| Congolese behind rebel lines try to return home (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2008 02:43 AM CDT  AP - Thousands of weary refugees packed the streets behind rebel lines Saturday in eastern Congo, struggling toward their homes as a fragile cease-fire between the army and rebels held and diplomats tried to find a political solution to the crisis.
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| Mining for minerals fuels Congo conflict (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2008 02:56 AM CDT  AP - The conflict in eastern Congo is being fueled and funded by a tussle for mineral resources that end up in cell phones, laptops and other electronics deepening the stakes in a war that sprung out of festering hatreds from the Rwandan genocide.
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| US says it killed 19 militants in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2008 02:26 AM CDT  AP - A series of operations by U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan targeted an al-Qaida leader and a bomb-making cell, killing 19 militants, the coalition said Saturday.
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| US deaths in Iraq plunge to wartime low in October (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2008 01:00 AM CDT  AP - U.S. deaths in Iraq fell in October to their lowest monthly level of the war, matching the record low of 13 fatalities suffered in July. Iraqi deaths fell to their lowest monthly levels of the year. Eight of the 13 Americans died in combat, most of them in northern Iraq where al-Qaida and other Sunni insurgent groups remain active. The U.S. military suffered 25 deaths in September and 23 in August.
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| Libya completes payments for US terror victims (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2008 03:09 AM CDT  AP - Libya has paid $1.5 billion into a fund to compensate the families of American victims of Libyan-linked terror attacks in the 1980s, clearing the last hurdle in full normalization of ties between Washington and Tripoli.
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| US asks Australia, NZealand, EU for N Korea energy aid: Seoul (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2008 01:37 AM CDT  AFP - Washington has asked Australia, New Zealand and the European Union if they could replace Japan in supplying energy aid to North Korea, South Korea's foreign minister was quoted as saying Saturday.
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| US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,189 (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 06:49 PM CDT  AP - As of Friday, Oct. 31, 2008, at least 4,189 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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| Bin Laden videomaker faces life in Gitmo trial (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 10:56 PM CDT  AP - A jury of U.S. military officers at Guantanamo's second war-crimes trial reached a verdict Friday that could put Osama bin Laden's alleged "media secretary" and videomaker in prison for life.
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| French, British ministers in Congo on peace drive (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 10:02 PM CDT  Reuters - The foreign ministers of France and Britain flew into Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday on an EU mission to try to secure peace in the east and help tens of thousands of civilians fleeing conflict.
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| Egyptian Al-Qaeda militant killed in Pakistan strike: official (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2008 02:53 AM CDT  AFP - A wanted Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative who has appeared in some of the terror network's videos was killed in a suspected US missile strike in Pakistan, a security official said Saturday.
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| Australia: No residency for boy with Down syndrome (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 10:15 PM CDT  AP - A German doctor hoping to gain permanent residency in Australia said Friday he will fight an immigration department decision denying his application because his son has Down syndrome. Bernhard Moeller came to Australia with his family two years ago to help fill a doctor shortage in a rural area of Victoria state.
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