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7 defendants convicted in Portugal sex abuse trial (AP)

date: 2010 09 03

Bernardo Teixeira, one of the alleged victims of child sex abuse at a state-run children's home in Lisbon called Casa Pia arrives at a court in Lisbon, Friday, Sept. 3 2010 for the verdict of the major child sex abuse trial that has lasted almost six years. A former worker at a state-run orphanage admitted to participating in a network that systematically abused children and implicated six other defendants including Carlos Cruz . (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP - A Portuguese court found six men and one woman guilty Friday of crimes relating to child sex abuse in a major trial that lasted nearly six years, a prosecution lawyer said.


Crowds attack home of Iranian opposition leader (AP)

date: 2010 09 03

** CORRECTS DATE OF ATTACK ** FILE - In this June 9, 2009 file photo, Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran. Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending the annual state-sponsored rally known as Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)AP - Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending a key rally on Friday.


Police say attacks on Pakistani minorities kill 44 (AP)

date: 2010 09 03

People who were injured by an explosion lie down on road during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Police say a blast at a Shiite procession has killed a score of people in southwestern Pakistan in the third deadly attack this week on the country's religious minorities.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - Suicide bombings targeting religious minorities killed at least 44 people in Pakistan on Friday, sharply driving up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country already battered by massive flooding.


Small signal, big meaning? Castro in military duds (AP)

date: 2010 09 03

Fidel Castro greets thousands of students after delivering a speech outside Havana's University in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Castro dusted off his military fatigues for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a Communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.


After 17 years, fugitive tycoon shows in UK court (AP)

date: 2010 09 03

Tycoon Asil Nadir arrives for a hearing at the Old Bailey court in London, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.  The tycoon who fled Britain almost two decades ago following the spectacular collapse of his business empire recently returned to London to face charges of fraud.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - A Turkish Cypriot businessman who voluntarily returned to Britain after 17 years to face fraud charges learned Friday that he will have to wait more than a year for the trial he insists will vindicate him.


Religious Minorities Suffering Worst in Pakistan Floods (Time.com)

date: 2010 09 03Time.com - Amid the catastrophes, the country's religious minorities are under assault -- and one group has allegedly been denied official assistance

Booze consumption in biggest fall for 60 years (AFP)

date: 2010 09 03

The nation's alcohol consumption fell by six percent in 2009, the fourth annual drop in five year.(AFP/File/Jeff Pachoud)AFP - Notorious abroad for their binge-drinking, Britons bucked the trend last year with alcohol consumption in the country showing its biggest fall since 1948, the industry said Friday.


Egypt protests Iranian comments on peace talks (AP)

date: 2010 09 03AP - Egypt has canceled a visit by Iran's foreign minister to protest comments in which he accused Arab leaders of betrayal for attending the new round of Mideast peace talks in Washington.

Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in troubled border state (AP)

date: 2010 09 03

In this photo released by Mexico's Secretary of Defense (SEDENA), a soldier walks past a pick-up truck and seized weapons near the town of Ciudad Mier in northern Mexico, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010.  According to the Secretary of Defense, gunmen opened fire on soldiers after an airborne patrol detected armed men guarding a home near this town. At least 25 gunmen were killed, two soldiers were injured and three people held captive were freed.  (AP Photo/SEDENA)AP - Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the country's drug war.


Nigeria police name suspects in ex-militant killing (AFP)

date: 2010 09 03

Arms and ammunition surrendered by one of Nigeria's key militant leaders in the volatile oil hub of the Niger Delta are displayed by Nigerian authorities in 2009 in Port Harcourt. Nigerian police have named three rival gang members as suspects in the murder of a notorious ex-militant, whose killing has sparked fears of fresh violence in the country's oil-producing region.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Nigerian police on Friday named three rival gang members as suspects in the murder of a notorious ex-militant, whose killing has sparked fears of fresh violence in the country's oil-producing region.


Azerbaijan, Russia seal major gas deal, more to come (AFP)

date: 2010 09 03

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev (right) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a news conference in Baku on September 3, 2010. Azerbaijan will double gas exports to Russia in 2011 to two billion cubic meters, and further increase them from 2012, gas giant Gazprom said, in a move that may deal a blow to the European gas project Nabucco.(AFP/Pool/Mikhail Klimentyev)AFP - Azerbaijan will double gas exports to Russia in 2011 and increase them further from 2012, the countries said on Friday in a move that could undercut Europe's drive to secure Central Asian supplies.


China orders state firms to explore Potash bid (Reuters)

date: 2010 09 03Reuters - Chinese officials have ordered state-owned companies to meet with investment bankers to explore potential options to block BHP Billiton's $39 billion bid for Canada's Potash Corp, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

Australian man's face mauled by shark in Solomons (AFP)

date: 2010 09 03

A public notice warns bathers of the danger of sharks. An Australian man has been attacked by a shark which mauled his face and neck during a holiday in the South Pacific Solomon Islands, officials said on Friday.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - An Australian man was attacked by a shark which mauled his face and neck during a holiday in the South Pacific Solomon Islands, officials said on Friday.


Obama's peacemaking effort faces steep odds for success (McClatchy Newspapers)

date: 2010 09 03McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The first Middle East peace talks in nearly two years got off to a quick start Thursday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas agreeing to meet again in two weeks and to commence work on the blueprint for a peace treaty.

Abbas agrees to fresh Israeli-Palestinian talks in Egypt, but has little support at home (The Christian Science Monitor)

date: 2010 09 03The Christian Science Monitor - When Israeli-Palestinian peace talks move beyond today's summit in Washington, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will face a tough balancing act as even his allies at home push back against US and Israeli pressures.

German Banker's Anti-Immigration Book Riles the Nation (Time.com)

date: 2010 09 03Time.com - A new anti-immigration book by a director on the board of Germany's central bank has outraged the nation -- and has critics calling for his job

Mexico Massacre Galvanises Migrant Rights Activists (OneWorld.net)

date: 2010 09 02OneWorld.net - MEXICO CITY, Sep 1 (IPS) - Activists in Latin America have been galvanised by atrocities like the recent massacre of 72 migrants near the U.S. border to step up their efforts on behalf of migrant rights.