WORLD HEADLINES 8/26/2010
Jimmy Carter lands in Pyongyang to bring home Boston man
S EOUL, South Korea – North Koreans welcomed Jimmy Carter back to Pyongyang with smiles, salutes and hearty handshakes Wednesday as the former American president arrived on a mission to bring home a Boston …Boston Herald · 14 hours ago
Former President Jimmy Carter lands in Pyongyang to bring home American
Daily Oklahoman
Jimmy Carter in North Korea to free U.S. prisoner
Goshen News
Zetas suspected in Tamaulipas migrant massacre
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A wounded migrant stumbled into a military checkpoint and led marines to a gruesome scene, what may be the biggest massacre so far in Mexico’s bloody drug war: a room strewn with the bodies of …McAllen Monitor · 6 hours ago
Mexican officials blame migrant killings on drug gang
Raw Story
Mexican drug cartel suspected in massacre of 72 migrants
Evansville Courier-Press
Tropical Storm Earl forms in the open Atlantic, joining Hurricane Danielle
Earl has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and is expected to become a hurricane by Friday. In the Pacific, Hurricane Frank developed off Mexico’s coast. Frank has maximum sustained winds near 75 mph …Star News Online · 9 hours ago
Hurricane Danielle heads for Bermuda as Tropical Storm Earl strengthens
Star News Online
Tropical Storm Earl forms in open waters of Atlantic
Columbus Dispatch
Fears of Taliban expansion in Afghan north, west grow
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Eight Afghan police gunned down at a checkpoint. Campaign workers kidnapped. Spanish trainers shot dead on their base. The latest example occurred Thursday when about a dozen gunmen …Washington Times · 1 hour ago
Fears Taliban expanding in Afghan north, west
Salon
Attacks in Afghan north raise fears that Taliban expanding beyond southern strongholds
Minneapolis Star Tribune
BP’s Hayward won’t testify next month
WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward has refused the Senate Foreign Relation Committee’s request to appear at a hearing next month on the release of the man convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. …Vindy.com · 2 hours ago
BP’s chief executive will not testify next month
WWL-TV
APNewsBreak: BP’s Hayward won’t testify next month
The Guardian
Dutch teen sailor says she has reached Canary Islands on controversial solo trip …
MADRID (AP) — A 14-year-old Dutch sailor aiming to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world says she has reached Spain’s Canary Islands off northwest Africa. Laura Dekker says on her website she …Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel · 3 hours ago
Dutch teen sailor reaches Canary Islands
AP – msnbc.com
Young solo sailor reaches Spain’s Canary Islands
Standard-Times




