Yahoo! News: World News

---

• Ousted leader returns to Honduras, defies arrest (AP)
• UN climate chief says China poised to take lead (AP)
• After years of war, Iraqis hit by frenzy of crime (AP)
• Iran's Ahmadinejad proud of Holocaust denial (AP)
• German teen who attacked school awakes from coma (AP)
• Sarkozy vs. de Villepin: French Clearstream Trial Begins (Time.com)
• Germany's Merkel turns caution to strength (Reuters)
• Report: Gunmen kill 80 in southern Sudan attacks (AP)
• Another 60-day delay for Gitmo trials (AP)
• Rwanda and Congo making progress toward peace (AP)
• Sources: US eyes more drone hits on terror havens (AP)
• Liberals say no tax increase on agenda (Reuters)
• Quadriplegic dies after winning right to starve (AFP)
• More U.S. troops to Afghanistan? Obama's caught in a vise (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Sri Lanka under fire for lack of Tamil reconciliation (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama's Meeting with Abbas, Netanyahu: Reluctant Parties (Time.com)
• Malaysian Tribe Finally Winning Some (OneWorld.net)

Ousted leader returns to Honduras, defies arrest (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:03 PM PDT AP - Deposed President Manuel Zelaya made a dramatic return to Honduras' capital on Monday, taking shelter from arrest at Brazil's embassy and calling for negotiations with the leaders who forced him from the country at gunpoint.

UN climate chief says China poised to take lead (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:07 PM PDT AP - China's ambition to grow quickly but cleanly soon may vault it to "front-runner" status — far ahead of the United States — in taking on global warming, the U.N. climate chief said Monday.

After years of war, Iraqis hit by frenzy of crime (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 01:25 PM PDT AP - The kidnappers holding an Iraqi auto mechanic's 11-year-old son gave him just two days to come up with $100,000 in ransom. When he could not, they were just as quick to deliver their punishment: They chopped off the boy's head and hands and dumped his body in the garbage.

Iran's Ahmadinejad proud of Holocaust denial (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:47 PM PDT AP - Iran's president said Monday he is proud to stoke international outrage with his latest remarks denying the Holocaust as he heads for the United Nations this week — showing he is as defiant as ever while his country comes under greater pressure to curtail its nuclear program.

German teen who attacked school awakes from coma (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 08:26 AM PDT AP - A German teenager who wounded nine students and a teacher in a terrifying ax and arson attack on his school was motivated by a "hatred for humanity" and had been planning the rampage since April, officials said Monday.

Sarkozy vs. de Villepin: French Clearstream Trial Begins (Time.com) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:10 PM PDT Time.com - A court case that pits French President Nicolas Sarkozy against fellow conservative and former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has all of France hooked

Germany's Merkel turns caution to strength (Reuters) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT Reuters - Hans-Ulrich Beeskow still recalls the quiet determination of teenager Angela Kasner as she swept aside male rivals to reach the local, regional and then national math championships in communist East Germany.

Report: Gunmen kill 80 in southern Sudan attacks (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 01:01 PM PDT AP - Gunmen attacked a village in southern Sudan and killed some 80 people and wounded 46, said a southern government official Monday, adding that he believed the militia was organized by the central government.

Another 60-day delay for Gitmo trials (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - A military judge agreed Monday to another delay in the war crimes trial of five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks to give U.S. officials more time to decide how to try them.

Rwanda and Congo making progress toward peace (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:39 PM PDT AP - Rwanda's president says his country and neighboring Congo are making very good progress in restoring peace to one of the most conflict-wracked areas of central Africa.

Sources: US eyes more drone hits on terror havens (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:47 PM PDT AP - The White House is considering expanding counterterror operations in Pakistan to refocus on eliminating al-Qaida instead of mounting a major military escalation in Afghanistan.

Liberals say no tax increase on agenda (Reuters) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 12:45 PM PDT Reuters - Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff said on Monday he would not propose tax increases to balance the budget if he became prime minister, saying Canada's economic recovery is too fragile.

Quadriplegic dies after winning right to starve (AFP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:50 AM PDT AFP - An Australian quadriplegic who won a landmark legal battle to starve himself to death by refusing food died on Monday, his family said, ending an existence he described as a "living hell".

More U.S. troops to Afghanistan? Obama's caught in a vise (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:37 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — With the military and Republicans publicly pressuring him to send more troops to Afghanistan soon and his own administration now deeply divided about how to proceed there, the eight-year war against al Qaida and the Taliban has become an increasingly urgent policy and political dilemma for President Barack Obama.

Sri Lanka under fire for lack of Tamil reconciliation (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - When Sri Lanka's government finally defeated the secessionist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May, even its harshest critics rejoiced. Here, at last, was a chance to bring peace to an island that had suffered 26 years of war, in which as many as 100,000 people were killed.

Obama's Meeting with Abbas, Netanyahu: Reluctant Parties (Time.com) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:10 PM PDT Time.com - Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu will meet in New York with Barack Obama, but only because the U.S. President wants them to

Malaysian Tribe Finally Winning Some (OneWorld.net) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:46 AM PDT OneWorld.net - KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 21 (IPS) - In wealthy Malaysia that employs over 4 million Asians to service its high-rolling lifestyle, a tiny indigenous tribe is fighting for its survival against state inaction and bureaucratic apathy, as well as marauding giant multinationals and timber loggers.

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News: World News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610