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Suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 people
(AP)
 AP - A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a car in an alley behind a police station in a strategically important town in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 17 police and civilians in an explosion that shattered the station and neighboring homes.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:43:00 GMT
| Death toll 44 in Guatemala mudslides; more missing
(AP)
 AP - Searchers on Monday pulled more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and people trying to save them. Yet more mudslides helped raise Guatemala's official death toll to 44 after days of torrential rains.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:25:33 GMT
| Spain not convinced new Basque truce is credible
(AP)
 AP - How many cease-fires can you announce and break before everyone stops paying attention?
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:25:04 GMT
| Lawyer says Iranian woman could be stoned 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.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:53:48 GMT
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Jets' Revis arrives at camp to sign deal (AP)
With loud, welcoming cheers and some good-natured ribbing from his teammates, Darrelle Revis returned to the New York Jets. Finally. After months of waiting and wondering about his future, the All-Pro cornerback strolled onto the practice field Monday for the first time since June and ended his long contract holdout with a four-year deal.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:55:51 PDT
| Leinart agrees to 1-yr. deal with Texans (AP)
Matt Leinart has agreed to a one-year deal with the Houston Texans, according to agent Tom Condon. Leinart was cut by Arizona on Saturday. Condon confirmed in a phone interview with The Associated Press on Monday that Leinart had reached a deal with the Texans. The Texans would not confirm the deal. The team returns to practice Wednesday, leading up to Sunday's season opener against Indianapolis.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:26:51 PDT
| Billups, Durant key US rout of Angola (AP)
Before it can win a world championship, the United States needed to start looking like a world champion. Kevin Durant, Chauncey Billups and the rest of the Americans finally had that appearance Monday, powering into the quarterfinals with a 121-66 victory over Angola. "Obviously we want to stay humble, but at the same time we have to know that we can do it," forward Kevin Love said.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:59:52 PDT
| McNabb practices, Haynesworth a backup (AP)
Donovan McNabb is once again practicing with the Washington Redskins after being sidelined two weeks with a sprained left ankle. McNabb was wearing a helmet instead of a baseball cap and took several snaps Monday during the 20 minutes of practice that reporters were allowed to watch. McNabb sprained his ankle in a preseason game against Baltimore on Aug.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:42:44 PDT
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Growth hopes boost global equities
(Reuters)
 Reuters - World stocks rose on Monday on hopes the U.S. economy can avoid slipping back into recession, although the International Monetary Fund's chief economist warned of weak growth in both the United States and Europe.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:40:01 GMT
| Obama kicks off campaign with $50 billion jobs plan
(Reuters)
 Reuters - President Barack Obama, scrambling to jump-start job creation in a sluggish economy, proposed on Monday a six-year, $50 billion plan to rebuild aging roads, railways and airport runways.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:59:33 GMT
| Oil operations in Gulf unaffected by storm
(Reuters)
Reuters - BP Plc , the largest oil producer in U.S.-regulated areas of the Gulf of Mexico, and Shell Oil Co (RDSa.L) said Monday that Tropical Storm Hermine was not affecting their offshore operations.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:15:45 GMT
| Basel committee seeks 9 percent Tier 1 capital: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Global banks will be required to hold Tier 1 capital of nine percent including a 3 percent so-called "conservation buffer," German weekly Die Zeit reported, quoting a draft proposal from the Basel Committee, the body tasked with drawing up global banking rules.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:43:56 GMT
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Hurricane watch issued for coasts of Mexico, Texas
(AP)
 AP - Mexican authorities urged people to move to shelters while officials in Texas distributed sandbags and warned of flash floods as Tropical Storm Hermine headed toward the northwestern Gulf coast on Monday.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:43:41 GMT
| Hit on Iran would spell Israel's 'eradication': Ahmadinejad
(AFP)
 AFP - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled out an attack on the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme, during a visit to Qatar on Sunday, because any such action would result in Israel's destruction.
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:38:47 GMT
| US investors seek pay for pre-WWII German bonds
(AP)
 AP - More than 80 years ago, Germany sold tens of thousands of bonds to American investors in an effort to recover financially from World War I. Later, Adolf Hitler used some of the money raised by those bonds to build the powerful Nazi war machine that would ravage Europe during World War II.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:16:02 GMT
| Lebanon PM: Wrong to accuse Syria in Hariri death
(AP)
AP - Lebanon's Western-backed prime minister made a startling reversal Monday and said it was a mistake to accuse Syria of the massive 2005 truck bombing that killed his father, claiming the charge was politically motivated.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:43:54 GMT
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