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- Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near border (AP) AP - Mexico's military says 25 suspects have been shot dead by soldiers in a gunbattle near the U.S. border.
- Ecuadorean survivor urges migrants to avoid Mexico
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AP - One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migrants urged others in an interview broadcast Thursday not to attempt the journey to the United States. - Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks
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AP - To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas — the Islamic militant group that controls one of the two Palestinian territories and rejects negotiations. - Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike
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AP - A few pennies' increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry — and erupting in anger — in the world's poorest countries. - Afghan president says airstrike killed civilians
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AP - NATO said an airstrike in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed about a dozen insurgents, but President Hamid Karzai said the victims were campaign workers seeking votes in this month's parliamentary elections. - Religious Minorities Suffering Worst in Pakistan Floods (Time.com) Time.com - Amid the catastrophes, the country's religious minorities are under assault -- and one group has allegedly been denied official assistance
- Dirty jokes and papal rosaries mix in Chile mine saga (Reuters) Reuters - Contact between 33 Chilean miners trapped for weeks underground and the outside world took an irreverent twist on Thursday, as the men passed dirty jokes to the surface -- and the Pope sent down blessed rosaries.
- Book says Nazi hunter Wiesenthal worked for Mossad
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AP - A new book claims renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal worked for Israel's Mossad spy agency, providing information on war criminals and Germans working in Arab countries. - (AP) AP - Mexican military says 25 suspects killed in shootout with soldiers near US border.
- Sudan's north-south faultline worries about war
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AP - Four months before Southern Sudan is scheduled to hold an independence referendum, tensions are already rising in this oil-rich region that sits on the expected future border, with allegations the central government is using violence and ethnic cleansing to sway the vote. - S.Korean economy grew revised 1.4 pct in Q2: central bank
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AFP - South Korea's economy grew 1.4 percent in the second quarter from three months earlier, slightly less than earlier predicted due to weaker construction investment, the central bank said Friday. - China digs for ways to stymie BHP's Potash Corp bid (Reuters) Reuters - China is stepping up attempts to hamper BHP Billiton's $39 billion hostile offer for Potash Corp, amid worries about future supplies of fertilizer it needs to rapidly boost food production.
- Return to power within grasp for Australia's PM
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Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard came within grasp of a return to power on Thursday after one of four "kingmaker" MPs backed her Labor Party's bid to form a minority government following last month's dead-heat elections. - Obama's peacemaking effort faces steep odds for success (McClatchy Newspapers) McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The first Middle East peace talks in nearly two years got off to a quick start Thursday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas agreeing to meet again in two weeks and to commence work on the blueprint for a peace treaty.
- The trickiest issue in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks (The Christian Science Monitor) The Christian Science Monitor - As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas enter direct peace talks on Thursday, an intensifying battle for Jerusalem has rendered the conflict?s trickiest issue even more intractable.
- Why Israelis Don't Care About Peace with Palestinians (Time.com) Time.com - Israelis feel prosperous, secure -- and disengaged from the peace process with the Palestinians. Is that wise?
- Mexico Massacre Galvanises Migrant Rights Activists (OneWorld.net) OneWorld.net - MEXICO CITY, Sep 1 (IPS) - Activists in Latin America have been galvanised by atrocities like the recent massacre of 72 migrants near the U.S. border to step up their efforts on behalf of migrant rights.
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