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Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:58 PM PDT

AP - Iranian President Ahmadinejad has arrived in Lebanon for his first state visit.


Militants kill 3 anti-Taliban elders in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:59 PM PDT

Pakistani flood affected people wait to get national identity cards which enables them for food relief and money in Charsada near Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct 12, 2010. A massive floods left millions of people shelterless and without food that undated one fifth of Pakistan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - A government official says suspected militants have killed three anti-Taliban tribal elders tasked with protecting their areas from insurgents in northwestern Pakistan.

Australian nuns cool on 'saint of abused' (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:57 PM PDT

Giant images of Mary MacKillop who founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph order are projected onto the pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge on October 12, 2010. MacKillop is set to become Australia's first saint when she is canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome on October 17 -- 101 years after her death.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australia's Sisters of St Joseph Wednesday played down suggestions their founder, saint-to-be Mary MacKillop, should be named the patron saint of abused children for exposing a paedophile priest.

Aussie boycott threat rocks Games: report (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:16 PM PDT

Australia's Sharelle McMahom (C) carries the flag as she leads the delegation during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on October 3, 2010. Commonwealth Game organisers were facing another potential body blow on the penultimate day of competiton Wednesday following a report that top dogs Australia were threatening to boycott the closing ceremony.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - Commonwealth Game organisers were facing another potential body blow on the penultimate day of competiton Wednesday following a report that top dogs Australia were threatening to boycott the closing ceremony.

Rescue of miners underway in Chile

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:20 PM PDT

Their return heralded by a siren's blare and the relieved cries of a happy nation, the first of 33 miners began emerging into a cool desert night early Wednesday after being trapped underground for 69 harrowing days.

Argentina seeks to lessen tensions over Falklands (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:08 PM PDT

An Argentine war veteran wears a t-shirt reading AFP - Argentina pledged to use diplomatic channels to protest British military exercises near the disputed Falkland Islands that have provoked new tensions between London and Buenos Aires.

Japanese man convicted of child sex in Cambodia (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:03 PM PDT

AP - A Cambodian court sentenced a Japanese man to seven years in prison Wednesday for repeatedly abusing a 13-year-old girl and paying her $10 each time.


Chile miners' 69 days underground

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 08:29 PM PDT

The rescue mission to retrieve 33 miners who have been trapped underground since early August has officially begun.


Chile's president set to celebrate rescue

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 06:05 PM PDT

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera arrived at the mine on Tuesday afternoon to witness and supervise the rescue mission for the 33 men trapped underground.


Kyrgyz parties agree vote recount: party official

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:46 PM PDT

BISHKEK (Reuters) - The five Kyrgyz political parties that won seats in a new parliament have agreed to hold a vote recount that could permit a sixth party to government, an official from one of the parties said on Wednesday. "We will announce a vote recount by archaic means, as our grandfathers did, with abacuses in our hands," said Akylbek Zhaparov, one of the leaders of former Prime Minister Felix Kulov's Ar-Namys party.

Malaysia woos carmakers but reform pace worrying (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 09:26 PM PDT

A worker installs a window into a vehicle at a Proton assembly line in Shah Alam, in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. The country's government, which in recent months has successfully wooed big automakers to establish operations in the country, faces major challenges in its bid to rival Thailand as a regional automotive hub, experts have warned.(AFP/File/Tengku Bahar)AFP - In a sprawling industrial complex in Malaysia's far north, hundreds of workers meticulously assemble shiny Peugeot 207 cars destined for sale in Southeast Asia, Australia and South Africa.

Japan machinery orders jump in August (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 09:36 PM PDT

AP - Japan's machinery orders, a closely watched indicator of future business investment, unexpectedly jumped due to one-time purchases in August, marking the third straight month of growth, the government said Wednesday.


Chile miners' 69 days underground

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 08:29 PM PDT

The rescue mission to retrieve 33 miners who have been trapped underground since early August has officially begun.


Mexico captures man blamed in marine slaying (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 09:40 PM PDT

A demonstrator wears a pig's head mask while kneeling in front of federal policemen during a protest against the visit of Mexico's President Felipe Calderon in Ciudad Juarez October 12, 2010. Calderon is under pressure to show results in his offensive against traffickers in Ciudad Juarez where he has deployed more than 7,500 soldiers and police, making the crackdown a central part of his war on drug cartels. REUTERS/Gael Gonzalez (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Mexican soldiers on Tuesday captured an alleged gang leader suspected of organizing the massacre of a dead marine's family days after a government raid killed a major drug cartel boss, authorities said.

Chinese reformers push on censorship

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 07:18 PM PDT

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ObamaCare's Democratic Opponents Get Louder Before Midterms

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 08:57 PM PDT

Democrats in swing states are embracing an odd strategy going into next month?s elections. The


Rescued Chile miners reach surface

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:53 PM PDT

Ordeal for 33 men trapped underground for two months nears end as they get pulled out one by one in a rescue capsule.


Families remember USS Cole 10 years later

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 08:16 PM PDT

NORFOLK - Norm Larson, who survived the attack on the USS Cole 10 years ago, cried openly Tuesday as his right arm snapped up in salute. Moments later, he was smiling with friends.



Howard Jacobson in surprise Booker Prize win (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 08:28 PM PDT

British author Howard Jacobson (pictured) was named the surprise winner of this year's prestigious Booker Prize for literature for his comic novel, AFP - British author Howard Jacobson was named the surprise winner of this year's prestigious Booker Prize for literature for his comic novel about love, loss and Jewishness.

Nobel laureate's wife barred from meeting Norway official (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 08:33 PM PDT

A plainclothes policeman sits outside the entrance to the home of China's Nobel Peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo in Beijing on October 11, 2010. Liu's wife, Liu Xia, said Wednesday she was prevented from meeting with a Norwegian diplomat as authorities kept her under tight house arrest.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The wife of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo said Wednesday she was prevented from meeting with a Norwegian diplomat as authorities kept her under tight house arrest.
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