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Gen. Petraeus calls relationship with Karzai sound
(AP)
 AP - The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the sometimes strained relationship between the US and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is solid.
Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown
(AP)
 AP - India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications — not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion — to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google and Skype.
Book says Nazi hunter Wiesenthal worked for Mossad
(AP)
 AP - Renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal worked for Israel's Mossad spy agency, providing information on war criminals and Germans working in Arab countries, according to a new book released Thursday.
China census highlights growing rights awareness
(AP)
AP - Census takers counting China's more than 1.3 billion people already face a daunting task, and it's getting harder for the latest once-a-decade update.
Afghan official: Afghan govt will back Kabul Bank
(AP)
 AP - Afghan's finance minister reassured nervous customers at the troubled Kabul Bank on Thursday, saying every penny of their deposits would be guaranteed by the government.
Tony Blair in 'A Journey': On U.S. Leaders Bush, Clinton
(Time.com)
 Time.com - In an essay exclusively adapted for TIME from his new memoir, A Journey, Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair reflects on the U.S. Presidents he has known and worked with -- and on their country
UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October
(AP)
AP - A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.
Group promotes Egypt's spy chief for president
(AP)
 AP - Activists on Thursday hung posters across Cairo supporting Egypt's intelligence chief as a candidate in next year's presidential elections, the latest campaign to try to undermine a possible father-son succession in the Arab world's most populous nation.
Bow and arrow used to send phones into Brazil jail
(AP)
AP - Police say a 17-year-old teen was detained after he shot arrows with cell phones attached over the walls of a prison in southern Brazil to inmates waiting on the other side.
Uganda court charges 2 over deadly twin bombings
(AP)
 AP - A Ugandan court has charged two additional suspects in connection with the July bomb blasts that killed 76 people.
Stalled funding hits Pakistan aid effort: UN
(AFP)
 AFP - Relief efforts in flood-ravaged Pakistan are being stretched by the "unprecedented scale" of the disaster, with the flow of international aid almost at a standstill, the UN said Thursday.
Tories in deadlock with Liberals in poll
(Reuters)
Reuters - Support for the governing Conservative Party slipped in an opinion poll released on Thursday, and the party is in a statistical dead heat with the opposition Liberals.
Australia's Gillard inches closer to power
(Reuters)
Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard inched closer to a return to power on Thursday after one of four independent lawmakers holding the balance of power threw his support behind her Labor Party.
Hillary Clinton launches Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Israelis and Palestinians on Thursday opened their first direct peace negotiations in 20 months, a long-shot attempt to end the conflict that host Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged is burdened by history and bitter disputes.
The trickiest issue in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas enter direct peace talks on Thursday, an intensifying battle for Jerusalem has rendered the conflictâs trickiest issue even more intractable.
Why Israelis Don't Care About Peace with Palestinians
(Time.com)
Time.com - Israelis feel prosperous, secure -- and disengaged from the peace process with the Palestinians. Is that wise?
Mexico Massacre Galvanises Migrant Rights Activists
(OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - MEXICO CITY, Sep 1 (IPS) - Activists in
Latin America have been galvanised by atrocities like the recent
massacre of 72 migrants near the U.S. border to step up their efforts on
behalf of migrant rights.
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