The Guardian
French unions test Sarkozy in pensions strike
Reuters
PARIS, Sept 7 (Reuters) - French trade unions mounted a show of strength on Tuesday with strikes backed by street marches over unpopular pension reforms that President Nicolas Sarkozy says he is determined to implement. ...
French Unions Stage Strike as Pension Debate StartsBusinessWeek
French strike over pensions age bidThe Press Association
France: Plan to Raise Retirement Age Sets Off StrikesNew York Times
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Washington Post
Hundreds flee fast-moving Colorado wildfire
The Associated Press
DENVER — A wind-whipped wildfire sent flames roaring through a rugged canyon in the Colorado foothills, forcing hundreds of people to flee and destroying an unknown number of homes — some that belonged to the firefighters themselves. ...
Blaze near Boulder ravages 3500 acres, firefighters' homesDenver Post
CO Fire Forces EvacuationDaily Beast
Wildfire in ColoradoAbout.com: Health
New York Times -Daily Camera -Berthoud Recorder
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New York Daily News
Salehi: Iran has the right to bar UN nuclear inspectors
Jerusalem Post
By AP Iranian nuke chief claims country had asked IAEA to replace inspectors that were kicked out; comes after unusually blunt warning by UN watchdog over decision. Teheran has the right to bar some UN inspectors from monitoring its disputed nuclear ...
Iran claims right to vet UN nuclear inspectorsAFP
UN report says Iran is stockpiling enriched uraniumWashington Post
IAEA Says Iran Hampering Nuclear MonitoringVoice of America
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Republicans making gains ahead of midterm elections
Washington Post
Republicans are heading into the final weeks of the midterm campaign with the political climate highly in their favor, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Americans are increasingly frustrated by a lack of ...
Republicans exalt, Democrats fret as they both kick off final campaign pushDallas Morning News
CNN Poll: GOP up 46 to 43 percent over Democrats on economyCNN
Key Fronts Emerge as Parties Battle for the HouseWall Street Journal
Boise State University The Arbiter Online -The Canadian Press -Los Angeles Times
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CBC.ca
Tropical Storm Hermine crosses into Texas
The Associated Press
McALLEN, Texas — Tropical Storm Hermine rolled into south Texas early Tuesday, bringing heavy rains and strong winds to an area battered by Hurricane Alex earlier this summer. Hermine made landfall in northeastern Mexico late Monday and crossed into ...
Tropical Storm Hermine Forms in Gulf of Mexico Off of Tampico, Heads NorthBloomberg
Tropical storm Hermine crossing Texas, may weakenMarketWatch
Tropical Storm Hermine Threatens Texas-Mexico CoastVoice of America
MiamiHerald.com -AFP -TIME
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Daily Mail
Despite Murfreesboro mosque controversy, Muslims share hospitality, meal
The Tennessean
MURFREESBORO — Muslims and non-Muslims joined Sunday evening to share a meal and a common bond as human beings. The dinner, held at the Middle Tennessee Association of Realtors office on ...
Islamic Center Reaches Out to BostonBU Today
The Truth about Islamic TriumphalismFrontPage Magazine
Ground Zero mosque overshadows 9/11 anniversarySify
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New York Daily News
Man scales SF tower to publicize his message
San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Fire Department helps Dan Goodwin, aka SpiderDan, as he hangs an American flag at the top of the Millennium Tower on Mission Street on Monday. A daredevil in a red jumpsuit, equipped with suction cups and an American flag, ...
'Skyscraper Man' scales tower in CaliforniaCNN
Man scales SF tower to make pointSan Francisco Examiner
Police arrest man who scaled San Francisco towerThe Associated Press
KTLA -New York Times -UPI.com
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Globe and Mail
Independents break election deadlock in Australia
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks to the media at Treasury Place on August 22 in Melbourne, Australia. (CNN) -- Two independent lawmakers from rural Australia broke a parliamentary deadlock on Tuesday, ...
Australia PM Gillard in tenuous grip on powerReuters
Australian Labor Party wins enough support to ruleThe Associated Press
Abbott pledges to hold Labor to accountThe Australian
Voice of America -Wall Street Journal -AFP
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Telegraph.co.uk
Oracle hires former HP's Mark Hurd
Reuters
Mark Hurd, chairman, CEO and president of HP speaks at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Pasadena, California, in this July 24, 2009 file photo. By Megan Davies and Ritsuko Ando NEW YORK (Reuters) - Silicon Valley technology giant Oracle Corp ...
Oracle names ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd co-presidentThe Associated Press
Mark Hurd Joins Oracle After Leaving HP; Phillips ResignsBloomberg
Ellison hires Mark Hurd as Oracle co-presidentSan Francisco Chronicle
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Reuters
Tony Blair scrapped London book signing to avoid protest 'hassle'
The Guardian
Tony Blair yesterday took a last-minute decision to cancel his key book signing in central London because of security fears, after unrest at a signing in Dublin saw the former prime minister pelted with eggs and shoes. Blair said he was cancelling the ...
Tony Blair cancels book signing 'to save police hassle' of demoMirror.co.uk
After Antiwar Protest, Blair Cancels AppearanceNew York Times
Blair cancels London book signing over protest concernsCNN
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The News Chronicle (blog)
Mom 'beat' tragic tot with belt
New York Post
The mother of a severely malnourished 4-year-old found dead last week in Brooklyn would beat her tyke with a belt and force-feed the child sleeping pills, authorities said yesterday. Carlotta Brett-Pierce was especially furious with ...
Prosecutors Detail Abuse in Brooklyn Girl's Last DaysNew York Times
Brooklyn Woman Arraigned In Connection With Ailing Daughter's DeathNY1
Carlotta Pierce, mom of dead, malnourished child, force-fed child sleeping ...New York Daily News
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The Hindu
Erekat: Endgame peace deal could bring Hamas-ruled Gaza back into the fold
Ha'aretz
Chief PA negotiator tells Army Radio both sides have reached the maturity in understanding that the price of war is greater than that of peace. A peace agreement that would tackle all the core issues would convince the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to accept ...
One dead in Israeli raids on GazaBBC News
Gaza smugglers dead, missing in Israeli strikeThe Associated Press
Israel launches raids on GazaAljazeera.net
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msnbc.com
Dagestan's president arrives in blast-hit Buinaksk
RIA Novosti
Dagestan's President Magomedsalam Magomedov arrived in the N. Caucasus blast-hit city of Buinaksk, spokesman for Dagestan's government said. Early on Sunday A Zhiguli car packed with explosives and driven by a suicide bomber detonated near the town of ...
Suicide bomber kills five in southern RussiaReuters
5 killed in suicide attack on Russian baseThe Associated Press
5 killed, scores hurt in Dagestan suicide bombingInquirer.net
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The Age
Democrats mobilize to thwart the GOP 'tsunami'
Philadelphia Inquirer
In South Dakota, Democratic Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin's "Flyover Country" commercial shows the checkerboard plains from a jet window. "They look down from 30000 feet and don't care about our agriculture, our Second Amendment, ...
Democrats Plan Political Triage to Retain HouseNew York Times
GOP relying on political neophytes to retake SenateBoston Globe
Party of no is selling Obamanomics shortDetroit Free Press
Chicago Daily Herald -AFP -Charlotte Observer
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CBC.ca
Adult services censored on Craigslist
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Online classified service Craigslist's decision to censor its adult services section could be a model for other websites, a leader in the fight against prostitution ads said Saturday. "This step is very much in the right ...
Craigslist Yanks 'Adult Services' Section Without CommentPC World
Craigslist Abandons Adult Services... for Good?PC Magazine
Craigslist censored: Adult section removedCNET
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The Hindu
New Zealand assesses quake damage
BBC News
Officials in New Zealand have been evaluating the damage caused in the city of Christchurch by an earthquake and its many aftershocks. Prime Minister John Key said at least 90 buildings suffered significant damage and many of them would probably have ...
Quake: Day two as it happenedTVNZ
Cleanup begins after massive quakeStuff.co.nz
Curfew continues in shaken ChristchurchNew Zealand Herald
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Telegraph.co.uk
Damaged blowout preventer raised to Gulf surface
USA Today
BP raised the damaged blowout preventer that is seen as a key piece of evidence in the oil spill investigation to the surface at 8:53 pm CT., the energy giant said Saturday in a statement. " The BOP is considered evidentiary material, and is now under ...
New blowout preventer placed on Gulf wellCNN
Oil dispersant effects remain a mysteryLos Angeles Times
BP Installs New Blowout Valves on Cemented Macondo Well in GulfBloomberg
AFP -The Associated Press -Reuters
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Globe and Mail
Earl's glancing blow brushed off
Boston Globe
NANTUCKET — No man is an island, but Gene Ratner's oceanfront home appears well on its way to becoming one. Considered the Nantucket house most likely to tumble into the sea, Ratner's sandbagged, sea-soaked, and precariously perched ...
Cape weathers weakened Hurricane EarlBoston Herald
Earl Exits U.S. for CanadaDaily Beast
Earl's biggest damage in Northeast: businessThe Associated Press
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CNN International
White House Faces Political Headaches Over Jobs Ahead of Labor Day
ABC News
The skies over the White House were overcast Friday as President Obama and several prominent members of his economic team entered the Rose Garden to deliver remarks on the Labor Department's newly released August ...
Obama Promises New Economic Proposals Next WeekCBS News
Economy just treading waterWashington Post
Is Obama focused enough on the unemployment rate?Christian Science Monitor
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Digital Meeting Center
Your Letters: Bay St. Louis; Glenn Beck Rally
NPR
by NPR Staff Host Scott Simon's chat with NPR News Analyst Juan Williams about the rally convened last week in Washington, DC, by radio and TV personality Glenn Beck generated a large response. Simon reads listeners' letters on his return visit to Bay ...
Volatile Political Climate Backdrop For US ElectionsVoice of America
CLARENCE PAGE | Re-Recruiting the Christian RightKitsap Sun
Pluralistic Diversity MattersWashington Post (blog)
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