Japan considers future of US bases, Human Rights groups call for investigation of possible rape, torture after Iran election, China using "loans" to help developing countries (at a high cost) and more than 100 killed in Sudan raid

Here’s a look at some headlines from around the world, from International News Today…

*** New administration in Japan could want changes when it comes to US bases in that country… http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58L0EY20090922?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

*** US Commander in Afghanistan wants more troops in that country.  Army General Stanley McChrystal said failure to reverse “insurgent momentum” in the near term risked an outcome where “defeating the insurgency is no longer possible.” http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58K0GI20090922?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

*** Afghanistan’s Karzai back’s McChrystal’s troop boost recommendation, says Afghan election questions are “serious.”            http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/21/afghanistan.karzai/index.html?eref=rss_world

*** Human Rights groups want UN to investigate possible “abuse, including rape, torture” in aftermath of Iran election http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/world/middleeast/22iran.html

***China using “loans” to developing countries to sell their goods, and hold some control over developing economies http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/world/africa/22namibia.html

*** France to close “the jungle,” a camp of illegal immigrants in Calais, hoping to make it to England. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/world/europe/22migrants.html

*** More than 100 killed during raid in Sudan, as folks were attending church       http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/world/africa/22briefs-Sudan.html

*** Islamic Shabab insurgents in Somalia take over town near Ethiopian border   http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/world/africa/22briefs-Somalia.html

*** The military in the Phillipines overruns a camp run by Abu Sayyaf                         http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/world/asia/22briefs-Filip.html

*** Ousted President of Honduras now back in country… staying in Brazil’s embassy http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58K3JY20090922?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

*** Honduras under curfew, airports shut down                                                                                                http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8268056.stm

*** Latin American drug cartels using West Africa as staging ground for a move into the European drug market http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/21/africa.drug.cartels/index.html?eref=rss_world

*** LRA raids in Central Africa becoming more common…                                                                                 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8259039.stm