Officials say second US missile strike kills 2 (AP)
People who were injured by an explosion lie down on road during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Police say a blast at a Shiite procession has killed a score of people in southwestern Pakistan in the third deadly attack this week on the country's religious minorities.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - Pakistani officials say the second suspected U.S. missile strike of the day has killed two p...

Iranian opposition leader's home attacked (AP)
** CORRECTS DATE OF ATTACK ** FILE - In this June 9, 2009 file photo, Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran. Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending the annual state-sponsored rally known as Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)AP - Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bo...

EU trade chief apologizes for Jewish comments (AP)
AP - The EU's trade chief apologized Friday for blaming Jews and the "Jewish lobby" in Washington...

Government: Mozambique lost $3M because of riots (AP)
A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country. (AP Photo/Nastasya Tay)AP - Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising p...

Small signal, big meaning? Castro in military duds (AP)
Cuba's leader Fidel Castro delivers a speech to students outside Havana's University in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Castro dusted off his military fatigues for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a Communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as ...

German Banker's Anti-Immigration Book Riles the Nation (Time.com)
Time.com - A new anti-immigration book by a director on the board of Germany's central bank has o...

German party mistakenly hands out porn pens to kids (Reuters)
Reuters - To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cardb...

Shiite cleric warns Iraqis against working with US (AP)
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L-R), U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen stand during the U.S. national anthem during a change of command ceremony in Baghdad September 1, 2010. The U.S. Military's Outgoing commander Raymond Odierno will hand over to Lieutenant General Lloyd Austin. REUTERS/Jim Watson/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: IMAGES OF THE DAY POLITICS MILITARY)AP - A powerful Shiite cleric in Iraq has warned the country's security forces against working wi...

Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in troubled border state (AP)
In this photo released by Mexico's Secretary of Defense (SEDENA), a soldier walks past a pick-up truck and seized weapons near the town of Ciudad Mier in northern Mexico, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010. According to the Secretary of Defense, gunmen opened fire on soldiers after an airborne patrol detected armed men guarding a home near this town. At least 25 gunmen were killed, two soldiers were injured and three people held captive were freed. (AP Photo/SEDENA)AP - Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a M...

South African suspects face delays during strike (AP)
AP - A top South African lawyer says people whose trials have been delayed because of a nationwid...

Will heir be unveiled at North Korean convention? (AP)
A visitor points with am umbrella at a poster of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, painted by North Korean defector Sun Moo, at the Korea War Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The Obama administration expanded sanctions against North Korea on Monday by freezing assets of individuals, companies and organizations allegedly linked to support for Pyongyang's nuclear program.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il i...

China orders state firms to explore Potash bid (Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese officials have ordered state-owned companies to meet with investment bankers to...

1st Australian female PM leads party to low point (AP)
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces the support of Tasmanian Independent lawmaker Andrew Wilkie in her bid to form a minority government, in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Gillard edged closer to retaining power in Australia on Thursday when Wilkie said he would support her center-left Labor Party to form Australia's first minority government in almost seven decades. (AP Photo/Mark Graham)AP - Whether or not she emerges as winner following recent elections, Australia's first woman pri...

Obama's peacemaking effort faces steep odds for success (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The first Middle East peace talks in nearly two years got off...

Abbas agrees to fresh Israeli-Palestinian talks in Egypt, but has little support at home (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - When Israeli-Palestinian peace talks move beyond today's summit i...