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Obama's Nobel win seen as a sign of hope

Less than a year into his presidency, the Nobel Committee said Barack Obama had given the world `hope for a better future.' Poll Available

IRAQ

Iranian dissidents abused

Despite a judge's order to free 26 Iranian dissidents, Iraqi security officials forcibly transferred them to a prison in southern Iraq.

SOUTHEAST ASIA

Hundreds dead, trapped after killer quake slams Indonesia

The death toll in Indonesia topped 1,000 after a devastating earthquake flattened buildings. Thousands are missing or trapped in the rubble.

2016 OLYMPICS

Brazilians in South Florida savor chance to be in Olympic spotlight

Brazilians in South Florida erupted in joy and optimism after their home country won its bid to host the 2016 Summer Games.

SOUTH PACIFIC

Florida's storm czar leads U.S. relief effort in American Samoa

The U.S. FEMA chief directing food, water and medicine to the tsunami-stricken Samoas also led Florida's hurricane disaster response several years ago.

WORLD

Death toll in Samoas tsunami reaches 150

APIA, Samoa -- Samoans searched flattened homes and debris-filled swamps, while dazed survivors told of being trapped underwater or flung inland by a tsunami that ravaged towns and killed at least 150 people in the South Pacific. Photo Gallery Available

WORLD

Earthquake toll rises to 777 dead

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IN MY OPINION

Gloves are off in quest to win 2016 Summer Olympics

It's Chicago vs. Rio as President Obama and Brazil's Lula da Silva turn on the charm to lobby for the chance to host the 2016 Summer Games.

U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL

Obama looks to put squeeze on Iran

Iran was given two months to come clean on its nuclear program -- or face far-reaching global sanctions.

G-20 | ECONOMIC SUMMIT

Obama, Sarkozy and Brown say Iran has secret nuclear facility

President Barack Obama and the leaders of France and Britain on Friday accused Iran of building a secret uranium enrichment facility that could have military uses and warned that the Islamic republic would face tougher U.N. sanctions unless it suspended its nuclear program by December.

U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Obama's nuclear-free goal gains U.N. endorsement

The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a U.S.-drafted resolution that endorses the goal of `a world without nuclear weapons.'

Alleged al Qaeda kingpin Khalid Sheik Mohammed posed for this photo in July, at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It was taken by the International Committee of the Red Cross to be sent home for Ramadan, and first showed up on Arabic language websites seen as sympathetic to al Qaeda last week, according to counter-terror expert Jarret Brachman. It is the first known public picture since his widely circulated March 2003 capture photo of him rousted from sleep in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

GUANTANAMO BAY PRISON CAMPS

9/11 mastermind: 'Allah,' not lawyers, will protect me

Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who has bragged about his role in the Sept. 11 attacks, has asked to dismiss his ACLU lawyers and face his death-penalty case alone

ISRAEL

`All options' kept open on Iran

Israel has not ruled out the possibility of a military response to Tehran's nuclear program.

TRADE AND POLITICS

'Old friends' Cuba, China strengthen ties

In a series of deals, China is working to deepen its relationship with Cuba. Trade between the two countries is estimated at more than $2.5 billion.

AFGHANISTAN

Joint Chiefs of Staff head: More troops `probably' needed in Afghanistan

Six months after the Obama administration announced its plan for Afghanistan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff suggested in his reconfirmation hearing that more U.S. troops will likely be necessary.

EGYPT

Bin Laden appeals to Americans to end war

Osama bin Laden said in a new audiotape that President Barak Obama's strategy in Afghanistan is ``hopeless'' and called on Americans to resolve the conflict with al Qaeda by ending the war there and breaking the U.S. alliance with Israel.

AUSTRIA

Iran to meet with U.S., world powers

Iran sounded a tough note, but said it is `open to discussion' on its nuclear program in a general context.

GREAT BRITAIN

British bomb plotters get stiff sentences

Three British Muslims convicted of planning to blow up trans-Atlantic flights were given prison terms of at least 30 years. A fourth will get at least 22 years.

AFGHANISTAN ELECTIONS

Karzai rival: Fraud would doom U.S. effort

The runner-up in the Aug. 20 presidential election warns that Western publics are unlikely to tolerate a political outcome based on a fraudulent vote.

FRANCE

Telecom giant takes on spate of suicides

(AP) -- France Telecom SA was mobilizing all 20,000 of its managers Monday in an effort to respond to a string of 23 employee suicides that unions blame partly on layoffs and restructuring at the telecommunications giant.

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