September. Aaaarrgh!

Oy. This is such a disorganized mess, it's pretty much for my benefit only.


Nine US soldiers killed in Afghan chopper crash

30 insurgents killed in Afghanistan ahead of vote

Tajikistan launches huge al-Qaeda manhunt

Troops kill 40 militants east of Afghan capital

Afghan captors release Japanese reporter

Paramilitary force is key for CIA

IRAN: In false report of captured American soldiers, a warning to Ahmadinejad?

Report: Iran Paying Taliban to Kill U.S. Troops

Afghan asylum seekers stage breakout protest in Australia

US deaths in Afghanistan hit record in 2010

2 killed in Afghan anti-Quran-burning protest

Members of Stryker Combat Brigade in Afghanistan accused of killing civilians for sport



African peacekeepers open 9 more bases in Somalia

American Jihadi Killed In Somalia Shootout

At least 43 killed in violence in Sudan's Darfur

Chinese hostage fled Chadian captors by 'undoing chains'

Crew foils Somali pirates

Gold-Mining Companies Drawn to Northeast Africa - WSJ.com

Insurgents kill at least nine at airport in Somalia

Kenya could be punished for welcoming Sudan's leader

Somali refugees tell of hellish scene in Mogadishu

Sudan 'too slow' on referendum: Norway

Australia - An HIV-positive man accused of endangering the lives of five women by having unprotected sex may be allowed to travel to Sudan ahead of his trial.

On the Nile, Egypt cuts water use as Ethiopia dams for power

Death toll rises to 13 in Mozambique protests

Mozambique police kill 6 in food price protest

Egypt journalist faces trial over foreign minister 'insult'

Muslim protesters accuse Egypt's Coptic Church of abducting woman who converted to Islam

Egypt reactor failed in April says nuclear chief

Egypt: Barge leaks 100 tons of gasoline into Nile

Egypt releases top Hamas security official

Egypt TV show stirs debate over Muslim Brotherhood - Critics say the show is historically inaccurate, and leading Brotherhood members allege that the script expresses the views and policies of Egypt's powerful security apparatus, which regards the group as a breeding ground for extremists.

Egyptian police crack down on anti-Mubarak protest

Protests in Egypt against Gamal Mubarak succession plans

Egypt hit by power cuts amid Ramadan heat wave

Spain aims to turn Somali pirates into fishermen

France suspects al-Qaeda behind Niger kidnappings of nuclear workers

Libya apologises for shooting Sicilian trawler

Spain arrests American 'who funded al-Qaeda'

Kenyan Christians abducted, tortured and raped

CIA training Sudan's spies as Obama officials fight over policy

Obama to meet with Sudan leaders in effort to save peace plan

Sudan rejects U.S. referendum incentives

Sudan's spy agency acknowledges cooperation with CIA

Floods displace thousands more in Ethiopia

Niger flooding displaces nearly 200,000, UN says

South Sudan's Aweil region swamped by floods

Pirates hijack cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden

Marines seize ship from pirates

Somali pirates free Bulgarian-owned ship

150 arrested in Mozambique following deadly protests

Dependence on oil revenue will cripple South Sudan’s economy: W. Bank

Report: Egypt seizes anti-aircraft missiles, explosives in Sinai

Egypt FM: Palestinians could get $50 billion in compensation under peace deal


Mutilated bodies found in river near Burundi capital

120 prisoners freed by Boko Haram return

283 inmates return after Nigeria prison break, though Muslim sect members at large

Nigeria: 721 inmates freed in Islamist jailbreak

US plans to train security forces in Nigeria, a major source of crude oil Agency denies opened dams caused Nigeria floods

Flooding in Nigeria displaces 2 million people

Nigeria: Flood ruins crops as food remains scarce

Nigeria: Fire strikes ruling party headquarters

UN peacekeepers failed to stop 500 Dr Congo rapes

UN reports 28 victims of mass rape in eastern Congo are minors



Rethinking American Options on Iran

Palaeolithic funeral feast unearthed in Northern Israel

1,500-year-old Samaritan synagogue found by Beit Shean

Israel researchers find ancient disposable cutlery

Amateur search group claims grave of Russia's 'man in iron mask' found



Kyrgyzstan election could be cancelled: President

Documentary shows dramatic shrinking of the Aral Sea

Report: At least 20 dead in Tajikistan shelling

Tajikistan clashes raise fears central Asia could be new target for Islamist militants

Uzbekistan bans 'pompous' breaking of Ramadan fast

China and Russia drive mineral-rich Mongolia to join the mining elite

Kazakhstan proposes diversion of Siberian rivers to help drought-hit Central Asia

Russia helps fight fatal Kazakh forest fires

Kazakhstan Renews Push For Global Currency Under UN Auspices

Kyrgyzstan plans joint company with Russia that would supply fuel to US air base

Pakistan likely to cancel wheat export plans after floods

Pakistan flood survivors now face threat of malaria

Pak floods affected 20 million people, damaged 1.9 million houses: UN

Bombing in Pakistan kills 65, prompting fears of rising sectarian violence

Death toll rises to 65 in attack on Pakistanis

Gen Musharraf warns of Pakistan coup after crisis meeting in London

Pakistan bombing: At least 14 killed in bombing

Pakistan's army pushes for government shake-up

U.S. adds Pakistan Taliban to terror list

Militants set fire to NATO supply tankers in Pakistan

Moscow Offers Arms To Pay For Military Installations In Kyrgyzstan

Russia expands military presence in Kyrgyzstan



Huge Support for South Korea's Nuke Energy Ambitions--The South Korean industry aims to be 100 percent self-sufficient by 2012, with no residual intellectual property constraints. Following the UAE sale, it is marketing to Turkey, Jordan, Romania and Ukraine, as well as South East Asian countries.

Piracy attacks surge in South China Sea

Pirates Attack Japan Ship in Indonesian Waters

Pirates rob tanker as attacks rise in S.China Sea

China postpones talks with Japan after boat collision

China threatens action on Japan

China to lend Russia $6 bln for coal supplies

China to build $2bn railway for Iran

China says 5 people in Tibet with deadly pneumonic plague, 1 dead

Typhoon leaves scores dead in North Korea

Indonesian volcano erupts again: strongest yet

Two powerful earthquakes hit eastern Indonesia

Volcano on Reunion Island could erupt shortly, officials say

Warning Status Raised as Indonesian Volcano Heats Up

N.Korea beefs up arsenal near border with South: report

South Korea sends rice aid to North Korea

S.Korean firm wins major Saudi water deal--world's biggest desalination plant

Typhoon Kompasu hits South Korea capital Seoul

Typhoon Kompasu killed 'dozens'

Eleven Indonesian police arrested over riot deaths

Indonesian police kill five in riot



Christchurch, New Zealand earthquakes approaching 800 in 19 days

Living on shaky ground

Weather Watch: 'Earthquake lightning' - Christchurch earthquake

Aircraft warned to avoid flying in locust plague areas

Locust bands found in northwest NSW

Locust plague threatens Australia's Melbourne Cup race - Worst locust plague in 75 years

The locusts are coming

Climate protestors stall Australia's largest coal terminal

Rudd tells UN to up its game



Alien Minors Act could boost U.S. military ranks

Arizonas inclusion in a United Nations human rights report

Car loaded with explosives disabled in Mexico

Mexican officers hunt 85 prison escapees around Reynosa

Clad in riot gear, LAPD summoned to quell angry protest over fatal police shooting of day laborer


Brazil oil find may be among largest

Statoil Seeks to Acquire Assets in Brazil, U.S. Shale Gas

Bulgaria: Bulgaria 'Present' at Russian Pipeline Meeting Unbeknownst to Govt

Earthquake in Bulgaria Capital Rattles Homes and Nerves

G20 'secret law' to undergo independent review

Guarding the grid Hurricane Igor lashes eastern Canada



BP sinking cash into Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania Sign Gas Deal

Azerbaijan Gov't Hassles Unregistered Evangelical Church

Expert: Charities sent money to Islamic fighters

Hundreds protest after deadly Caucasus blast

14 militants, 1 policeman killed in Russia

Gazprom to double gas imports from Azerbaijan

Georgia Slams Russia Over Cease-Fire 'Breaches'

Georgia urges UN to hear 'ethnic cleansing' case

Suicide bomber kills five in southern Russia

Suicide car bombing in southern Russia kills 17

Armenia Church To Boycott Landmark Mass In Turkey



Mao's Great Famine by Frank Dikötter | Book review | Books | The Observer

Mao's Great Leap Forward 'killed 45 million in four years'

Progress anything but smooth on China's ambitious, and costly, water plan

China-Russia crude oil pipeline begins operations

Ukraine signs $950 mln China loan for railway link

Two missing after China oil rig accident

China's UN diplomat in drunken rant against Americans


First snowmen of 2010 spotted in shivering Scotland


American Thinker Blog: Halal to the Queen? Britain's Stealth Halal-ization



Drought shrinks Amazon River to lowest level in 47 years

Drought Curbs Cattle Numbers In Argentina

Syria droughts devastate crops, livestock: UN

Gulf of Mexico 'fish kill' discovered but culprit is not who you might think
Second big fish kill in less than week reported in Plaquemines Parish
State officials to test latest fish kill (fourth)
Third fish kill reported in Plaquemines Parish
News archives indicate big fish kills are pretty common in late summer/early fall, but the oil spill has people noticing it more.


New Russia wildfires kill 2 and consume homes

Six dead as fires flare again in southern Russia

Alabama - Drought conditions dangerous

Drought warning issued - Pennsylvania

Dry conditions causing problems for cattle, homes in Miss.

Dry Summer Becoming Fall Drought - Maryland

More N.C. counties reporting drought conditions

State: Recent rains had no effect on W.Va. drought

Texarkana - Region suffers from extended dryness

Twenty-two forest fires reported in north Alabama today

Twitchell Canyon Fire, Utah : Natural Hazards

Water Crisis Hits Western Cities and States


GDF Sells 5% of Gas Natural for 540 Million Euros

EU Parliament OKs financial supervision law

Ireland Moves to Split Up Troubled Anglo Irish Bank

French trains grind to a halt as millions join pension strike

German bank sanctioned for ties to Iran

Protesters take to Europe’s streets as anger grows over austerity measures

Hundreds protest in Romania against wage cuts and austerity measures

Romania passes more fiscal austerity measures

Romanian finance minister's sacking raises fears for reform

Spain loses AAA status, stands firm on austerity

Doomsday warnings of US apocalypse gain ground

Capital controls eyed as global currency wars escalate


Angry police throw Ecuador into chaos

Ecuador's president attacked by police

Ecuador's security forces attempt coup

Ecuador army rescues captive President Rafael Correa


EU parliament wants better gas supply cooperation

Major oil companies in Europe pledge to end Iran investments

EU worried over Russia-Poland gas deal

Ukraine Calls Gazprom Pipe ‘Wasteful,’ Defending Transit Route

Turkey connects to EU electric grid via GE's "smart grid"

Pipeline Bypassing Hormuz to Be Finished This Year, U.A.E. Says

Up to 10 killed in Iran pipeline blast: Report

Iraq, Syria Agree to Build Cross-Border Oil, Gas Pipelines, Official Says

Italian police seize explosives bound for Syria

Fire breaks out at refinery pier in Venezuela

Gas pipeline in Yemen damaged in attack

Vladimir Putin calls for calm in battle for Arctic energy reserves

San Bruno fire: Investigators comb scene of fatal gas pipeline blast



Basque armed group ETA must disarm forever - Spain's Zapatero

Basque separatists want peace talks with Spain

Continent of Fear: The Rise of Europe's Right-Wing Populists

Experts: Belfast militants killed man, broke truce

Man held after 'suicide' blast at hotel in Copenhagen

Spain's Basque Separatists Declare Cease-Fire

Obama State Dept coaching future politicians in Muslim enclaves of Paris « Creeping Sharia

Former Polish PM denies existence of CIA prison

Barmaid, 21, feared dead after riverbanks burst to engulf Italian coastal village

France’s National Front steadily gaining strength, polls show

French 'anti-Gypsy policy' denounced by European parliament

In France, an Evangelical Gypsy group shakes up the immigration debate

Iran state media call French first lady prostitute

Fidel Castro says French President Nicolas Sarkozy cannot be 'trusted with the launch codes of nuclear bombs'

France 'carrying out racial holocaust' claims Castro

US lawmaker urges France not to arm Lebanon army

With his roof caving in, Sarkozy seeks role in Mideast talks

Romanian leader 'asked Sarkozy to stop deporting Roma'

Despair in Gypsy ghetto town in eastern Romania

France Steps Up Roma Deportation Despite E.U. Criticism

Protest over French gypsy crackdown

France defends possible warship sale to Russia

Iceland's Bárðarbunga volcano shows more activity lately

Magnitude 4.6 earthquake hits eastern Romania; felt in capital Bucharest

Next Iceland eruption will likely cause less havoc: experts

Geologists to drill 13,000 feet hole into side of volcano to try and find out when it might erupt

More than 50,000 protest German railway project, a day after 130 demonstrators were injured

Greece: Fur farms raided, 50,000 minks set loose

West Nile virus kills 14 in Greece

Berlusconi jokes about Hitler at youth rally

Italy's Roma wonder about 'legal' camps

In power to 120 years old: Putin, Berlusconi joke at summit

Russia, Norway sign Arctic border pact

15 killed by West Nile virus in Greece: Report

Austerity protests break out across Romania as health workers, police, civil servants protest

Romanian minister resigns over Police protest

Many in Romania miss Ceausescu regime

Romania politicians afraid to tax fortune tellers, witches

Yanukovych denies government pressure on media

Germany Charges Austrian With Spying for Russia

Poles critical of Russian plane crash probe: Survey

Russia Quietly Takes Over Ukraine

Ukraine Court Studies Moves To Boost Presidential Powers

Ukraine's New Direction

Irish terror attack a 'strong possibility'



New gay Army: Top general calls Christian soldiers 'bigots'

Iran Arrests 9 Christians for Evangelism, Reports State Media

Historic mass marks new beginning for Turkey's Christians

The last Orthodox patriarch in Turkey?

Montana woman targeted art in Loveland
She hurt no one and willingly paid the price. Civil disobedience. Good for her.



Blackwater created shell firms to win contracts, says NYT

Obama, Petraeus achieve a solid partnership

There Really Is Something Rotten in the Justice Department

Barack Obama: 'It is time to turn the page on Iraq'

U.S. message leaves Iraqis confused

Surprising Report: Netanyahu will Head to Washington Sunday 9-17-10

Barack Obama 'to visit Jerusalem and Ramallah to press for peace'

Bill Clinton: Russian immigrants 'obstacle to peace'

Jerusalem on edge as Obama tells UN peace is a year away

Obama makes rare church appearance on same day as pro-Palestinian teaching?

Obama calls on Israel to extend freeze in UN speech

Hillary Clinton sparks Mexico row after comparing drug wars with Colombia's nadir

U.S. arrests couple for trying to sell nuke secrets to Venezuela

US plans massive arms sale to Saudi to counter Iran threat

About 100 arrested in mountaintop mining protest

Glonass To Unlink Russia From GPS Dependence

Gates, Russian minister meet after military relations hit 'low point'

Pentagon: 2 Russian aircraft buzzed U.S. warship

Flying Car News in the Army - The Pentagon's Flying Car - Popular Mechanics

Engineers Slam Internet 'Censorship' Bill Ahead of Key Senate Panel Vote

FBI Drive for Encryption Backdoors Is Déjà Vu for Security Experts

Senators Propose Changes to Website Takedown Bill

Cyberterrorism: Cyberterrorism should give Obama authority to shut down the Internet

Houston voting irregularities could impact general election

Appeal court dismisses CIA torture lawsuit

Citizens' Group Helps Uncover Alleged Rampant Voter Fraud in Houston

FBI: Man plotted to bomb Wrigleyville night spots

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Witness to Bostick comments - Washington Times

Pajamas Media » It’s Time to Worry About Houston UPDATED - voter fraud and a suspicious fire

Pentagon destroys thousands of copies of Army officer's memoir

Pentagon nominates new Africa Command leader

Risk of gap between US military and society: Gates

The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : ACORN Is Very Much Alive; Funding Ban Dies This Week

YouTube - Obama Omits God
This clip gives me the screaming heebie-jeebies.

At the U.N. Obama Promotes Human Wrongs Against Israel Instead of Human Rights



Dozens still missing as Guatemala landslides kill 22

Estimated 30 dead in Colombia landslide

Landslide kills 5 in flood-stricken Mexico

Death toll in southern Mexico mudslides up to 32 Mexican

Landslide Kills at Least Seven; 100 Missing

Mexico landslide kills 16 in Chiapas

Rains Trigger Landslide In Turkey, 12 Killed

Heavy rains spark deadly floods in Mexico, Central America

Floods leave tens of thousands homeless in Mexico

After the storm, Veracruz faces crocs and robbers

Hurricane Karl kills 2, remnants drench C Mexico

No rest for flood-ravaged Mexico as new storm hits

Thousands affected by flooding in southern Mexico

Death toll 56 in Yemen flooding

Flooding in Sioux Falls area prompts sandbagging

Officials say levee fails near Wis. park


Breaking: New Zealand shaken by 7.2 quake

Strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits New Zealand

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake kills 1 in south Iran

Central America taps volcanoes for electricity

Turrialba Volcano Remains Closed To The Public

Area of Saudi Arabia Unexpectedly Volcanically Active

3.1 Earthquake Shakes Homes In New Hampshire

Earthquake: Earthquake hits Nebraska

Hump day: Oregon firefighters rescue camel from sinkhole

Mount Cleveland Volcano Shows Increased Activity



Israel rewards nanny who saved boy in Mumbai attacks

Thousands attend Eid protests in Kashmir - video

Thousands march in Indian Kashmir; police attacked


Possible Israeli Cyber Attack Sabotaged Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Reactor

Report: Castro blasts Ahmadinejad as anti-Semitic

Bahrain hints at Iranian involvement in plot to overthrow government

Iran opposition leader's offices raided

SALHANI: Is Iran behind an attempted coup in Bahrain?

Russia Abandons Sale of Anti-Aircraft Missiles to Iran

World powers seek 'early negotiated solution' with Iran

Car-bomb triple strike breaks Baghdad calm

Iraq: Four Al Qaeda in Iraq militants escape from U.S. custody

Iraq: British 'abandoned Basra to terror'



A new spat in Israel: What time is it?

Fayyad storms out of New York meeting with Ayalon

Israel to have its own 'Air Force One'

Israeli police storm Jerusalem mosque compound

Palestinian kills 4 Israelis on eve of peace talks

PM hints at placing IDF forces in PA state after any deal

Police announce calm after riots erupt in east Jerusalem

Jordan's king warns of war by year's end

Israel: Explosions occurred at Hezbollah depot

Next Israel-Hezbollah war will be worse, says U.S. analyst

PM’s associates: He’ll never give up Western Wall

Russia, Israel Sign Military Cooperation Agreement

Israel 'planning strike on Hezbollah sites in Syria

Syria arms ‘institute’ must be stopped, Israeli official says

ADL: Time magazine Israel cover story rehashes anti-Semitic lies



Castro says misinterpreted on Cuban model not working

16 Killed in Riot at Venezuelan Prison

Gunmen burst into factory in Honduras, kill 18

Honduras Warns Mexico on Diplomatic Security

Chavez: Foes sabotaging Venezuela's power grid


10 held over Beirut clash as government mulls arms control

Fear and loathing in the Levant - The war against the international tribunal set up to investigate the assassination of Rafik Hariri is heating up.

Hezbollah plotting a coup?

Our World: Sa'ad Hariri’s cautionary tale

Syrian influence in Lebanon on the rise

Hezbollah ups pressure to torpedo UN Hariri tribunal



Bomb Wounds 20 in Mexican Resort City

3 suspects in Mexico migrant massacre found dead

Bodies of Mexico massacre investigators may have been found

Eight police officers found dead in southern Mexico

Former teacher becomes Mexico's 11th murdered mayor

Mexico arrests suspected drug kingpin

Mexico drug war: Mexico fires 3,200 federal police officers

Mexico: Gun battle in northeastern Mexico leaves 25 dead

Mexico's war on drugs: optimism has turned to depression



Bahrain bomb damages police cars

Thousands protest over power cuts in Yemen's south

Russia to defy US by selling anti-ship missiles to Syria

Russian General goes missing in Syria, turns up dead in Turkey

Saudi Arabia shuts down websites violating Fatwa orders

10 killed, 3 hurt in Turkey minibus blast

Fears for Turkey's Future Roil Vote on Constitution

Turks believe focus should be on Middle East and away from Europe

Vote foils Ataturk's vision

Ten intelligence agents wounded in Yemen ambush


Oil Rig Incident A Fire, Not Explosion: Mariner Energy

Second oil rig fire in Gulf of Mexico extinguished

BP completes relief well in Gulf of Mexico

Enbridge oil pipeline leaking in Illinois


Stink Bugs Taking Area by Swarm -Washington

Stink Bugs: An infestation of "Biblical Proportions"?

Stinkbugs on the March

Food crisis: what's happened to the price of rice, wheat and maize?


Russian police arrest 20 people during anti-government protest

Riot police tackle missiles at English Defence League protest in Bradford



New 'patriotic' textbook justifies Stalin rule in Russia

Vladimir Putin considers Russia presidency bid

Medvedev sacks Moscow mayor

Moscow police detain 150 after breaking up pro-democracy march

Russian protesters defy Putin warning – and meet tough response

Vladimir Putin’s obsession with Roosevelt is more than a little sinister

Blogs Who really wields power in Russia

Russia Submits `Breakthrough' Carbon Emissions Reduction Project, UN Says

UFO Centre for Russia

FAO Calls ‘Extraordinary’ Meeting Amid Fears of Wheat Shortage, Russia extends export ban

Sunspots could soon disappear for decades: study

G20 death: Third post-mortem withheld from coroner

Pope visit: Six men held over papal terror alert



2 shot dead at Kraft cookie plant in Pa., 1 hurt
Before Kraft shooting rampage, growing alarm over suspect's behavior

19-year-old UT student opens fire on UT campus

Discovery Channel gunman James Lee shot dead by cops, all hostages unharmed after standoff
4 more devices linked to Discovery gunman
911 calls describe Discovery Channel gunman, IED
Anti-Abortion Group Says It Was Confronted by Discovery Gunman at 2009 Protest
Why Is the Media Ignoring Discovery Channel Gunman's Radical Views?

Hundreds protest police shooting of Native American carver

Police: Fla. gunman kills self, 1 other, wounds 5

Why assassination attempt goes unreported


Twitchell Canyon fire flamed by wind
Utah fire evacuees may return home briefly
Firefighters in Utah race to beat wildfire, winds

Weather service to probe whether tornado hit NYC


Number of hungry drops below 1 billion -- a 10 per cent drop

Countries welcome new Assembly President’s focus on global governance

After a Year of Setbacks, U.N. Looks to Take Charge of World's Agenda

Global Governance 2025 | Atlantic Council