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Yahoo! News: World News

Group declares ceasefire in Nigeria's south (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 03:09 AM CDT

An oil and gas terminal in the Niger Delta. Militants in Nigeria say they have destroyed a pipeline run by Royal Dutch Shell in the sixth attack of a declared AP - Nigeria's main militant group declared a ceasefire in the southern oil region on Sunday, ending the worst spate of militant attacks in years to hit Africa's oil giant.


Olmert tells Cabinet he will resign (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 02:47 AM CDT

AP - Israel Radio says Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told his Cabinet that he will resign.

Suicide bomb guts Pakistan Marriott hotel; 42 dead (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 01:03 AM CDT

Pakistani police officers carry an injured person after a bomb explosion at an hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan Saturday, Sept 20, 2008. A huge explosion ripped through part of the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Saturday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 25. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - A suicide bomber detonated a dump truck packed with a ton of explosives outside the Marriott in Pakistan's capital Saturday, setting off a fiery blast that shattered the luxury hotel, killed at least 42 people and wounded hundreds, officials and witnesses said.


Bomb a warning to end Pakistan-US cooperation (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 12:56 AM CDT

AP - The brazen truck-bombing of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad on Saturday is a warning from Islamic militants to Pakistan's new civilian leadership that it should end already-strained cooperation with the United States to pursue al-Qaida and the Taliban, analysts said.

ANC forces South African President Mbeki to resign (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 12:34 PM CDT

In this Sept. 14, 2008 file photo, South African President Thabo Mbeki speaks at a press briefing in Pretoria, South Africa. South Africa's ruling party on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, called on President Mbeki to resign as head of state. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)AP - President Thabo Mbeki bowed to heavy pressure from his own party to resign Saturday, tossed to the sidelines of the economic powerhouse he built up as punishment for allegedly abusing his power in trying to quash a popular rival.


Six injured in car bomb blast in Spain's Basque country: official (AFP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 02:00 AM CDT

File photo shows a masked Ertzainzas (local police force officer) standing guard in the centre of the northern Spanish Basque city of Vitoria. Six people have been injured in a car bomb blast in the town of Ondarroa while an earlier bomb in Vitoria caused no injuries.(AFP/File/Rafa Rivas)AFP - Six people were injured Sunday in a car bomb blast outside a police station in Ondarroa, in northern Spain's Basque country, in the second such attack in the region within hours, officials said.


Iraq: gunmen kill interior ministry official (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 02:26 AM CDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks during a meeting with orphaned children, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad September 20, 2008. Picture taken September 20, 2008.  REUTERS/Iraqi government/Handout (IRAQ)AP - Iraqi officials say an interior ministry brigadier has been killed in a drive-by shooting in western Baghdad.


Venezuela criticizes McCain ad targeting Chavez (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 04:05 PM CDT

AP - Venezuela is taking issue with a John McCain campaign ad focusing on President Hugo Chavez.

South Africa's Mbeki to address nation after agreeing to resign (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 09:23 PM CDT

Thabo Mbeki (seen here on September 16) will on Sunday make a rare public address, a day after agreeing to calls by the governing African National Congress for him to stand down in the interests of party unity. Mbeki said on Saturday he will step down AFP - Thabo Mbeki will on Sunday make a rare public address, a day after agreeing to calls by the governing African National Congress for him to stand down in the interests of party unity.


Al-Qaeda seen behind Pakistan carnage (AFP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 02:59 AM CDT

A Sikh man in northern India reads a newspaper detailing the powerful bomb blasts which hit Islamabad's Marriott hotel on September 21. Rescue teams are hunting for survivors in the ruins of the building.(AFP/Narinder Nanu)AFP - Rescue teams hunted for survivors Sunday in the ruins of Islamabad's Marriott Hotel, where a massive truck bomb killed at least 60 people in what officials said looked like the work of Al-Qaeda.


Australia's Qantas says A380 arrival heralds new era (AFP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 01:15 AM CDT

The first Qantas Airbus A380 touches down at Sydney International Airport on September 21. Qantas has landed its first superjumbo, hopeful that its arrival will boost the Australian carrier, which has recently faced a series of mechanical problems.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Qantas landed its first A380 superjumbo here on Sunday, hopeful that its arrival will boost the Australian carrier, which has recently faced a series of mechanical problems including a mid-air blast.


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