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Death toll rises to 45 in Guatemala mudslides
(AP)
 AP - Searchers on Monday pulled five more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and then the people trying to save them. The deaths raised the confirmed toll from mudslides in Guatemala to 45 as torrential rains pounded the country.
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Tropical Storm Hermine makes landfall in Mexico
(AP)
 AP - Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into Mexico's northern Gulf coast near the U.S. border late Monday with winds of 65 mph (100 kph), threatening heavy rains that could cause flash flooding in Mexico and Texas.
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Indonesian volcano erupts again; strongest one yet
(AP)
 AP - An Indonesian volcano shot black ash three miles (5,000 meters) into the air early Tuesday — its most powerful eruption since springing back to life after four centuries of dormancy.
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Lawyer: Iran woman could be stoned to death soon
(AP)
 AP - The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon with the end of a moratorium on death sentences for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Sharp series of aftershocks strike New Zealand
(AP)
 AP - A sharp series of about 20 aftershocks rattled New Zealand's earthquake-hit city of Christchurch overnight, and earthquake experts warned Tuesday that another powerful tremblor might hammer the region in coming days.
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What the Basque Terrorists' Unilateral Ceasefire Reveals
(Time.com)
Time.com - Spain's political establishment has rejected a unilateral ceasefire declared by the battered Basque terrorist group ETA. What does it reveal about the cohesion of the separatists -- and what they might do next?
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Extradition agreements to be reviewed amid outcry
(AFP)
 AFP - The government will review its extradition agreements with the United States and European nations amid concerns that the current system is failing to protect British citizens, a report said Tuesday.
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Egyptian opposition leader urges election boycott
(AP)
 AP - Egypt's leading democracy advocate made a forceful call Monday for the nation to boycott November's parliamentary election, saying they were certain to be rigged and urging his young supporters to be patient and plan for a lengthy struggle.
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3 suspects in Mexico migrant massacre found dead
(AP)
AP - The bodies of three men suspected of participating in the massacre of 72 migrants last month were found by the side of a road in northern Mexico after an anonymous caller told authorities where to find the cadavers, federal officials said Monday.
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Egyptian officials to face trial over Van Gogh theft
(AFP)
 AFP - A senior culture ministry official and the head of a Cairo museum from which a Van Gogh painting was stolen will stand trial on charges of negligence, a judicial source said on Monday.
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All Blacks juggernaut rolling toward Rugby WCup
(AFP)
 AFP - The in-form All Blacks have been installed as firm favourites for the next Rugby World Cup, which will kick off in one year's time in New Zealand.
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China tells state companies to explore Potash bid
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese officials have ordered state companies to meet investment bankers to explore ways to block BHP Billiton's $39 billion bid for Potash Corp, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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Australia's political deadlock set to end Tuesday
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Australia's agonizing wait for a new government is expected to end on Tuesday when independent lawmakers reveal who they will back, but there is still no clear favorite for who will head the minority government.
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Settlers defy Netanyahu with vow to begin construction
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — Jewish settlers across the West Bank have vowed to begin construction in more than 60 locations, posing a direct challenge to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he returned home from Thursday's first round of direct peace talks in Washington.
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Japan convicts Greenpeace's 'Tokyo Two' for whaling investigation
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - A Greenpeace effort to expose what it sees as widespread corruption in Japan's government-subsidized whaling industry ended on Monday with two of its activists convicted of theft and trespassing.
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Afghanistan: Run on Kabul Bank Shakes a Fragile Economy
(Time.com)
Time.com - The government insists there is no reason for anxiety but the depositors outside Afghanistan's largest bank are implacable. They want their money back
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New Two-Hour TB Test
(OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - JOHANNESBURG, Sep 3 (PlusNews) - A new, accurate, easy-to-use test can
diagnose tuberculosis (TB) - including drug-resistant strains of the
disease - in less than two hours. It has the potential to save thousands
of lives in developing countries, where current tests are often
unreliable, take weeks to process, or are simply unavailable.
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