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Today's World News: Chavez fights to keep control in legislative vote NATO: Bomb blast kills 2 troops China repeats demand for Japan apology Storm shreds aging tents in Haiti earthquake camps Abbas says settlements block Mideast peace deal Tensions Rise as Israel's Settlement Deadline Looms Ed Miliband elected Labour Party leader AP photographer wounded during West Bank protest First rescue capsule arrives at Chilean mine Ethiopians want more from sacred Nile waters Japan PM rejects China's call for apology Harper picks Onex executive as his top aide Climate activists close down world's largest coal port South Sudan referendum plans seem shaky Trapped Mexican drug cartels: Can journalists escape their violence? A Mother’s Agony Over Son Missing in Arizona Desert Chavez fights to keep control in legislative vote Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:07 pm PDT AP - Going into Sunday's legislative elections, President Hugo Chavez pitched his candidates like a salesman, promising Venezuelans he will give them low-interest credit cards and discounted appliances from washing machines to TV sets. Full Story Top NATO: Bomb blast kills 2 troops Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:04 pm PDT AP - Two NATO service members were killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the military alliance said. Full Story Top China repeats demand for Japan apology Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:33 pm PDT AP - China has reiterated its demand for an apology from Japan over the detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain whose arrest plunged relations between the Asian neighbors to their lowest level in years. Full Story Top Storm shreds aging tents in Haiti earthquake camps Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:43 pm PDT AP - The sudden, powerful storm that ripped through Haiti's battered capital destroyed thousands of tents in the homeless camps where more than 1.3 million people live eight months after the earthquake destroyed their homes, shelter officials said Saturday. Full Story Top Abbas says settlements block Mideast peace deal Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:06 pm PDT AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday there will be no peace deal with Israel unless the Jewish state stops settlement construction in areas the Palestinians claim for their future state. Full Story Top Tensions Rise as Israel's Settlement Deadline Looms Sat, 25 Sep 2010 07:00 am PDT Time.com - The U.S. may have the leverage to keep Palestinians in the peace talks even if Israel resumes building in settlements, but the showdown underscores the bleak outlook for negotiations Full Story Top Ed Miliband elected Labour Party leader Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:15 pm PDT AFP - The Labour Party has elected Ed Miliband as its new leader, choosing him by a knife-edge margin over his better-known older brother, former foreign secretary David Miliband. Full Story Top AP photographer wounded during West Bank protest Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:38 pm PDT AP - An Associated Press photographer suffered a broken rib on Saturday while being detained by Israeli security forces during a protest in the West Bank. Full Story Top First rescue capsule arrives at Chilean mine Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:15 pm PDT AP - The first of three rescue capsules specially built to lift out 33 miners trapped since early August arrived at the mine Saturday. Full Story Top Ethiopians want more from sacred Nile waters Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:39 pm PDT AFP - Here in the shadow of Mount Gish, the spring water that forms the Blue Nile is believed to have healing powers, but Ethiopians say that is the only benefit they get from the mighty river. Full Story Top Japan PM rejects China's call for apology Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:46 pm PDT AFP - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan Sunday rejected China's call for an apology and compensation for the detention of a Chinese trawlerman, a day after the captain returned home to public acclaim. Full Story Top Harper picks Onex executive as his top aide Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:39 am PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has chosen a top executive from big private equity firm Onex Corp to be his new chief of staff, charged with focusing on the economy, a government official said on Friday. Full Story Top Climate activists close down world's largest coal port Sat, 25 Sep 2010 05:39 pm PDT Reuters - Australian climate change activists Sunday closed down operations at the world's largest coal port after entering its three terminals and attaching themselves to loaders, the terminal operator and the protesters said. Full Story Top South Sudan referendum plans seem shaky Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:12 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Matthew Majok seemed strangely unperturbed as he explained why the family has not returned to planting as many crops as it did prior to Sudan’s decades-long civil war, which ended five years ago. Full Story Top Trapped Sat, 25 Sep 2010 07:00 am PDT Time.com - How the Trapped Chilean Miners Are Surviving Underground Full Story Top Mexican drug cartels: Can journalists escape their violence? Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:25 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Mexican press has been subject to assault and attack at the hands of suspected drug traffickers – including grenades launched into high-tech broadcast stations and dingy newspaper offices – for years. Full Story Top A Mother’s Agony Over Son Missing in Arizona Desert Thu, 23 Sep 2010 05:07 pm PDT OneWorld.net - PHOENIX, Sep 23 (New America Media) - Deep in her heart Fermina Lopez feels that her son is still alive. A mother knows that, she says. But it’s been more than two months since she last heard her son’s voice. Thirteen-year-old Nelson Omar Chilel Lopez talked to her from Altar, Sonora before attempting to cross over to the United States where she was living. Full Story Top

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