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Millennium Development Goals summit opens CBC.ca The UN has warned that flood victims in Pakistan, seen here, are at imminent risk of waterborne diseases including malaria, a target of one of the Millenium Development Goals. (Athar Hussain/Reuters) World leaders gathered at the United Nations ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Hung House in Sweden The Hindu Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt pleaded for calm Monday after being re-elected at the head of a minority government and said he had until October to announce his government. In Sunday's vote, Mr. Reinfeldt's four-party centre-right coalition ... See all stories on this topic »

Abbas won't negotiate if Israel ends settlement curbs AFP NEW YORK — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Monday he will not take part in US-backed peace talks "for a single day" if Israel does not extend a freeze on settlement building at the month's end. "The negotiations will continue as long as the ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Boat collision sparks anger, breakdown in China-Japan talks Washington Post China's government cancels high-level talks with Japan, following Japan's announcement that it will hold a Chinese fishing boat captain for another ten days. By William Wan BEIJING - It began with a minor fender bender on the Asian seas - a Chinese ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Post

Observer group alleges widespread fraud in Afghan polls Sify Kabul, Sep 20 (DPA) The largest Afghan election observer group said Monday that fraud, electoral violations and irregularities were widely recorded during the country's parliamentary elections. 'Fraud took many forms,' Nader Naderi, chairman of Free ... See all stories on this topic »

Gaza gets first shipment of cars from Israel AFP KEREM ABU SALEM, Gaza Strip — Twenty cars were delivered to the Gaza Strip on Monday in the first such shipment permitted by Israel in more than three years, an AFP correspondent said. Since Hamas drove out forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

German police seek murder motive BBC News Police in Germany believe a custody dispute may lie behind the actions of a woman who killed her estranged husband and young son before setting fire to the building they were in on Sunday. The woman also shot dead a hospital employee before being shot ... See all stories on this topic »

Limbless man swims Channel: Philippe Croizon crosses 10 hrs ahead of schedule Daily Mail By Peter Allen A man with no arms and no legs was today celebrating becoming the first to swim across the English Channel - arriving a full 10 hours ahead of schedule. Philippe Croizon, a 42-year-old who lost all of his limbs in a freak accident, ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

15 killed in fresh violence in Karachi IBNLive.com PTI | 11:09 PM,Sep 20,2010 Karachi, Sept 20 (PTI) Pakistan''s biggest city Karachi was again hit by riots and violence, with at least 15 people killed so far since last night, following the killing of a young man in targeted shooting. ... See all stories on this topic »

Germany demands privacy charter from Google, rivals AFP BERLIN — The German government told Google and its competitors in online map services Monday to come up with their own guidelines on data protection by December or face new regulations on the market. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said after a ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Pakistani father sets himself on fire at PM's house Reuters By Asim Tanveer MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A jobless father of five who lost his house in Pakistan's floods killed himself by setting himself on fire in front of the prime minister's house, relatives and officials said. ... See all stories on this topic »

S Lanka panel 'missing' evidence BBC News By Charles Haviland BBC News, Colombo People in northern Sri Lanka have told a war inquiry that family members who served with the Tamil Tigers disappeared after surrendering. They said their loved ones went missing at the end of the war in May 2009. ... See all stories on this topic »

36 killed as tribal groups clash over water in Pakistan Indian Express The clashes over the allocation of irrigation water have been raging for the past three weeks. At least 36 people were killed as two rival tribal groups clashed over distribution of irrigation water in northwestern Pakistan's volatile Kurram region, ... See all stories on this topic » Indian Express

China, Pakistan Discuss Another Nuclear Plant Wall Street Journal By JEREMY PAGE BEIJING—China's main nuclear power company announced that it is in talks to build a one-gigawatt nuclear power plant in Pakistan, even as the two countries face US and Indian concerns over their cooperation to build other plants in ... See all stories on this topic »

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