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    • Sri Lanka holds vote in liberated east

      - 05/09/2008 10:49 PM CDT

      Eastern Sri Lanka residents voted Saturday in their first major election, less than a year after the separatist rebels lost control of the region. The poll was hailed as a democratic milestone but marred by a rebel attacks, one that left 11 people dead.

    • Leader of al-Qaida in Iraq wasn’t captured, U.S. military says

      - 05/09/2008 11:14 PM CDT

      BAGHDAD | The U.S. military Friday denied Iraqi government claims that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured.

    • Myanmar OKs U.S. aid

      - 05/09/2008 11:25 PM CDT

      BANGKOK, Thailand | The military leaders of Myanmar have promised to allow the first air shipment of relief aid for victims of a devastating cyclone from the Pentagon on Monday.

    • Hezbollah gaining upper hand over government-backed forces in Lebanon

      - 05/09/2008 11:25 PM CDT

      BEIRUT, Lebanon | Hezbollah fighters seized control of much of western Beirut on Friday, patrolling the deserted streets.

    • Iraqi girl receives prosthetic legs

      - 05/09/2008 11:10 PM CDT

      BAGHDAD | Staff Sgt. Luis Falcon, 38, was patrolling the streets of Baqouba, north of Baghdad, when he saw Shahad Abbas.

    • Cuban Central Bank wants stronger peso

      - 05/09/2008 06:19 PM CDT

      Cuba's Central Bank is urging the government to gradually unify the island's two parallel currencies and cut back on "indiscriminate" subsidies, according to an internal report obtained by The Associated Press on Friday.

    • Haiti's PM nominee sees no quick fixes

      - 05/09/2008 07:24 PM CDT

      An international banker nominated to be Haiti's next prime minister said Friday that Haiti must concentrate on long-term strategies to help the millions pushed deeper into misery by higher food prices.

    • Mexico blames gangs for killing top cop

      - 05/09/2008 07:49 PM CDT

      President Felipe Calderon said Friday the killing of an acting federal police chief was an attempt by weakened gangs to counter his fight against drug trafficking.

    • Gunbattles rage as factions split Beirut

      - 05/08/2008 09:57 PM CDT

      BEIRUT, Lebanon | Running gunbattles raged in parts of Beirut on Thursday after the leader of Hezbollah accused Lebanon’s Western-backed government of declaring war on his Shiite militant group.

    • Leader of al-Qaida in Iraq captured in police raid

      - 05/08/2008 09:58 PM CDT

      BAGHDAD | Iraqi police commandos captured the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq in a raid in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said Thursday.

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      - 05/08/2008 09:41 PM CDT

      BEIRUT, Lebanon | Battles raged Thursday in Beirut after the leader of Hezbollah accused Lebanon’s government of declaring war on his Shiite militant group. | A12

    • Iraqi forces tell Baghdad slum residents to evacuate

      - 05/08/2008 09:06 PM CDT

      BAGHDAD | Iraqi security forces, after more than of 40 days of intense fighting, on Thursday told residents to evacuate their homes in the Baghdad Shiite Muslim slum of Sadr City.

    • Armed men slice off ears of villagers in Senegal

      - 05/08/2008 08:45 PM CDT

      ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal | Armed men rounded up about 20 villagers and sliced off their left ears with machetes before releasing them, villagers and officials said Thursday.

    • Limited aid reaches Myanmar

      - 05/08/2008 11:50 PM CDT

      YANGON, Myanmar | After snubbing a U.S. aid offer, Myanmar indicated today that it wants foreign relief — but not foreign workers — to help recover from a devastating cyclone.

    • Putin moves to prime minister post, but keeps many powers of presidency

      - 05/08/2008 09:41 PM CDT

      MOSCOW | When Boris Yeltsin left the Kremlin eight years ago, he gave Vladimir Putin the pen he had used to sign decrees, a gesture symbolizing the transfer of power.

    • Austrian says he knew imprisoning his daughter was wrong

      - 05/08/2008 08:45 PM CDT

      FRANKFURT, Germany | Josef Fritzl, the 73-year-old Austrian who imprisoned and raped his daughter for nearly a quarter-century, said he knew his actions were wrong.

    • Chilean troops force volcano evacuations

      - 05/08/2008 03:52 PM CDT

      Police and soldiers cleared the last remaining people from the shadow of a Chilean volcano on Thursday after a strong, overnight explosion spewed glowing-hot rocks from its crater.

    • Chavez: Venezuela won't tolerate secession in Bolivia

      - 05/08/2008 08:25 PM CDT

      President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela will not tolerate a movement for secession in Bolivia's eastern lowland states. Chavez says his government has not meddled in the domestic affairs of other Latin American nations, but would if Bolivian states now seeking greater autonomy from Bolivia's central government push for total independence.

    • Iran says explosion in mosque last month was deliberate

      - 05/08/2008 02:07 PM CDT

      Iran said Thursday that a bomb, not an accident, caused last month's explosion in a mosque that killed 14 people and injured more than 200.

    • Berlusconi forms new Italian government in 3rd stint as PM

      - 05/07/2008 11:35 PM CDT

      Conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi formed Italy's 62nd postwar government on Wednesday for his third stint as premier.

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    • Hezbollah fighters sweep over much of Beirut's Muslim sector

      - 05/09/2008 10:25 PM CDT

      Unchallenged by Lebanon's army, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah routed Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-allied government and seized control of large swaths of Beirut's Muslim sector Friday in a telling demonstration of its military prowess.

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    • Aid is on the way to devastated Myanmar but so is heavy rain VIDEO

      - 05/09/2008 10:26 PM CDT

      More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar - but so is the heavy rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the isolated country. Myanmar gave the green light after confiscating other shipments, prompting the U.N. to order a temporary freeze in shipments.

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    • Group says North Korea faces massive famine

      - 05/09/2008 10:28 PM CDT

      North Koreans are dying because of food shortages in rural areas, and a massive famine is just a matter of time, a South Korean aid group said Friday.

    • Deadly cyclone overshadows Myanmar's vote on constitution

      - 05/09/2008 10:14 PM CDT

      Voting began this city near Yangon and other parts of cyclone-ravaged Mayanmar Saturday on a referendum for a controversial constitution - but the balloting was delayed for two weeks in the hardest hit areas, including the capital.

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    • Zimbabwe opposition won't meet with visiting mediator Mbeki

      - 05/09/2008 10:28 PM CDT

      Zimbabwe's opposition declined to meet with visiting South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday and said that he should be replaced as mediator in the country's political crisis.

    • Attack from Gaza kills 1, Israeli retaliation kills 5

      - 05/09/2008 06:24 PM CDT

      Gaza attackers sent mortar shells crashing into a border community late Friday, killing an Israeli in his garden and wounding three others, officials said. Israel retaliated with missile strikes that left five Hamas militants dead.

    • 'Best Santa ever' arrested in N.J. on child sex charges

      - 05/09/2008 04:13 AM CDT

      A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor, who painted faces at children's parties and performed as "the best Santa Claus anyone has ever seen."

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    • Sri Lanka holds vote in liberated east

      - 05/09/2008 10:49 PM CDT

      Eastern Sri Lanka residents voted Saturday in their first major election, less than a year after the separatist rebels lost control of the region. The poll was hailed as a democratic milestone but marred by a rebel attacks, one that left 11 people dead.

    • Calls mount for Olmert's resignation

      - 05/09/2008 02:25 PM CDT

      Calls for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's resignation mounted on Friday as police probed allegations that he accepted hundreds of thousands of campaign dollars in cash-stuffed envelopes from a U.S. citizen.

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    • Mexico blames gangs for killing top cop

      - 05/09/2008 07:49 PM CDT

      President Felipe Calderon said Friday the killing of an acting federal police chief was an attempt by weakened gangs to counter his fight against drug trafficking.

    • Russia puts tanks and missiles back in Red Square parade

      - 05/09/2008 12:24 PM CDT

      Russia showcased its military might and youthful new president to the world Friday, as heavy tanks and missile launchers rumbled across Red Square in a Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era.

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    • Haiti's PM nominee sees no quick fixes

      - 05/09/2008 07:24 PM CDT

      An international banker nominated to be Haiti's next prime minister said Friday that Haiti must concentrate on long-term strategies to help the millions pushed deeper into misery by higher food prices.

    • Observers say Myanmar has history of xenophobia

      - 05/09/2008 06:29 AM CDT

      In the eyes of Myanmar's military rulers, everyone is a potential enemy. Even foreign aid workers.

    • Dominica rejects legislating intermarriage to save tribe

      - 05/09/2008 10:19 PM CDT

      The leader of the last remaining pre-Columbian tribe in the eastern Caribbean says outlawing marriage to outsiders can save Dominica's dwindling indigenous population, but legislators are balking at deciding who can marry whom.

    • Bush administration wants open elections in Bangladesh

      - 05/09/2008 05:18 AM CDT

      Bangladesh's military-backed government should lift emergency rule to facilitate open elections that it has promised to hold by the end of the year, a State Department official said Friday.

    • Rocket hits BBC bureau in Baghdad; no injuries

      - 05/09/2008 07:53 AM CDT

      The British Broadcasting Corp. says a rocket hit the building housing its Baghdad bureau, causing damage but no injuries.

    • Commodities Review: Wheat drops on higher output forecast

      - 05/09/2008 04:20 PM CDT

      Wheat futures fell sharply Friday after the government forecast increased U.S production and a record global crop, while corn futures surged to a new high on lingering concerns about the weather.

    • Housing aid bill faces veto by President Bush

      - 05/09/2008 03:45 PM CDT

      Democrats' plans to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners struggling with rising subprime mortgage rates and plummeting house values could be sidetracked by President Bush's threatened veto and the opposition of many congressional Republicans.

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    • Train quarantined in Ontario with mystery illness

      - 05/09/2008 09:34 PM CDT

      Authorities quarantined a train in Ontario Friday after a woman died and several others reported being ill. But a doctor later ruled out a serious infectious disease and said the train would likely soon resume its journey.

    • Palestinian mortar shell kills Israeli man

      - 05/09/2008 11:59 AM CDT

      Palestinian militants fired four mortar shells at Israel from the Gaza Strip late Friday, killing an Israeli man and wounding three other people, police and rescue officials said.

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