World News
 Islamists allowed to go free in Libya
Sri Lankan News.Net
Libya has allowed 37 Islamists, including a former driver of Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, to leave a prison in which they had been held since 2007.  Terror suspect Mehsud charged in absentia
Sri Lankan News.Net
The United States has charged Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, with the US government still offering a reward of up to $5 million for information about him.  Israeli and Palestinian peace deal now in play
Sri Lankan News.Net
US President Barack Obama has met with Israeli-Palestinian leaders in Washington to launch a series of meetings aimed at restarting direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Clinton opens Mideast peace talks
Washington Times
Mrs. Clinton said.Thursday's negotiations are the first since the last effort broke down in December 2008, and are fraught with complications, including recent violence in the West Bank and Israeli se... Economy tops 1st Boxer, Fiorina Senate debate
Washington Times
Carly Fiorina met on the same stage for the first time Wednesday over who best represents California's economic interests for the next six years.During the hourlong debate in which both women exchange... Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off
Washington Times
** FILE ** A 75-ton cap sits atop the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, in this image taken from video provided by BP PLC. The cap will be removed Thursday or ... Some dig in, others flee coast as Earl nears U.S.
Washington Times
National Aeronautics and Space Administration shows Hurricane Earl at 12:45 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. As of Wednesday night, Earl was a powerful Category 4 hurricane centered more than 520 ... Driven To Distraction: Putin's Lada Stunt Backfires
RadioFreeEurope
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has spent much of the summer cultivating his image as a rugged leader, one day out in the wild tracking bears, the next chasing a gray whale in choppy seas off th... Iraq Aims To Become Self-Sufficient In Wheat
RadioFreeEurope
BAGHDAD -- Iraq produced enough wheat this year to meet about 50 percent of domestic demand thanks to modern irrigation technologies and support for farmers, Iraqi officials have told RFE/RL's Radio F... Pakistan Raises Security After Attack
International Herald Tribune
LAHORE, Pakistan — With the police on high alert, hundreds of people attended funeral prayers here on Thursday for the victims of suicide bombers who attacked Shiite Muslim worshipers on Wednesd... Accounts Differ on Fatal NATO Strike on Afghans
International Herald Tribune
Afghanistan have produced sharply conflicting accounts as to whether the attacks hit a team of election campaign workers, including the parliamentary candidate himself, or a group connected with an Uz... Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks habit
New York Post
A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care, a child welfare official said Thursday.Ardi Rizal shocked the world when ... Black box recovered from Nepal plane crash site
Fox 23
(Inergize Digital Media) KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese investigators have found the flight data recorders from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed last week en route to the Mount Everest ... Abbas, Netanyahu relaunch peace talks
Channel News Asia
WASHINGTON - Israeli and Palestinian leaders launched their first direct talks in 20 months Thursday, starting the clock on a daunting one-year deadline to flesh out a Palestinian state to live in pea... Muslim groups support N.Y. mosque, decry hostility
USA Today
NEW YORK (AP) It is "unethical, insensitive and inhumane" to oppose the planned mosque near ground zero, more than 50 leading Muslim organizations said Wednesday as they cast the intense debate... Methodists see clues for growth in thriving churches
USA Today
The United Methodist Church, the third largest denomination in the country, thinks it could be closer to finding the answer. It commissioned an ambitious survey of nearly all its 33,000 U.S. churches ... Paralysed Briton stranded after Thailand crash
The Independent
A Briton is stranded in Thailand after being paralysed in a road accident, his sister said today. Tom Moss, 26, was left nearly blind and unable to move from the neck down after his moped col... Rapper T.I. and wife arrested in L.A.
CNN
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Police arrested rapper T.I. and his wife in California after they were allegedly found in possession of a controlled substance. She drops 100 pounds, gains new life
CNN
The Frisky: 10 stars who starve themselves for celebrity Still, I left for college in New York City feeling relatively confident. After all, I wasn't just fat. I was also stylish, managing to alter an... Earl takes aim at North Carolina coast
C News
People walk along the beach as the area awaits Hurricane Earl on Hatteras Island in Buxton, North Carolina September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Richard Clement Hawking: God did not create the universe
C News
Stephen Hawking, one of the world's leading theoretical physicist, attends a news conference at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology during his six-day visit to Hong Kong June 13, 2006. ... Police on the hunt for puppy-throwing girl
C News
Police are on the hunt for a girl in a red sweatshirt filmed throwing puppies into a roaring river, and PETA has offered a $2,000 reward for her capture. According to Croatian news agency Vijesti, po... EU critical of France over Roma
BBC
The European Commission has criticised France over its expulsions of Roma (Gypsies) and has requested more information about the crackdown. An interim report by the commission - the EU's executi... Blair memoirs 'break sale record'
BBC
Tony Blair's memoirs, based on his time as the prime minister, have broken sales records, booksellers have said. A Journey became Waterstone's fastest-selling autobiography ever and shot to... Global broadband divide revealed
BBC
The global disparity in fixed broadband access and cost has been revealed by UN figures. The Central African Republic is the most expensive place to get a fixed broadband connection, costing nearly 4... Talent contestant denied tribunal
BBC
A Britain's Got Talent hopeful who claimed she was discriminated against at her audition, has failed to get her case taken to an employment tribunal. Emma Amelia Pearl Czikai, who suffers from c... My dad worked for the mafia
BBC
People connected to the mob lead secretive lives, hidden from public view. But what if your own father was performing hits for the mafia and your mother was concealing his dirty work from you? That is... Hip fracture 'was excruciating'
BBC
Amy Brown fractured her hip four months ago. She received surgery within the 48 hours recommended by orthopedic specialists. However, an annual audit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, shows one... Pakistan Cricket Trio 'Set Up': Ambassador
Sky News
Mohammad Asif pulled out of the rest of the team's England tour. The decision was revealed after a meeting in London with Pakistan officials at which all three apparently maintained their innocence a... Bid to launch fresh Mideast talks
IOL
Washington - Israeli and Palestinian leaders were to resume direct talks on Thursday, seeking to clinch an elusive peace deal for the Middle East within a year despite deep scepticism and fresh violen... Afghan leader condemns air strike as Gates arrives
Reuters
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned an air strike by NATO-led forces which he said killed 10 campaign workers for this month's election, a sour note as U.S. Defense Secr...
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