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Reports: Leader says Pakistan won't strike first (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 02:06 AM CST

AP - Pakistan's president has assured rival India he would not be the first to use atomic weapons and he proposed the idea of a nuclear-free South Asia, Pakistani and Indian media reports said Sunday.

Karzai: Obama promises to fight terror in 'region' (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 01:31 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama leaves a friend's home after a visit in Chicago, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama pledged in a telephone conversation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai that fighting terrorism in Afghanistan and the region — an apparent reference to Pakistan — would be a top priority during his administration, Karzai's office said Sunday.


Dalai Lama warns Tibetan exiles to be prudent (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 02:32 AM CST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets journalists as he arrives to address a press conference in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008.  The Dalai Lama warned Tibetan exile leaders Sunday to be prudent in their plans or risk failure, after they said at a key conference they might push for independence for their homeland if China refuses to grant it autonomy soon.(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - The Dalai Lama warned his fellow Tibetan exile leaders Sunday to be prudent in their future planning or risk failure, after the leaders said they might push for independence for their Himalayan homeland if China refuses to grant it autonomy soon.


APEC leaders say no to protectionism, yes to Doha (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 11:02 PM CST

Peru's President Alan Garcia, right, welcomes President George W. Bush upon his arrival at the first meeting of leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC, summit in Lima, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - Leaders who oversee half the world's economy pledged Saturday to avoid protectionism but shied away from any new proposals on the financial crisis because of somebody who wasn't there: U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.


Iraqi lawmakers vote on US security pact Wednesday (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 02:17 PM CST

Iraqis watch a session of parliament as it debates a U.S.-Iraqi security pact on television in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Saturday's session is being shown live on national television and has been orderly so far. Chaotic scenes marred debate earlier this week when opposition lawmakers loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr disrupted the proceedings. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The Iraqi parliament will vote Wednesday on a pact that would allow American troops to stay in Iraq for three more years, but the government's hopes of winning a wide margin of approval to ensure the deal's legitimacy appeared to be fading.


Japanese man stabs bureaucrat over pet death (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 12:31 AM CST

Reuters - A Japanese man upset by the death of his pet turned himself in after fatally stabbing a bureaucrat and his wife, Japanese police and media said on Sunday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,203 (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 07:01 PM CST

File photo shows a US soldier in a watch tower in a patrol base in al-Adwaniyah on the southern outskirts of Baghdad. Dismantling the sprawling US military presence in Iraq will be a huge and complex undertaking, US military officials say, even in the three years allowed for the withdrawal of all US forces.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AP - As of Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, at least 4,203 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.


Venezuelan vote seen as key test for Chavez (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 11:24 PM CST

A homeless man looks for items next to a garbage container placed under a graffiti of Cuba's revolutionary hero Ernesto 'Che' Guevara in Caracas, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Venezuela will hold regional elections Sunday. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - President Hugo Chavez knows just how important Sunday's state and municipal elections are to his own grip on power.


AU warns against Guinea Bissau coup (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 01:42 AM CST

A member of the National Electoral Commission counts ballots after polls closed in Bissau, the capital of Guinea Bissau on November 16. The African Union has warned against any attempt to take power by force in the west African nation amid reports of post-election turmoil.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - The African Union on Sunday warned against any attempt to take power by force in Guinea Bissau amid reports of post-election turmoil in the west African country.


Pakistan president says supports no-first-use nuclear policy (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 02:26 AM CST

This television frame grab shows Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad, teleconferencing to an audience in New Delhi on November 22. Zardari said he was in favour of a no-first-use policy on nuclear weapons, a stance already announced by neighbouring India.(AFP/HO)AFP - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said he was in favour of a no-first-use policy on nuclear weapons, a stance already announced by neighbouring India.


Australians try to save 11 stranded whales (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 01:27 AM CST

AP - Rescuers moved 11 pilot whales more than 7 miles to a deep-water beach in the hope they would return to sea after the mammals became stranded in southeastern Australia, wildlife officials said Sunday.

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