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Yahoo! News: World News

Suicide attack on army convoy kills 6 in Pakisetan (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 03:31 AM CDT

Pakistani protesters burn U.S. flags to condemn recent U.S. strikes in Pakistani territory along Afghanistan border, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - A suicide car bomber attacked an army convoy in Pakistan's militant-plagued northwest Saturday, killing three civilians and three soldiers, an army spokesman said.

Palestinians despairing of independence effort (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 03:29 AM CDT

A Palestinian youth tries to avoid Israeli checkpoints by climbing Israel's separation barrier in order to pray for the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008. Prominent Palestinians are lighting a fire under Israel's feet by proposing a peace in which there would be no separate Palestine and Israel, but a single state with equal rights for all. The recent talk of a binational state of Arabs and Jews may be little more than a Palestinian pressure tactic fed by frustration over the failure of talks on a two-state solution, but it has set Israeli leaders on edge. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - Prominent Palestinians are lighting a fire under Israel's feet by proposing a peace in which there would be no separate Palestine and Israel, but a single state with equal rights for all.

Milk off shelves as China's safety scandal grows (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 12:36 AM CDT

A child receives an ultrasonic inspection for kidney stones at a children's hospital in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province Friday, Sept. 19, 2008. Thousands of worried parents have filled hospitals, many hovering over sons and daughters hooked to IV drips after drinking milk powder tainted with melamine, a toxic industrial chemical that can cause kidney stones and lead to kidney failure. Some 1,300 babies, mostly newborns, remain hospitalized, with 158 suffering from acute kidney failure. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)AP - China's food safety crisis widened Friday after the industrial chemical melamine was found in milk produced by three of the country's leading dairy companies — prompting stores, including Starbucks, to yank milk from their shelves.

Haiti's food crisis deepens after floods (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:54 PM CDT

A man shovels mud in Gonaives, Haiti, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. The floodwaters from three hurricanes and a tropical storms are receding and leaving Haiti with mud-caked streets. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Four tropical storms have wiped out most of Haiti's food crops and damaged irrigation systems and pumping stations, raising the specter of acute hunger for millions in the impoverished country.

Convention crunch for Britain's weakened leader (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 12:09 PM CDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. He rarely smiles, even though his handlers have tried to teach him how. He often appears uncomfortable with voters, and rarely seems happy. And that was the case even when was on his political honeymoon as Britain's new prime minister. Now he heads into his party convention this weekend threatened by the global financial crisis and by rebels in his own party. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Here's a primer for the modern British politician: Smile a lot, give short, punchy answers to questions, mingle easily with the public, and always pretend to be enjoying it.

Georgia to seek U.N. support against Russia (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 03:25 AM CDT

Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili attends an award ceremony at the defence ministry in Tbilisi September 17, 2008. (David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)Reuters - The leaders of Georgia and Ukraine go to the United Nations next week hoping to shore up Western support for their future NATO accession faced with a militarily resurgent Russia.

Officials say gunmen kill cleric in southern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 01:27 AM CDT

U.S. soldiers buy their breakfast from a local bakery after a weapons search operation in southwestern Baghdad's Jihad district September 20, 2008. REUTERS/Ali Shati (IRAQ)AP - Iraqi officials say gunmen have killed a cleric loyal to U.S. foe Muqtada al-Sadr in the southern city of Basra.

US intercepts drug-laden sub off Central America (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 11:41 PM CDT

AP - The U.S. Coast Guard says it intercepted a submarine-like vessel carrying 7 tons of cocaine off Central America's coast.

Nigerian militants step up 'oil war' claiming sixth attack (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 03:02 AM CDT

A fighter from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta in the Niger Delta on September 17. Nigeria's main armed militant group has said it had destroyed a major pipeline run by Royal Dutch Shell in the sixth such attack in the past week as it vowed to paralyse the key oil sector.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Nigeria's main armed militant group Saturday said it had destroyed a major pipeline run by Royal Dutch Shell in the sixth such attack in the past week as it vowed to paralyse the key oil sector.

Hindu leader arrested in Indian church attacks (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 03:32 AM CDT

AP - Police in southern India have arrested a senior leader of a right-wing Hindu group in connection with attacks on Christian churches and prayer halls last weekend, an official said Saturday.

Foreign troops needed in East Timor for at least another year: PM (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 09:36 AM CDT

Australian Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon (L) talks to journalists with East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (R) in Dili. East Timor wants foreign troops to stay on its soil for at least one more year as instability is still a threat to the young nation, Gusmao said Friday.(AFP/Mario Johny Dos Santos)AFP - East Timor wants foreign troops to stay on its soil for at least one more year as instability is still a threat to the young nation, the prime minister said Friday.

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