http://www.kansascity.com/659/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2008 Kansas City Star World News 60 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:40:49 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/718562.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/718562.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:28 CDT Iran signaled Thursday that it will no longer cooperate with U.N. experts probing for signs of clandestine nuclear weapons work, confirming the investigation is at a dead end a year after it began. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/718127.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/718127.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:27 CDT Asia-Pacific powers on Thursday announced an ambitious plan to pool their military and civilian resources for disaster responses in a region beset by cyclones, earthquakes and floods. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/719356.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/719356.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:27 CDT BERLIN | Speaking Thursday before a huge audience, Sen. Barack Obama called for renewed trans-Atlantic cooperation to rein in Iran, fight religious extremism and terrorism and address global warming and poverty. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/718123.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/718123.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:26 CDT A proposed new constitution grants Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa broad powers including the ability to dissolve Congress and set monetary policy, and would let him stay in office through 2017. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/719344.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/719344.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:30 CDT A Swiss-led, five-nation panel proposed Thursday that the United Nations assert itself as leader of a global fight against terrorism and establish a new agency or program to coordinate that effort. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/717470.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/717470.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:56 CDT The real Dragan Dabic has emerged - and the 66-year construction worker was shocked Thursday to discover his identity had apparently been stolen by one of the world's most notorious war crimes suspects. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/717219.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/717219.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:36 CDT Gunmen killed three guards from a U.S.-allied Sunni group Thursday in drive-by shootings in northern Baghdad, an official said. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/717109.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/717109.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:59 CDT Poland and the U.S. took a step on Wednesday toward resolving a dispute over Warsaw's demands for defense aid in exchange for accepting part of an American missile defense system. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/717040.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/717040.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:26 CDT A powerful earthquake rattled parts of northern Japan early Thursday, injuring more than 100 people, triggering landslides and cutting power to thousands of people, officials said. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/717254.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/717254.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:36 CDT From the solemnity of a Holocaust museum to a dusty village battered by Hamas rockets, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Wednesday professed "an unshakable commitment to the security" of Israel, whether the threat comes from terrorists, Iran or elsewhere. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/716427.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/716427.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:57 CDT BAGHDAD | Kurdish lawmakers walked out of Parliament on Tuesday in protest over a vote on conditions for Iraq’s provincial elections that called for ethnic groups to share power in Kirkuk, an oil-rich province that Kurds consider part of their territory. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/714605.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/714605.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:46 CDT A senior Taliban leader has surrendered to Pakistani authorities and another insurgent commander was killed by a British airstrike in southern Afghanistan, British officials announced Tuesday. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/715306.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/715306.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:46 CDT A Palestinian attacker turned a construction vehicle into a fearsome weapon in downtown Jerusalem just hours before Barack Obama's visit Tuesday, ramming a bus, overturning a car and injuring five people before he was shot dead. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/714902.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/714902.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:21 CDT Europe turned up pressure on Zimbabwe's president to share power with the opposition, toughening sanctions Tuesday against Robert Mugabe just as his ruling party was to begin talks with its chief rival mediated by South Africa. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/714938.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/714938.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:42 CDT Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, visiting Moscow to pursue weapons and energy deals, on Tuesday called for a strategic alliance with Russia to protect his country from the United States. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/713986.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/713986.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:28 CDT Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Wednesday, declaring that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are strong enough internally to make the bold concessions necessary for peace. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/713610.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/713610.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:41 CDT Twenty miners have escaped or been rescued from a flooded coal mine in southern China but six have died and 30 remain trapped, a state-run news agency said Tuesday. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/713391.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/713391.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:21 CDT Diplomats say talks between Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition parties will soon get under way in South Africa's capital. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/713604.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/713604.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:46 CDT Portugal's attorney general ordered police Monday to halt their investigation into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann because detectives uncovered no evidence of a crime during their 14-month probe. http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/713767.html http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/713767.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:01 CDT Mexico will no longer jail illegal immigrants detained within its borders.