Jerusalem Post — September 3, 2010 — Hillary Clinton declares peace is within Israeli and Palestinian interests in Friday night interview with Israeli and Palestinian reporters; Erekat denies report that negotiating teams scheduled to meet in West Bank. // President Shimon Peres said newly launched peace talks with the Palestinians had a “promising start,” speaking [...]
CNN – September 3, 2010 — A powerful predawn earthquake struck New Zealand on Saturday, causing water mains to break and some buildings to crumble, though there were no immediate reports of deaths or major damage, emergency officials said. Roughly 100 people were being treated for minor bumps and cuts, and two people suffered more [...]
Associated Press — September 3, 2010 — The latest wave of forest fires in Russia has killed eight people and injured 17, authorities said Friday. Fires blazed across much of European Russia in August following weeks of drought and record-high temperatures. A thick pall of smoke from the forest and peat-bog fires covered Moscow for [...]
BBC News — September 3, 2010 — A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off New Zealand’s South Island, the US Geological Survey has said. The epicentre was 30km (20 miles) north-west of Christchurch, at a depth of 16.1 km (10 miles), it added. Local media reported widespread minor damage and power cuts. Christchurch is New Zealand’s [...]
BBC News — September 3, 2010 — A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off New Zealand’s South Island, the US Geological Survey has said. The epicentre was 30km (20 miles) north-west of Christchurch, at a depth of 16.1 km (10 miles), it added. There have so far been no reports of any damage or casualties. Christchurch [...]
Voice of America — September 3, 2010 — Pakistani officials say a suicide bombing killed at least 43 people Friday in the second attack on the country’s Shi’ite minority this week. The blast wounded more than 80 others in the southwestern city of Quetta. The suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a Shi’ite rally expressing [...]
Voice of America — September 3, 2010 — Israeli and Palestinian leaders have wrapped up the first round of their newly relaunched direct peace talks and may now have to confront opposition from the region. Palestinian militants rejected the talks and vowed to continue to attack Israelis. A spokesman for the armed wing of the [...]
TIME — September 2, 2010 — In one of the more unfortunate developments attending the catastrophic floods in Pakistan, the country’s religious minorities are being denied relief and aid — and being attacked by extremists belonging to the country’s Sunni majority even as the faithful mark the holy month of Ramadan. Thumping their chests as [...]
The Wall Street Journal — September 2, 2010 — Tony Blair’s memoir, out this week, has so far received attention mostly for the former Prime Minister’s judgments about George W. Bush (remarkably admiring) and Gordon Brown (decidedly mixed). But Mr. Blair’s clear-sighted views on the financial crisis are considerably more interesting. In the last chapter [...]
Voice of America — September 2, 2010 — Top officials in Pakistan are urging majority Sunni and minority Shiite Muslim communities in the country not to hold outdoor religious meetings. The appeal comes a day after suspected Sunni militants linked to al-Qaida and Taliban extremist networks attacked a Shiite religious procession in an eastern city, [...]
