World Business News

• Gerrard cool under siege before Switzerland match (AFP) September 6, 2010
  AFP - Steven Gerrard admits being captain of England right now feels like a man under siege as he prepares to lead his team into a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier against Switzerland here on Tuesday desperately trying to keep the focus on football. […]
• Australia independent sees government decision Tuesday (Reuters) September 6, 2010
  Reuters - Australian independent MP Tony Windsor said he and two other independents holding the balance of power after recent elections would probably decide on whether to support a Labor or a conservative government by early afternoon Tuesday. […]
• Egyptian opposition leader urges election boycott (AP) September 6, 2010
  AP - Egypt's leading democracy advocate is urging Egyptians to boycott November's parliamentary election, saying it is certain to be rigged. […]
• Suicide car bomber kills 19 in northwest Pakistan (AFP) September 6, 2010
  AFP - At least 19 people were killed and 45 wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday, destroying the building, police said. […]
• Suspected Islamists kill officer, wound five in Nigeria (AFP) September 6, 2010
  AFP - Suspected members of an Islamist sect that launched an uprising last year have killed a retired police officer and wounded five other people, the latest of such attacks in Nigeria's north, police said Monday. […]
• Lawyer: Iran woman could be stoned to death soon (AP) September 6, 2010
  AP - The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon with the end of a moratorium on death sentences for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. […]
• What the Basque Terrorists' Unilateral Ceasefire Reveals (Time.com) September 6, 2010
  Time.com - Spain's political establishment has rejected a unilateral ceasefire declared by the battered Basque terrorist group ETA. What does it reveal about the cohesion of the separatists -- and what they might do next? […]
• Afghanistan: Run on Kabul Bank Shakes a Fragile Economy (Time.com) September 6, 2010
  Time.com - The government insists there is no reason for anxiety but the depositors outside Afghanistan's largest bank are implacable. They want their money back […]
• Suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 people (AP) September 6, 2010
  AP - A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a car in an alley behind a police station in a strategically important town in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 17 police and civilians in an explosion that shattered the station and neighboring homes. […]
• Soldiers fire on family's car in Mexico, killing 2 (AP) September 6, 2010
  AP - Soldiers opened fire on a family's car at a checkpoint in northern Mexico, killing a 15-year-old boy and another person, authorities said Monday. […]