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Analysis: Raid into Syria complicates Iraq's ties (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:56 AM CDT

AP - The deadly U.S. raid into Syria may complicate efforts to win approval for a new U.S.-Iraqi security deal by drawing attention to a fact many Iraqis detest that they can't control everything American forces might do.

Zimbabwe's neighbors to meet on unity deal (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 02:15 AM CDT

AP - Fourteen southern African nations will hold a summit to try to break a power-sharing stalemate in Zimbabwe between President Robert Mugabe and the opposition that has prevented the formation of a new government.

US official: Raid on Syria killed leader of cell (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 11:34 PM CDT

AP - A cross-border raid by U.S. special forces killed the al-Qaida-linked head of a Syrian network that smuggled fighters, weapons and cash into Iraq, an American counterterrorism official said Monday. Blood stained the earth in this border village as anguished Syrians buried relatives they said were killed in the U.S. helicopter attack Sunday. Some shouted anti-American slogans and carried banners reading "Down with Bush and the American enemy."

Dalai Lama calls special meeting of Tibetan exiles (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:33 AM CDT

AP - The Dalai Lama has called a special meeting of Tibetan exiles to discuss the future of their struggle as talks with China have foundered, officials said Tuesday.

4 policemen killed in northern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:48 AM CDT

AP - Police say four officers have been killed and four others wounded in a drive-by shooting in the turbulent Iraqi city of Mosul.

Insurance group Coface downgrades Britain (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:24 AM CDT

AFP - The credit insurance group Coface said on Tuesday it had downgraded the ratings of Britain, Ireland and Iceland and had put Italian and French debt under negative watch because of the worsening financial crisis.

Rival Lebanese factions meet to defuse tensions (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 10:16 PM CDT

AP - Lebanon's top rival Sunni and Shiite Muslim leaders held a long-awaited meeting, the two sides' reported Monday, as part of efforts to defuse sectarian tensions in the country.

Colombian hostage dragged to freedom (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 09:29 PM CDT

AP - Escaped rebel hostage Oscar Tulio Lizcano looked a crazy man bearded, grimy, slumped on another man's shoulder and screaming from across a jungle river.

Tonnes of ivory up for auction in Namibia (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:31 AM CDT

AFP - Nine tonnes of ivory went on the block on Tuesday in Namibia, kicking off the first legal sales of elephant tusks in nearly a decade -- exclusively for Chinese and Japanese buyers.