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Bolivians vote on new Morales-backed constitution (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 11:29 PM CST

AP - President Evo Morales' quest to transform Bolivia on behalf of its long-suffering indigenous majority is on the line Sunday as voters consider a new constitution that could keep the leftist leader in power through 2014.

Suicide bomber kills 1, wounds 8 in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 01:54 AM CST

AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a market in eastern Afghanistan, killing a civilian and wounding eight others, an official said Sunday.

Indian police kill 2 suspected Pakistani militants (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 01:52 AM CST

AP - Indian police shot dead two suspected militants from Pakistan in a pre-dawn encounter near New Delhi on Sunday, an Indian news agency reported, quoting a senior police official.

Elections are test for al-Maliki, Iraq (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 01:27 PM CST

AP - Iraqis vote Saturday in the first nationwide election in three years, choosing provincial leaders in what amounts to a test of Iraq's stability as the U.S. plans to remove its troops.

Rwanda-Congo force kills 9 militiamen, UN says (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 08:23 PM CST

AP - Rwandan and Congolese troops exchanged fire with Rwandan Hutu militiamen in eastern Congo on Saturday, killing nine in the first fighting reported since an unprecedented joint military operation began this week, the U.N. said.

EU meets key Mideast players hoping to kick start peace moves (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 01:18 AM CST

AFP - European Union foreign ministers meet Sunday with counterparts from the Palestinian territories, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey to study ways to get Arab nations behind new Middle East peace moves.

Israeli official: Obama envoy coming to Mideast (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 12:48 AM CST

AP - President Barack Obama's special envoy to the Middle East will come to Israel Wednesday for talks on keeping alive a fragile Gaza cease-fire and reviving Mideast negotiations, an Israeli foreign ministry official said Saturday.

Mexican relatives to show acid man pics of missing (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 09:18 PM CST

AP - Relatives of 100 missing people want to show photos of their loved ones to a man arrested in Tijuana for allegedly helping a druglord dispose of his slain enemies by dissolving their bodies in acid, a victims' group said Saturday.

Mugabe's daughter studying at Hong Kong University: report (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 12:04 AM CST

AFP - The daughter of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is studying at a university in Hong Kong under an assumed name, a newspaper said Sunday.

Indian PM recovering after heart surgery: doctors (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 01:57 AM CST

AFP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was recuperating in a New Delhi hospital on Sunday following successful heart bypass surgery just months ahead of general elections, doctors said.