| Iran leader sparks walkout at UN over Israel (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:39 PM PDT  AP - Dozens of Western diplomats walked out of a U.N. conference and a pair of rainbow-wigged protesters threw clown noses at Iran's president Monday when the hard-line leader called Israel the "most cruel and repressive racist regime."
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| Iran orders probe of jailed US journalist's case (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 01:02 PM PDT  AP - Iran's judiciary ordered a full investigation Monday into the case of an American journalist imprisoned for allegedly spying for the U.S. and allowed the woman's parents to visit her for the first time since she was sentenced to eight years in prison.
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| Netanyahu: No second Holocaust against Jews (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 12:15 PM PDT  AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Monday not to allow Holocaust deniers the chance to carry out a second Holocaust against the Jewish people.
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| Taliban in Pakistani ex-resort: `Welcome, Osama!' (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 02:34 PM PDT  AP - Pakistan was trying to end bloodshed when it let the idyllic Swat Valley fall under Islamic law last week. Instead, it has emboldened the Taliban and prompted an invitation however improbable for Osama bin Laden.
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| Army troops in Iraq prepare to head to Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 03:31 PM PDT  AP - Only in Iraq a few weeks, nearly 500 U.S. Army combat engineers who specialize in clearing roads of explosives learned they were being shipped off to southern Afghanistan, one of the clearest signs of America's shifting wartime priorities. The transfer, which moved into its final stages Monday, is the largest movement so far of personnel and equipment from Iraq as President Barack Obama puts the focus on the fight in the Taliban heartland.
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| Stephen Hawking hospitalized, reported very ill (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:42 PM PDT  AP - Stephen Hawking, the British mathematician and physicist famed for his work on black holes, was rushed to a hospital Monday and was seriously ill, Cambridge University said. Hawking has been fighting a chest infection for several weeks and was being treated at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, the university city northeast of London, the university said.
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| US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,274 (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 05:09 PM PDT  AP - As of Monday, April 20, 2009, at least 4,274 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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| Mexico approves Cuban-American as US ambassador (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:16 PM PDT AP - Mexico's Foreign Relations Department says it has approved Cuban-American Carlos Pascual as the new U.S. ambassador. |
| 2 ships fight off attacks; Pirates free food ship (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:51 PM PDT  AP - Somali pirates in speedboats opened fire Monday on two cargo ships in the latest hijacking attempts in the notorious Gulf of Aden. Another band of brigands freed a food aid freighter but only after receiving a $100,000 "reward" from Somali businessmen.
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| India probes dispute over 'Slumdog' child star (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 05:09 PM PDT  AP - Indian police are investigating claims and counterclaims by the parents of a child star in "Slumdog Millionaire" after a British tabloid alleged the father tried to sell the 9-year-old girl to an undercover reporter.
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| Rio shareholders dispute bosses' pay: statement (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 12:36 PM PDT  AFP - Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto faced anger from shareholders with nearly one in five rejecting a proposed pay package for its directors, it revealed after an annual meeting on Monday.
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