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Rescuers race through night to save Haiti students (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:11 AM CST

AP - Rescue crews working under the glare of floodlights dug through the rubble of a collapsed school early Saturday in a frantic search for students who may still trapped in a disaster that has already killed at least 47 people.

Paloma continues to strengthen, batters Caymans (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:16 AM CST

AP - Late-season Hurricane Paloma continued to strengthen early Saturday as the Category 3 storm's eye neared Little Cayman, bringing wind and rain that knocked down trees and signs on the islands.

Militants in Pakistan kill 2 alleged US spies (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:55 AM CST

AP - Militants killed two people they claimed were spies for the United States and dumped their bodies with a warning in a Pakistani border region at the center of a campaign of suspected American missile strikes, an official said Saturday.

Report: New Zealand leader's party loses election (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:26 AM CST

AP - New Zealand media are reporting that the conservative opposition has won power in the South Pacific nation, ending the rule of one of the world's longest-serving elected female leaders.

Congo rebel leader Nkunda vows to keep fighting (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 11:09 PM CST

AP - High in the mist-shrouded Mushaki mountains, amid a drenching tropical storm, the rebel leader swept into the crumbling brick farmhouse, his sinewy frame swathed in a red-and-black shawl dutifully followed by a pet lamb called Betty.

Concert to mark 70th anniversary of Nazi pogrom (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:09 AM CST

AP - The question troubles officials, academics and rabbis alike: how to commemorate a night of terrible carnage and fear that became known as "Kristallnacht," or "Night of the Broken Glass"?

Rice: No deal yet, but peace talks continue (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:03 AM CST

AP - It won't happen on President Bush's watch, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says his promise of an independent Palestinian state will be met.

Largest cartel weapons cache found in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:11 AM CST

AP - The Mexican army on Friday announced that it has made the largest seizure of drug-cartel weapons in Mexico's history.

Egypt arrests 25 Muslim Brotherhood members (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:33 AM CST

AFP - Egyptian police have arrested 25 Muslim Brotherhood members at a meeting in the Nile Delta, the Islamists and a security official said on Saturday.