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Today's World News: Inter-Korean military talks end with no progress China's media say 3 Japanese freed, 1 still held NKorea prints photo of heir apparent Kim Jong Un China to launch second lunar probe this weekend India braces for violence amid holy site verdict Union Protests Put Pressure on E.U. Leaders Anglo Irish Bank bailout hits 29.3 bln euros US general: Iraq political limbo fuels violence Mexico: Landslide in another town kills 16 people Nigerian culture thrives 50 yrs after independence Pakistan officials accuse NATO of killing 3 soldiers Canada to chair meeting of G7 finmins, bankers Aussie dollar's surge squeezes tourists Iran announces new delays at Bushehr nuclear plant – but denies Stuxnet link Germany: Greens See Red Over Nuclear Power Extension Anti-austerity strikes roil Europe, but many see cutbacks as inevitable Colder Weather, Disease Threaten Pakistan's Displaced Inter-Korean military talks end with no progress Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:01 pm PDT AP - North and South Korea ended their first working-level military talks in two years Thursday with no progress as the meeting stumbled over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang, Seoul's Defense Ministry said. Full Story Top China's media say 3 Japanese freed, 1 still held Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:59 pm PDT AP - Three Japanese detained after allegedly intruding on a Chinese military zone were released Thursday, but one person was still being held amid simmering tensions after ships collided near disputed islands. Full Story Top NKorea prints photo of heir apparent Kim Jong Un Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:27 pm PDT AP - North Korea published a photo in state media Thursday of leader Kim Jong Il's youngest son and heir apparent Kim Jong Un in the first official image of him released. Full Story Top China to launch second lunar probe this weekend Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:24 pm PDT AP - China's space ambitions are forging ahead with plans to launch the country's second unmanned lunar probe this weekend. Full Story Top India braces for violence amid holy site verdict Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:23 pm PDT AP - India braced for a spasm of violence Thursday ahead of a potentially explosive court verdict on whether Hindus or Muslims should control a disputed holy site over which deadly riots have broken out in the past. Full Story Top Union Protests Put Pressure on E.U. Leaders Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:10 pm PDT Time.com - Across Europe on Wednesday, union members took to the streets to protest the austerity measures being handed down by their governments. Meanwhile, the European Commission proposed rules that it hopes could stop the crisis from happening again Full Story Top Anglo Irish Bank bailout hits 29.3 bln euros Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:42 pm PDT AFP - The state bailout of Anglo Irish Bank stands at about 29.3 billion euros, and the nationalised lender could need an extra 5.0 billion euros under a worst-case scenario, the Central Bank said Thursday. Full Story Top US general: Iraq political limbo fuels violence Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:11 pm PDT AP - The top U.S. commander for Baghdad warned Wednesday that Iraq's prolonged political crisis has encouraged militants to step up attacks and left civilians so frustrated they could be holding back crucial tips on suspected insurgent cells. Full Story Top Mexico: Landslide in another town kills 16 people Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:48 pm PDT AP - Searchers recovered the bodies of four members of a family Wednesday during the hunt for 11 people missing after a huge hillside collapsed on a town in Mexico's rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca, while a landslide in a neighboring state killed 16 people. Full Story Top Nigerian culture thrives 50 yrs after independence Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:19 pm PDT AFP - Femi Kuti takes the stage and launches into his politically tinged music the same way his famous father used to, carrying on a tradition some say represents the best of Nigeria 50 years after independence. Full Story Top Pakistan officials accuse NATO of killing 3 soldiers Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:53 pm PDT AFP - Pakistani officials on Thursday accused NATO forces based in Afghanistan of killing three Pakistani soldiers in the fourth cross-border attack this week, as NATO said it was investigating. Full Story Top Canada to chair meeting of G7 finmins, bankers Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:19 pm PDT Reuters - Canada will chair a meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven major industrialized nations in Washington next month, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Aussie dollar's surge squeezes tourists Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:00 am PDT AFP - German backpackers Christian Morbe and Kathrin Veith were prepared for their stay in Australia to be expensive, but the skyrocketing Australian dollar is catching tourists like them by surprise. Full Story Top Iran announces new delays at Bushehr nuclear plant – but denies Stuxnet link Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:57 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iran said its troubled Bushehr nuclear power plant won't go on line for at least another three months, the latest delay for a plant that is the centerpiece of Iran's nuclear power program. Full Story Top Germany: Greens See Red Over Nuclear Power Extension Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:10 pm PDT Time.com - The German cabinet approves plans to extend the lifespan of its nuclear reactors by an average of 12 years, back-tracking a promise by the previous government to shut them all down by 2022. As support slumps, has Merkel's coalition made a dangerous move? Full Story Top Anti-austerity strikes roil Europe, but many see cutbacks as inevitable Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:45 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Spaniards on Wednesday largely shunned the country’s first general strike this decade against the government’s austerity measures, despite coping with Europe’s worst unemployment rates and one of the deepest and longest recessions. 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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