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  NATO deputy rues early optimism on Marjah

  By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press
  NATO commanders were overly optimistic when they predicted quick success taking the key Taliban-held town of Marjah last winter, the outgoing deputy commander said. Published 12:00 a.m. September 5, 2010 - 0 Comments
  
  
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  Shoes, eggs hurled at Tony Blair in Dublin

  By John Heaney - Associated Press
  Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland's capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed — evidence that the divisions left by Blair's decade as British leader have yet to heal. Published 2:07 p.m. September 4, 2010 - 2 Comments
  
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  U.N. report on Congo genocide strengthened

  By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times
  A draft U.N. report accusing the Rwandan army of massacring Hutus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 1990s is corroborated by findings of an international human rights group. Published 2:55 p.m. September 3, 2010 - 5 Comments
  
• New Zealand hit by 7.1 quake; 2 injured
  
  By Robert Griffith - Associated Press
  updated 19 hours, 56 minutes ago
  Chimneys and walls crumbled to the ground, roads cracked in half and residents were knocked off their feet as a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. The prime minister said it was a miracle no one was killed. Published 2:12 p.m. September 3, 2010 - 2 Comments
  
• Death toll rises to 65 in attack on Pakistanis
  
  By Abdul Sattar - Associated Press
  updated 19 hours, 30 minutes ago
  The death toll from a Pakistani Taliban suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically wounded people died in hospitals, police said Saturday. Published 9:27 a.m. September 3, 2010 - 4 Comments
  
• Judge orders alleged kingpin 'La Barbie' held
  
  By Associated Press
  A judge has ordered a U.S.-born suspected drug lord known as "La Barbie" held for 40 days pending an investigation into organized crime and other possible charges, authorities announced Saturday. Published 11:16 a.m. September 4, 2010 - 1 Comments
  
• U.N. nuclear chief asks Israel to join treaty
  
  By Veronika Oleksyn - Associated Press
  The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has asked Israel to consider signing up to the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, according to a report made public Friday, in a boost to Arab-led pressure on the Jewish state to join the pact. Published 1:50 p.m. September 3, 2010 - 5 Comments