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Barack Obama: 'It is time to turn the page on Iraq' Telegraph.co.uk Barack Obama has ended America's combat mission telling the US "It is time to turn the page". By Richard Spencer in Baghdad Addressing the nation from the Oval Office, President Barack Obama said that ending the war "is not only in Iraq's interest - it ... See all stories on this topic »

Chilean miners send up new video for family members CNN Copiapo, Chile (CNN) -- Officials are expected to distribute on Wednesday copies of a 25-minute video that the miners sent for their relatives. The video, sent Tuesday, held another round of greetings, family members who had seen it told CNN. ... See all stories on this topic » CNN

Climate panel may replace assembly: PM The Australian Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan discuss Labor's deal with the Greens, and the national accounts. Picture: Gary Ramage Source: The Australian JULIA Gillard has confirmed her deal with the Greens to establish a climate change committee could "substitute" ... See all stories on this topic »

As Earl nears, FEMA says prepare to leave Washington Post As Hurricane Earl made its way toward the Eastern Seaboard on Tuesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency warned people along the coast to prepare for possible evacuation orders from state and local governments. "The primary threat is going to be ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Post

Yemenis detained on mistaken suspicion of planning attack Washington Post By Peter Finn Two Yemeni men who flew from Chicago to Amsterdam and were detained Monday in the Netherlands on suspicion of planning a terrorist act do not appear to be involved in any conspiracy and did not know each other before they were arrested, ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Post

TV review: President Obama's Oval Office address declaring end to Iraq war Washington Post By Hank Stuever Closure is both a concept and an emotion and something we talk about so much in life that the word became its own cliche. And closure, it seems, is an unspoken reason why we channel-surf so much in the first place -- TV is the place ... See all stories on this topic »

Castro takes responsibility for persecution of gays Sify /EFE) Former Cuban president Fidel Castro says he bears total responsibility for the persecution of homosexuals at the beginning of the Cuban revolution. Castro told Carmen Lira, editor of Mexican daily La Jornada, that the persecution of gays occurred ... See all stories on this topic »

Pakistani officials leaving in protest Washington Post By Craig Whitlock A delegation of senior Pakistani military officials visiting the United States for a major defense conference headed home in protest Tuesday night after they said they were interrogated and rudely treated by security officials at ... See all stories on this topic »

Male sex slave ring busted in Spain NDTV.com Madrid: Police in Spain have busted a ring engaged in sexually exploiting men recruited from Brazil and forced to work round the clock under death threats. A total of 64 men and a few transvestites were brought to Spain from Brazil's Maranhao state. ... See all stories on this topic »

Putin pledges to ease Russian-EU travel on road to visa-free regime RIA Novosti KRASNOYARSK, September 1 (RIA Novosti) - Traveling between Russia and the EU should be made as easy as possible as part of the transition to a visa-free regime, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. "We should move to a visa-free ... See all stories on this topic »

Dalai Lama Addresses Tibetan National General Meeting Northern Voices Online Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai lama yesterday addressed the delegates of the first National General Meeting, underlining the need for unity and a robust democratic administration in exile to keep alive the hopes and aspirations of Tibetans living ... See all stories on this topic »

Prosecutors to decide whether to charge WikiLeaks head CNN (CNN) -- Swedish prosecutors may decide Wednesday whether to file charges against Julian Assange, the editor-in-chief of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks. Assange was originally accused of rape by one woman and molestation by another, but Sweden's ... See all stories on this topic »

US deaths in Afghanistan hit record in 2010 AFP KABUL — The number of US soldiers killed in the Afghan war in 2010 is the highest annual toll since the conflict began almost nine years ago, according to an AFP count Wednesday. A total of 323 US soldiers have been killed in the Afghan war this year, ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

China on agenda as Antony meets service chiefs Indian Express After reports of Chinese soldiers being deployed in Pakistan occupied Kashmir to provide security for infrastructure projects, Defence Minister AK Antony held a security review meet here on Tuesday that was attended by the three service chiefs and ... See all stories on this topic »

Escaping the middle income trap, part 2 TIME (blog) A couple weeks ago, I mused a bit about how developing countries graduate into the leagues of the world's richest nations, specifically looking at the case of Malaysia. That country has been stuck at a moderate level of wealth for some time – in other ... See all stories on this topic »

Russian mini-subs find possible Tsarist gold in Lake Baikal RIA Novosti The Russian Mir-2 mini-sub has found several shiny metal objects on the bottom of Lake Baikal that could be the legendary Tsarist gold lost during the Russian civil war, the Fund for the Protection of Lake Baikal said. Explorers have long been ... See all stories on this topic » RIA Novosti

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