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EU decries 'barbaric' plans to stone Iranian woman...

Tuesday, 07 September 2010 16:25

FILE - This undated file image made available by Amnesty International in London on Thursday, July 8, 2010, shows Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two who was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran on charges of adultery. Ashtiani is now facing a new punishment of 99 lashes because a British newspaper ran a picture of an unveiled woman mistakenly identified as her, the woman's son said Monday. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, File)** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES**

AP - The international crossfire over Iran's stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery intensified Tuesday with a top European Union official calling it "barbaric" and an Iranian spokesman saying it's about punishing a criminal and not a human rights issue.

Suspected Islamists attack prison in Nigeria: auth...

Tuesday, 07 September 2010 16:25

A map locating Bauchi. Suspected members of an Islamist sect that launched an uprising last year attacked a prison in northern Nigeria on Tuesday, authorities said, while residents reported gunshots in the area.(AFP/Graphic/Francis Nallier)

AFP - Suspected members of an Islamist sect that launched an uprising last year attacked a prison in northern Nigeria on Tuesday, authorities said, with residents reporting gunshots in the area.

Iraqi soldier fires on US troops, kills 2 (AP...

Tuesday, 07 September 2010 16:25

US soldiers secure an area after dark in Baghdad, in January 2008. Two American soldiers were killed and nine wounded on Tuesday when an Iraqi soldier opened fire after an argument over a sports match they had been playing, US and Iraqi military officials said.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

AP - An Iraqi soldier opened fire on American troops and killed two on Tuesday, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. They were the first American servicemen killed since the U.S. declared an official end to combat operations in the country last week.

England cruise to T20 win after Pakistan collapse ...

Tuesday, 07 September 2010 16:25

Stuart Broad of England(L) celebrates taking the wicket of Shahzaib Hasan of Pakistan(R) during their second International Twenty20 cricket match in Cardiff. England dismissed them for their worst ever Twenty20 international total of 89 all out.(AFP/Ian Kington)

AFP - England wrapped up a 2-0 Twenty20 series victory over Pakistan after the tourists suffered the embarrassment of being dismissed for 89 to add to their off-field problems here on Tuesday.

Stocks fall as worries about European debt return ...

Tuesday, 07 September 2010 16:25

The New York Stock Exchange is shown, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Stock futures slipped to start the holiday-shortened week after some fresh concerns about the health of European banks rattled overseas markets, Tuesday, Sept. 7. 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

AP - Stocks are closing lower following new worries about Europe's debt problems.

Car bomb kills 20 in Pakistan after Taliban threat...

Tuesday, 07 September 2010 14:25

A boy injured by an explosion in Kohat is treated at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. A car bomb ripped through a police compound in a northwestern Pakistani city killing many people and leaving scores injured, the latest in a string of attacks proving that Islamist militants remain a potent force in the country. (AP Photo/Mohammad Iqbal)

Reuters - A suicide bomber rammed his car into a police residential complex in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people, officials said, in another blow for a country grappling with devastating floods.

Gunman in uniform kills 2 US soldiers in Iraq ...

Tuesday, 07 September 2010 14:25

AP - The U.S. military says a gunman wearing an Iraqi army uniform has killed two American soldiers in northern Iraq.

Europe's Sets Up New Banking Police (Time.com...

Tuesday, 07 September 2010 14:25

Time.com - A trio of financial sheriffs will oversee finance in entire European market

Fight over Eichmann files back to German court ...

Tuesday, 07 September 2010 14:25

**TO GO WITH STORY GEMANY EICHMANN FILES, BY DAVE RISING** FILE -In this undated file picture Adolf Eichmann at the height of his power as the Nazi SS Lieutenant Colonel in charge of Hitler's Jewish bureau is photographed at unknown location. Germany's intelligence service has turned over thousands of files on Adolf Eichmann's whereabouts after World War II to a journalist who sued for them - but with so many passages blacked out and pages missing that she's taking the matter back to court. When freelance reporter Gabriele Weber went to see the files on the man known as the 'architect of the Holocaust' for his role in coordinating the Nazi's genocide policy, prepared for her on Sept. 1, she said she was surprised to find some 1,000 pages missing. Weber's attorney said Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010 he was confident she would win greater access eventually. (AP Photo)

AP - Germany's intelligence service has turned over thousands of files on top Nazi Adolf Eichmann's whereabouts after World War II to a journalist who sued for them. But with so many passages blacked out and pages missing, she's taking the matter back to court.