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Pressure grows on Thai prime minister to resign (AP)

Anti-government demonstrators wait for riot training Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, near Government House in Bangkok, Thailand. The People's Alliance for Democracy protestors have settled in for another day occupying the grounds of Thailand's Government House and the surrounding area. They are calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej however the embattled leader vows he won't step down and may declare a state or emergency. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - Thailand's prime minister vowed Saturday that he would not resign even as pressure mounted with anti-government protesters occupying his headquarters for a fifth day Saturday and disrupting rail and air service.


Italy's Berlusconi arrives in Libya to sign pact (Reuters)

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks to reporters after a cabinet meeting in Rome, August 28, 2008. (Remo Casilli/Reuters)Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrived in Libya on Saturday to sign a "friendship pact" under which Italy will pay billions of dollars in compensation for abuses committed during its colonial rule of the North African country.


Zimbabwe power-sharing talks hit snag: state media (Reuters)

Zimbabwe'sPresident Robert Mugabe (R) arrives for the opening of the county's parliament in Harare, August 26, 2008. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)Reuters - Zimbabwean power-sharing talks, which resumed in South Africa on Friday, have hit a snag over a proposal for President Robert Mugabe and his opposition rival to jointly chair the cabinet, state media reported on Saturday.


Egypt opens border crossing with Gaza Strip (AP) AP - Egypt opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Saturday, allowing hundreds of people to enter and leave in a goodwill gesture before the holy Muslim month of Ramadan begins, officials said.
Explosion in Sri Lankan capital wounds at least 44 (AP)

Sri Lankan police investigators examine the site of a bomb blast in the commercial district of Pettah in Colombo. Suspected Tamil Tiger guerrillas have set off a powerful blast in Sri Lanka's main commercial hub, wounding 45 people, officials said, as government forces kept up a major offensive against the rebels.(AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AP - The Sri Lankan military says an explosion has rocked the capital, Colombo.


Bombs, sectarian tensions still scar Iraq's Diyala (AP)

A boy walks down a street as U.S. army soldiers attached to Eagle Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment patrol a street in southern Baqouba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. A month into a U.S.-backed Iraqi security operation, the Diyala provincial capital and surrounding towns remain scarred by sectarian tensions and violence. Diyala has proven one of the toughest pieces of Iraqi real estate to control. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)AP - The government offices in Iraq's Diyala province are encased in thick blast walls, a shield against suicide bombings. Nearby buildings are pockmarked from fighting between U.S. troops and Sunni insurgents.


Bush's Mideast peace timeline looking unattainable (AP) AP - From the Gaza neighborhoods where Hamas radicals now collect money for utilities and mete out justice, President Bush's goal of forging an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal within five months is looking increasingly unattainable.
Australian police clear Indian doctor of involvement in terror (AFP)

Indian doctor, Mohamed Haneef, at a press conference in Bangalore in early August. Australian police have cleared Haneef of involvement in failed bomb attacks in Britain last year after a bungled 14-month probe(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sarkar)AFP - Australian police have cleared an Indian doctor of involvement in failed bomb attacks in Britain last year after a bungled 14-month probe that is now the subject of a judicial inquiry.


Boat sinks in flooded northern India, killing 20 (AP)

Villagers wade through floodwaters on a stretch of the National Highway 106 at Veerpur, in the northern Indian state of Bihar, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. The Indian government has made available more than US$200 million to combat monsoon flooding in the country's north that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described Thursday as a national calamity. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)AP - A rescue boat filled with panicked flood victims capsized and killed 20 people in northern India, where monsoon flooding grew worse because of heavy rain and water flowing from neighboring Nepal, officials said Saturday.


Mexicans to hold mass anti-crime protests (AP) AP - Mexicans called for mass protests Saturday against a tide of killings, kidnappings and shootouts sweeping the country despite the government's aggressive fight against drug gangs.