Sunday, September 13, 2009

World News Briefs -- September 13, 2009


Official: Dozens Of Taliban Killed After US Deaths -- Yahoo News/AP

KABUL – A battle in western Afghanistan that included airstrikes killed dozens of Taliban militants after an insurgent ambush left three U.S. troops dead, an Afghan official said Sunday.

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MIDDLE EAST

Iran vows no ‘compromise’ on nuclear issue. Nuclear weapons against our religion.

Back-to-back bombs at Shiite shrine in Iraq kill 4.

UNIFIL: Radicals in Lebanon refugee camps fired Friday's rockets.

ASIA

Japan’s victors warily prepare for power.

3 Uighurs convicted of syringe attacks, heightening tensions in Western China.

Huge fire kills 38 at Kazakhstan drug rehab centre.

AFRICA

UN accuses Congo of possible war crimes.

Riots erupt in Uganda for third day.

EU discusses progress, problems during rare Mugabe talks.

EUROPE

Election fever heightens Ukraine political chaos. Ukraine President claims Kremlin is shielding would-be killers.

Putin hints at presidential bid.

Swedish cities hit by spate of arson and unrest.

AMERICAS

Venezuela to get Russian missiles.

Honduras' interim president: US revoked my visas.

Strong earthquake rocks Venezuela.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Health of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi 'worsens'.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

China ‘strongly opposes’ U.S. tire tariff imposition.

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