Wednesday, October 13, 2010

World News Briefs -- October 13, 2010 (Evening Edition)



21 Miners Free; Chile Rescue Past Halfway Mark -- Yahoo News/AP

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile – The miners who spent 69 agonizing days deep under the Chilean earth were hoisted one by one to freedom Wednesday, their rescue moving with remarkable speed while their countrymen erupted in cheers and the world watched transfixed.

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MIDDLE EAST

Ahmadinejad: Lebanon is a university for Jihad.

Crowd greets Iran's Ahmadinejad in Lebanon. Iran's Ahmadinejad receives rapturous welcome in Lebanon.

Iraqi PM to visit Syria as relations warm.

18 Iranian Revolutionary Guards killed in blast.

In West Bank, olive groves are on the front line in struggle over land. PLO wants map from U.S. with future Israeli border.

ASIA

Six US soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

Pakistan army planning assault on Al-Qaeda terror `epicenter,' Mullen says.

Thai police hold 15 Pakistanis, probe possible terror link.

Experts meet ahead of naval drills in South Korea.

Armed conflict and religious education in Tajikistan.

China moves to ease conflict over territorial disputes.

Chinese Nobel laureate's wife slams 'illegal house arrest'.

Pakistan says it is key to Taliban peace talks.

Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi 'will not vote'.

AFRICA

Sudan FM says 'won't object' to independence vote.

Tsvangirai asks international help in Zimbabwe 'constitutional crisis'.

Nigeria's Dokpesi sues secret police over bomb arrest.

Rwanda, human rights groups applaud rebel leader's arrest.

Actor George Clooney briefs Obama on Sudan trip.

South Africa to test all HIV patients for TB.

EUROPE

Andrei Lugovoi: I will never stand trial in Britain for Litvinenko poisoning.

Polish bear 'that fought Nazis' to be commemorated.

Sweden's first war crimes trial underway.

French pension strikes go into second day. French unions vote to extend strike but govt firm.

Hungary says spilled toxic red sludge's arsenic content exceeded limit.

Part-time workers make up nearly a third of UK workforce. Britain, the jobless capital of Europe where one in eight adults live in house where no one works.

Terrorist cyber attacks are a growing threat to the nation, says GCHQ chief. Cyber warfare already here, UK spy agency chief says.

Xenophobia takes root in German mainstream.

AMERICAS

Drug war bloodshed tarnishes Mexico's richest city. Mexican police chief investigating missing man killed.

Drilling ban lifted; uncertainties still face Gulf.

USS Cole attack survivors angry at Obama. U.S. failure to retaliate for USS Cole attack rankled then — and now.

Canada fails in U.N. Council bid.

Study: Legalizing pot won't hinder Mexican cartels.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Suspected US missiles strikes kill 11 in Pakistan.

Trickle of Western jihadists head to Pakistan.

U.S. intelligence agencies 'wasted' billions.

Al-Qaeda affiliate calls for strikes on U.S. targets such as D.C. restaurants.

Trial starts for ex-Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Ghailani.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Japanese officials defend currency policy, look to G-20.

Foreclosure mess deepens, as experts fear that U.S. has yet to see the bottom.

Across the U.S., long recovery looks like recession.

JPMorgan Chase profit rises as loan provisions fall.

Defiant U.S. Chamber of Congress vows to spend more on election.

Fed Chief gets set to apply lessons of Japan's history.

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