Thursday, September 29, 2011

World News Briefs -- September 29, 2011 (Evening Edition)



Pakistan Leaders Call for Peace In Afghanistan -- ABC News

Pakistan's political leaders voiced their support Thursday for the country's powerful army in its destabilizing standoff with the United States over allegations the force supports insurgents attacking American troops in Afghanistan.

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MIDDLE EAST

Top Iranian banker flees amid embezzlement scandal.

Palestinian statehood bid stokes tensions in West Bank.

Fresh clashes, explosions rock Yemeni capital. Fresh fighting breaks out in Yemen.

Bahrain sentences protester to death and jails doctors.

US ambassador Robert Ford pelted with tomatoes in Syria.

Turkey's elephant in the room: Religious freedom.

Saudi king overturns lashes for driving.

Saudi Arabia to spend over $100B on 16 nuclear reactors: Ex-Envoy.

ASIA

Leader of militant group back behind bars in Pakistan.

The Afghan Taliban says it supports Haqqani, not Pakistan.

Pakistani military, civilian leaders close ranks against U.S. critics. US 'threat' of military action unites Pakistan. Pakistan says U.S. pressure on militants must end.

Terror groups merge in Philippines.

US groups say hunger worsening in N.Korea.

Chinese growth to 'halve by 2016': survey.

AFRICA

Kadafi foes keep up assault on stronghold. Libyan interim government forces capture Sirte airport. Libya: exodus from Sirte as thousands flee rebel offensive.

4 GOP senators travel to post-Gadhafi Libya. McCain leads senate delegation to Libya.

Another Gadhafi son on Interpol's most-wanted list.

Libyans working hard to shed 'mad dog' Gadhafi image.

Libyans claim Gadhafi is hiding in western border area.

Armed protestors demand Cameroon president go ahead of poll.

Frustrations with Egypt's military rulers grow.

Zambia's new President Sata sets new mining rules for China.

EUROPE

Tymoshenko denounces court case ‘lynching’.

Belarus spurns EU summit invitation.

Debt inspectors back in Greece, protests swell.

Tensions persist in Kosovo, NATO maintains presence.

Lithuania: Rights group calls for new CIA probe.

Disaffected youth may dampen Polish PM's poll hopes.

Key war crimes trial witness found dead in Germany.

AMERICAS

Five severed heads left outside Mexican school.

U.S. mulls Canadian border fence.

Venezuela's Chavez plays ball, mocks health scare. Chavez in hospital for emergency care: report.

Mexican president orders federal police, troops to state where 35 bodies dumped on street.

Bolivia highway protests spread, paralysing La Paz.

Long-term unemployment in U.S. a ‘national crisis,’ Bernanke says.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

US slaps sanctions on 5 people as alleged operatives for al-Qaida, Taliban or Haqqani network.

Pakistan never backed Haqqani network-spy chief.

Rezwan Ferdaus held over Pentagon and Capitol bomb plot. Plot to bomb Capitol with explosive-laden model planes foiled, FBI says.

Al Qaeda chides Iran over 9/11 'conspiracy theories'.

Guantanamo prepares for next military trial of terrorism suspect.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

BofA plans $5 monthly fee for some debit-cards.

Stocks gain on economic data, Germany vote; Greek bonds surge.

Dozens arrested in drug raid at Boeing plant.

Report: North American oil output will hit all-time record by 2016.

Samsung “knows it can’t rely on Google” says exec.

Surprise rise in US growth as jobless claims fall.

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