World News Briefs -- September 10, 2009 (Evening Edition)

Job seekers wait in line for a job fair in midtown in New York on September 1.
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Recession Takes A Toll As US Poverty Surges -- Christian Science Monitor

Nearly 40 million Americans were living in poverty last year. The Census Bureau reports a significant rise among children.

America’s poverty rate surged upward last year, underscoring the toll of recession on ordinary households across the nation.

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MIDDLE EAST

Israelis ready for peace talks, but not 'suckers': Netanyahu.

Turkish Media Group is fined $2.5 billion.

Hariri to step aside in Lebanon.

Truck bomb kills at least 19 in northern Iraq. Kurds demand security after bomb kills 19 in Iraq.

Stormy Iraq-Syria talks on militants issue.

Iran presents proposals as West ups nuclear pressure.

Iran 'offers missiles to Lebanon'.

ASIA

Think Tank: Taliban return to most of Afghanistan.

British government defends raid that freed reporter in Afghanistan.

Philippine rebel predicts wider insurgency.

Japan’s DPJ forms coalition despite disagreements. Where does Japan's new tripartite coalition head for?

Destroyed schools deepen Pakistani children's woes.

Australia agrees $60bn gas deal.

AFRICA

African Union opposes new Madagascar 'unity' government.

Travel ban for Gabon opposition.

Somalia, Sudan and Zimbabwe have $2.09 billion in IMF arrears.

Understatement of the day: U.N. finds 'possible' war crimes in DRC.

Sudan opposition parties forge alliance.

Somalia fighting continues to take toll on children.

Africa MPs cheer Lockerbie bomber.

221 missing after Sierra Leone boat capsizes.

EUROPE

Berlusconi says is best leader in Italy's history.

Sarkozy pushes ahead with unpopular carbon tax.

More than half of British public against UK mission in Afghanistan.

EU considers 15 bln euros to help poor nations on climate.

Al-Megrahi affair ‘to harm business with Libya for years’.

Russia not yet in sustainable recovery: Medvedev.

AMERICAS

Bizarre hijacking prompts security investigation.

Guatemala declares calamity as food crisis grows.

Venezuela recognizes Georgian separatist regions.

Venezuela 'tackling drugs trade'.

Bolivian man acted alone in Mexico hijacking, official says.

Hugo Chávez arrives on arms ‘shopping spree’.

Uruguay will allow gay adoption, a first for Latin America.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

First Guantanamo Uighurs agree to go to Palau.

NSA official to testify in terror trial.

Al Qaeda extends to Somalia, Yemen.

Photos released of terrorist mastermind at Gitmo.

Terrorists shift focus to hotels and 'soft' targets, study says.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

US new jobless claims fall to 550,000.

Feds: Recession may be over.

U.S. Treasury: Millions more foreclosures coming.

Economic jitters hit OPEC oil cartel at talks.