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• Petraeus: Quran-burning harms troops
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:16:09 EDT)

The U.S. commander in Afghanistan criticized a U.S. church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning the event "could cause significant problems" for troops.


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• MPs break election deadlock in Australia
(Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:29:14 EDT)

Two independent lawmakers from rural Australia broke a parliamentary deadlock on Tuesday, siding with Prime Minister Julia Gillard to return the Labor Party to power.


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• Tropical storm makes landfall in Mexico
(Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:16:00 EDT)

A tropical depression in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is creeping toward Mexico and the United States and could bring substantial rainfall, officials said.


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• Deaths climb in Guatemala landslides
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:17:53 EDT)

The toll from torrential rains and landslides in Guatemala moved higher today, with disaster officials reporting 44 dead, 56 injured and 16 missing.


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• Travolta halts retrial in extortion case
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:23:26 EDT)

A retrial in the case of two men accused in the Bahamas of attempting to extort millions from John Travolta over the death of the actor's son was halted Monday just as it was about to get under way, according to the Bahamian attorney general's office.


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• India: Four dead as police fire on protesters
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:43:36 EDT)

Indian police fired on pro-independence protesters in Indian-administered Kashmir Monday, killing four people and wounding 16 others, a senior police officer said.


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• Violence in Iraq leaves 6 dead
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:49:21 EDT)

A string of bombings and shootings in Iraq has left at least one Iraqi military officer and five civilians dead and at least 21 people wounded, authorities said Monday.


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• IAEA: Iran still enriching uranium
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:22:33 EDT)

In defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions, Iran continues its uranium enrichment activities, according to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency released Monday.


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• One rescue operation temporarily halted at Chilean mine
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:10:39 EDT)

Rescue officials reported Monday they had to temporarily stop one of two drilling operations to reach 33 men trapped for more than a month inside a Chilean mine.


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• Missiles kill 5 suspected Pakistan militants
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:13:54 EDT)

A suspected U.S. drone strike killed five suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal region on Monday, intelligence officials tell CNN.


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