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Friday, August 27, 2010 12:03 AM PDT

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Today's World News: NKorea releases American imprisoned since January Mexico starts identifying 72 massacred migrants US man freed from N. Korea known as deep, affable New video gives tour of trapped miners' refuge 5 killed in northern Afghanistan market bombing Mosquitoes and Delays: India's Commonwealth Games Mess Investors pay C$2B for ING's Canadian properties Bin Laden's bodyguard warns of escalation in Yemen Mexico frees ex-state police director in drug case UN: Rwandan attacks on Hutus could be genocide S.Korea rejects woman's world record climbing claim Police say Ottawa suspects planned bomb attacks Australian warning over Facebook paedophile ring Iraq combat phase ends, but U.S. might stay past 2011 As Iran sanctions threaten, Iran sees new friend in Cambodia Mexico: Massacre of Migrants Raises Questions, Shame Corpses Litter Streets amid Mogadishu Fighting NKorea releases American imprisoned since January Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:58 pm PDT AP - Looking gaunt but relieved, an American freed after nearly seven months jailed in North Korea left Pyongyang on Friday in the company of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Full Story Top Mexico starts identifying 72 massacred migrants Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:50 pm PDT AP - Heavily guarded mortuary workers have begun identifying 72 migrants massacred near the U.S. border, while human rights advocates are demanding Mexico do more to stop the exploitation and abuse of migrants that they say led to the heinous crime. Full Story Top US man freed from N. Korea known as deep, affable Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:53 pm PDT AP - An American who was imprisoned in North Korea for illegally crossing the border has a gentle spirit but is also a person of conviction willing to be bold about what he believes, friends and acquaintances said. Full Story Top New video gives tour of trapped miners' refuge Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:58 pm PDT AP - The first video released of the 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean cooper mine shows the men stripped to the waist and appearing slim but healthy, arm-in-arm, singing the national anthem and yelling "long live Chile, and long live the miners!" Full Story Top 5 killed in northern Afghanistan market bombing Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:02 pm PDT AP - A roadside bomb tore through a crowded market in Afghanistan's increasingly volatile north, killing three policemen and two civilians, a police official said Friday. Full Story Top Mosquitoes and Delays: India's Commonwealth Games Mess Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:10 pm PDT Time.com - With five weeks left before it starts, a hugely expensive athletic competition is sodden with allegations of corruption and inefficiency. And then there's dengue fever. Full Story Top Investors pay C$2B for ING's Canadian properties Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:59 pm PDT AP - A pair of private equity investors will buy ING Summit Industrial Fund LP, a portfolio of light industrial properties in Canada, for 2 billion Canadian dollars, the Dutch bank ING Groep NV said Friday. Full Story Top Bin Laden's bodyguard warns of escalation in Yemen Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:21 pm PDT AP - A former bodyguard of Osama bin Laden warned of an escalation in fighting between al-Qaida and Yemeni authorities and predicted the government would need outside intervention to stay in power. Full Story Top Mexico frees ex-state police director in drug case Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:26 pm PDT AP - A Mexican judge has found the former state police director in the western state of Michoacan innocent of charges he helped a drug gang. Full Story Top UN: Rwandan attacks on Hutus could be genocide Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:35 pm PDT AP - A U.N. draft report says the Rwandan army and Congolese rebel allies now in power committed massacres of Hutu refugees in Congo in the 1990s that could be classified as genocide. Full Story Top S.Korea rejects woman's world record climbing claim Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:51 pm PDT AFP - South Korea's main alpine body said Friday that it would not acknowledge a female climber's claim to have scaled the world's 14 highest peaks. Full Story Top Police say Ottawa suspects planned bomb attacks Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:58 pm PDT Reuters - Three men arrested in Canada on terror-related charges -- one of whom was reported to have once auditioned for the "Canadian Idol" TV show -- were plotting bomb attacks and had connections to a group fighting coalition forces in Afghanistan, police said on Thursday. Full Story Top Australian warning over Facebook paedophile ring Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:12 pm PDT AFP - Australian police warned social networking sites on Friday to be alert to illegal child sex activity, after cracking an alleged paedophile porn ring operating on Facebook. Full Story Top Iraq combat phase ends, but U.S. might stay past 2011 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:53 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ The U.S. combat mission in Iraq officially comes to an end Tuesday, 2,722 days after American-led troops stormed across the border from Kuwait. The remaining 49,000 U.S. troops are supposed to depart by the end of next year. Full Story Top As Iran sanctions threaten, Iran sees new friend in Cambodia Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:51 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iran seems to have found a new friend in the unlikeliest of places: Cambodia. Tehran hosted a high-level delegation from the Southeast Asian nation earlier this month to discuss bilateral trade and mutual dislike of American "interference." Full Story Top Mexico: Massacre of Migrants Raises Questions, Shame Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:10 pm PDT Time.com - The Mexican massacre victims hailed from Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador and Honduras, and were heading for the U.S. Then they ran into the Zetas Full Story Top Corpses Litter Streets amid Mogadishu Fighting Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:31 am PDT OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, Aug 24 (IRIN) - Deadly clashes between Islamist insurgents and African Union-backed government forces cut off many parts of Mogadishu on 24 August, when dozens of people, including several MPs, were killed during an attack on a downtown hotel. Full Story Top

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