2 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan (AP)

2 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan (AP)

2 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:29 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, and first Vice President Muhammad Qasim Fahim, left, participate in a function promoting members of the Afghan security forces at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. Karzai delivered a upbeat and nationalistic speech calling on Afghanistan's police and army to prepare themselves to take charge of protecting and defending the nation after the eventual exit of international forces. (AP Photo/Ahead Massoud)AP - Two more NATO service members have been killed in weekend attacks in Afghanistan, the military coalition said Sunday.

Building collapse kills eight in China (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:48 PM PDT

A four-storey residential building under construction in northern China collapsed, killing eight workers and injuring three others, state media reported Sunday.(AFP/File)AFP - A four-storey residential building under construction in northern China collapsed, killing eight workers and injuring three others, state media reported Sunday.

Polls open in crucial Bosnian vote

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:32 PM PDT

Elections for shared presidency and assemblies get under way amid signs of growing ethnic divisions.


Former Fiji prime minister arrested

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:41 PM PDT

Mahendra Chaudhry detained for holding public meeting in violation of military government's emergency regulations.


Palestinians Seek Suspension of Talks

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:25 PM PDT

The Palestinian leadership called for the suspension of negotiations until Israel halts building in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.


Pakistanis push trade, not just aid, after floods (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:42 PM PDT

In this picture taken on Sept. 28, 2010, Pakistani worker Aqeel Ahmed examines fabric at a textile factory in Faisalabad, Pakistan. This eastern Pakistani city is known for the roar of its power looms and the buzz of its sewing machines. Now, following massive floods that devastated the cotton crop, another noise is threatening to drown those out: the pleas of a struggling textile industry begging the U.S. and Europe to open their markets further. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - This eastern Pakistani city is known for the roar of its power looms and the buzz of its sewing machines. Now, following massive floods that devastated the cotton crop, another noise is threatening to drown those out: the pleas of a struggling textile industry begging the U.S. and Europe to open their markets further.

Polls open in Bosnia's general elections (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:13 PM PDT

A Bosnian Muslim woman walks past a wall in Sarajevo plastered with posters of political candidates of the main Muslim party in Bosnia, the Party of Democratic Action. Voting stations opened throughout Bosnia Sunday for elections that will help determine the European future of the deeply ethnically divided Balkans country.(AFP/Elvis Barukcic)AFP - Voting stations opened throughout Bosnia Sunday for elections that will help determine the European future of the deeply ethnically divided Balkans country.

Australia set for 'rare earths' boom (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:58 PM PDT

Stockpiles of rare earth ore are seen at the Lynas Corporation's Mount Weld mine in Western Australia. Rare earths, the little-known elements behind everything from iPods to hybrid cars and eco-friendly light bulbs, are set to boom in Australia thanks to an export clampdown by China, experts say.(AFP/HO/Lynas Corporation/File)AFP - Rare earths, the little-known elements behind everything from iPods to hybrid cars and eco-friendly light bulbs, are set to boom in Australia thanks to an export clampdown by China, experts say.

US mulls Europe travel warning

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:59 PM PDT

Report says Washington to warn citizens to be vigilant while travelling in Europe in light of al-Qaeda plot.


U.S. to Issue European Travel Alert

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 04:03 PM PDT

The U.S. State Department is moving to issue a travel alert Sunday warning American citizens to show vigilance in traveling to Europe, due to heightened concerns about an al Qaeda terrorist plot.


Paraguay President Needs Emergency Treatment

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 07:24 PM PDT

Paraguay's president, Fernando Lugo, will be rushed to a hospital in Sáo Paulo on Saturday afternoon for emergency treatment. He has been in a hospital in Paraguay since Thursday.


Brazilians Prepare to Head to the Polls

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:17 PM PDT

Brazilians will begin heading to the polls Sunday morning in a vote widely expected to deliver a third four-year mandate to the leftist Workers Party and catapult the first female candidate ever to the presidency.


Syria Isn't Hopeful of Mideast Success

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 01:47 PM PDT

Syrian President Bashar Assad offered dim hopes for success in Mideast peace talks, saying the White House is only using its mediation role to score political points in the U.S.


Mexico Is Hit With More Violence

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 08:04 PM PDT

Gunmen kidnapped 20 men who were traveling together in Acapulco. Also, a shootout between drug gangs left 14 people dead in remote town in the northern state of Durango.


Indonesia investigates train crash that killed 36 (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:16 PM PDT

Rescuers search for victims of a train crash near a station in Petarukan in Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. The early morning train crash killed dozens of people and injured another dozens, many of them critically, officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo)AP - Police were investigating a train crash Sunday that killed 36 people and injured dozens, putting a spotlight once again on Indonesia's aging infrastructure and poor safety record.

65 years after WWII, a family blank is filled (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:34 PM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 9, 2006 file photo shows a photograph of Cornelis Brouwenstijn, bottom center, with other prints and a wallet in the archive at the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen, Germany. Brouwenstijn's cousin Frank Seiffers received Brouwenstijn's belongings on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010 in Amersfoort, Netherlands, after Dutch researchers traced Seiffers through a 2006 Associated Press report on the 3,500 parcels of belongings that remained unclaimed for more than half a century in the archive in a former Gestapo base in Bad Arolsen. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)AP - As a child, Frank Seiffers didn't have a fond impression of his older cousin, Cornelis Brouwenstijn. He says he thought of the young man as something of a scoundrel.

Peace talks come and go, but a settlement grows (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:52 PM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, workers use ground moving equipment at a construction site in the Jewish settlement of Revava, near the West Bank city of Nablus. Nineteen years ago when the Jewish settlement of Revava was established on April 16, 1991, the U.S. was trying hard to push Israelis and Palestinians toward a peace agreement. In late September 2010, when a temporary settlement freeze imposed by Israel ended, settlers and their supporters celebrated at Revava, where those first trailers have been replaced by red-roofed suburban homes and six families have become 250. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - The American president was pushing hard for a Mideast peace agreement when six Jewish families arrived on this West Bank hilltop early one morning with cribs, refrigerators, Israeli flags and flatbed trucks carrying mobile homes.

In election, Brazil's Silva hopes for victory lap (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 26, 2009 file picture, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva look at their reflections in a mirror before a news conference at the Alvorada palace in Brasilia. Silva is one of the loudest moral voices of the developing world, boldly lashing out at what he considers economic and political injustices rich countries hand down to the developing world and hammering away at what he says is a global trade system favoring wealthy nations. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)AP - The emcee's voice begins rising to a crescendo rivaling that of any Las Vegas ring announcer, a yell driving through a dense tropical rain that concisely explains what Brazil's adored president means to his nation.

Kenya sees rise in reports of child sex abuse (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:02 PM PDT

In this Aug. 24, 2010 picture, Emma, right, walks with her daughter towards their house in Kabazi, Kenya. Emma has gone to court every month for 2½ years to try and prove that a neighbor raped her mentally disabled 14-year-old daughter. The process is excruciating. Evidence went missing. The court file disappeared. Officials mock and ignore her. But the illiterate single mother perseveres, encouraged by a new Kenyan government helpline started two and a half years ago to help stop child abuse. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)AP - Emma has gone to court every month for 2 1/2 years to try and prove that a neighbor raped her mentally disabled 14-year-old daughter.

Alleged Russia arms dealer faces extradition decision (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:03 PM PDT

Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, pictured right, appears in court again Monday as his extradition to the US faces its next legal hurdle, in a protracted case that has forced Thailand into a delicate balancing act.(AFP/File/Christophe Archambault)AFP - Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout appears in court again Monday as his extradition to the US faces its next legal hurdle, in a protracted case that has forced Thailand into a delicate balancing act.
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