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Today's World News: 'Unprecedented' challenge to save Chilean miners Asia shares rise on China, Australia economic news Farmer-turned-hunger striker dies in Venezuela Mexico captures reported drug lord 'the Barbie' Birthplace of the Taliban: the next battleground Ugandan Guerrillas in the Lord's Resistance Army Fight in Sudan Spain needs pain for better future: Zapatero Israeli settlers to resume West Bank construction 72 dead migrants found in Mexico tip of iceberg England, S.Africa win in women's F.Hockey W.Cup upsets N.Korea seeks stronger ties with China Canadian economy slows sharply in second quarter Australian Greens back PM as coalition talks progress Obama declares U.S. combat mission in Iraq over Hamas targets Israeli-Palestinian talks by killing four Israelis Amsterdam Arrests: Terrorism Trial Run for Yemeni Men? Land, Mineral Rights in Conflict in Zambia 'Unprecedented' challenge to save Chilean miners Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:38 pm PDT AP - The effort to save 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean mine is an unprecedented challenge, mining safety experts said Tuesday. It means months of drilling, then a harrowing three-hour trip in a cage up a narrow hole carved through solid rock. Full Story Top Asia shares rise on China, Australia economic news Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:43 pm PDT AP - Asian stock markets gained Wednesday after Australia's economy expanded at its fastest pace in three years and Chinese manufacturing growth picked up for the first time in four months. Full Story Top Farmer-turned-hunger striker dies in Venezuela Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:39 pm PDT AP - A farmer who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with Venezuela's government has died in a military hospital where he had been taken against his will. Full Story Top Mexico captures reported drug lord 'the Barbie' Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:06 pm PDT AP - A former Texas high school football player and petty street dealer who allegedly rose to become one of Mexico's most savage assassins became the third major drug lord brought down by Mexico in less than a year, and could provide intelligence on even bigger kingpins. Full Story Top Birthplace of the Taliban: the next battleground Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:27 pm PDT AP - As some 400 U.S. and Afghan soldiers gather to honor their first fallen comrade, mournful Muslim prayers mingle with the stutter of machine gun fire and the thud of exploding grenades just beyond their heavily fortified camp. Full Story Top Ugandan Guerrillas in the Lord's Resistance Army Fight in Sudan Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:30 pm PDT Time.com - Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army is supposed to be on the run and desperate. Why, then, has it spread its terror to even more countries? Full Story Top Spain needs pain for better future: Zapatero Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:38 pm PDT AFP - Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Wednesday his nation needed to accept temporary pain for a better economic future, but said Spanish workers were unwilling to be flexible. Full Story Top Israeli settlers to resume West Bank construction Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:57 pm PDT AP - Israeli settlers in the West Bank said Wednesday that they will break a government freeze on construction in their communities to protest a Palestinian shooting attack that killed four Israelis on the eve of new peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians in Washington. Full Story Top 72 dead migrants found in Mexico tip of iceberg Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:41 pm PDT AP - Paula Cruz wept quietly at the foreign ministry office in El Salvador's capital after reporting that her son was missing — apparently kidnapped — in Mexico. Full Story Top England, S.Africa win in women's F.Hockey W.Cup upsets Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:47 pm PDT AFP - England upset China 1-0 and South Africa pulled off a shock 2-1 victory over Spain in the women's field hockey World Cup while host Argentina edged South Korea 1-0. Full Story Top N.Korea seeks stronger ties with China Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:47 pm PDT Reuters - North Korea vowed to strengthen military ties with China on Wednesday, days after the North's leader Kim Jong-il finished a visit aimed at bolstering the bond with his isolated country's sole major supporter. Full Story Top Canadian economy slows sharply in second quarter Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:43 am PDT Reuters - Canada's economic growth rate slowed more sharply than expected in the second quarter on weaker consumer spending and trade performance, fueling uncertainty about the pace of interest rate hikes by the Bank of Canada. Full Story Top Australian Greens back PM as coalition talks progress Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:24 pm PDT AFP - Australia's only Greens MP Wednesday declared his support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard as tortuous negotiations to form a minority government inched forward. Full Story Top Obama declares U.S. combat mission in Iraq over Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:17 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ After more than seven years of war, President Barack Obama declared the combat mission in Iraq over on Tuesday night, saying that's in the best interests of both Iraqis and Americans and that ending combat will help the United States focus on new priorities, especially restoring the economy. Full Story Top Hamas targets Israeli-Palestinian talks by killing four Israelis Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:08 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - As Middle Eastern leaders gathered in Washington to inaugurate a new round of Israeli-Palestinian talks, Hamas gunmen killed four Israeli settlers in their car outside the West Bank city of Hebron. Full Story Top Amsterdam Arrests: Terrorism Trial Run for Yemeni Men? Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:30 pm PDT Time.com - Were al Soofi and al Murisi, the two U.S. residents of Yemeni origin who were apprehended in Amsterdam on Monday, performing a trial run for a terrorism attack? Full Story Top Land, Mineral Rights in Conflict in Zambia Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:42 pm PDT OneWorld.net - MANSA, Aug 30 (IRIN) - Mining prospectors in Luapula Province, northern Zambia, have forced small-scale farmers from their land at gun point, according to villagers in the region. Full Story Top

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