International Headlines

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:02:04 -0400
>TOP STORIES as of 0900 GMT -- 27 August, 2010

> CARTER WINS RELEASE OF AMERICAN FROM NORTH KOREA
Former President Jimmy Carter is leaving North Korea with a U.S.
man who was imprisoned in the communist country after entering
it illegally, according to the Carter Center.

> NASA: PAIR OF DISTANT PLANETS DISCOVERED
Two planets slightly smaller than Saturn have been discovered
orbiting a distant star, a first for NASA's Kepler space
telescope, the space agency said.l

> PAKISTAN URGES 500,000 NEW EVACUATIONS
Pakistan's government has warned about 500,000 people in the
country's southeastern Sindh province to evacuate immediately
because of possible flooding.

> U.N. EMERGENCY SESSION HELD ON CONGO
U.N. peacekeepers in eastern Congo say they knew Rwandan rebels
were massing in the region where 150 women were raped.

> THIRD ARREST MADE IN CANADA TERROR CASE
Canada authorities plan to release names and charges Thursday
against two suspects arrested a day earlier on terror-related
crimes.

> DOCTORS TO REMOVE 23 NAILS FROM WOMAN
A Sri Lankan maid whose Saudi employer allegedly hammered 23
nails into her arms, legs and forehead is set to undergo surgery
Friday, while government officials meet with Saudi diplomats in
Colombo over the incident.

> ROMANIANS LEAVE FRANCE IN CRACKDOWN
Two chartered planes carrying almost 300 Romanian nationals left
France on Thursday in compliance with the French government's
program to expel Roma without valid identity papers, according
to the French Ministry of Immigration.

> GERMAN SINGER CONVICTED IN HIV CASE
A German pop star was found guilty Thursday of failing to tell
sexual partners that she was infected with HIV and was given a
two-year suspended sentence.

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BUSINESS
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> HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY, WARREN BUFFETT
Warren Buffett is poised to celebrate his 80th birthday having
emerged from the financial crisis not only with his reputation
intact, but burnished.

> INVESTING IN AFRICA 'NOT FOR FAINT-HEARTED'
Proximity is the key to success for investors looking to tap
into Africa's up-and-coming economies, according to one expert
on West Africa's emerging markets.

> OMAN TO INVEST $20B TO LURE UPSCALE TOURISTS
As temperatures soar across the Persian Gulf, one oasis is
blossoming with greenery.