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Source: Reuters * Obama expected at U.N. summit on anti-poverty goals * Oxfam: Draft declaration isn't "action orientated" By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A set of U.N. goals ...

Source: Reuters * U.S. EPA says information needed for study * Halliburton, Schlumberger asked to provide details (Recasts, updates with comments from Halliburton, oil group) WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The ...

Source: Reuters * Some see need for fresh thinking on Obama staff * Reshuffle could lay groundwork for Obama re-election bid * Changes possible on economic team, Geithner seen staying By Caren Bohan ...

Source: Reuters * Bombing of Air India Flight 182 killed 329 * Reyat was witness in trial men acquitted of bombing VANCOUVER, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A Canadian man's own actions will prove he lied to a court about ...

Source: Reuters * Guerrillas boost attacks since new government sworn in * 45 dead in week-long wave of insurgent violence * Rebels weaker than in past gov't transition periods By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Sept ...

Source: Reuters * Unclear whether Rwanda to withdraw troops from Darfur * Rwanda furious over UN report alleging Congo atrocities By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban ...

Source: Reuters CARACAS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Bonaire's 12 million barrel oil storage terminal, owned by Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, will not reopen to shipping at least until the weekend, a senior official at ...

Source: Reuters * Bomb blast in Christian region of Russian North Caucasus * Authorities blame suicide attacker * Obama condemns blast (Edits throughout) By Kazbek Basayev VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia, Sept 9 ( ...

Source: Reuters * Steelworkers union says China "breaking every rule" * Union sees clean energy jobs as key to future * Petition could lead to U.S. challenge at WTO (Adds Senator Brown, other details ...

Source: Reuters BAGHDAD, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Four prisoners with ties to al Qaeda have escaped from the U.S.-controlled section of an Iraqi prison near Baghdad airport, officials said on Thursday. U.S. military ...

Source: IRIN The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned of an "imminent and severe threat from the increasing number of swarms of Migratory Locusts" in Madagascar, requiring "immediate response assistance to prevent a humanitarian disaster".

Source: Reuters * Burning of Koran could delay Afghan vote * Protesters attack security post northeast of Kabul (For more on Afghanistan, click [ID:nAFPAK]) By Paul Tait ...

Source: Reuters * Suicide blasts at capital's airport * Peacekeepers among dead * Al Shabaab-run radio says the group behind attack (Recasts, adds AU comments, details) By Ibrahim Mohamed and Abdi Guled ...

Source: IRIN A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Kenyan government needs to do more to provide palliative care for children with chronic illnesses, including cancer and HIV/AIDS.

Source: Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) - Bahrain should immediately revoke an order dissolving the Bahrain Human Rights Society's board of directors and assigning a government-appointed director to run the organization, ...

Source: IRIN Clashes between Somali government forces and Al-Shabab fighters in Mogadishu have reached "alarming levels", with at least 250 people killed and 400 wounded in the past two weeks, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned.

Source: Reuters * EU looking to give long-term help to flooded Pakistan * Trade, foreign affairs diplomats disagree on measures * Foreign ministers to discuss issue on Friday By Luke Baker BRUSSELS, Sept 9 ...

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The United Steelworkers union on Thursday asked President Barack Obama's administration to investigate Chinese policies and practices it said threatened to unfairly take ...

Source: Reuters * European lawmakers want France to end Roma campaign * Call for EU-wide plan to combat prejudice By Gilbert Reilhac STRASBOURG, France, Sept 9 (Reuters) - European lawmakers pressed France ...

Source: Reuters NOUAKCHOTT, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has pardoned and freed from prison 15 convicted Islamist extremists to mark the end of Ramadan, the West African country's ...