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PRI's The World - Sep 2, 2010 Today on The World: the latest on the Middle East peace talks in Washington; also, an Iraqi immigrant's new life in the United States; Plus, Internet users in China poke fun at old Communist icons.

PRI's The World - Sep 1, 2010 Today on The World: President Obama turns his attention from Iraq to the Middle East; Also, former British leader Tony Blair says in his new memoir that he doesn't regret the decision to go to war in Iraq; And later, young women keep disappearing in Juarez, Mexico.

PRI's The World - Aug 31, 2010 Today on The World: President Obama prepares to address the nation tonight to declare the end of the US combat role in Iraq; Also, engineers in Chile begin drilling the rescue tunnel for those 33 miners trapped underground; Plus how Margaret Thatcher managed to keep Soviet funds from reaching Britain's striking coal miners back in the 1980s.

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Australia's Gillard inches closer to power CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard inched closer to a return to power on Thursday after one of four independent lawmakers holding the balance of power threw his support behind her Labor Party.

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Pakistan trio hit by ICC charges Three Pakistan cricketers accused of corruption are set to be re-interviewed by police, after being charged and provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council.

Middle East talks 'constructive' Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington for the first direct peace talks in nearly two years and agree a framework for negotiations.

School lottery 'failed in aim' A lottery system for school places in Brighton failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.

UPDATE: No oil in water after rig explosion Marketplace's Eve Troeh gives an update about this morning's explosion on an oil rig off the Louisiana coast. No oily sheen on the waters, as previously reported by the Coast Guard, but the incident may hurt Louisiana's push for the White House to lift its Gulf deepwater drilling moratorium.

Banks must be able to fail, Bernanke says Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that there should be a process to allow banks, too big and otherwise, to fail. Critics are skeptic such an idea will actually happen.

Burger King going private, again Burger King is going private for the second time in eight years. Being a private company may give time for the company to rejuvenate the brand, or the new investors can just borrow and not invest money into the company, like the last time.