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Romney takes hit over Palestine gaffe

The Australian - ‎1 hour ago‎
Video Image Romney under fire again MITT Romney's electoral chances have taken another hit as secretly-shot video footage showed him dismissing Palestinians and saying there was no point in pursuing Middle East peace.

Suicide blast kills 12 near Kabul's airport in Afghanistan

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
KABUL - Twelve people were killed near Kabul's airport Tuesday when a suicide car bomber rammed into a minivan carrying foreign air-charter workers, Afghan officials said.

More Protests in China Over Japan and Islands

New York Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
BEIJING - China drove home its opposition to Japanese control of a contested group of islands on Tuesday, with angry protests in dozens of cities and a warning from its defense minister that “further actions” were possible.

Britain shocked by shooting death of unarmed police officers killed in ...

Toronto Star - ‎25 minutes ago‎
LONDON—One of Britain's most wanted fugitives killed two unarmed policewomen on Tuesday in a gun and grenade ambush, police said, killings which are likely to reignite a long-running debate over whether British officers should carry guns.

Suu Kyi backs lifting Burma sanctions

The Australian - ‎29 minutes ago‎
Video Image Myanmar's Suu Kyi makes landmark trip to US DEMOCRACY icon Aung San Suu Kyi has backed the lifting of sanctions on Burma and reassured China her landmark visit to the United States was not aimed at containing Beijing's influence.

Family of anti-Muslim instigator Nakoula Basseley Nakoula in hiding

Herald Sun - ‎2 hours ago‎
THE family of the filmmaker who inflamed Muslims worldwide has joined him in hiding, as more cast members say they were duped into making it.

Coalition Sharply Reduces Joint Operations With Afghan Troops

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
KABUL, Afghanistan - In a significant blow to a core element of the Western exit strategy from Afghanistan, the American-led military coalition said Tuesday it has temporarily curtailed joint operations with the Afghan Army and police forces.

Wang Lijun, police chief at center of Bo Xilai scandal, stands trial

Washington Post - ‎59 minutes ago‎
BEIJING - Wang Lijun, a flamboyant former police chief whose dramatic flight to a US consulate triggered China's biggest political scandal in decades, was accused in open court Tuesday of covering up a murder and taking bribes.

YouTube stops viewing from Saudi Arabia of anti-Islam film after king orders block

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - YouTube said Tuesday that it was stopping users in Saudi Arabia from viewing an anti-Islam video that has sparked protests across the Muslim world, after the kingdom's press agency reported that the ruler had banned all access to ...

132 Inmates Escape from Mexican Jail: Not a Record in Mexico

ABC News - ‎1 hour ago‎
It sounds like a bad script from a B movie. One hundred and thirty two prisoners escape from a dusty Mexican jail, through a 4 foot wide tunnel that starts at the prison's carpentry shop.

'Terrorists' embedded in UN nuclear watchdog may be behind power line ...

National Post - ‎Sep 17, 2012‎
Power lines to Iran's most controversial nuclear enrichment plant were blown up a month ago, according to its atomic energy chief, who alleged on Monday that the UN nuclear watchdog may have been infiltrated by “terrorists and saboteurs.

Twin bombings in Karachi market kill seven

Pakistan Daily Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
KARACHI: As many as seven people were killed and another 18 were injured in twin bombings near Hyderi Market on Tuesday. According to details, the first bomb, planted in a dustbin, went off at 7:30pm, while the second bomb, planted in a motorcycle, ...

Turkish Soldiers Killed in Attack Blamed on Kurds

Wall Street Journal - ‎4 hours ago‎
By JOE PARKINSON And AYLA ALBAYRAK ISTANBUL—At least 10 Turkish soldiers were killed and more than 70 were wounded in a rocket attack by Kurdish militants in Turkey's eastern province of Bingol, government officials said, in the latest of a series of ...

Row looms as Germany pushes for UK to lose crucial EU veto

The Independent
1 hour ago
Written by
Kevin Rawlinson
A row is brewing between Britain and the European Union's other major members over plans to strip the UK of its veto on foreign policy issues.

Russia pulls plug on USAID programs

Sky News Australia - ‎2 hours ago‎
Russia pulls plug on USAID programs Updated: 08:59, Wednesday September 19, 2012 Russia has booted the US aid agency out of the country, closing down its decades-old support for pro-democracy and rights projects, US officials say.

Amnesty reports indiscriminate strikes

Herald Sun - ‎29 minutes ago‎
THE Syrian government has carried out indiscriminate air bombardments and artillery strikes on residential areas that do not target opposition fighters or military objectives, Amnesty International says.