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Yahoo! News: World News Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:00:56 GMT
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Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks
(AP)
 AP - To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas — the Islamic militant group that controls one of the two Palestinian territories and rejects negotiations.
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Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike
(AP)
 AP - A few pennies' increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry — and erupting in anger — in the world's poorest countries.
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Afghan president says airstrike killed civilians
(AP)
 AP - NATO said an airstrike in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed about a dozen insurgents, but President Hamid Karzai said the victims were campaign workers seeking votes in this month's parliamentary elections.
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Book says Nazi hunter Wiesenthal worked for Mossad
(AP)
 AP - A new book claims renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal worked for Israel's Mossad spy agency, providing information on war criminals and Germans working in Arab countries.
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UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October
(AP)
AP - A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.
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Religious Minorities Suffering Worst in Pakistan Floods
(Time.com)
Time.com - Amid the catastrophes, the country's religious minorities are under assault -- and one group has allegedly been denied official assistance
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Verdict due in high-profile Portuguese abuse case
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Portuguese court will render its verdict Friday in one of the country's highest profile legal cases, a shocking story of alleged child abuse at a state orphanage that has gripped the nation for over half a decade.
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Group promotes Egypt's spy chief for president
(AP)
 AP - Activists on Thursday hung posters across Cairo supporting Egypt's intelligence chief as a candidate in next year's presidential elections, the latest campaign to try to undermine a possible father-son succession in the Arab world's most populous nation.
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Ecuadorean survivor urges migrants to avoid Mexico
(AP)
 AP - One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migrants urged others in an interview broadcast Thursday not to attempt the journey to the United States.
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Sudan referendum body agrees post to end deadlock
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sudan's referendum commission agreed on a key post on Thursday, ending a deadlock which has stalled plans for the January 9 southern vote on independence from the north against which it has fought decades of civil war.
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Obama adviser Summers to visit China September 4
(Reuters)
Reuters - The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama's top economic adviser will visit China from Saturday for three days of meetings.
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China digs for ways to stymie BHP's Potash Corp bid
(Reuters)
Reuters - China is stepping up attempts to hamper BHP Billiton's $39 billion hostile offer for Potash Corp, amid worries about future supplies of fertilizer it needs to rapidly boost food production.
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Return to power within grasp for Australia's PM
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard came within grasp of a return to power on Thursday after one of four "kingmaker" MPs backed her Labor Party's bid to form a minority government following last month's dead-heat elections.
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U.S. vehicles destroy Afghan bombs by rolling over them
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Spc. Joshua Joe drives a "Husky," a giant vehicle built to find and withstand the blast of a roadside bomb, putting him in the front line of the U.S.-led coalition's battle against the Taliban's most effective weapon in Afghanistan.
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The trickiest issue in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas enter direct peace talks on Thursday, an intensifying battle for Jerusalem has rendered the conflictâ??s trickiest issue even more intractable.
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Why Israelis Don't Care About Peace with Palestinians
(Time.com)
Time.com - Israelis feel prosperous, secure -- and disengaged from the peace process with the Palestinians. Is that wise?
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Mexico Massacre Galvanises Migrant Rights Activists
(OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - MEXICO CITY, Sep 1 (IPS) - Activists in
Latin America have been galvanised by atrocities like the recent
massacre of 72 migrants near the U.S. border to step up their efforts on
behalf of migrant rights.
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