| Government tally: 87,215 Iraqis have been killed since 2005 (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:15 PM PDT  AP - Iraq's government has recorded 87,215 of its citizens killed since 2005 in violence ranging from catastrophic bombings to execution-style slayings, according to government statistics obtained by The Associated Press that break open one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war.
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| Backers of South Africa's Zuma celebrate the vote (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:37 PM PDT  AP - South Africa's governing party set off fireworks and popped fizzy bottles of champagne Thursday as ballots were counted in the country's latest election. ANC chief Jacob Zuma said he was only thanking campaign workers but the celebration left little doubt about his ascension to the presidency.
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| Reputed Hitler watercolors sell at English auction (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:34 PM PDT  AP - What a British auction house claims are a set of paintings and sketches by a young Adolf Hitler sold at auction Thursday for 97,672 pounds ($143,358).
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| Blasts kill 78 in Iraq's bloodiest day in a year (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:11 PM PDT  AP - Suicide bomb blasts tore through crowds waiting for food aid in central Baghdad and inside a roadside restaurant filled with Iranian pilgrims Thursday, killing at least 78 people in Iraq's deadliest day in more than a year.
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| Italy seeks to move G-8 summit to quake-hit city (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 12:56 PM PDT  AP - Italy's government wants to move this summer's Group of Eight summit from Sardinia to earthquake-stricken L'Aquila both to save money and to give the devastated central region an economic boost.
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| Elton John, Paul McCartney finances hit by downturn (AFP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:10 PM PDT  AFP - The finances of Britain's top music stars, including Elton John, Paul McCartney and Robbie Williams, have been badly hit by the recession, figures from the Sunday Times Rich List showed Friday.
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| Mexico proposes expanding army's power (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 03:58 PM PDT  AP - A bill that would let Mexico declare temporary states of emergency and expand the army's power in a bloody fight against powerful drug gangs drew immediate fire Thursday from human rights activists who say soldiers should not be doing the job of police.
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| De Villiers queries Lions' selection policy (AFP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:07 PM PDT  AFP - South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has questioned whether the British and Irish Lions were right to pick a squad designed to match the world champions' renowned forward strength.
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| Shark dumped on Australian newspaper's doorstep (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:09 PM PDT  AP - Journalists have a lot to be nervous about lately: layoffs, furloughs, newspaper closures. But reporters at an Australian paper may have received the scariest threat of the day when a live shark was left on their doorstep. Police said the two-foot creature was spotted early Wednesday by a man who was leaving a McDonald's restaurant next door to the offices of The Standard in the small Victoria state town of Warrnambool.
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| 'Lucky escape' for Australian coral reef (AFP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:18 AM PDT  AFP - A section of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which scientists have warned could be killed by global warming within decades, has regenerated itself in record time, a scientist said Thursday.
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