LATEST World News, Sep 04, 2011

Retelling 9/11: Movies about the attack still too much for audiences Sacramento Bee World War II films, in text or subtext, could be more narratively uncomplicated – and perhaps more satisfying to viewers – than today's war films because the enemy was clearly defined. "The idea of global terrorism … presents a narrative problem for ... See all stories on this topic »

The law of the global jungle Jamaica Observer That is the law of the global jungle. You must first register and then login to be able to post a comment. 1. We welcome reader comments on the top stories of the day. Some comments may be republished on the website or in the newspaper – email ... See all stories on this topic »

Whether cracking wise or rifling drives, Watson's a tour enigma CBSSports.com The Watsons latest water pastime is a sport called wakesurfing. "You haven't heard of it?" wife Angie Watson said, producing a video on her smart phone of herself surfing behind their boat. It's a relatively new twist on skiing and wakeboarding ... See all stories on this topic » CBSSports.com

Reporter reflects on defining decade for Southeast Asia Alaska Dispatch It was the summer of 2001. I was covering an election in East Timor, a newly minted nation at the end of the world. It was my first assignment for the Monitor, the start of a decade of reporting in Southeast Asia, filing hundreds of stories from across ... See all stories on this topic »

61 TIFF films reviewed Toronto.com PH Melancholia: Lars von Trier finds grand science friction at world'send, with sisters and planets colliding. The mercurial Dane sets a fractious family wedding amidst impending global doom, threatened by a rogue sphere heading towards Earth. ... See all stories on this topic » Toronto.com

Mean, ornery and just plain wrong Salon To top it off, his company, which makes body armor for our troops in Afghanistan, allegedly paid out more than $6 million to cover his personal expenses, including plastic surgery for his wife and pornographic videos for his son. ... See all stories on this topic » Salon

African experience inspires areer change Edmonton Journal The answer came in the form of a $24000 United World College scholarship to Duino, Italy. This was the ultimate trip for Shih, who, as a child, would wonder about the places she heard about in her parents' stories about Africa and China. ... See all stories on this topic »

The Atrocity of 9/11, 10 Years: That Terrible Day Right Side News For many he was regarded as a national political joke but his speech following the attack was a masterpiece of brevity combined with emotion for the nation and perhaps the wider world. It occupies a place of honor in my video library. ... See all stories on this topic »

Letter from America: Israel - the 'Untouchable' Rogue State Asian Tribune It also contradicted an earlier report, prepared in September by three human rights experts appointed by the UN's top human rights body, on the Gaza flotilla incident which found that Israeli forces had violated international law when they raided the... See all stories on this topic »

Ocean advocates showcase solutions that stick at Savannah Ocean Exchange Savannah Morning News A renowned coral reef biologist with an endowed position at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, Knowlton has seen for herself how overfishing,global warming and runoff pollution are decimating the world's coral reefs. ... See all stories on this topic »

''Yes'', because we can! Deccan Herald When our economy opened and our top educational institutions produced world class professionals, the world saw India in a new light. This set the expectation of excellence from an Indian work force and India rapidly became the world's No.1 outsourcing ... See all stories on this topic » Deccan Herald

Libyan Quagmires and Academic Pilgrims: Media Communication in Closed Regimes American Thinker The Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation, chaired by Saif, later donated £1.5m to the London School of Economics Global Governance research centre, of which it received $300000." Gaddafi used to be as anti-Western as they come. ... See all stories on this topic »

Top 10 Stories On Zawya Dow Jones On Sep 4 At 0815 GMT Zawya (subscription) By Nikhil Lohade Prospects for Saudi Arabia's economy will deteriorate if the worldslips into recession, says Jadwa Investment in a note. By Nikhil Lohade Persian Gulf stocks are seen mixed Sunday as investors price in global market activity over the ... See all stories on this topic »

With Texas Network, UT Remakes the Playing Field New York Times For stories, reviews, news and more, go to: texasmonthly.com. He might as well have added, “We're Texas — and you're not.” Never has a single television channel caused such controversy without reaching any viewers. Long before its first live football ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

Facebook Testing Translate Feature for Page Postings PC Magazine No longer will users have to copy and paste text into the third-party translate tool of their choice just to figure out what their friends are saying across the site. For more from David, follow him on Twitter @TheDavidMurphy. For the top stories in ... See all stories on this topic »

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New Zealanders get ready to host Rugby World Cup SI.com Those kind of stories have put off some Australians, said Mike Jones, the general manager of Total Sports Travel in Melbourne. He said his bookings are down from four years ago when the tournament was held in France. He blames the globalrecession. ... See all stories on this topic »

AP IMPACT: 35000 worldwide convicted for terror CBS News AP's findings start to fill in the largely blank picture of what has happened with theglobal war on terror, launched by the United Nations with the strong backing of the United States. "There's been a recognition all around the world that terrorism ... See all stories on this topic »

Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult truthout During periods of political consensus, for instance, the World War II and early post-war eras, the Senate was a "high functioning" institution: filibusters were rare and the body was legislatively productive. Now, one can no more picture the current ... See all stories on this topic » truthout

September Book Buzz Picks The Missourian The pig loses himself in stories, and even gets a job at the front desk. Poindexter's life changes when a shell-shocked turtle named Shelby needs help finding a book on how to make a friend. Answers sometimes lie in helping others, and that's the case ... See all stories on this topic »

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Global News | Old World War II bomb kills 7 in Myanmar An official says seven people were killed when an old World War II bomb they found in a river ... xsltuxOtherSitesec7664121/WorkArea//http://www.globalnews. ca/Pages/SearchResult. ... but this is the largest number of people killed by an old bomb in recent decades. ... Latest Video. More Video. Advertisement. TopStories ... www.globalnews.ca/old+world+war+ii...7.../story.html

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