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Today's World News: French bid to ban veils worries allies, tourists NATO service member killed in Afghan fighting Gaza smugglers dead, missing in Israeli strike NZ cleans up after quake that tore new fault line NZ probes skydiving plane crash that killed 9 The Last Secrets of the Forbidden City Head to the U.S. Sunni and Shiite Iraqi journalists talk about war Salvadoran police find over $9M in cash in drums US pressure leads to ban on beggars in Dakar NATO reports two soldiers killed in Afghanistan China tells state companies to explore Potash bid Abbott makes plea in Australia political impasse Settlers defy Netanyahu with vow to begin construction North Korea's Kim Jong-il may go public with dynastic rule Israel: Now, More than Ever, Fascinated By Netanyahu Price Hikes Trigger Mozambique Protests French bid to ban veils worries allies, tourists Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:57 pm PDT AP - Protests in Pakistan, al-Qaida warnings, skittish Muslim tourists: France's plan to do away with burqa-style veils is already reverberating far beyond its borders. Full Story Top NATO service member killed in Afghan fighting Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:52 pm PDT AP - A coalition service member was killed in fighting in Afghanistan's turbulent south Sunday, one day after President Hamid Karzai moved a step closer to opening talks with Taliban who might be having doubts about the ongoing insurgency. Full Story Top Gaza smugglers dead, missing in Israeli strike Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:31 pm PDT AP - Gaza security officials say an Israeli airstrike targeting a smuggling tunnel has killed one Palestinian, wounded a second and left three more missing. Full Story Top NZ cleans up after quake that tore new fault line Sat, 4 Sep 2010 10:46 pm PDT AP - The powerful earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city of Christchurch also ripped a new 11-foot (3.5 meter) wide fault line in the earth's surface, a geologist said Sunday. Full Story Top NZ probes skydiving plane crash that killed 9 Sat, 4 Sep 2010 10:11 pm PDT AP - Investigators expressed confidence Sunday that they will learn why an airplane carrying skydivers crashed in flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing four Europeans and five New Zealanders. Full Story Top The Last Secrets of the Forbidden City Head to the U.S. Sat, 4 Sep 2010 02:30 pm PDT Time.com - Though Beijing's Forbidden City has been open to the public for decades, parts of it remained off-limits. This month a new exhibition of artifacts from behind the gates heads to U.S. Full Story Top Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:52 pm PDT AP - Police say 5 Russian soldiers killed in suicide car-bomb attack on military base in Dagestan. Full Story Top Sunni and Shiite Iraqi journalists talk about war Sat, 4 Sep 2010 09:01 pm PDT AP - As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, two Associated Press Television News cameramen, one Sunni and one Shiite, talk about what it has been like to live through and record the war. The accounts are translated and edited. Full Story Top Salvadoran police find over $9M in cash in drums Sat, 4 Sep 2010 05:15 pm PDT AP - Police in El Salvador have found two buried oil drums stuffed with millions of dollars in cash possibly linked to the illegal drug trade, authorities said Saturday. Full Story Top US pressure leads to ban on beggars in Dakar Sat, 4 Sep 2010 09:01 pm PDT AP - Abdoulaye Ba, 10, looked right, then left, before timidly approaching the taxi and holding out his hand. Full Story Top NATO reports two soldiers killed in Afghanistan Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:28 pm PDT AFP - NATO on Sunday announced the death of two foreign soldiers, one of them American, in southern Afghanistan's insurgent heartland. Full Story Top China tells state companies to explore Potash bid Fri, 3 Sep 2010 08:12 pm PDT Reuters - Chinese officials have ordered state companies to meet investment bankers to explore ways to block BHP Billiton's $39 billion bid for Potash Corp, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said. Full Story Top Abbott makes plea in Australia political impasse Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:23 pm PDT AFP - Australia's conservative chief Tony Abbott told three minority lawmakers who will decide if he should become prime minister that he offered a "fresh start" in an eleventh-hour plea for their support. Full Story Top Settlers defy Netanyahu with vow to begin construction Fri, 3 Sep 2010 01:59 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM _ Jewish settlers across the West Bank have vowed to begin construction in more than 60 locations, posing a direct challenge to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he returned home from Thursday's first round of direct peace talks in Washington. Full Story Top North Korea's Kim Jong-il may go public with dynastic rule Fri, 3 Sep 2010 11:34 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il is expected to convene the first high-level conference of the ruling Workers’ Party in about 40 years amid widespread speculation that the world will finally get the answer to one great question: Full Story Top Israel: Now, More than Ever, Fascinated By Netanyahu Sat, 4 Sep 2010 02:30 pm PDT Time.com - No one really thinks much will come out of the direct talks with the Palestinians but, when the issue is Bibi, up come visions of Gorbachev -- and Nixon in China Full Story Top Price Hikes Trigger Mozambique Protests Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:56 am PDT OneWorld.net - MAPUTO, Sep 3 (IPS) - September in Mozambique’s capital has begun with violent protests. Thousands have been striking over an increase in the prices of basic goods, including bread. Police responded with force - firing on crowds gathered on the streets in several suburbs and townships in and around Maputo. Full Story Top

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