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Human Rights Watch accuses Zambian police of brutal abuse, beatings of suspects
LUSAKA, Zambia - An international rights group is calling on Zambia to crack down on police brutality. Human Rights Watch says in a Tuesday report that Zambian police routinely hang suspects from ceilings and beat them to obtain confessions. Rona Peligal, the organization’s Africa director, ...
2010-09-07

 UN peacekeeper dies, another injured during south Lebanon ’activity’
BEIRUT - A spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon says a peacekeeper has been killed and another injured during "operational activity" in southern Lebanon. Lt. Col. Naresh Bhatt says Tuesday’s accident occurred in the vicinity of the town of Kfar Chouba where a UNIFIL enginee...
2010-09-07

 Researchers say 21 pct of freshwater species in northern Africa threatened with extinction
STOCKHOLM - Researchers at an international water conference in Stockholm said that 21 per cent of freshwater species in northern Africa are threatened with extinction. Scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature presented a new report on Tuesday, which shows more than...
2010-09-07

 Spain’s Catalonia region schedules election for November 28
MADRID - The president of Spain’s wealthy, influential Catalonia region has called elections for Nov. 28. President Jose Montilla made the announcement Tuesday. He is a Socialist who leads a coalition with a Green party and a pro-independence one. They took power in 2006, even though a centr...
2010-09-07
AP Interview: Athens’ Athena Nike temple restored on the Acropolis after decade-long facelift
ATHENS, Greece - After a decade-long facelift, the ancient Greek temple of Athena Nike is back up, patched up and unfettered on the Acropolis. The slender marble building was free of scaffolding 10 years after being completely dismantled for repairs ? the second time it has been restored sin...
2010-09-07

 1,000 homes evacuated, dozens of houses destroyed by fast-moving Colorado wildfire
DENVER - A wind-whipped wildfire sent flames roaring through a rugged canyon in the Colorado foothills, forcing hundreds of people to flee and destroying dozens of homes ? some that belonged to the firefighters themselves, authorities said early Tuesday. Firefighters were waiting until sunri...
2010-09-07

 Flight attendant accused of cursing passenger, sliding down emergency chute due in NY court
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A former flight attendant accused of cursing out an airplane passenger and then sliding down an emergency exit chute is due in a New York City courtroom. Steven Slater is scheduled to appear Tuesday for a routine hearing on criminal-mischief charges. Slater also was charged ...
2010-09-07

 Indonesian volcano spits new burst of ash high into air, 15 miles away in strongest blast yet
TANAH KARO, Indonesia - An Indonesian volcano shot a towering cloud of black ash high into the air Tuesday, dusting villages 25 kilometres away in its most powerful eruption since awakening last week from four centuries of dormancy. Some witnesses at the foot of Mount Sinabung reported seein...
2010-09-07

 Team Saxo Bank riders Andy Schleck, O’Grady reportedly dropped for drinking
COPENHAGEN - Andy Schleck, a star rider for Team Saxo Bank, says he has been removed from the Spanish Vuelta because he and teammate Stuart O’Grady drank alcohol. Schleck says he broke a team rule "by going out for a drink" and says he is "responsible for my actions." The Luxembourg rider to...
2010-09-07

 ICC contacted Pakistan cricketers for fixing investigation before England Test
Pakistan’s cricketers were being investigated by the International Cricket Council for fixing in a one-day series even before their contentious fourth Test against England last month. The ICC suspended three players last week after charging them under its anti-corruption code but had already...
2010-09-07
Angelina Jolie meets flood victims in Pakistan, urges countries to give more aid
JALOZAI, Pakistan - American movie star Angelina Jolie met flood victims in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday and appealed to the international community to provide aid needed to help the country recover from its worst natural disaster. The flow of aid money has stalled in recent days, and of...
2010-09-07

 Egypt reactor failed in April but no radiation leak, says nuclear chief
CAIRO - Egypt’s nuclear chief says there was a breakdown in the country’s small Russian-built reactor last April but no radiation leaked out. Mohammed el-Kulali, head of the Egyptian Nuclear Organization, told the independent daily Al-Masry Al-Youm Tuesday that the 2-megawatt research reacto...
2010-09-07

 Report: Iran says it has the right to bar UN nuclear inspectors
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s nuclear chief said Tehran has the right to bar some U.N. inspectors from monitoring its disputed nuclear program, the semiofficial ISNA news agency reported. Ali Akbar Salehi’s late Monday comments were apparently in response to a report by the International Atomic Ener...
2010-09-07

 Doctors still analyzing alleged miracle in Pope John Paul II beatification
WARSAW, Poland - The promoter in the case of Pope John Paul II’s sainthood says doctors are still analyzing a supposed miracle attributed to him in which a French nun was allegedly cured from Parkinson’s disease by praying to the late pope. The Rev. Slawomir Oder said Tuesday that special ca...
2010-09-07

 Cantronic wins C$3.9M contract with China’s Haicheng City
VANCOUVER - Cantronic Systems Inc. (TSXV:CTS) of Vancouver has won a C$3.9 million contract to install video surveillance systems for Haicheng City in China’s Liaoning province. The project is expected to be completed within the next three months, the company said Tuesday. "We are excited to...
2010-09-07