International Headlines

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:01:07 -0400

>TOP STORIES as of 0900 GMT -- 28 August, 2010

> IRAQ PUT ON HIGH ALERT AHEAD OF EXPECTED BOMBING CAMPAIGN
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has warned of likely attacks
across the country and put security forces on high alert
following a recent wave of 20 bomb attacks.

> SOLDIERS FIGHT OFF ATTACKS IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan soldiers and coalition troops stopped two attacks on
military bases in Khost province Saturday, the NATO-led
International Security Assistance Force said.

> 'PLAN B' IN WORKS TO HELP TRAPPED MINERS
The 33 miners trapped in a Chilean mine have been told for the
first time that they will be stranded up to four months. But a
proposed "Plan B" may hasten their rescue.

> LEAD COP IN MEXICO MASSACRE MISSING
A lead investigator and another official looking into the
massacre of 72 migrants in northern Mexico are missing, Mexico's
president said Friday.

> FIREFIGHT ERUPTS NEAR U.S. CONSULATE
Gunmen and security forces exchanged fire early Saturday near
the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, intelligence officials
said.

> 6 MISSING AFTER RUSSIAN TUGBOAT SINKS
The search resumed Saturday for six sailors missing after their
tugboat sank in the Laptev Sea off Siberia's northern coast,
Russian news agencies reported.

> SOURCES: U.S. DRONE KILLS 3 MILITANTS
Three suspected militants were killed when a suspected U.S.
drone fired four missiles on two vehicles in Pakistan's tribal
region, Pakistan intelligence officials told CNN Friday.

> WORKER CHARGED IN HOSPITAL FIRE DEATHS
A Romanian hospital worker has been arrested on charges of
negligence with severe consequences relating to a deadly fire at
a hospital in which five babies died.

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BUSINESS
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> BOEING DELAYS DREAMLINER DELIVERY DATE
Boeing has said its 787 Dreamliner passenger jet will be delayed
by several more weeks. The jet is already more than two years
late.

> FED STANDS BY TO BOOST U.S. GROWTH
Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman, said on Friday that
weaker-than-expected consumer spending growth and a "depressed"

> 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.