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Official defends Hilton's quick release from jail (AP) 6 Sep 2010

AP - Las Vegas police are defending the quick release of Paris Hilton from jail after her Aug. 27 arrest on suspicion of cocaine possession, saying they wanted to avoid disruptions in the jail's operations.

U.S. Afghanistan commanders condemn Koran-burning plan (Reuters) 6 Sep 2010

Reuters - U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan warned on Monday that a small Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks could endanger the lives of American troops.

Death toll 45 in Guatemala mudslides; more missing (AP) 6 Sep 2010

AP - Searchers on Monday pulled five more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and people trying to save them. Yet more mudslides raise Guatemala's official death toll to 45 after days of torrential rains.

Little Rock 9 member Jefferson Thomas dies in Ohio (AP) 6 Sep 2010

AP - Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in the nation's first major battle over school segregation, has died. He was 67.

Suriname leader: Drug conviction 'almost a joke' (AP) 6 Sep 2010

AP - Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse shrugged off questions about his past during his first overseas trip as elected president, saying Monday that he will not interfere in his ongoing murder trial and dismissing a 1999 drug conviction as "almost a joke."

`Woz' wows, and tops Sharapova at US Open (AP) 6 Sep 2010

AP - Forehands, backhands, big serves. Caroline Wozniacki got almost everything back Monday, frustrating Maria Sharapova in a 6-3, 6-4 victory to advance to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open.

Hurricane watch issued for coasts of Mexico, Texas (AP) 6 Sep 2010

AP - Mexican authorities urged people to move to shelters while officials in Texas distributed sandbags and warned of flash floods as Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened and headed toward the northwestern Gulf coast on Monday.

Tropical Storm Hermine grows and aims for Mexico border (Reuters) 6 Sep 2010

Reuters - Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday as it approached landfall near the U.S.-Mexico border, but oil and gas operations in the Gulf were unaffected.

U.N. watchdog says Iran boosts nuclear work (Reuters) 6 Sep 2010

Reuters - Iran is pushing ahead with its nuclear program in defiance of tougher sanctions and is hampering the U.N. atom watchdog's work by barring some inspectors, the IAEA says in a new report.

Lawyer: Iran woman could be stoned to death soon (AP) 6 Sep 2010

AP - The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon with the end of a moratorium on death sentences for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Rep. Frank faces town hall foe in Mass. primary (AP) 6 Sep 2010

AP - Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank's retort was an Internet sensation.

Obama assails GOP, promotes new jobs program (AP) 6 Sep 2010

AP - A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways, and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season assault on Republicans for causing Americans' hard economic times.

Report: Money can buy you happiness, to a point (AP) 6 Sep 2010

AP - They say money can't buy happiness. They're wrong.

Iran stoning woman's son fears execution after Ramadan (AFP) 6 Sep 2010

AFP - The son of an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery said Monday that he fears she will be executed shortly after this week's end to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

U.S. commander seeks 2,000 new troops for Afghanistan (Reuters) 6 Sep 2010

Reuters - The U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan has requested another 2,000 troops for the foreign force fighting the Taliban insurgency, despite waning support for the war in troop-contributing nations, NATO officials said.

Spain rejects ETA truce, demands permanent disarming (AFP) 6 Sep 2010

AFP - Spain's government Monday rejected a ceasefire by Basque fighters ETA as totally inadequate and demanded it renounce guns and bombs forever in its battle for an independent homeland.

Israel PM sees deal possible in year: spokesman (Reuters) 6 Sep 2010

Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told visiting U.S. congressmen he thinks it could be possible to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians in a year despite huge differences, his spokesman said.

Guatemala resumes rescue work after landslide (Reuters) 6 Sep 2010

Reuters - Emergency services in Guatemala on Monday resumed their search for victims of landslides that killed and buried dozens of people, as further rain was predicted for the Central American country.

Nineteen killed in suicide bombing in Pakistan (Reuters) 6 Sep 2010

Reuters - A Taliban suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday killing at least 19 people, police said, in a new wave of attacks by al Qaeda-linked militants.

Blair cancels book-signing over protests (Reuters) 6 Sep 2010

Reuters - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday he had canceled a book-signing in London this week to mark the launch of his memoirs, over fears the event would be hit by protests.

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