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Today's World News: 9 dead in Russian nursing home fire New video shows emotional trapped Chilean miners Afghan president criticizes anti-terror strategy North Korean leader Kim may be headed home Indonesian volcano erupts again, spewing hot ash China Reviews Death Penalty for Nonviolent Crimes Growing Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean AP IMPACT: US wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq New video shows emotional trapped Chilean miners Two Russian pilots abducted in Darfur: army Senator Kerry warns of instability if Pakistan unaided Ford recalls 575,000 Windstar vans in U.S., Canada 'Spiderman' arrested after scaling Sydney skyscraper What's behind Mexican migrant killings still unclear How moderate Muslims in Africa view NYC mosque debate In Chechnya, A Blood Feud Ends--and a Despot Digs In Outrage Grows Over Failure to Protect DRC Civilians 9 dead in Russian nursing home fire Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:52 pm PDT AP - A fire broke out early Monday at a Russian nursing home, killing nine people, and emergency officials said the blaze may have been started by a resident setting himself on fire. Full Story Top New video shows emotional trapped Chilean miners Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:31 pm PDT AP - A new video released Sunday of 33 men trapped in a mine under Chile's Atacama Desert shows them sending greetings to their families, talking about how they are doing better since receiving food and breaking into tears as they talk about loved ones. Full Story Top Afghan president criticizes anti-terror strategy Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:11 pm PDT AP - President Hamid Karzai renewed his criticism of coalition strategy in fighting Afghanistan's stubborn insurgency, saying it has thus far produced nothing but civilian deaths. Full Story Top North Korean leader Kim may be headed home Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:09 pm PDT AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appeared Monday to be winding up a six-day visit to China that fueled speculation he was seeking aid and drumming up support for a succession plan involving his youngest son. Full Story Top Indonesian volcano erupts again, spewing hot ash Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:56 pm PDT AP - An Indonesian volcano that had been dormant for more than four centuries erupted for the second day in a row Monday, spewing white clouds of smoke and ash more than 2,000 yards (meters) into the air, officials and witnesses said. Full Story Top China Reviews Death Penalty for Nonviolent Crimes Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:45 pm PDT Time.com - For the first time in 30 years, China's top legislature proposed this week to reduce the number of crimes punishable by execution by up to 20% Full Story Top Growing Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:31 pm PDT AP - Hurricane Earl lashed northern Leeward Islands with heavy rain and strong winds Monday after strengthening into a Category 2 storm. Hotels were shut tightly overnight as tourists sought shelter inside their rooms. Full Story Top AP IMPACT: US wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:01 pm PDT AP - A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million children's hospital goes unused in the south. A $100 million waste water treatment system in Fallujah has cost three times more than projected, yet sewage still runs through the streets. Full Story Top New video shows emotional trapped Chilean miners Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:24 pm PDT AP - A new video of 33 men trapped in a mine under Chile's Atacama Desert shows them sending greetings to their families, talking about how they are doing better since receiving food and breaking into tears as they talk about loved ones. Full Story Top Two Russian pilots abducted in Darfur: army Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:04 pm PDT AFP - Two Russian pilots operating in Sudan's western region of Darfur have been abducted by unknown gunmen, an army spokesman said on Monday. Full Story Top Senator Kerry warns of instability if Pakistan unaided Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:54 pm PDT Reuters - Flood-striken Pakistan urgently needs more international aid to combat potential instability and extremism, a U.S. official said, as hunger and disease threaten millions of victims. Full Story Top Ford recalls 575,000 Windstar vans in U.S., Canada Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:31 pm PDT Reuters - Ford Motor Co> is recalling about 575,000 Windstar vans in 21 cold-weather U.S. states and Canada from model years 1998 to 2003 because of the possibility that the rear axle may fracture due to corrosion, federal regulators reported on Friday. Full Story Top 'Spiderman' arrested after scaling Sydney skyscraper Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:47 pm PDT AFP - A French climber known as "Spiderman" was arrested on the roof of a 57-storey Sydney skyscraper on Monday after scaling the building without ropes or a harness to raise climate change awareness. Full Story Top What's behind Mexican migrant killings still unclear Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:40 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY _ President Felipe Calderon on Friday accused the gunmen who killed 72 illegal migrants in northern Mexico this week of "incalculable savagery" as his government attempted to depict the major drug gang implicated in the slaughter as weakened and desperate. Full Story Top How moderate Muslims in Africa view NYC mosque debate Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:41 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Suburban Point E, on whose cobblestone backstreets Senegalese-American R&B roué Akon passed his boyhood years, already has a mosque. Several, actually, each megaphoning prayer songs across balmy Ramadan soirées. So, locals wonder, why shouldn't downtown New York City get another mosque, too? Full Story Top In Chechnya, A Blood Feud Ends--and a Despot Digs In Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:45 pm PDT Time.com - The men of gun-loving Chechnya, long Russia's most rebellious province, are not known for turning the other cheek. So many observers were baffled last week when the region's most notorious feud ended without a fight. Full Story Top Outrage Grows Over Failure to Protect DRC Civilians Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:09 am PDT OneWorld.net - UNITED NATIONS, Aug 28 (IPS) - As details emerged this week of the U.N.'s knowledge of rebel activity in the villages where nearly 200 women were systematically gang raped by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late last month, human rights groups are demanding an investigation into the U.N.'s failure to prevent the raid from occurring. Full Story Top

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