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Today's World News: Officials: Suspected US strike kills 3 in Pakistan Ecuador revolt: Attempted coup or uprising? NATO claims insurgent captures; 2 Romanians killed Anti-American cleric vies for more power in Iraq Indonesian train crash kills at least 36 New Iraq Government Set, as al-Sadr Okays al-Maliki as PM Armed forces stuck in Cold War era, says chancellor Ancient tree to help turn Jericho into tourism hub Colombia: Attempt to kidnap Escobar brother foiled S.Korea, S.Africa to sign nuclear power deal: report Dozens killed, injured in Indonesian train crash Canada forms panel to probe oil sands pollution Australian spies 'may have tracked' WikiLeaks founder Congo opposition figure allegedly escapes kidnapping attempt E.U. Threats to Sue Won't Stop France from Deporting Roma State of siege in Ecuador as Rafeal Correa takes on rebel police Colder Weather, Disease Threaten Pakistan's Displaced Officials: Suspected US strike kills 3 in Pakistan Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:57 pm PDT AP - A suspected American missile strike killed three people in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, two intelligence officials said, the latest in an unprecedented surge of such assaults on alleged militant hideouts near the Afghan border. Full Story Top Ecuador revolt: Attempted coup or uprising? Fri, 1 Oct 2010 05:14 pm PDT AP - It was the biggest test of Rafael Correa's nearly 4-year-old presidency, a bloody trial by fire for a tenacious politician whose popular government had brought relative calm to a chronically unstable country. Full Story Top NATO claims insurgent captures; 2 Romanians killed Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:14 pm PDT AP - NATO said Friday it captured several insurgent leaders in recent days and detained at least 438 suspected militants over the last month, as three coalition soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan. Full Story Top Anti-American cleric vies for more power in Iraq Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:22 pm PDT AP - A Muslim cleric who once used a militia to resist the American invasion positioned himself as a big winner in Iraq's monthslong political deadlock Friday when his party threw its support behind the beleaguered prime minister. Full Story Top Indonesian train crash kills at least 36 Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:36 pm PDT AP - A train crash in central Indonesia on Saturday killed at least 36 people and injured dozens, several with severe burns and broken bones, officials and witnesses said. Full Story Top New Iraq Government Set, as al-Sadr Okays al-Maliki as PM Fri, 1 Oct 2010 04:40 pm PDT Time.com - After the longest postelection hiatus in world parliamentary history, Iraq looks set to finally have a new government. And it won't look much different from the current one Full Story Top Armed forces stuck in Cold War era, says chancellor Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:32 pm PDT AFP - The country's armed forces are stuck in the Cold War era and ill-equipped for 21st-century warfare, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said in an interview published Saturday. Full Story Top Ancient tree to help turn Jericho into tourism hub Fri, 1 Oct 2010 02:07 pm PDT AP - "And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, who was the chief among the tax collectors, and he was rich. Full Story Top Colombia: Attempt to kidnap Escobar brother foiled Fri, 1 Oct 2010 04:32 pm PDT AP - Colombian police foiled an attempt to abduct the brother of slain narco kingpin Pablo Escobar, authorities said Friday. Full Story Top S.Korea, S.Africa to sign nuclear power deal: report Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:48 pm PDT AFP - South Korea will sign an agreement with South Africa in the coming week to design and build nuclear power plants in the African country, it was reported Saturday. Full Story Top Dozens killed, injured in Indonesian train crash Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:51 pm PDT Reuters - Dozens of people were killed or badly injured when two trains collided in Indonesia's central Java province early on Saturday, officials said. Full Story Top Canada forms panel to probe oil sands pollution Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:25 pm PDT Reuters - Canada's environment minster has formed a scientific panel to examine whether Alberta's oil sands projects are polluting the Athabasca River as charged by an influential water ecologist. Full Story Top Australian spies 'may have tracked' WikiLeaks founder Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:42 am PDT AFP - Australian spy agencies may have helped trace the movements of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose whistleblowing website published tens of thousands of secret US military files, reports said Friday. Full Story Top Congo opposition figure allegedly escapes kidnapping attempt Fri, 1 Oct 2010 02:24 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A top member of the Congo's main opposition party says he has narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt in Johannesburg, South Africa. The incident comes three months after an attempt on the life of a Rwandan opposition figure also living in South Africa. Full Story Top E.U. Threats to Sue Won't Stop France from Deporting Roma Fri, 1 Oct 2010 04:40 pm PDT Time.com - The European Commission is challenging France's forceful expulsion of Gypsies. But with that action falling short of discrimination charges, Paris is likely to ignore the warnings and keep on deporting Full Story Top State of siege in Ecuador as Rafeal Correa takes on rebel police Fri, 1 Oct 2010 02:02 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The streets of Ecuador remained quiet today, a day after a dramatic standoff left President Rafael Correa holed up in a hospital for 12 hours and claiming that a coup attempt was underway. 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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