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55 killed in Pak suicide blast Times of India ISLAMABAD: A suicide blast ripped through a rally of Shia Muslims in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 53 people and injuring around 197. Two other blasts rocked Mardan and Peshawar on the last Friday of Ramzan, ... See all stories on this topic »

Government supports quake-hit Canterbury Stuff.co.nz Quake map from GNS Sciences. The star is the epicentre, 40km west of Christchurch. The dots represent points where people felt the quake, from Orange (heavily damaging) to grey-blue (weakly felt). A firefighter inspects a road near New Brighton. ... See all stories on this topic » Stuff.co.nz

Factbox: Details of cargo plane which crashed in Dubai Reuters (Reuters) - A Boeing 747-400 cargo plane operated by United Parcel Service crashed after takeoff in Dubai on Friday, killing two crew members, authorities said. Here are some details of the type of aircraft involved. The Boeing 747 is a backbone of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Peres hails 'promising start' of newly launched talks Jerusalem Post By JPOST.COM STAFF AND BLOOMBERG NEWS Clinton declares peace is within Israeli and Palestinian interests; Erekat denies report that negotiating teams scheduled to meet in West Bank. President Shimon Peres said newly launched peace talks with the ... See all stories on this topic »

Anti-war protest greets Blair at Irish TV station AFP DUBLIN — Anti-war campaigners staged a protest against former prime minister Tony Blair on Friday as he arrived at a Dublin television studio for an interview about his new autobiography, police said. About 20 members of the Irish Anti-War movement ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Six Convicted of Sexual Crimes at Portuguese Children's Home New York Times By RAPHAEL MINDER MADRID — Six people were convicted of child sexual abuse in a Lisbon court on Friday, in a trial that lasted nearly six years and shocked people in Portugal and beyond. A three-judge panel found the defendants guilty of raping and ... See all stories on this topic »

Earl Weakens, Claims Victim Wall Street Journal By JOSEPH DE AVILA Even as Hurricane Earl appeared to weaken on Friday, elected officials, utility companies and public transportation officials were putting the final touches on storm preparations in Greater New York. As of Friday afternoon, ... See all stories on this topic »

Fidel Castro Gives Major Public Speech Voice of America Photo: AP Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has delivered a major public speech, warning students at the University of Havana that the world stands at the brink of nuclear war. Mr. Castro wore his trademark green army fatigues and hat as he spoke ... See all stories on this topic »

Gas blast at UK Krishna temple Calcutta Telegraph London, Sept. 3: A Hare Krishna temple in Leicester was today badly damaged by a blast but a local resident and journalist, Raju Vyas, told The Telegraph: "It was not a terrorist attack but a gas explosion." He said that the presence of helicopters ... See all stories on this topic » Calcutta Telegraph

'No oil leaking' from exploded Gulf of Mexico platform BBC News Inspectors have said no pollution has leaked from a Gulf of Mexico oil platform that exploded in flames and sent 13 workers escaping into the sea. Officials with the US offshore drilling regulator said they inspected the Mariner Energy platform and ... See all stories on this topic »

Taliban threaten attacks in America, Europe Daily Times DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) threatened on Friday to launch attacks in the US and Europe "very soon". "We will launch attacks in America and Europe very soon," Qari Hussain Mehsud, a senior TTP leader, said on Friday. ... See all stories on this topic »

Pyne warns of Labor 'mongoose and cobra' coalition ABC Online Opposition education spokesman Chris Pyne says the three rural independents should support a Coalition-led government because they will have less in common with Labor. Mr Pyne has described Labor's attempts to woo the Greens and the rural independents ... See all stories on this topic » ABC Online

Poll: NYers conflicted on mosque near WTC Jackson Sun By SARA KUGLER FRAZIER AP Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new poll finds New Yorkers are conflicted about the construction of a mosque near the World Trade Center site. The New York Times survey released Friday shows 50 percent of respondents opposed to the ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA advises Chile on trapped, isolated miners The Associated Press SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — A team of NASA doctors and engineers recommended Friday that Chilean authorities regulate the day-and-night sleep patterns of 33 trapped miners, boost their Vitamin D intake and phase in an exercise program as their nutrition ... See all stories on this topic »

US drone strike 'kills six militants' in Pakistan AFP MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — A US drone strike on Friday killed at least six militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, local security officials said. The strike hit a militant compound in outskirts of Miranshah, the main town in ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

U.S. Officials Head to Beijing to Discuss Tensions Wall Street Journal By JASON DEAN BEIJING—US National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon will travel to Beijing this weekend for high-level talks, as the US and China work to iron out tensions on issues ranging ... See all stories on this topic »

Three policemen injured in bomb attack in Peshawar The Hindu PTI A roadside bomb targeted a police van on the outskirts of this northwestern Pakistani city today, injuring three policemen, officials said. The van was on a routine patrol when the bomb planted along the Ring Road went off this morning. ... See all stories on this topic »

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