Thursday, September 2, 2010

DTN News: World Top Stories / Headlines - News Dated September 2, 2010

Defense War News Updates: DTN News: World Top Stories / Headlines - News Dated September 2, 2010
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 2, 2010: Comprehensive daily news related to World Top Stories for the world of TODAY.*Comprehensive daily news related to World Top Stories for the world of TODAY.

WORLD

MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS BEGIN IN WASHINGTON

The Guardian - ‎56 minutes ago‎
The Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas, begin direct talks in Washington today as Hamas pledged to scupper attempts to bring about peace after its second attack on Israelis in two days.

HURRICANE EARL APPROACHING NORTH CAROLINA

CBC.ca - ‎31 minutes ago‎
This image provided by NASA early Thursday shows Hurricane Earl, a Category 4 storm, as it moves toward the US East Coast. (NASA/Associated Press) Hurricane Earl could reach the North Carolina Outer Banks, a chain of islands along the state's coast, ...

MEMOIRS OF A PRIME MINISTER

Vancouver Sun - ‎3 hours ago‎
Tony Blair, who was the Labour prime minister of Britain from 1997 to 2007, gets candid about everything from the Queen to sex and the war in Iraq in his long-awaited memoir.

PAKISTAN STEPS UP SECURITY AFTER ATTACK

New York Times - K.M. Chaudary - ‎9 minutes ago‎
Bomb attacks on a Shiite procession in Lahore set off clashes between mourners and the police. By WAQAR GILLANI LAHORE, Pakistan - Police intensified their patrols and street markets remained closed on Thursday in a section of the city ...

COPS: NO MORE BOMBS FOUND AT DISCOVERY BUILDING

msnbc.com - ‎15 minutes ago‎
BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: And now to the hostage drama that played out for much of this day just outside the nation's capital. It played out live on nonstop cable television all afternoon.

KEY AUSTRALIAN LAWMAKER BACKS LABOR TO GOVERN

CTV.ca - ‎6 minutes ago‎
AP CANBERRA, Australia - Prime Minister Julia Gillard edged closer to retaining power in Australia on Thursday when an independent lawmaker said he would support her center-left Labor Party to form Australia's first minority government in almost seven ...

GUNFIRE CONTINUES IN MOZAMBIQUE; POLICE SAY 4 DEAD

The Associated Press - Emanuel Camillo - ‎1 hour ago‎
MAPUTO, Mozambique - Sporadic gunfire could be heard in Mozambique's capital Thursday, the morning after at least four people died in clashes between police and rioters angered by high prices.

IN IRAQ, CLEAR SIGNS OF A NEW US MISSION

Washington Post - Greg Jaffe, Leila Fadel - ‎3 hours ago‎
BAGHDAD - The US military's war is officially over in Iraq, even as the future of the country remains undecided. The signs of the end were everywhere Wednesday, despite the presence of about 49000 American troops who ...

HAGUE 'HAD ENOUGH' OF ALLEGATIONS

BBC News - ‎8 minutes ago‎
Foreign Secretary William Hague has told reporters why he issued a statement rejecting rumours of an improper relationship with one of his special advisers, Christopher Myers, who has since resigned from his job.

US FORCES STILL IN FIGHT AT END OF COMBAT MISSION

The Associated Press - Lara Jakes, Maya Alleruzzo - ‎12 hours ago‎
HAWIJA, Iraq - Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents.

WORLD BANK RAISES PAKISTAN FUNDING

Aljazeera.net - ‎3 hours ago‎
Finance for flood-ravaged nation from bank reaches $1bn as aid workers warn of "second wave of death". The World Bank has raised its funding for Pakistan's flood disaster recuperation to $1bn.

CHINA CALLS FOR COMPROMISE ON NKOREA TALKS

The Associated Press - ‎18 minutes ago‎
BEIJING - China called Thursday for a compromise among the parties to talks aimed at disarming North Korea's nuclear program in order to get the negotiations back on track.

EIGHT KILLED IN NATO AIR ATTACK, SAYS AFGHAN OFFICIAL

The Hindu - ‎20 minutes ago‎
Eight campaigners were killed and a candidate for parliamentary elections was injured in a NATO airstrike in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, a provincial official said.

FACTBOX: PAKISTAN'S MEHSUD CHARGED IN CIA KILLINGS

Reuters - Augustine Anthony, Michael Georgy - ‎2 hours ago‎
(Reuters) - US prosecutors have charged the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, in the plot that killed seven CIA employees at a US base in Afghanistan last December.

SWEDEN REOPENS RAPE INVESTIGATION OF WIKILEAKS FOUNDER

New York Times - David Jolly - ‎18 hours ago‎
PARIS - The Swedish authorities announced Wednesday that they were reopening an investigation of rape allegations against Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks Web site, saying there was “reason to believe that a crime has been ...

CAIR SUGGESTS TEA PARTY, GOP ARE BEHIND NATIONWIDE ANTI-MUSLIM CAMPAIGN

CNSNews - Matt Cover - ‎19 minutes ago‎
Construction cranes tower above One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan on Friday, August 13, 2010. Plans to build a mosque nearby have ignited furious protest in New York City and elsewhere in the nation.

DODGE CHARGER OWNER UPSET CAR CRUSHED BY SUICIDAL FALL

New York Post - Sabrina Ford, Reuven Fenton - ‎37 minutes ago‎
A New Jersey woman is devastated that her precious sports car -- just repaired and fully gassed up -- was wrecked by a suicidal man's 40-story attempted death leap on the Upper West Side.

MIGRANTS KIDNAPPED IN NORTH MEXICO

Aljazeera.net - ‎3 hours ago‎
At least 17 migrants have been kidnapped by suspected human traffickers near the US border in northern Mexico, police said. Two migrants who were later freed reported the abduction to Mexican authorities on Wednesday, saying that "another 17 kidnapped ...

S.AFRICA STATE WORKERS MARCH AFTER REJECTING OFFER

Reuters - Jon Herskovitz, Marius Bosch - ‎49 minutes ago‎
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Striking South African state workers plan a protest march on Thursday and their leaders will meet government negotiators a day after rejecting a revised wage offer aimed at ending ...

OZAWA PLEDGES FOREX INTERVENTION

Wall Street Journal - Yuka Hayashi - ‎20 hours ago‎
TOKYO—The two candidates for Japanese prime minister laid out sharply contrasting visions for the country's future, with the challenger vowing to rip up a hard-fought agreement with the US over a military base, taking a more aggressive ...

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