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Today's World News: Historic political meeting under way in NKorea US envoy to try to salvage Mideast peace talks Kremlin fires iconic Moscow mayor after 18 years Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff Nigeria: Flood ruins crops as food remains scarce North Korea Braces for Kim Jong Un's Congress Debut Russian president fires defiant Moscow mayor Former Gaza settlers moving into desert community Chavez says Venezuela studying nuclear energy program Nigerian legislators say ready to postpone elections Suicide attack kills Afghan official, 5 others: police Canada vows to protect recovery but end stimulus Australia troops to be charged over Afghan deaths Burma says Aung San Suu Kyi can vote. But will house arrest continue? Russia Calls for Cooperation on Arctic Oil Ownership Attendance of Kim Jong-un at North Korean conference uncertain Colder Weather, Disease Threaten Pakistan's Displaced Historic political meeting under way in NKorea Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:36 pm PDT AP - North Korea said Tuesday its biggest political gathering in 30 years was under way and crucial developments were expected, hours after leader Kim Jong Il appointed his youngest son as a military general in what was seen as part of a succession plan. Full Story Top US envoy to try to salvage Mideast peace talks Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:47 pm PDT AP - Washington's special Mideast envoy is to pressure Israeli and Palestinian leaders to keep peace talks from collapsing just weeks after they began. Full Story Top Kremlin fires iconic Moscow mayor after 18 years Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:03 pm PDT AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday fired Yury Luzhkov, ending the 18-year rule of the Moscow mayor who gave the crumbling metropolis a glamorous facelift but was maligned for outdated values and bellicose posturing. Full Story Top Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:17 pm PDT AP - All police found at the bottom of a cliff was a man's body in a frigid river and a Segway, the two-wheeled electric device that was supposed to revolutionize personal transport. Full Story Top Nigeria: Flood ruins crops as food remains scarce Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:54 pm PDT AP - After water nearly overtook his village in northern Nigeria, Ali Gudinchin jumped into the rushing flood with a knife, cutting away ears of corn from stalks barely rising above the muddy surface. Full Story Top North Korea Braces for Kim Jong Un's Congress Debut Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:40 pm PDT Time.com - The extremely rare staging of a ruling-party congress in Pyongyang this week has regime watchers guessing that Kim Jong Il is preparing the path to power of his son, Kim Jong Un Full Story Top Russian president fires defiant Moscow mayor Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:56 pm PDT Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday sacked a powerful political opponent, veteran Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who criticized the Kremlin and then defied mounting pressure to resign. Full Story Top Former Gaza settlers moving into desert community Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:20 pm PDT AP - It took five years, but on Monday, five families who lost their homes when Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005 moved into their new houses — not far from their old ones. Full Story Top Chavez says Venezuela studying nuclear energy program Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:49 pm PDT AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday that his government is carrying out initial studies into starting a nuclear energy program. Full Story Top Nigerian legislators say ready to postpone elections Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:56 pm PDT AFP - A key Nigerian lawmaker said Monday parliament was willing to amend the constitution to postpone presidential elections scheduled for January over concerns there was not enough time to prepare. Full Story Top Suicide attack kills Afghan official, 5 others: police Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:33 pm PDT AFP - A suicide bombing on Tuesday killed a deputy Afghan governor and five other people in a direct attack on his vehicle in the volatile south of the country, police said. Full Story Top Canada vows to protect recovery but end stimulus Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:07 am PDT Reuters - Canada's government said on Monday it would take action as needed to protect the shaky economic recovery, but resisted pressure to prolong stimulus spending as its focus turns to tackling its budget deficit. Full Story Top Australia troops to be charged over Afghan deaths Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:12 am PDT AFP - Three Australian soldiers will face charges including manslaughter over a raid in Afghanistan that left five children dead, Australia's chief military prosecutor said on Monday. Full Story Top Burma says Aung San Suu Kyi can vote. But will house arrest continue? Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:58 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Military-ruled Burma (Myanmar) has said the country’s most famous dissident will be allowed to vote in November elections, the first since an annulled 1990 ballot. Full Story Top Russia Calls for Cooperation on Arctic Oil Ownership Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:40 pm PDT Time.com - After years of saying it was willing to fight for ownership of the Arctic -- and the untapped oil reserves below it -- Russia is now calling for cooperation. But will it keep its word? Full Story Top Attendance of Kim Jong-un at North Korean conference uncertain Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:17 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Excitement surrounding the first North Korea’s Workers’ Party conference in 44 years is building to what analysts expect will be a climax Tuesday of rhetoric and celebrations in Pyongyang. Full Story Top Colder Weather, Disease Threaten Pakistan's Displaced Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:57 pm PDT OneWorld.net - QUETTA, Sep 27 (IRIN) - Inside their tent at a camp on the outskirts of Quetta, capital of the southwestern province of Balochistan, Meraj Sindhu helps his wife wrap their six-month-old son and two-year-old daughter in thin cloths widely used in Sindh Province as head scarves or turbans. Full Story Top

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