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Rain, landslides kill 36 in Guatemala The death toll in a mudslide that buried a bus and five cars on a Guatemalan highway rose to 36 today but could reach 100, the nation's emergency services agency said. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:48:23 EDT Unknown number of missing after boat capsizes in Congo A cargo vessel caught fire and capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving an unknown number of people missing, a government spokesman said Sunday. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:31:22 EDT Iran continues back-and-forth barbs with Palestinians over peace talks Iranian officials continued Sunday to trade barbs with the Palestinian Authority over its president's decision to renew direct peace talks with Israel. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:49:34 EDT 'Don't give up,' plane crash survivors tell trapped miners For months, the men waited in isolation, struggling to survive. They forced themselves to eat the flesh of dead friends to sustain themselves. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:58:44 EDT Pope monitoring Iranian woman sentenced to stoning death Pope Benedict XVI is monitoring the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning and has not ruled out getting involved through diplomatic channels, the Vatican said Sunday. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:45:45 EDT U.S. military helps repel Iraq bomb attack, official says At least seven people were killed and 21 others were injured Sunday when suicide bombers struck an Iraqi military base, Iraq's interior ministry said. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:52:23 EDT Paper: Cricket player confirms corruption A British newspaper said Sunday that a top Pakistani cricket player confirmed its allegations of corruption on the Pakistani national team. Yasir Hameed said he was offered a bribe but turned it down, the paper reported. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:19:54 EDT Suspected Taliban bomb maker among captured insurgents A bomb maker was among several Taliban captured during a joint Afghan and coalition force operation in east-central Afghanistan Sunday, officials said. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:17:08 EDT Israel's Netanyahu offers regular talks with Abbas Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas one-on-one every two weeks to discuss "the agenda for a peace agreement," he said Sunday. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:45:10 EDT Pope likely to meet abuse victims, archbishop indicates Pope Benedict XVI is likely to meet victims of child abuse when he visits the United Kingdom next week, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales indicated Sunday. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:30:44 EDT