Ready for war? Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin set to lock horns over Syria at G20 summit
World's two most powerful men set to face-off over military action in Syria as US President attempts to depersonalise his 'red-line' remarks regarding the alleged use of chemical weapons in the conflict
Vladimir Putin welcomes President Barack Obama and the other heads of the world’s leading and emerging nations to a G20 summit in St Petersburg tomorrow morning. The event will crackle with tensions over the case for punitive strikes against Syria for allegedly using chemical weapons against its own people.
The stage may be set for one of the most awkward and uncomfortable international summits in recent memory with the Syrian crisis likely to dominate discussions and the two heavyweights at the table – Mr Putin and Mr Obama – facing off on the best way forward. A once-planned separate summit between the two men was cancelled by Washington weeks ago.
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Aborigines omitted from Australian river plan
After massive water shortages, Australia has set out a plan to save its most important river system. Aborigines who have lived for generations in the affected area seem to have been forgotten in the consultation process.
"If you look at my birth certificate it's says birthplace: 'Riverbank Maroopna,'" Wayne Atkinson explains. The 70 year old is a senior elder of the Yorta Yorta people, an Aboriginal group living on the Murray River, about 200 kilometers north of Melbourne, Australia.
The Goulburn River is a part of Atkinson's identity. He grew up alongside it, fished there with his parents and grandparents. "I'm always so proud that my entry into this world began on the riverbank of the Goulburn River," Atkinson told DW.
5 September 2013 Last updated at 08:32 GMT
Kenya parliament holds emergency debate on ICC pull-out
Kenya's parliament is to hold an emergency session to debate leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Analysts say the motion is likely to be passed, making it the first country to cancel its ICC membership.
The ICC has charged both President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto with crimes against humanity, which they both deny. Mr Ruto's case is due to start next week.
The ICC said the cases will continue, even if Kenya pulled out.
The charges against both Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto stem from violence that broke out after disputed elections in 2007.
New hires for Mexican call centers: US deportees
The English language skills of returning migrants have lured major US cable and tech companies to set up branches of their multi-billion-dollar customer service industries south of the border.
Years of record-breaking deportations in the United States are helping to fuel a developing industry in Mexico: call centers to serve American customers.
Major US companies are moving pieces of their multi-billion-dollar customer service industry south of the border to take advantage of a burgeoning workforce of returning migrants. Many are recent deportees who are better able to relate to their US customers and who speak English with American accents.
The call centers contract with major US companies such as Time Warner, Dish Satellite, and Best Buy. They pay lower Mexican wages, as little as $4 an hour, while their customers may not realize they’re speaking with someone in a foreign country.
Bagram prison: Another Guantanamo in the making?
By Fakhar ur Rehman and Jamieson Lesko, NBC New
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan –The Bagram prison in Afghanistan is at risk of becoming the next Guantanamo Bay detention facility with some inmates being held without basic legal rights, a Pakistani human rights law firm said Wednesday.
“The majority of these detainees are Pakistani citizens; some were cleared for release in 2010 yet remain trapped in indefinite detention,” Justice Project Pakistan, a non-profit organization that provides free legal services for poor prisoners, said in a report.
“Pakistani detainees are losing hope. This raises the worrying specter of another Guantanamo Bay on Afghan soil,” it said.
Santiago's red light jugglers
Every few minutes some of Santiago's busiest junctions become improvised stages as jugglers, unicyclists and even puppeteers perform for their temporary audience of drivers waiting at the traffic lights.
Perched on the saddle of a unicycle in the middle of a downtown pedestrian crossing, Cristian Rubio Munoz juggles a trio of clubs.
In less than a minute, this stretch of tarmac will again be a five-lane highway. But for now it is a temporary stage. His feet pedal back and forth, his upturned face is frozen with concentration. A ball balances on the end of a wooden stick clenched between his teeth.
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