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News Headlines for May 28, 2008

Middle East News

  • Dressed in riot gear, Palestinian police loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas show their skills during an demonstration exercise in the West Bank city of Jericho, Tuesday, May 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
    Palestinian police get training in riot control AP - 5 minutes ago

    JERICHO, West Bank - Palestinian police officers in riot gear trained under the desert sun Tuesday as part of a European Union-sponsored public order course begun after a deadly clash between police and demonstrators last fall.

  • American businessman Morris Talansky, center, arrives at the District court in Jerusalem Tuesday, May 27, 2008. The key witness in a corruption probe of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made a dramatic courtroom appearance Tuesday, telling prosecutors that he handed cash-stuffed envelopes to the Israeli politician and suspected some of the money went to fund Olmert's fondness for fine hotels, first-class flights and luxury goods. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
    American testifies he gave cash to Israel’s leader AP - 55 minutes ago

    JERUSALEM - A Jewish-American businessman testified Tuesday in a corruption probe that threatens to bring down Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, saying he handed cash-stuffed envelopes to the Israeli politician he described as a bon vivant with a penchant for fancy hotels, fine cigars and first-class travel.

  • Group cites rights violations in Gaza, West Bank AP - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

    RAMALLAH, West Bank - The rival Palestinian governments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are increasingly violating human rights in their territories in a quest for control, a human rights group said Tuesday.

  • In this Sunday, July 29, 2007 file photo, soccer fans take to the streets of the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, during celebrations after Iraqi national soccer team won the Asian Cup trophy. FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Tuesday, May 27, 2008, that FIFA has provisionally suspended Iraq from international soccer for one year due to a government decision to disband the sport's national organizing association.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim, file)
    Feud over sports could keep Iraq out of Olympics AP - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD - Sports has been one of the few things unifying Iraqis in recent years — with soccer victories bringing Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds alike into the streets cheering.

  • An Iraqi army soldier secures the reconstructed al-Sarafia bridge, Baghdad, Iraq, during the opening ceremony on Tuesday, May 27, 2008. The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Tuesday, re-opened the al-Sarafia bridge, which was destroyed when a suicide truck bomb exploded on April 12, 2007, considering this achievement as a victory over 'saboteurs, al-Qaida, lawbreakers and ignorance,' he said in a speech. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
    Militant cleric urges protests on US-Iraq deal AP - Tue May 27, 2:28 PM ET

    BAGHDAD - Militant Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called Tuesday for followers to hold weekly protests against a U.S.-Iraqi security deal under negotiation that could lead to a long-term American troop presence.

Europe News

  • Palestinian police get training in riot control AP - 5 minutes ago

    JERICHO, West Bank - Palestinian police officers in riot gear trained under the desert sun Tuesday as part of a European Union-sponsored public order course begun after a deadly clash between police and demonstrators last fall.

  • Portuguese authorities said Tuesday they had cancelled a planned reconstruction of last year's disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann, after several witnesses refused to attend.(AFP/HO/File)
    Portuguese authorities cancel ‘reconstruction’ in Maddie case AFP - 53 minutes ago

    LISBON (AFP) - Portuguese authorities said Tuesday they had cancelled a planned reconstruction of last year’s disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann, after several witnesses refused to attend.

  • Switzerland's Jakob Kellenberger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), presents the ICRC's annual report 2007, during a press conference at the ICRC headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Kellenberger, President of the ICRC, warned Tuesday that soaring food prices are exacerbating the misery of millions of poor people already suffering in war zones from Chad to Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
    Red Cross warns of food riots over soaring prices AP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

    GENEVA - The Red Cross warned Tuesday of a possible surge in “food-related violence” because of soaring prices that are increasing hunger around the world.

  • A fisherman pours oil on the pavement as he faces French Gendarmes during a protest by fishermen who set a blockade in Saint-Quay-Portrieux' harbour, western France, to protest against high fuel costs. French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday called for a cut in European oil taxes to help consumers as fishermen and truck drivers across the continent staged protests against soaring prices.(AFP/Marcel Mochet)
    Sarkozy calls for fuel tax cut as protests spread across Europe AFP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

    PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday called for a Europe-wide cut in oil taxes to help consumers, as fuel price strikes by fishermen and truck drivers spread across the continent.

  • French bank Societe Generale Chairman President Daniel Bouton (L), flanked by Chief Executive Officer Frederic Oudea (R), delivers a speech during the company's annual general meeting, in western Paris' La Defense business district. Shareholders heckled and jeered management of French bank Societe Generale, taking them to task for the loss of billions of euros (dollars) blamed on a rogue trader.(AFP/Stephane de Sakutin)
    Shareholders heckle SocGen chiefs over losses at AGM AFP - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago

    PARIS (AFP) - Shareholders heckled and jeered management of French bank Societe Generale at its annual general meeting on Tuesday, taking them to task for the loss of billions blamed on a rogue trader.

Latin America

  • Shootout in Mexico kills 7 federal police AP - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

    MEXICO CITY - Seven federal police and a suspected hit man were killed in a shootout Tuesday as authorities surrounded a suspected drug safe house in Culiacan, home to the Sinaloa drug cartel.

  • 6,000 tons of salmon are moved from Chile volcano AP - Tue May 27, 1:00 PM ET

    SANTIAGO, Chile - First they saved the people. Then they rescued the dogs and cats. Finally they went in for the fish — 6,000 tons of them — threatened by a volcanic eruption in southern Chile.

  • Argentine Dirty War suspect goes on trial AP - Tue May 27, 3:08 AM ET

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Former army chief Luciano Benjamin Menendez faces charges of kidnapping, torturing and killing left-wing militants during Argentina’s 1976-83 military dictatorship.

  • Virginia Arellano plants lettuces at a field belonging to Veg. Packer de Mexico, a branch of U.S. based Valley Harvesting and Packing Inc., on the outskirts of San Miguel de Allende, on the central state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Thursday, March 27, 2008. American companies farm more than 45,000 acres, 18,211 hectacres, of land in three Mexican states, employing about 11,000 people, a 2007 survey by the U.S. farm group Western Growers shows. ( Photo/Guillermo Arias)
    Some US farms outsourced to Mexico AP - Tue May 27, 2:54 AM ET

    IRAPUATO, Mexico - Antonio Martinez used to pay smugglers thousands of dollars each year to sneak him into the United States to manage farm crews. Now, the work comes to him.

  • Gas, mineral prices push Bolivia exports to record AP - Mon May 26, 8:15 PM ET

    LA PAZ, Bolivia - Rising global prices for Bolivia’s natural gas and minerals are pushing the country’s foreign exports to record levels.

Africa News

  • Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai (C) arrives at Harare International Airport ahead of a presidential run-off election. A month before a run-off vote, Zimbabwe's opposition has said a campaign of violence and intimidation designed to fix President Robert Mugabe's re-election had now killed over 50 of its supporters.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)
    Month before run-off, Zimbabwe opposition slams violence AFP - 2 hours, 50 minutes ago

    HARARE (AFP) - A month before a run-off vote, Zimbabwe’s opposition said Tuesday a campaign of violence and intimidation designed to fix President Robert Mugabe’s re-election had now killed over 50 of its supporters.

  • Morgan Tsvangirai, President of Zimbabwe's Movement For Democratic Change, addresses displaced victims of political violence at the party headquarters in Harare, Tuesday, May, 27, 2008. Tsvangirai announced the launch of a fund to help victims of political violence, which he hoped would go a long way in assisting them. Tsvangirai is set to contest against President Robert in a run off election set for June 27. (AP PHOTO/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
    Zimbabwe opposition leader helps violence victims AP - Tue May 27, 1:40 PM ET

    HARARE, Zimbabwe - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai launched a $300,000 fund Tuesday to help victims of politically motivated violence that he said has left 50 supporters dead over the past six weeks.

  • Mozambicans who fled xenophobic violence in South Africa stand outside the tents of a temporary resettlement camp in Mozambique, May 26. South African President Thabo Mbeki came under fire Tuesday for travelling to Japan as anti-immigrant violence spread to a new province and aid groups struggled with thousands of displaced victims.(AFP/File/Carlos Litulo)
    Mbeki under fire as South Africa mob violence spreads AFP - Tue May 27, 1:37 PM ET

    JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South African President Thabo Mbeki came under fire Tuesday for travelling to Japan as anti-immigrant violence spread to a new province and aid groups struggled with thousands of displaced victims.

  • Pirates seize ship off coast of Somalia AP - Tue May 27, 11:39 AM ET

    AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch shipping company negotiated with Somali pirates Tuesday, seeking the release of nine crew members on a freighter that was hijacked in the latest attack on merchant shipping off the coast of Somalia.

  • South Sudan's President Salva Kiir waves to supporters of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in Khartoum February 16, 2008. (Mohamed Nureldin Abdalla/Reuters)
    South Sudan ministers pull out of talks with U.S. Reuters - Tue May 27, 11:22 AM ET

    KHARTOUM (Reuters) - South Sudanese officials said on Tuesday they were pulling out of talks between Sudan and the United States, saying the negotiations could have emboldened northern soldiers to attack a disputed oil town.

Asia News

  • Students mourn for dead classmates in the ruins of a classroom at the collapsed Juyuan Middle School in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 27, 2008. More than 270 students died when the school collapsed in the May 12 earthquake. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)
    China evacuates villagers after new flood threat AP - 4 minutes ago

    MIANYANG, China - About 80,000 people were evacuated Tuesday from downstream of an unstable earthquake-created dam that is threatening to collapse, and troops rushed to carve a trench to drain the water before it floods the valley.

  • Democrat questions US aid to Pakistan AP - 39 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - The U.S. should rethink a multimillion-dollar program aimed at training and equipping a paramilitary force in Pakistan unless the country does more to keep terrorists from crossing the Afghan border, a Democratic senator said Tuesday.

  • Nine-year-old Xia Xueyin, her face badly bruised from a fall during last week's earthquake, poses for a photo by her father in front of her family's damaged home in Hanwang town of Sichuan province, Thursday, May 22, 2008. The girl's parents said that they brought her back to her home to see the damage and look for her belongings to help her cope with the trauma of having experienced the May 12 earthquake. Experts say post-traumatic stress caused by a disaster of the scale China just experienced can ripple through a stricken community long after the rubble has been cleared, and can have seriously debilitating effects. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
    Mental trauma rampant after China earthquake AP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

    DEYANG, China - Liu Yisi sits on a hospital bed, reading a comic book. His nose is bruised, swollen and cut, and his left arm is heavily bandaged.

  • Graphic showing the location of three of the natural dams caused by landslides in Sichuan province. Chinese authorities have ordered the evacuation of 80,000 people as troops scrambled to hold back a dangerously swelling lake formed by this month's devastating earthquake.(AFP/Graphic)
    China orders evacuation amid quake flood fears AFP - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

    BEICHUAN, China (AFP) - Chinese authorities were Wednesday engaged in an all-out evacuation effort as a dangerously swelling lake formed by this month’s devastating earthquake threatened to engulf the area.

  • Supporters of the National League for Democracy chant slogans in Yangon May 27, 2008. (Democratic Voice of Burma/Handout/Reuters)
    Myanmar junta extends Suu Kyi house arrest Reuters - 2 hours, 10 minutes ago

    YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar’s junta extended the house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, a move that dismayed some of the Western nations who promised millions of dollars in aid after Cyclone Nargis.

Canada

  • File image shows a woman using a handgun in the shooting range of the Shanghai Modern Military Sport Club in Shanghai February 28, 2008. REUTERS/Nir Elias
    Proposed bylaw angers Toronto gun enthusiasts Reuters - 59 minutes ago

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Firearm enthusiasts slammed Toronto’s proposed anti-gun measures on Tuesday, which would see shooting ranges, gun clubs and firearm manufacturers banned from Canada’s largest city.

  • File photograph of Michel Fournier posing in his supersonic freefall suit. REUTERS/Benali-Poulet/POOL
    Record free-fall bid thwarted by rogue balloon Reuters - Tue May 27, 10:59 AM ET

    CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A French parachutist’s bid to set a world freefall record was in doubt on Tuesday after the balloon that was to carry him 40 km (25 miles) above the prairie of Western Canada left without him.

  • Baby put up for sale on Craigslist: Canada police Reuters - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A couple has been arrested in what Canadian police said on Tuesday was an apparent offer to sell a seven-day-old baby girl on Craigslist for C$10,000 ($10,100).

  • A Telus retail store is seen in downtown Montreal, June 21, 2007. REUTERS/Shaun Best
    Canada auction aims to reshape wireless market Reuters - Tue May 27, 12:55 PM ET

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada’s government launched an auction of wireless spectrum on Tuesday that it hopes will bolster competition and lower prices by allowing new players to break into the cellular phone market.

  • Fire guts Canfor’s Prince George plywood plant Reuters - 7 minutes ago

    VANCOUVER. British Columbia (Reuters) - A fire has badly damaged Canfor Corp’s plywood mill in Prince George, British Columbia, one of three big blazes to strike the small city overnight, officials said on Tuesday.

Australia/Antarctica News

  • Australian town rejects building of Islamic school AP - Tue May 27, 9:34 AM ET

    SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian town council on Tuesday unanimously rejected a contentious proposal to build a 1,200-student Islamic school, citing infrastructure concerns.

  • Australian man pardoned 86 years after execution Reuters - Tue May 27, 4:17 AM ET

    CANBERRA (Reuters) - A man hanged in 1922 for the murder and rape of a young girl in the southern Australian city of Melbourne was posthumously pardoned for the crime on Tuesday after new tests found crucial evidence against him was flawed.

  • An Australian officer talks to his troops at Shah Zafar in Afghanistan, May 7. Australian infantry soldiers are ashamed of their low-risk missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and are scorned by troops of other nations, two officers have charged in comments published Tuesday.(AFP/ADF/File/Corporal Neil Ruskin)
    Australian troops ‘scorned’ for low-risk missions: officer AFP - Tue May 27, 4:08 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian infantry soldiers are ashamed of their low-risk missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and are scorned by troops of other nations, two seasoned officers charged in comments published Tuesday.

  • Rail wagons belonging to Australian mining corporation Midwest. China's Sinosteel has said it is examining a rival bid by Murchison Metals for Australian iron ore mining firm Midwest(AFP/MIDWEST CORPORATION LTD/File/AFP)
    China’s Sinosteel examining rival offer for Midwest AFP - Tue May 27, 1:33 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - China’s Sinosteel said on Tuesday it was examining a rival bid for Australian iron ore miner Midwest, arguing its own proposal offered “the certainty of cash in a challenging environment”.

  • A technician prepares vials for DNA testing. The exhumation of a lecherous Australian colonial leader for a DNA paternity test has angered his acknowledged relatives who Tuesday described the process as
    Australian colonial premier dug up for paternity test AFP - Tue May 27, 12:06 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - The exhumation of a lecherous Australian colonial leader for a paternity test has angered his acknowledged relatives who Tuesday described the process as “appalling.”

Most Popular World News

  • Ban promises UN probe of sex abuse by peacekeepers AP - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago

    UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said Tuesday the United Nations will investigate allegations by a leading children’s charity that U.N. peacekeepers are involved in widespread sexual abuse of children.

  • Twins who were separated at birth sue for damages AP - 2 hours, 54 minutes ago

    MADRID, Spain - Spanish twins who were separated at birth through a hospital error — then reunited as adults through a fluke — are suing for millions in damages, as is a third woman who grew up thinking, erroneously, that she was one of the twins, a lawyer said Tuesday.

  • French skydiver Michel Fournier's bid to set a new altitude freefall record was scuppered when the balloon that was to carry him into the stratosphere separated from the gondola.(AFP Graphic)
    French skydiver fails record freefall bid AFP - Tue May 27, 11:18 AM ET

    NORTH BATTLEFORD, Saskatchewan (AFP) - French skydiver Michel Fournier’s bid to set a new altitude freefall record was scuppered Tuesday when the balloon that was to carry him into the stratosphere separated from his gondola.

  • Mozambicans who fled xenophobic violence in South Africa stand outside the tents of a temporary resettlement camp in Mozambique, May 26. South African President Thabo Mbeki came under fire Tuesday for travelling to Japan as anti-immigrant violence spread to a new province and aid groups struggled with thousands of displaced victims.(AFP/File/Carlos Litulo)
    Mbeki under fire as South Africa mob violence spreads AFP - Tue May 27, 1:36 PM ET

    JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South African President Thabo Mbeki came under fire Tuesday for travelling to Japan as anti-immigrant violence spread to a new province and aid groups struggled with thousands of displaced victims.

  • Relief workers march to scatter disinfectant on a street in Yingxiu town of Wenchuan county, the epicentre of the earthquake, Sichuan province May 26, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)
    China evacuates villagers after new flood threat AP - 4 minutes ago

    MIANYANG, China - About 80,000 people were evacuated Tuesday from downstream of an unstable earthquake-created dam that is threatening to collapse, and troops rushed to carve a trench to drain the water before it floods the valley.

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News Headlines for May 17, 2008

Middle East News

  • An Israeli Arab girl is seen during a ceremony to mark what Arabs call the Nakba, or the catastrophe, the Arabic term used to describe the uprooting of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with the 1948 creation of the state of Israel, near the northern Israeli Arab village of Umm Al-Fahm, Saturday, May 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
    Israeli, Egyptian leaders to seek Gaza cease-fire AP - 17 minutes ago

    JERUSALEM - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday to discuss efforts to work out a cease-fire between the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip and Israel, officials said.

  • Iraqi government forces man a checkpoint in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City Saturday, May 17, 2008. Sadr City appeared to be calm Saturday after weeks of bloody clashes between the U.S. forces and Mahdi army fighters. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
    Iraq detains 1,000 in anti-al-Qaida crackdown AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD - Nearly 1,000 people have been detained in a sweep to break al-Qaida in Iraq’s sway in Iraq’s third largest city, Mosul, but many of the fighters have fled to nearby areas, where troops are hunting for them, Iraqi officials said Saturday.

  • Arab village’s fence war wins some Israeli hearts AP - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago

    BILIN, West Bank - Every Friday for more than three years, schoolteacher Abdullah Abu Rahma has grabbed a bullhorn and a Palestinian flag and marched a few hundred yards from his West Bank village to a 10-foot-tall mesh fence and an inevitable confrontation with the Israeli army.

  • Iraqi court rulings stop at US detention sites AP - 2 hours, 56 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD - In the eyes of Iraqi justice, Yahya Ali Humadi is a free man.

  • Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani, left, walks into the conference room along with his Lebanese counterpart Faud Saniora, Saturday, May 17 in Doha, Qatar. Lebanon's squabbling political leaders held a meeting in Qatar for talks brokered by the Arab League aimed at ending a long-running feud. (AP Photo/Sam Diaz)
    Lebanese leaders aim to end political crisis AP - Sat May 17, 7:30 AM ET

    BEIRUT, Lebanon - Leaders of Lebanon’s U.S.-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition met behind closed doors in Qatar on Saturday for the highest-level talks so far in the country’s 18-month-long political crisis, which turned violent a week ago.

Europe News

  • An undated photo made available by Spanish police in January 2006 of a policeman looking at a computer screen during an investigation. Spanish police on Saturday announced the arrest of five suspected hackers, including two 16-year-olds, who are accused of attacking government websites in the United States, Asia and Latin America.(AFP/Spanish Police/File)
    Spanish police arrest five ‘active’ hackers AFP - 7 minutes ago

    MADRID (AFP) - Spanish police on Saturday announced the arrest of five suspected hackers, including two 16-year-olds, who are accused of attacking government websites in the United States, Asia and Latin America.

  • England's Andrew Strauss (R) and captain Michael Vaughan (L) look at the bad weather before the third day of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's cricket ground in London. England coach Peter Moores' frustration at seeing his side's first Test victory push suffer a Lord's drenching was compounded when he lost seamer Matthew Hoggard for the second Test because of injury.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)
    Moores looks to Harmison after Hoggard injury blow AFP - 12 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - England coach Peter Moores’ frustration at seeing his side’s first Test victory push suffer a Lord’s drenching was compounded on Saturday when he lost seamer Matthew Hoggard for the second Test because of injury.

  • Peter Phillips, the eldest grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and Canadian Autumn Kelly leave St. George's Chapel in Windsor, England, after their marriage ceremony, Saturday, May 17, 2008. The private wedding was due to take place in front of 300 guests including the Queen, Prince Philip and Prince Charles. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, Pool)
    Queen’s eldest grandson weds at Windsor Castle AP - 23 minutes ago

    WINDSOR, England - The eldest grandson of Queen Elizabeth II married his Canadian fiancee Saturday in a private ceremony at Windsor Castle.

  • Nick Clegg (L), leader of Britain's Liberal Democratic party, interacts with Afghan drug addicts at an addiction treatment centre in Kabul.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)
    Britain anxious about Afghanistan: party leader AFP - 31 minutes ago

    KABUL (AFP) - There is “anxiety and trepidation” in Britain about the international effort in Afghanistan, and signs that things are getting worse, the Liberal Democrat leader said here Saturday.

  • Queen Elizabeth II's eldest grandson, Peter Phillips 30, (L) and Autumn Kelly 31, (R) leave St George's Chapel in Windsor after their marriage vows, at a ceremony in front of senior royals, family and friends..(AFP/Shaun Curry)
    Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson marries Canadian sweetheart AFP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

    WINDSOR, England (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest grandson, Peter Phillips, on Saturday married his Canadian fiancee, Autumn Kelly, at a ceremony in front of senior royals, family and friends.

Latin America

  • The Santo Antonio sawmill is seen in Tailandia, Para state, Brazil, Sunday, May 11, 2008. Federal agents swooped in to close sawmills, confiscate wood and smash charcoal furnaces in a government crackdown on illegal logging. (AP Photo/Renato Chalu)
    Brazil’s illegal logging hard to combat AP - Sat May 17, 11:46 AM ET

    TAILANDIA, Brazil - Federal agents swooped in to close sawmills and confiscate wood in a government crackdown on illegal logging less than three months ago.

  • Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, center, and Panama's President Martin Torrijos talk as they leave the opening plenary session of the Fifth Latin America and European Summit is being held in Lima, Friday May, 16, 2008. European and Latin American leaders are gathering in Lima to tackle climate change, high food prices and poverty. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
    Latin America-Europe leaders make pledges AP - Sat May 17, 3:45 AM ET

    LIMA, Peru - European and Latin American leaders have pledged to fight poverty, global warming and high food prices, presenting a show of unity amid a festering conflict between two South American nations.

  • Current Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez, center, who is running for reelection for the Dominican Liberation Party, delivers a speech in Santo Domingo, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Fernandez declared victory early Saturday in the Dominican Republic's national election while his main rival, center-left construction magnate Miguel Vargas, who received 41 percent of the vote, said he accepted the results. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
    Dominican Republic president declares victory AP - Sat May 17, 3:41 AM ET

    SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - President Leonel Fernandez declared victory early Saturday in the Dominican Republic’s national election and pledged to continue pushing forward economic projects that have helped pull the Caribbean nation’s economy out of crisis.

  • Salim Ahmed Hamdan is seen in this undated file photo. The judge hearing the case against Osama bin Laden's former driver ruled Friday, May 16, 2008 that the trial should be postponed six weeks, to July 14. (AP Photo/Photo courtesy of Prof. Neal Katya/file)
    US postpones first Guantanamo war crimes trial AP - Sat May 17, 2:53 AM ET

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A military judge on Friday postponed the first war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, saying he wants to wait until the Supreme Court makes its highly anticipated ruling on the right of detainees to challenge their confinement in civil courts.

  • Canadian tourist shot dead in Mexico AP - Sat May 17, 2:20 AM ET

    CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - A Canadian tourist was shot and killed late Thursday inside his hotel room in the Mexican resort city of Cabo San Lucas, police said.

Africa News

  • Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, right, speaks at the Liberal International Congress in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Friday May 16, 2008. An election runoff between Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Tsvangirai will be held June 27, Zimbabwe's electoral commission said Friday. Tsvangirai claims he won the March 29 presidential race outright. But official results released May 2 show he did not win enough votes to avoid a second round against Mugabe. (AP Photo)
    Tsvangirai postpones Zimbabwe return after threat AP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Zimbabwe’s opposition leader was on the way to the airport when word came that assassins were awaiting him in his homeland Saturday, derailing plans for his return.

  • Zimbabwe'sopposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai speaks to the media during a press conference on May 16, 2008. Fears of an assassination plot against Zimbabwe's opposition leader delayed his long-awaited homecoming on Saturday ahead of an election showdown with veteran President Robert Mugabe on June 27.(AFP/File/Arthur Allison)
    Assassination fears paralyse Zimbabwe opposition AFP - 2 hours, 9 minutes ago

    HARARE (AFP) - Fears of an assassination plot against Zimbabwe’s opposition leader delayed his long-awaited homecoming on Saturday ahead of an election showdown with veteran President Robert Mugabe on June 27.

  • Somali pirates hijack Jordanian ship carrying aid AP - 2 hours, 48 minutes ago

    NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali pirates hijacked a Jordanian ship carrying humanitarian aid to Mogadishu on Saturday in the latest in a string of attacks off the lawless Somali coast, the head of a seafarer’s association said.

  • Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses the media during a one-day visit to Maputo April 23, 2008. (Grant Lee Neuenburg/Reuters)
    Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai delays return over “plot” Reuters - Sat May 17, 12:25 PM ET

    HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai postponed his return home on Saturday to contest an election run-off after his party said it had discovered an assassination plot against him.

  • A naval officer inserts ammunition into a machine-gun before starting to patrol the crisis-ridden Niger Delta region in Buguma, September 2004. Nigerian security forces have intensified efforts to secure the release of two foreigners -- a Portuguese and a Ukrainian -- and nine Nigerians abducted early in the week.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)
    Nigerian security forces step up efforts to free hostages AFP - Sat May 17, 10:51 AM ET

    LAGOS (AFP) - Nigerian security forces intensified efforts Saturday to secure the release of two foreigners — a Portuguese and a Ukrainian — and nine Nigerians abducted early in the week.

Asia News

  • Twelve year-old Huang Siyu rests in a hospital bed in Chengdu, in China's southwest Sichuan province Saturday, May 17, 2008. Huang's leg had to be amputated after it was crushed when her school in Yingxiu collapsed during Monday's earthquake. (AP Photo/William Foreman)
    12-year-old China quake survivor loses leg AP - 6 minutes ago

    CHENGDU, China - As Huang Siyu ran down the stairs of her school after the powerful earthquake, the building collapsed and her teacher was killed. A chunk of falling debris crushed the fifth grader’s left leg, and her schoolmates dragged her to safety.

  • US soldiers stand guard as a US Marine Chinook hehicopter fuels up at Bastion military airport in Helmand Province on May 3, 2008. Taliban rockets struck a NATO helicopter carrying the governor of Afghanistan's Helmand province Saturday but the damaged chopper was able to fly out of the attack, the official said.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)
    Afghan governor says his chopper hit by rocket fire AFP - 23 minutes ago

    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - Taliban rockets struck a NATO helicopter carrying the governor of Afghanistan’s Helmand province Saturday but the damaged chopper was able to fly out of the attack, the official said.

  • In this photo released by UNICEF, children, all victims of Cyclone Nargis, join a child-friendly center at the pagoda compound of Twante Township, Myanmar, Thursday, May 15, 2008. The center is helping treat children suffering emotional problems as a result of the storm. (AP Photo/UNICEF)
    Myanmar health system strained by cyclone AP - 26 minutes ago

    TWANTE, Myanmar - Saw Htin’s cheeks were wet with tears after waiting in line with hundreds of sick, desperate cyclone survivors. The 18-year-old mother clutched her wheezing baby boy.

  • Britain anxious about Afghanistan: party leader AFP - 31 minutes ago

    KABUL (AFP) - There is “anxiety and trepidation” in Britain about the international effort in Afghanistan, and signs that things are getting worse, the Liberal Democrat leader said here Saturday.

  • Malaysia's Azlan Misron (L) is challenged by India's Mandeep Antil (R) during their match at the 17th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup field hockey tournament in Ipoh, nothern of Malaysia. A young Indian team edged Malaysia 2-1 on Saturday to qualify for the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup field hockey tournament.(AFP/Kamarul Akhir)
    FHockey: India to face Argentina in final after beating Malaysia AFP - 44 minutes ago

    IPOH, Malaysia (AFP) - A young Indian team edged Malaysia 2-1 on Saturday to qualify for the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup field hockey tournament.

Canada

  • Britain's Peter Phillips and Canada's Autumn Kelly leave St George's Chapel after their marriage in Windsor, southern England on May 17, 2008. REUTERS/Sang Tan/Pool
    Queen Elizabeth’s grandson weds, tabloids fume Reuters - Sat May 17, 10:51 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - It has all the ingredients of a proper British royal wedding: romance, tradition, rain, and a gossip magazine feud.

  • Canadian church faces censure over gay pastor Reuters - Fri May 16, 3:06 PM ET

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian Lutheran church was proceeding on Friday with plans to ordain a gay pastor who is married to another man, despite warnings it would be violating church teachings and would be disciplined.

  • Canada must treat young killers gently, court says Reuters - Fri May 16, 11:35 AM ET

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian courts must treat juvenile killers more leniently than adults unless the government can show compelling reasons to give them adult sentences, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday.

  • Canadian union accepts GM Canada labor deal Reuters - Fri May 16, 10:20 PM ET

    MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canadian Auto Workers union members at three General Motors of Canada locations have voted in favor of a new three-year labor agreement with the company, the union said late on Friday.

  • Canada pulls plug on costly medical reactor plan Reuters - Fri May 16, 2:32 PM ET

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said on Friday it was scrapping a nuclear reactor project designed to produce medical radioisotopes, a move that means half the world’s supply will be made by a 50-year-old reactor that was temporarily shut down for safety reasons last year.

Australia/Antarctica News

  • Australia's number one fugitive Tony Mokbel (centre) arrives at Athens' top-security Korydallos prison on May 14. Mokbel landed in Melbourne on Saturday on an extradition flight amid tight security two years after he fled Australia(AFP/File/Louisa Gouliamaki)
    Australian fugitive returns to Melbourne amid tight security AFP - Sat May 17, 2:02 AM ET

    MELBOURNE (AFP) - Australia’s most wanted fugitive landed in Melbourne on a flight from Greece amid tight security on Saturday, more than two years after fleeing his homeland.

  • An armoured van, believed to be carrying fugitive Tony Mokbel, arrives at Barwon Prison outside Melbourne May 17, 2008. Greece on Friday extradited Australia's most wanted fugitive, Mokbel, to face a murder investigation and serve out a 12-year drugs sentence imposed by an Australian court. (Mick Tsikas/Reuters)
    Australia’s “Fat Tony” flies home to 12 years jail Reuters - Sat May 17, 12:34 AM ET

    MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Like an episode from the hit mafia TV series the Sopranos, Australian mobster “Fat Tony” has finally been extradited from Greece to serve his 12 year jail sentence for cocaine trafficking in Melbourne.

  • Bottle openers made of kangaroo scrotums sold as souvenirs in Sydney(AFP/File/Anoek de Groot)
    Australian defence force to cull kangaroos: official AFP - Fri May 16, 11:57 PM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Hundreds of kangaroos will be culled at a former naval site near the Australian capital after the defence department said plans to relocate the animals fell through.

  • Pensioners brought traffic to a stand still in Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, as some stripped to demand more money from the government(AFP/File/William West)
    Ageing Aussies strip in pension protest AFP - Fri May 16, 2:18 AM ET

    MELBOURNE (AFP) - Protesting pensioners brought traffic to a stand still in Australia’s second largest city on Friday when some stripped to demand more money from the government.

  • Australia is considering taking Iran's president to the International Court of Justice for inciting violence against Israel, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, seen here in April 2008, said.(AFP/File/Anoek de Groot)
    Australia mulls court action against Iran president over Israel: PM AFP - Wed May 14, 10:48 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia is considering taking Iran’s president to the International Court of Justice for inciting violence against Israel, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Wednesday.

Most Popular World News

  • Residents run as they evacuate to higher ground from the center of earthquake-hit Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
    Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears AP - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

    BEICHUAN, China - Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from rivers blocked by landslides rattled loose in this week’s powerful temblor.

  • A map locating the United Nation's priority areas for relief aid in Myanmar. World frustration with Myanmar boiled over on Saturday, with accusations of negligence and crimes against humanity over the regime's slow-moving response to the cyclone disaster.(AFP/Graphic)
    World turns up heat on Myanmar AFP - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

    YANGON (AFP) - World frustration with Myanmar boiled over on Saturday, with accusations of negligence and crimes against humanity over the regime’s slow-moving response to the cyclone disaster.

  • China has ramped up efforts to stave off disease for millions of earthquake victims, as more miracle rescues amid the rubble offered hope in an increasingly desperate battle to save lives.(AFP iactiv)
    China fights to stave off disease amid miracle quake rescues AFP - Sat May 17, 11:59 AM ET

    SHIFANG, China (AFP) - China ramped up efforts on Saturday to stave off disease for millions of earthquake victims, as more miracle rescues amid the rubble offered hope in an increasingly desperate battle to save lives.

  • In this hand out made available by the Prime Minister's office, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L) speaks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during her visit to Baghdad. Pelosi on Saturday promised Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki renewed US support as his troops pressed a major crackdown on Al-Qaeda jihadists, officials said.(AFP/IRAQI PM OFFICE-HO)
    Iraq detains 1,000 in anti-al-Qaida crackdown AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD - Nearly 1,000 people have been detained in a sweep to break al-Qaida in Iraq’s sway in Iraq’s third largest city, Mosul, but many of the fighters have fled to nearby areas, where troops are hunting for them, Iraqi officials said Saturday.

  • Iraqi army soldiers direct traffic at the check-point at the main road, leading to the Shiite dominated Baghdad's neighbourhood of Shulla, May 16, 2008. (Oleg Popov/Reuters)
    Iraqi forces detain 1,000 in al Qaeda push Reuters - Sat May 17, 10:10 AM ET

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have detained more than 1,000 suspects in an offensive aimed at crushing al Qaeda in northern Iraq, the military commander of the operation said on Saturday.

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Middle East News

  • The coffin of a victim, who was killed in Thursday's bomb attack, is placed on top of a vehicle during a funeral in Najaf, March 7, 2008. (Ali Abu Shish/Reuters)
    US: recent Iraq attacks not a trend AP - 9 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said Sunday it does not believe a recent wave of deadly attacks in Baghdad reflects a trend toward an overall increase in violence.

  • Members and supporters of the Islamic Groups, hold anti-Israeli placards during a protest to show their support to the Palestinians in Gaza strip, at at the Fatima Gate border point in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, on Sunday March 9, 2008. Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will proceed this week despite a shooting attack at a Jerusalem religious seminary that killed eight Israelis, Israeli officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
    750 homes to be built in east Jerusalem AP - 48 minutes ago

    JERUSALEM - Israel’s housing minister on Sunday announced plans to build 750 new homes in a Jewish neighborhood of disputed east Jerusalem.

  • Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, delivers his speech during a conference on Iran's nuclear program and activities, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
    Iran ready to talk nuclear with Europe AP - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran is ready to negotiate with Europe over the Islamic republic’s nuclear program if there were would be “meaningful and effective” results, Iran’s foreign minister said Sunday.

  • Moderate quake rattles Iran AP - Sun Mar 9, 5:46 AM ET

    TEHRAN, Iran - A moderate earthquake and several aftershocks rattled a remote area in eastern Iran on Sunday morning, cracking walls and forcing some to seek shelter in tents, state media reported. No injuries were immediately reported.

  • Awakening Council members stand guard on arrested al-Qaida suspects, and weapons that were seized with them, in central Samarra, 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 4, 2008. (AP Photo)
    Mufti warns Saudis to watch their money AP - Sun Mar 9, 3:53 AM ET

    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia’s top religious authority warned Saudis against giving money to “evil” organizations, a newspaper considered close to the government reported Saturday.

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