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Top US commander discusses Iraq with Turkey (AP)
04 09 2010

Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen, right, and Turkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Isik Kosaner inspect a guard of honour at the Turkish army headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. The United States is seeking Turkish permission to withdraw noncombat military equipment from Iraq through its territory and Turkey is likely to agree to the request, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said Friday.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

AP - The United States' top military officer says Washington does not plan to withdraw its weapons from Iraq through Turkey.

Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island (AP)
04 09 2010

A police officer is seen on a street blocked by rubble from a damaged building following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries, but looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Alexander) ** NEW ZEALAND OUT **

AP - A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early Saturday, but there were so far no deaths and only two injuries reported.

Toll from attack on Pakistani Shiites jumps to 65 (AP)
04 09 2010

Volunteers help injured people following an explosion during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Police say a blast at a Shiite procession has killed scores of people in southwestern Pakistan in the third deadly attack this week on the country's religious minorities.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

AP - Pakistani police say the death toll from a suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically wounded people died in hospital.

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