China and U.S. seek to ease tensions; Hu visit on agenda (Reuters)
BEIJING, Sep. 6, 2010 (Reuters) -- China has told the United States it wants to narrow differences that have developed over a range of issues, state media said on Tuesday, aiming to lay the ground for a visit by President Hu Jintao early next year. ... > read full story
U.S. commander seeks 2,000 new troops for Afghanistan (Reuters)
BRUSSELS, Sep. 6, 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. ... > read full story
Iran boosts nuclear work despite sanctions: IAEA (Reuters)
VIENNA, Sep. 6, 2010 (Reuters) -- Iran's total production of low-enriched uranium has risen by around 15 percent since May to reach 2.8 tonnes, a U.N. nuclear watchdog report said, showing Tehran is pushing ahead with disputed work despite tougher sanctions. ... > read full story
Blair cancels book-signing over protests (Reuters)
LONDON, Sep. 6, 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. ... > read full story
Afghans protest U.S. church’s plans to torch Koran (Reuters)
KABUL, Sep. 6, 2010 (Reuters) -- Several hundred Afghans chanting "Death to America" rallied outside a mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday to protest against an American church's plan to burn a copy of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. ... > read full story
Graft and threats of violence cloud hopes for Afghan vote (Reuters)
KABUL, Sep. 6, 2010 (Reuters) -- Taliban threats, shuttered polling centers and warnings of widespread fraud are clouding hopes for Afghanistan's September 18 parliamentary election, a key test of an already fragile democracy, observers have warned. ... > read full story
Tropical storm Hermine forms (Reuters)
WASHINGTON, Sep. 6, 2010 (Reuters) -- Tropical storm Hermine has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and warnings have been issued from Tampico, Mexico to the mouth of the Rio Grande River and Baffin Bay, Texas, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Monday. ... > read full story
Afghan toll of foreign troop deaths in 2010 hits 500 (Reuters)
KABUL, Sep. 6, 2010 (Reuters) -- The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year has reached at least 500, according to an independent monitoring site Monday and a tally compiled by Reuters, compared with 521 in all of 2009. ... > read full story
Eight policemen dead in Pakistan suicide attack (Reuters)
ISLAMABAD, Sep. 5, 2010 (Reuters) -- At least eight policemen were killed and 13 wounded in a suspected suicide attack on a police station in the northwestern Pakistani town of Lakki Marwat on Monday, police said. ... > read full story
Japanese public backs PM Kan vs Ozawa by wide margin (Reuters)
TOKYO, Sep. 5, 2010 (Reuters) -- Nearly two-thirds of Japanese voters prefer Prime Minister Naoto Kan to powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa as premier, media polls showed Monday ahead of a September 14 ruling party leadership race that appears too close to call. ... > read full story