World News
 Islamists allowed to go free in Libya
Pakistan News.Net
Libya has allowed 37 Islamists, including a former driver of Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, to leave a prison in which they had been held since 2007.  Terror suspect Mehsud charged in absentia
Pakistan News.Net
The United States has charged Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, with the US government still offering a reward of up to $5 million for information about him.  Israeli and Palestinian peace deal now in play
Pakistan News.Net
US President Barack Obama has met with Israeli-Palestinian leaders in Washington to launch a series of meetings aimed at restarting direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from N.Y. jail
Washington Times
Halderman got time off for good behavior during his stint at the Rikers Island jail complex, but he isn't done with his sentence: He still has to complete 1,000 hours of community service."He survived... Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
Washington Times
Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics.The lawsuit call... Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown
Washington Times
India withdrew a threat to ban BlackBerry service for at least two more months after RIM agreed to give security officials "lawful access" to encrypted data.Indian officials have for some time also be... U.S. Secretary Of State Opens Mideast Peace Talks
RadioFreeEurope
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (center) looks on as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel (left) and President Mahmud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority shakes hands in Washington today... European Parliamentarian 'Shocked' By Moscow Protest
RadioFreeEurope
in Moscow on August 31, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. Lithuanian Laima Andrikiene, the deputy chairwoman of the European Parliament's Human Rights subcommittee, was at Moscow's Triumph Square at t... Price Of Bread Increases In Russia's Far East
RadioFreeEurope
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia -- The price of bread is rising steeply in parts of Russia's Far East, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. The price of bread in stores in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the ... Independent Belarusian Weekly Facing Closure
RadioFreeEurope
BABRUISK -- The oldest independent newspaper in the eastern Belarusian city of Babruisk says it faces bankruptcy and closure because of government interference, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.Anatol... Back to School Festival
New York Post
Forget that you have to go back to school with this kiddie fest, which will include games, rides, arts and crafts, and giveaways. Call 718-352-4793 or visit nycgovparks.org for more info. Gates Lands in Afghanistan
International Herald Tribune
President Obama in June. In a briefing on Thursday afternoon to reporters traveling with Mr. Gates, General Petraeus said that the United States was still trying to fix its intelligence-gathering ope... Madoff investors oppose payments to bankruptcy trustee
New York Post
Hundreds of Ponzi king Bernard Madoff's victims today challenged the latest bill from his bankruptcy trustee, which seeks more than $34 million for 120 days of work.The Aug. 20 bill, for services rend... Though Condemned, German Author Opens Debate
International Herald Tribune
BERLIN — When a German banker and former government official spoke publicly about a unique “Jewish gene,” when he attacked Islam as a source of violence and stunted development, when... Offshore Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Explodes
International Herald Tribune
The New York Times The production platform, which was operated by the Houston-based Mariner Energy, was positioned in relatively shallow waters — 340 feet deep — and to the west of wh... Fire at Phillips Collection museum; artwork 'safe'
Channel News Asia
WASHINGTON - A fire on Thursday damaged Washington's world-famous Phillips Collection museum, which houses works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent Van Gogh, Willem de Kooning, and Winslow Homer. ... Gulf oil rig explodes off US Gulf coast
The Independent
An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico today, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill. A commercial helicopter company reported the blast around 9:30a... Sheriff Arpaio sued by Justice Dept.
CNN
Washington (CNN) -- Justice Department civil rights lawyers filed suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona on Thursday after talks collapsed on a deal to provide federal investigators with requested... Coast guard checks N.L. plane crash report
CBC News
The Canadian Coast Guard is investigating a report from a citizen that a small airplane may have crashed into the ocean near the Robin Hood Bay dump in St. John's early Thursday afternoon. The coast ... Oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico
C News
HOUSTON - An oil and gas platform owned by Mariner Energy Inc was on fire off the coast of Louisiana on Thursday, but no oil was visible in the water and the 13 workers aboard the facility were rescue... Israel, Palestinians launch direct peace talks
C News
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shares a laugh with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the State Department in Washington, September 2, 20... Live text - US Open day four
BBC
606 or text us on 81111 (UK) or 44 7786200666 (worldwide) with TENNIS before your message. (Not all contributions can be used. Messages charged at your standard operator rate.) Hatton fighting career is 'done'
BBC
Former light-welterweight world champion Ricky Hatton has revealed he is unlikely to fight again.The 31-year-old who also won the WBA welterweight title has not fought since losing to Manny Pacquiao i... Curbishley linked with Villa job
BBC
Alan Curbishley is among the candidates to be interviewed for the vacant manager's post at Aston Villa, BBC Sport understands.The 52-year-old has been out of the game since parting company with West H... SA to resume Zimbabwe expulsions
BBC
South Africa is to start expelling Zimbabweans again, from 31 December, the government has announced, ending their special status. The deportations were halted in April 2009 following an influx of th... DR Congo 'genocide' file delayed
BBC
The UN has postponed the release of a draft report that accuses the Rwandan army of possible genocide in DR Congo. It follows angry protests from Rwanda about details in the leaked draft, with Rwanda... US accuses 11 of honey smuggling
BBC
US authorities have indicted 11 German and Chinese executives for conspiring to illegally import $40m (£52m) worth of honey from China. The executives were accused of being part of an operation whic...
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