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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the media as he leaves the parliament in Tehran, Iran. Ahmadinejad shrugged off a French warning of war if Iran develops a nuclear weapon. (Photo by Vahid Salemi / AP)

Russian Foreign Minister 'worried' by Iran war risk

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed fears over the threat of war in Iran after talks with his French counterpart, Bernard Kouchner.

BBC

Iran anger over French war warning

CNN

U.N. nuclear chief tells France not to raise tensions over Iran

EuroNews

'Super typhoon' heads for Shanghai

A typhoon targeted China’s booming eastern province of Zhejiang and financial hub Shanghai, prompting the evacuation of tens of thousands of people as ships and boats were called back to port.

MSNBC

Iraqis to review all security companies

The Iraqi government will review the status of private security companies as anger over the alleged involvement of Blackwater USA in a fatal shooting of civilians threatened to spread.

Yahoo! News

Iraq orders Blackwater USA contractors out

CBS News

Fed set to cut fund rate in response to recession fears

Federal Reserve policymakers are widely expected to cut key federal funds as instability in the financial markets and the mortgage industry have dramatically increased recession concerns.

NPR

Confirmation of U.S. AG could become game of quid pro quo

Two Senate Democrats warned they might delay confirming President George W. Bush's attorney general nominee unless the White House turns over documents relating to several investigations.

International Herald Tribune

Additional charges expected in W. Va. torture case

Some of the six people accused of torturing a woman for days in rural West Virginia are expected to face additional kidnapping and sexual assault charges, the county prosecutor said.

Associated Press

NATION

Home foreclosures doubled in August on loan rates

The number of Americans who may lose their homes to foreclosure more than doubled from a year earlier as subprime borrowers with adjustable-rate mortgages saw their monthly payments rise.

Bloomberg

Spy chief: China, Russia spying on U.S.

China and Russia are spying on the United States nearly as much as they did during the Cold War, according to the top U.S. intelligence official.

USA Today

Vets challenge Army recruiting practices

A group of Iraq war veterans is challenging the military's recruiting practices. The group started a campaign called "Truth in Recruiting." The organization has issues with bonuses given to new recruits.

KCNC

POLITICS

Clinton to offer health care plan

With a price tag of about $110 billion per year, Clinton's "American Health Choices Plan" represents her first major effort to achieve universal health coverage since 1994.

ABC News

2008 presidential hopefuls

WCBS

Gay activists push for bias ban

Gay rights advocates expect Congress will soon move closer to approving a federal ban on job discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender workers.

TIME

Howard K. Stern rejects book's gay allegations

KCAL

BUSINESS

Is the party over for Indian outsourcers?

India's biggest outsourcing firms continue to rake in the profits, at least judging by the latest earnings season. Yet behind this show of supreme confidence lurks deep unease.

BusinessWeek

London moves to safeguard U.K. savings

The British government stepped in to guarantee the savings of customers of the beleaguered Northern Rock bank as it moved to prevent panic from gripping the entire U.K. banking sector.

Financial Times

British lender Northern Rock under pressure

EuroNews

HEALTH

E. coli fears prompt lettuce recall

Fears of E. coli contamination have prompted the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to warn the public not to eat a brand of Dole lettuce. The affected product is called Hearts Delight.

canada.com

E. coli outbreak spreads

ABC News

Aerobic, weight training combo best against diabetes

Most people know that exercise can help beat type 2 diabetes, but one type of fitness regimen might work best, a new study shows.

HealthDay

Investigation of gene therapy death focuses on fungal infection

A virus used in a gene therapy experiment likely didn't cause the death of an Illinois woman suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, although it can't be completely ruled out, health advisers said.

Canadian Press

NIH reviews death in gene therapy study

NPR

SPORTS

McNabb drops sixth of last seven starts as Eagles fall to Skins

The surprising Redskins, coming off a 5-11 season, are 2-0 and tied with Dallas atop the NFC East, which Philadelphia was expected to dominate.

ESPN

Bills' Everett moves hands, shows greater leg strength

Kevin Everett is showing some movement in both hands and greater strength in his leg muscles, further positive signs for the Bills tight end following a life-threatening spinal-cord injury.

Sports Illustrated

Buffalo player improves after cutting edge surgery

KCNC

EDUCATION

NYC wins top urban education award

New York City has won the nation's most prestigious prize for urban education, known as the Broad Prize. The prize honors school systems that narrow racial gaps and boost poor performance.

New York Sun

Snubbed scholar named dean of U.C. Irvine law school

After sacking him last week, UC Irvine officials announced they had rehired liberal, constitutional law expert Erwin Chemerinsky as the dean of the university's new law school.

CBS News

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GOOD NEWS

College pays $700K to replace cut trees

The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey calls itself the ''College of the Pines.'' What's the cost of living up to that nickname? Apparently, $718,053.

HappyNews.com

Trapped donkey pulled from well

Firefighters in a Minnesota community have rescued cows from frozen lakes but they admit saving a donkey from a well was a first.

United Press International

WORLD

Musharraf to 'give up army post'

The chief lawyer for Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf says that if he is re-elected, he will give up his post of army chief soon afterwards.

BBC

Worldwide protests call for Darfur action

Thousands of protesters demonstrated in more than 30 countries around the world to call for immediate action to end the conflict in Darfur.

Scotsman

New Darfur peace mission begins

BBC

North Korean ship 'linked to Israel's strike on Syria'

A North Korean freighter that re-flagged itself as South Korean before off-loading an unknown cargo at a Syrian port is at the center of efforts to investigate Israel's recent airstrike on Syria.

Telegraph.co.uk

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists: Arctic meltdown opens fabled Northwest Passage

Scientists have confirmed that in August, Arctic sea ice shrank to its lowest levels since satellite measurements began monitoring the region nearly 30 years ago.

LiveScience

Tornado damages dozens of homes and cars in Florida

Residents began cleaning up after a tornado damaged more than 100 homes and dozens of cars in Florida. The National Weather Service estimates the storm packed winds of 105 miles per hour.

WBBH

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

I sound like what in Japanese?

In spoken Japanese, there is "men's Japanese" and "women's Japanese." By the end of my 2-1/2-year stay in Japan, I had unwittingly become conversant in the latter form.

Christian Science Monitor

Friend taped meetings with Simpson

A friend of O.J. Simpson's says he helped Simpson plan the confrontation that led to the alleged armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas this weekend.

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Sterile salmon produce baby trout

Salmon parents have created offspring that are 100 percent trout — the first time that a surrogate animal has produced a different species, researchers say.

National Geographic

Video game teaches medics how to treat blast victims

Doctors are to be trained on a video game that simulates the effects of a city center explosion, to help them decide how best to treat casualties.

Guardian

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

'Tear gas used' on Burma monks

Military officials in Burma have used tear gas to disperse hundreds of monks holding a rally in the northwest city of Sittwe, reports from the area say.

BBC

Nebraska state senator sues God in protest of another lawsuit

Nebraska State Sen. Ernie Chambers wants a judge to order God to desist in doing things that harm people. Chambers said he wanted to show that a lawsuit may be filed over anything.

StatePaper.com

Muhammed cartoonist forced from home

Swedish artist Lars Vilks, under a death threat from al-Qaida over his drawing of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, said that police have increased his security and will not allow him to live in his home.

Toronto Star

Muslim charity trial nearing end

USA Today

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A hiker walks near the Silvretta glacier in the Swiss Alps near the town of Klosters, Switzerland. (Photo by Arno Balzarini / AP)

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