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Today's World News: Australian key lawmaker backs Labor to govern Kabul Bank braces for run on deposits after doubts Pakistan militants kill 35 despite floods Typhoon suspends SKorean flights, subway, kills 3 Calderon: Mexico shows gains in security, economy Tony Blair on Clinton, Bush and the American Character Tesco bids for Carrefour's S.E. Asian stores US forces still in fight at end of combat mission Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti Number of victims in Congo mass rape increases: U.N. South China landslide kills 4, leaves 44 missing China digs for ways to stymie BHP's Potash Corp bid Australian independent MP backs Gillard Obama challenges Netanyahu, Abbas to seize the opportunity The trickiest issue in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Why Israel Doesn't Care About Peace Mexico Massacre Galvanises Migrant Rights Activists Australian key lawmaker backs Labor to govern Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:10 pm PDT AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard edged closer to retaining power in Australia on Thursday when an independent lawmaker said he would support her center-left Labor Party to form Australia's first minority government in almost seven decades. Full Story Top Kabul Bank braces for run on deposits after doubts Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:46 pm PDT AP - Managers of Afghanistan's largest bank braced for a run on deposits Thursday, a day after nervous customers showed up in droves to take out their money following the resignation of two top executives allegations of mismanagement and unorthodox lending practices. Full Story Top Pakistan militants kill 35 despite floods Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:49 pm PDT AP - The triple bombing of a religious procession in Pakistan adds to the strains on a government already struggling with devastating floods and shows that Islamist militants are back in business despite the natural disaster. Full Story Top Typhoon suspends SKorean flights, subway, kills 3 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:56 pm PDT AP - Typhoon Kompasu slammed into South Korea on Thursday, killing three people in what was called the strongest tropical storm to hit the Seoul area in 15 years. Full Story Top Calderon: Mexico shows gains in security, economy Wed, 1 Sep 2010 08:31 pm PDT AP - President Felipe Calderon delivered his latest "state of the nation" report to Congress on Wednesday, saying Mexico has made gains in security and is enjoying its strongest economic growth in a dozen years. Full Story Top Tony Blair on Clinton, Bush and the American Character Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:35 pm PDT Time.com - In an essay exclusively adapted for TIME from his new memoir, Britain's former Prime Minister reflects on the U.S. Presidents he has known and worked with -- and on their country Full Story Top Tesco bids for Carrefour's S.E. Asian stores Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:29 pm PDT AFP - British and Japanese retail giants along with local operators are in an auction battle to take over the Southeast Asian business of French supermarket chain Carrefour, reports said Thursday. Full Story Top US forces still in fight at end of combat mission Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:42 pm PDT AP - Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents. Full Story Top Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:05 pm PDT AP - The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the earthquake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti's best hotel. Full Story Top Number of victims in Congo mass rape increases: U.N. Wed, 1 Sep 2010 01:41 pm PDT Reuters - The number of reported victims of a recent mass rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo has grown by nearly a hundred over the last week, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Full Story Top South China landslide kills 4, leaves 44 missing Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:52 pm PDT AP - Rescuers were searching for 44 people missing Thursday after a landslide hit a village in southern China and killed at least four people. Full Story Top China digs for ways to stymie BHP's Potash Corp bid Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:21 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top Australian independent MP backs Gillard Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:55 pm PDT AFP - A key independent MP Thursday backed Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to form a government after deadlocked polls, leaving her just two seats short of a parliamentary majority. Full Story Top Obama challenges Netanyahu, Abbas to seize the opportunity Wed, 1 Sep 2010 04:48 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ On the eve of the first direct talks in nearly two years between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, President Barack Obama welcomed the leaders to the White House on Wednesday and urged them to "recognize this as a moment of opportunity that must be seized." Full Story Top The trickiest issue in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Wed, 1 Sep 2010 02:26 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top Why Israel Doesn't Care About Peace Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:35 pm PDT Time.com - Israelis feel prosperous, secure -- and disengaged from the peace process. Is that wise? Full Story Top Mexico Massacre Galvanises Migrant Rights Activists Wed, 1 Sep 2010 01:42 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top

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