China's Hu calls for stable ties with US (AP)

U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, fourth from left, reacts during a meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, third from right, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)AP - Trying to smooth over recently rocky relations before a visit to Washington, Chinese President Hu Jintao told American officials on Wednesday that he wants to see healthy and stable ties between the two countries.
Demjanjuk health issues taking over trial (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2009 file photo, defendant John Demjanjuk sits in a wheelchair as he arrives at a courtroom in Munich, Germany. The case of the retired Ohio autoworker accused of serving as a Nazi death camp guard, which resumes next week after a month-long summer break, broke potentially precedent-setting ground when it opened last year. (AP Photo/Michaela Rehle, Pool-File)AP - John Demjanjuk attends most sessions of his trial in a hospital bed set up in the courtroom, wearing dark sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face.
UN chief in Rwanda over threatened Sudan pullout (AP)
AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Rwanda's president Wednesday after he threatened to withdraw thousands of Rwandan peacekeepers if the United Nations publishes a report accusing Rwanda's army of possible genocide in the 1990s.
Vatican: Burning Quran is outrageous, grave move (AP)

Afghans burn an effigy of Dove World Outreach Center's pastor Terry Jones during a demonstration against the United States in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. Hundreds of Afghans railed against the U.S. and called for President Barack Obama's death at a rally in the capital Monday to denounce the American church's plans to burn the Islamic holy book on 9/11. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - The Vatican on Wednesday denounced as "outrageous and grave" plans by a Christian minister in Florida to burn copies of the Quran to mark the Sept. 11 anniversary.
Gunmen kill Iraqi TV journalist in Mosul (AP)

Iraqi security forces patrol the streets of Baghdad. A car bomb and several roadside blasts killed three people and wounded dozens in Baghdad on Wednesday morning, health and security officials said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AP - Gunmen on Wednesday killed an Iraqi TV journalist, the second to be slain in Iraq in as many days, highlighting the dangers media workers continue to face in the country seven years after the U.S.-led invasion.
China: Journalist Attacks Hurt Investigative Reporting (Time.com)
Time.com - China has long been an unfriendly place for journalists, but two attacks on journalists in Beijing this summer serve as a reminder that the threats to the press can extend beyond censorship to outright violence
Stocks inch higher as European debt worries ease (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2010 file photograph, specialist Patrick Murphy, left, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stock futures are rising slightly Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, as investors try to brush off fresh worries about the health of European banks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)AP - Stocks rose slightly Wednesday as investors tried to brush off fresh worries about the health of European banks.
Mahmood Karzai profited on deal tied to Kabul Bank (AP)
AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother says he made at least $800,000 by buying and then reselling a high-end Dubai villa using a loan provided by the chairman of the troubled Kabul Bank.
Weeks of rains leave thousands homeless in Mexico (AP)

People use make-shift boats to cross a flooded avenue in Villahermosa in Mexico's Tabasco state, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swaths of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. (AP Photo/America Rocio)AP - Tens of thousands of people have abandoned their homes across southern Mexico to escape flooding from weeks of torrential rains, and forecasts are predicting even more rainfall.
Nine dead in Portuguese bus crash in Morocco (AFP)

Rescuers check a vehicle for casualties after a crash in northern Morocco on September 8. Nine Portuguese tourists were killed and 14 injured when the bus plunged into a ravine in northern Morocco, the interior ministry said.(AFP/Str)AFP - Nine Portuguese tourists were killed and 14 injured when their tour bus plunged into a ravine in northern Morocco on Wednesday, the interior ministry said.
Sri Lanka removes 2-term limit for presidency (AP)

A Sri Lankan boy supporting President Mahinda Rajapaksha holds his poster as they rally around the parliament complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Sri Lanka's Parliament on Wednesday began debating a controversial amendment to the country's constitution that would allow Rajapaksa to hold unlimited number of terms, a move critics say could lead to a dictatorship. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)AP - Sri Lanka's Parliament has voted to eliminate a two-term limit for the presidency.
Bank of Canada hikes rates, sees slower recovery (Reuters)
Reuters - The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate for a third consecutive time on Wednesday, nudging the rate up 25 basis points to 1 percent, but said a weak U.S. economy would hamper Canada's recovery.
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