World News Briefs -- August 28, 2010

SALUTING SERVICE IN IRAQ - On Aug. 31, 2010, President Barack Obama will mark the end of America’s combat mission in Iraq. Learn how you can join the president in saluting the military's service in Iraq. Go to the White House website for four ways you can share your salute. White House photo by Pete Souza, April 7, 2009

Obama Marks Formal End of U.S. Combat in Iraq -- CBS News

President Says Iraq Is Free to Chart its Own Course; Pledges Gov't Will Fulfill "Moral Obligation" to Wounded Vets

(AP) President Barack Obama said Saturday the end of combat operations in Iraq doesn't just reaffirm that country's sovereignty, but also makes good on one of his principle campaign pledges.

Mr. Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address to highlight Tuesday's formal end to U.S. combat missions in Iraq - the realization of a promise he made as a candidate in the 2008 election.

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MIDDLE EAST

Iraq on highest alert for terror attacks.

Dangers of war persist for soldiers left in Iraq.

Israel's Netanyahu wants talks with Abbas every 2 weeks.

ASIA

China seeks fresh nuclear talks as Kim eludes cameras.

Another levee breach threatens south Pakistan city.

Burmese junta leaders 'step down' from military posts.

Japan panel urges defence changes, wary Of China.

AFRICA

Sudan leader defies arrest warrant, visits Kenya.

Highlights from leaked UN draft report on Congo atrocities: 1993-1996.

'Dozens of children die' in Nigerian lead poisoning.

EUROPE

Criminals to lose French nationality.

France's crackdown on Romas continues, hundreds deported.

Ten rebels die in Caucasus clashes: report. 14 militants, 1 policeman killed in Russia.

AMERICAS

Families of massacred migrants couldn't pay ransom.

Fidel Castro claims Osama bin Laden is a US spy.

Ground Zero Muslim center may get public financing.

15 slain in Acapulco, Mexico. Violence targets police, media in Mexico massacre.

Katrina, five years after: A coastline changed forever?

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

US Predator strike kills 4 'terrorists' in Pakistan's northwest.

Few details given as 4 Canadians are held in terrorist plot.

Example set by first military tribunal case has U.S. wary.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Allen sues Google, Apple, others over patents.

Analyst: Citigroup is cooking the books.

With U.S. economy slowing, Bernanke still not ready to act.

Mexico airline Mexicana to halt all flights.

Boeing delays delivery of 787 aircraft until next year.