Arabs and Israelis tell clashing tales of the land (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:00 PM PDT AP - Israeli and Palestinian hikers are taking to the hills in the footsteps of their ancestors — deploying maps, holy texts and walking boots in the long-running battle for control of the Holy Land.

US forces move into central Afghan city (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:21 PM PDT AP - The soldiers hesitated as the mullah preached, unsure if they would be welcome at the celebration of one of Islam's highest holidays.

Turkey PM to visit Iran, urges caution on sanctions Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:06 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he would discuss Iran's controversial nuclear program with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran next month, but urged caution over new sanctions.

Gaddafi cancels Canadian stopover - CBC Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:06 PM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has canceled a stopover next week in Canada, where he was due to be rebuked for giving a hero's welcome to the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, the CBC said on Saturday.

FEATURE - Steam rises anew in Turkey's historic bath houses Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:06 PM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Old Istanbul's bath houses hosted scheming Pashas and shapely concubines before modern bathrooms sent them into decline, but their appeal to tourists and the growth of the spa industry promise a revival.

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