| Mexico extends school closures in flu outbreak (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:07 PM PDT  AP - Mexican authorities have extended school closures in the capital and two other states with swine flu outbreaks for 10 more days.
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| Clinton tries to reassure Iraqis during visit (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:26 PM PDT  AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to reassure nervous Iraqis that the U.S. won't abandon them, even as she said the American troop withdrawal would stay on schedule despite a recent surge in violence.
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| Early signs of win for Iceland's left-wing parties (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 04:31 PM PDT  AP - Iceland's leftist government was headed for a strong victory in the country's general election, according to preliminary results late Saturday.
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| Iraq raises security at Shiite shrines after bombs (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 02:58 PM PDT  AP - Iraq tightened security Saturday at major Shiite shrines in response to two days of suicide attacks targeting worshippers including one at a revered Baghdad tomb that was the single deadliest bombing in the country this year.
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| Official: Ethiopia arrests 35 for coup plot (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 04:44 PM PDT  AP - The Ethiopian government has arrested 35 people suspected of a coup attempt allegedly backed by an Ethiopian economist now teaching at a Pennsylvania university, a government spokesman said Saturday.
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| Iceland's left wins resounding election victory (AFP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:38 PM PDT  AFP - Iceland's interim leftist government won a resounding victory in a snap general election as voters punished the conservative party they blame for the country's economic meltdown seven months ago.
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| US journalist jailed in Iran goes on hunger strike (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 11:39 AM PDT  AP - An American journalist jailed in Iran for allegedly spying for the U.S. was on her fifth day of a hunger strike Saturday and does not plan to stop until she is freed, her father said.
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| Gunmen kill police chief in Mexican border city (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:24 PM PDT  AP - Gunmen on Saturday killed the police chief of a town across the border from Texas less than three weeks after he took over the local force with the aim of purging alleged corruption. Six police officers are being questioned in the attack.
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| Rough economy threatens Zuma's SAfrica promises (AFP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:24 PM PDT  AFP - Jacob Zuma led his African National Congress to election victory with sweeping promises to help the nation's poor, but will enter office with little room to manoeuvre due to a faltering economy.
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| North Korea says has started extracting plutonium (Reuters) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:30 PM PDT  Reuters - North Korea has started to extract plutonium from spent fuel rods at its nuclear arms plant, its foreign ministry said on Saturday, further raising regional tensions already stoked by its defiant rocket launch this month.
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| Australia intercepts new refugee boat (AFP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 02:04 AM PDT  AFP - A boat carrying more than 50 refugees was intercepted on Saturday off Australia's coast, little more than a week after an explosion on another vessel killed five people, the government said.
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