UK charity says Blair donation 'no-win situation' (AFP)

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• UK charity says Blair donation 'no-win situation' (AFP)
• AIDS activists: Chinese colleague detained (AP)
• Start-up of Iran's Bushehr plant under way: report
• Israel and Palestinians agree to direct peace talks
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• Two Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AFP)
• China to restrict knife sales ahead of Asian Games (AFP)
• U.S., Afghanistan plan to screen cash at Kabul airport to prevent corruption
• South Korea tries to block Twitter messages from North
• U.S., Britain protest anniversary of Lockerbie bomber Megrahi's release
• Frozen mamey fruit pulp recalled in U.S.
• Obama's Cuba policy finds key critics
• Over 50,000 evacuated as floods hit northeast China
• Police arrested in northern Mexico mayor's killing (AP)
• 50,000 evacuated in China flooding near N.Korea border (AFP)
• Hip-hop star barred from Haiti poll
• Grisly Photo Stirs Venezuela Voters
• Mystery surrounds Mubarak Jr 'presidency bid' (AFP)
• Japan's Miyazato leads at LPGA Safeway Classic (AFP)
• Australia votes on whether first woman PM survives (AP)

UK charity says Blair donation 'no-win situation' (AFP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:44 PM PDT AFP - A veterans' charity benefiting from sales of former British prime minister Tony Blair's memoirs said Saturday that accepting the donation was not an endorsement of his policies.

AIDS activists: Chinese colleague detained (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:42 PM PDT AP - Police in central China have detained an AIDS activist who contracted the virus as a boy and whose tireless campaigning for the rights of those with the disease angered local authorities, his fellow activists said Saturday.

Start-up of Iran's Bushehr plant under way: report Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:30 PM PDT BUSHEHR, Iran (Reuters) - The start-up of the Russian-built reactor at Iran's first nuclear power plant got under way on Saturday, Russia's state-run RIA news agency cited Russian nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko as saying.

Israel and Palestinians agree to direct peace talks Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:21 PM PDT WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians accepted on Friday an invitation by the United States and other powers to restart direct talks on September 2 in a modest step toward forging a deal within 12 months to create a Palestinian state and peacefully end one of the world's most intractable conflicts.

(AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:04 PM PDT AP - Iranian and Russian engineers begin loading fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant.

Two Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:56 PM PDT AFP - Two Australian soldiers were killed and two wounded by a bomb blast in Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday, taking the country's death toll in the conflict to 20.

China to restrict knife sales ahead of Asian Games (AFP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:31 PM PDT AFP - Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou will restrict the sale of knives as they step up security ahead of the Asian Games in November, state media said Saturday.

U.S., Afghanistan plan to screen cash at Kabul airport to prevent corruption Posted: 20 Aug 2010 07:56 PM PDT Alarmed by an exodus of money from Afghanistan, U.S. and Afghan authorities are trying to constrict a flow of cash through the country's main airport, believed to be a major conduit for drug proceeds and diverted foreign aid. Kabul - Afghanistan - Asia - Government - Maps and Views

South Korea tries to block Twitter messages from North Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:00 PM PDT TOKYO -- The sour state of relations on the Korean Peninsula has led to equally sour relations on the Internet, with North and South Korea now engaged in a micro-battle over micro-blogging. South Korea - Asia - Twitter - YouTube - Government

U.S., Britain protest anniversary of Lockerbie bomber Megrahi's release Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:00 PM PDT As the British government warned Libya against celebrating the anniversary of the release of a plotter in the Lockerbie bombing, the Obama administration called Friday for Scottish authorities to return the man to prison. Lockerbie - Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi - Libya - Britain - Terrorism

Frozen mamey fruit pulp recalled in U.S. Posted: 20 Aug 2010 08:53 PM PDT The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers on Friday not to eat frozen mamey fruit pulp -- sold under the La Nuestra and Goya brands -- after at least nine people in California and Nevada fell ill with typhoid fever.

Obama's Cuba policy finds key critics Posted: 20 Aug 2010 06:52 PM PDT Five Cuban-American members of Congress expressed concern Friday over reports that the Obama administration is planning to announce rules loosening restrictions on travel and economic aid to Cuba. They asked the president to reconsider.

Over 50,000 evacuated as floods hit northeast China Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:27 PM PDT SHANGHAI (Reuters) - More than 50,000 people have so far been evacuated from a city in northeastern China after flooding from a rain-swollen river that also borders North Korea, the official Xinhua News Agency said on Saturday.

Police arrested in northern Mexico mayor's killing (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 08:45 PM PDT AP - Six city police officers were arrested Friday in the killing of a mayor in northern Mexico, as the country's escalating drug violence targets more public officials.

50,000 evacuated in China flooding near N.Korea border (AFP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:07 PM PDT AFP - Three people were missing and more than 50,000 evacuated from a city on Saturday after flooding along the Yalu river, which forms the border with North Korea, officials and state media said.

Hip-hop star barred from Haiti poll Posted: 20 Aug 2010 08:53 PM PDT Wyclef Jean declared ineligible to stand in November's presidential election.

Grisly Photo Stirs Venezuela Voters Posted: 20 Aug 2010 08:17 PM PDT A photo of bodies piled up at a Caracas morgue and a move by President Chávez to censor such images thrust the issue of crime into the spotlight a month before legislative elections.

Mystery surrounds Mubarak Jr 'presidency bid' (AFP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:17 PM PDT AFP - A campaign to nominate the son of Egypt's aging President Hosni Mubarak to succeed him has long intrigued palace watchers in this country, which faces an uncertain political future amid growing dissent.

Japan's Miyazato leads at LPGA Safeway Classic (AFP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 08:34 PM PDT AFP - Japan's Ai Miyazato fired a six-under 66 for the first-round lead at the LPGA Safeway Classic at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club.

Australia votes on whether first woman PM survives (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:01 PM PDT AP - Australians chose between two relatively unknown, but divergent personalities in a tight race Saturday pitting the country's first female prime minister against her socially conservative challenger just two months after she took power.

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