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Yahoo! News: World News

Reports: Cartoonist attacker earlier held in Kenya (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 04:40 AM PST

FILE- In this Oct. 27, 2009 file photo, Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, sits in the offices of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in Aarhus, Denmark. Police foiled an attempt to kill an artist who drew cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad that sparked outrage in the Muslim world, the head of Denmark's intelligence service said Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010. Jakob Scharf, who heads the PET intelligence service, said a 28-year-old Somalia man was armed with an ax and a knife when he attempted to enter Kurt Westergaard's home in Aarhus shortly after 10 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Friday.(AP Photo/Polfoto) DENMARK OUTAP - The Somali man who attacked an artist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad in a controversial cartoon has previously been arrested in Kenya, Danish media reported Sunday.

Roadside bombs kill 6 in Pakistan's northwest (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST

Local residents carry bodies of victims of Friday's suicide car bombing for funeral prayer in Shah Hasan Khel village near Lakki Marwat, Pakistan on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010. A northwest Pakistani village that tried to resist Taliban infiltration mourned on Saturday the victims of an apparent revenge suicide bombing that killed scores of residents during a volleyball game. (AP Photo/Ghulam Akhbar)AP - Roadside bombs struck two vehicles in Pakistan's volatile northwest Sunday, killing a former irrigation minister and three others in one attack and two anti-Taliban tribal elders in the other.

Iranian journalist gets prison term, desert exile (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 01:11 PM PST

Demonstrators protest against the government in Iran on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - An Iranian journalist lost an appeal Sunday against his conviction on charges of spreading propaganda against the ruling Islamic establishment and was sentenced to six years in prison and five years of internal exile in a remote desert town.

No tall tale: Dubai to open world's highest tower (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 01:00 PM PST

Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, seen at centre, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010. Burj Dubai is over 800 metres (2,625 ft) tall and has more than 160 stores, the most of any building in the world. Besides an observation deck on its 124th floor affording 360-degree views of the entire city, Burj Dubai is home to the world's first Armani Hotel, luxury offices and residences, and a variety of other sophisticated leisure and entertainment facilities. Burj Dubai will ultimately be the place of residence, work and leisure for a community of up to 12,000 people. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - Dubai is set to open the world's tallest building amid tight security on Monday, celebrating the tower as a bold feat on the world stage despite the city state's shaky financial footing.

Angry Ferguson to wield axe after FA Cup loss (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 05:23 PM PST

Leeds United's English midfielder Jonny Howson (2nd R, front) confronts Manchester United's English defender Wes Brown (R) during their English FA Cup football match at Old Trafford in Manchester. Leeds won 1-0.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Furious Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson threatened to wield the axe after his star-studded side slumped to a shock FA Cup defeat against fallen giants Leeds.

Iran soccer official resigns over e-mail to Israel (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 01:30 PM PST

AP - Iranian media reports say one of the country's sports officials has resigned after his e-mailed New Year's greetings to members of world soccer's governing body were mistakenly forwarded to Israel's soccer federation.

Slide city mayor seeks Brazil nuke plant shutdown (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 01:29 PM PST

A mountainside is bare after a mudslide in Morro da Carioca, an area in the city of Angra dos Reis, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010. A rain-soaked hillside collapsed on homes after New Year celebrations early Friday in Angra dos Reis killing at least 12 people. A separate mudslide on the nearby island of Ilha Grande killed at least 22. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - The mayor of a mudslide-devastated city on Sunday urged a precautionary shutdown of Brazil's only nuclear power plants due to blocked highways while the death toll from flooding and slides rose to 75.

Egyptian banks to accept real estate for debt (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 09:02 AM PST

Reuters - National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and Banque Misr, the country's first and second biggest banks by assets, said they had agreed to accept real estate in exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars in public sector debt.

North China struggles with icy cold snap (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 05:41 PM PST

Paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the late Chairman Mao Zedong on a snow-covered Tiananmen Square in Beijing January 3, 2010. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - Beijing authorities shut schools, mobilized extra buses and ordered thousands of residents to help clear icy roads and paths with shovels on Monday, as the Chinese capital struggled with its harshest winter weather in years.

One thousand forced to flee Australia floodwaters (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 06:21 AM PST

An overview of Gunnedah town in New South Wales, Australia during heavy flooding in 2000. More than 1,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes in southeastern Australia as the worst floodwaters to hit the area in a decade threatened to swamp a remote farming town, officials said.(AFP/File/Peter Lorimer)AFP - More than 1,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes in southeastern Australia Sunday as the worst floodwaters to hit the area in a decade threatened to swamp a remote farming town, officials said.

Afghan parliament wins kudos for blocking Karzai appointees (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 12:22 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — Parliament's refusal to approve more than two-thirds of the proposed Afghan cabinet shows the extent to which President Hamid Karzai's recent fraud-tainted election victory had left him severely weakened, lawmakers of all political stripes said Sunday.

What's behind North Korea's new 'peace offensive'? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 09:15 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - North Korea is in the throes of a new "peace offensive" that analysts say could lead to the resumption of six-party talks on its nuclear program.

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