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Today's World News: Trapped Indonesian quake victim sends text message 2nd typhoon lashes northern Philippines Pakistan: Troops kill 27 militants in northwest Tsunamis uproot centuries-old Samoan cultures Northern Marianas, Guam brace for Typhoon Melor Olympic Dreams Realized, Brazil Steps into the Spotlight Brown falls out with media US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,348 Signs of thaw in Honduras standoff Guinea to hold election despite bloody protest Prosecutors probe Japan PM's fund scandal: report "Toronto 18" bomb plotter sentenced to 7 years Aussie mom gets life in jail for starving daughter For Brazil, Olympics mean the future finally has arrived Nuclear talks: Iran agrees to meet US, world powers twice more in October Iran's Geneva Offer on Nukes: Progress for All Talk Radio in Hot Water over Uganda Riots Trapped Indonesian quake victim sends text message Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:33 pm PDT AP - An earthquake survivor trapped in a collapsed hotel in western Indonesia sent a text message saying he and some others were alive, triggering a frantic rescue operation Saturday. Full Story Top 2nd typhoon lashes northern Philippines Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:44 pm PDT AP - Powerful winds toppled power poles and trees Saturday in the northern Philippines as the second typhoon in eight days bore down on the country. Farther north, Taiwan began evacuating villages also in the path of the storm. Full Story Top Pakistan: Troops kill 27 militants in northwest Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:41 pm PDT AP - Pakistan's paramilitary forces say they have killed 27 militants, including two important commanders, in an ongoing operation in the northwestern Khyber tribal region. Full Story Top Tsunamis uproot centuries-old Samoan cultures Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:47 pm PDT AP - The village of Leone is a picturesque enclave that has been a mainstay of the Samoas for centuries, a place where residents gather under beach meeting houses for rituals that are sacred to the local culture. Full Story Top Northern Marianas, Guam brace for Typhoon Melor Fri, 2 Oct 2009 04:53 pm PDT AP - Residents of the Northern Mariana Islands and neighboring Guam braced themselves Saturday as Typhoon Melor churned across the Western Pacific. Full Story Top Olympic Dreams Realized, Brazil Steps into the Spotlight Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:25 pm PDT Time.com - Once the perpetual country of the future, Brazil finally has an opportunity to showcase its development and its economic prowess Full Story Top Brown falls out with media Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:09 pm PDT AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's relations with the country's notoriously aggressive media hit an all-time low this week, recalling for some the way the press abandoned one of his doomed predecessors. Full Story Top US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,348 Fri, 2 Oct 2009 05:37 pm PDT AP - As of Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, at least 4,348 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. Full Story Top Signs of thaw in Honduras standoff Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:21 pm PDT AP - Two rival factions fighting for control of Honduras have begun talking days before a meeting that many hope will end a political crisis sparked by Central America's first coup in more than a decade. Full Story Top Guinea to hold election despite bloody protest Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:02 pm PDT AP - Guinea's leader, who seized power in a coup nine months ago, said Friday that elections will continue as planned even as his military junta prepared to bury 57 people who died when troops fired live ammunition into a pro-democracy rally. Full Story Top Prosecutors probe Japan PM's fund scandal: report Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:31 pm PDT AFP - Prosecutors have launched investigations into a political donations scandal against Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, a local daily reported Saturday. Full Story Top "Toronto 18" bomb plotter sentenced to 7 years Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:54 am PDT Reuters - "Toronto 18" member Mohamed Dirie was sentenced to seven years in jail on Friday for his role in a plot to bomb Toronto landmarks in 2006, the second member of the group to be given jail time. Full Story Top Aussie mom gets life in jail for starving daughter Fri, 2 Oct 2009 06:18 am PDT AP - An Australian woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the starvation death of her 7-year-old daughter. Full Story Top For Brazil, Olympics mean the future finally has arrived Fri, 2 Oct 2009 03:52 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ For the longest time, a joke about Brazil made the rounds in the halls of international financial organizations: Latin America's largest and most populous nation had a great future _ and always would. Full Story Top Nuclear talks: Iran agrees to meet US, world powers twice more in October Thu, 1 Oct 2009 02:00 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iran and world powers agreed in Geneva on Thursday to "intensify dialogue" on Iran's nuclear program and other issues, by meeting twice more in October. But though both sides seemed cautiously pleased, their agendas remained far apart. Full Story Top Iran's Geneva Offer on Nukes: Progress for All Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:25 pm PDT Time.com - Tehran sees opening its new enrichment facility to inspections and agreement to ship its fuel stocks for further processing in Russia as building tacit acceptance of its uranium enrichment capability Full Story Top Talk Radio in Hot Water over Uganda Riots Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:24 am PDT OneWorld.net - NAIROBI/KAMPALA, Oct 2 (IRIN) - Criminal charges and the closure of several radio stations over alleged incitement to violence in Kampala have sparked a debate about the limits of free speech in Uganda. Full Story Top

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