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Olympic torch re-lit in Beijing (AP)

Posted: March 31st, 2008, 3:09am EST

AP - The Olympic torch was re-lit Monday at an elaborate ceremony that signaled the start of a round-the-world relay that is expected to be a lightning rod for protests against China's policies and human rights practices.

Zimbabwe releases first election results (AP)

Posted: March 31st, 2008, 3:05am EST

AP - Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission began announcing official results Monday of elections the opposition party claims to have won, after a delay that heightened fears of rigging and brought security forces onto the streets.

Bush off to Europe to rally Afghanistan support, farewell Putin (AFP)

Posted: March 31st, 2008, 3:03am EST

AFP - US President George W. Bush heads to Europe Monday to push NATO allies for more support in Afghanistan and to meet with his outgoing Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

China blasts Dalai Lama as Olympic torch arrives (Reuters)

Posted: March 31st, 2008, 2:58am EST

Reuters - China has stepped up attacks on the Dalai Lama, blasting him for abusing religion, stirring protests in Tibet and preparing for independence as the Olympic flame arrived in Beijing on Monday under tight security.

Zimbabwe announces first results as riot police deploy (AFP)

Posted: March 31st, 2008, 2:55am EST

AFP - Authorities began releasing the first results Monday from Zimbabwe's general election after being accused of sitting on the outcome in a desperate bid to help President Robert Mugabe cling to power.

Australian terror trial to resume (AP)

Posted: March 31st, 2008, 2:53am EST

AP - A judge ruled Monday that a terror trial can resume this week after justice officials improved the detention conditions for the 12 suspects at his direction.

Al-Sadr pulls fighters off streets (AP)

Posted: March 31st, 2008, 12:22am EST

AP - In a possible turning point in the recent upsurge in violence, Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Shiite militiamen off the streets Sunday but called on the government to stop its raids against his followers.

US military deaths in Iraq at 4,010 (AP)

Posted: March 30th, 2008, 8:16pm EST

AP - As of Sunday, March 30, 2008, at least 4,010 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,261 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

French extremists dream of jihad in Iraq (AP)

Posted: March 30th, 2008, 6:39pm EST

AP - Boubakeur el Hakim traded his Paris neighborhood of boulangeries and halal butcher shops for the insurgent camps of Iraq. When he came home, he told his war stories to other young men on the forgotten edges of French society, allegedly persuading some to follow in his footsteps.

ANALYSIS: Iraq fighting a reality check (AP)

Posted: March 30th, 2008, 5:32pm EST

AP - The Iraqi capital locked down by curfew. U.S. diplomats holed up their workplaces, fearing rocket attacks. Nearly every major southern city racked by turmoil. Hundreds killed in less than a week.

Trinidad lawmakers in laptop spat (AP)

Posted: March 30th, 2008, 1:08am EST

AP - Trinidad's main opposition leader has been suspended from parliament after he failed to ask permission to use his laptop computer during a debate and ignored a request to put it away.

Raul Castro: Cubans can have cell phones (AP)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 7:45pm EST

AP - First microwaves, now cell phones. Is this the new Cuba? Raul Castro is revolutionizing his brother's island in small but significant ways the latest in a decree Friday allowing ordinary Cubans to have cell phone service, a luxury previously reserved for the select few. The new president could be betting greater access to such modern gadgets will quell demand for deeper change.

US forces launch airstrikes in Iraq (AP)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 7:43pm EST

AP - U.S. forces stepped deeper Friday into the Iraqi government's fight to cripple Shiite militias, launching airstrikes in the southern city of Basra and firing a missile into the main Shiite stronghold in Baghdad.

'Reach out to the Taliban': UK defence secretary (AFP)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 7:40pm EST

AFP - Britain should reach out to elements of the Taliban militia in Afghanistan who can be won over to the side of democracy, Defence Secretary Des Browne said in a newspaper interview published Saturday.

US military deaths in Iraq at 4,005 (AP)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 7:21pm EST

AP - As of Friday, March 28, 2008, at least 4,005 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,261 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

Greece: police to guard Beijing flame (AP)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 6:53pm EST

AP - Greek police are stepping up security during the Beijing Olympic torch relay over the weekend to prevent protesters from disrupting the event, officials said Friday.

Q&A on Cuban cell phone service (AP)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 6:05pm EST

AP - Cell phone service will soon be widely available to Cubans for the first time. Some questions and answers:

Rapes and 150 hostages in Central African Republic: UN (AFP)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 5:59pm EST

AFP - Rebel fighters attacked villages in the Central African Republic, raping women and taking 150 hostages, including 55 children, UN officials here and in Bangui said Friday.

Striking Argentine farmers OK talks (AP)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 3:21pm EST

AP - Argentine farmers have announced a temporary truce in a 16-day strike to open talks with the government over disputed tax increases.

North Korea test-launches missiles (AP)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 2:56am EST

AP - North Korea test-fired a barrage of short-range missiles on Friday in apparent response to the new South Korean government's tougher stance on Pyongyang.

China says Tibet monks won't be punished (Reuters)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 2:50am EST

Reuters - China will not punish a group of Tibetan monks for disrupting a government-organized foreign media tour of Lhasa and voicing support for the Dalai Lama, a senior official said in a bid to allay fears of repercussions.

German insurer Allianz mulling major banking merger: report (AFP)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 2:39am EST

AFP - The German insurance company Allianz is mulling the possibility of contributing its banking unit Dresdner Bank to a three-way merger that would include Commerzbank and Deutsche Postbank, a press report said Friday.

African Union hails success of Anjouan operation (AFP)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 2:20am EST

AFP - The African Union on Friday hailed the military operation to oust the renegade leader of the Comoros island of Anjouan as a success and pledged to pursue efforts towards reconstruction.

Israel says it's talking to Syria (AP)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 1:44am EST

AP - An Israeli Cabinet minister said Friday that Israel was trying to bring Syria back to the negotiating table.

ETimor president criticises response after assassination bid (AFP)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 12:26am EST

AFP - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta has criticised the response of international forces as he lay bleeding in the road for 30 minutes after being shot outside his home last month.

Iraqi PM vows to fight militas in Basra (AP)

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 12:17am EST

AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pledged "no retreat" Thursday in the fight against Shiite militias in the southern city of Basra, as thousands of protesters demanded he resign over the crackdown and extremists fired rockets into the U.S.-protected Green Zone.

Brazilian woman charged with torture (AP)

Posted: March 27th, 2008, 11:45pm EST

AP - Brazilian police said Thursday that charges have been filed against a businesswoman who claims she was "educating" a 12-year-old girl by allegedly torturing and chaining her to an iron staircase.

NKorea blasts US delays in nuke dispute (AP)

Posted: March 27th, 2008, 11:14pm EST

AP - North Korea blamed the United States for the deadlock in their nuclear negotiations, warning Friday that the Americans' attitude could "gravely" affect ongoing disablement of its atomic facilities.

Tibet monks complain to reporters (AP)

Posted: March 27th, 2008, 10:56pm EST

AP - China's Tibet problem got a human face this week in images of crying, red-robed monks, giving international concern a new focal point just as Beijing gears up for the arrival of the Olympic torch.

Mugabe fights for his political life (AP)

Posted: March 27th, 2008, 9:17pm EST

AP - The word is out: The Spar supermarket has bread at only $7 million a loaf. People rush to the shelf duly marked $7 million, but by the time they reach the till with their hyper-inflated Zimbabwean dollars, the price is up to $25 million.

French couple face trial for serial killings (Reuters)

Posted: March 26th, 2008, 6:39pm EST

Reuters - A self-confessed killer dubbed the "Ogre of the Ardennes" faces trial on Thursday for raping and murdering seven young women with the help of his wife in one of the worst serial murder cases in recent French history.

Historic win for Sri Lanka over Windies (AFP)

Posted: March 26th, 2008, 6:05pm EST

AFP - Chaminda Vaas played a starring role with the ball, as Sri Lanka created a bit of history, when they completed a 121-run victory over West Indies in the opening Test on Wednesday.

Militiamen holding out in Basra fighting (AP)

Posted: March 26th, 2008, 5:16pm EST

AP - Iraq's prime minister warned gunmen in the oil port of Basra to surrender their weapons by Friday or face harsher measures, as clashes between security forces and Shiite militia fighters spread throughout the south and in Baghdad.

Libya offers new deal to terror victims (Reuters)

Posted: March 26th, 2008, 5:12pm EST

Reuters - Libya has proposed a "comprehensive" new deal to the United States aimed at resolving a string of cases to compensate terrorism victims, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday.

Rabbi calls for Israel to exact revenge (AP)

Posted: March 26th, 2008, 4:37pm EST

AP - A prominent rabbi urged the Israeli government Wednesday to avenge the shooting attack that killed eight Jewish seminary students earlier this month, saying members of the Palestinian gunman's family should "hang ... from a high tree."

Foreign reporters watched on Tibet tour (AP)

Posted: March 26th, 2008, 4:15pm EST

AP - Nearly two weeks after anti-Chinese riots and an ensuing crackdown, helmeted paramilitary police with batons checked identification papers in Lhasa's old Tibetan quarter Wednesday, even as the government said the city was returning to normal.

Cell phone shutdown angers Afghans (AP)

Posted: March 26th, 2008, 3:32pm EST

AP - Taliban attacks on telecom towers have prompted cell phone companies to shut down service across southern Afghanistan at night, angering a quarter million customers who have no other telephones.

AP IMPACT: Shiite enclave back on edge (AP)

Posted: March 26th, 2008, 3:21pm EST

AP - Shiite militiamen are everywhere. Police and Iraqi army checkpoints are nowhere in sight. U.S. soldiers are keeping their distance.

Bird flu hits staple of Egypt's streets (AP)

Posted: March 26th, 2008, 12:36pm EST

AP - Chickens used to roam every dusty street in every village across Egypt, and many of its city alleys too.

Australia's Rudd vows more activist foreign policy (Reuters)

Posted: March 26th, 2008, 3:54am EST

Reuters - Australia will play a more activist role in world affairs as it seeks too boost its middle-power influence, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Wednesday ahead of a major overseas trip.

Argentine farm strike tests president (AP)

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 11:46pm EST

AP - President Cristina Fernandez refused to ease tax hikes on agricultural exports Tuesday, facing down angry farmers embroiled in a nationwide strike that has all but halted production in one of the world's biggest beef-exporting nations.

US Navy confirms Suez Canal shooting (AP)

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 6:21am EST

AP - An American cargo ship under contract to the U.S. Navy opened fire on a small Egyptian boat while moving through the Suez Canal, the U.S. military said Tuesday in a statement. Egyptian authorities said at least one man was killed, but the U.S. said it had no reports of casualties.

New Pakistan PM sworn in by Musharraf (AFP)

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 6:16am EST

AFP - Pakistan's new prime minister was sworn in by President Pervez Musharraf Tuesday, as two senior US envoys arrived in an apparent bid to shore up Islamabad's support for the "war on terror."

Comoros says rebel capital captured (AP)

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 6:06am EST

AP - The Comoros government captured the capital of the rebel-held island of Anjouan on Tuesday, just hours after an African Union-backed military operation got under way to oust a renegade colonel who took power in May, a defense official said.

Sadrists order disobedience campaign (AP)

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 5:59am EST

AP - Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have called for a nationwide civil disobedience campaign to protest raids and detentions.

Four killed in South Africa slum blaze (AFP)

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 5:49am EST

AFP - Four people, including two children, were killed while at least 120 shacks were destroyed in a fire which broke out at dawn in a slum area near Cape Town, a safety official said.

Belarus says uncovers U.S. spy network (Reuters)

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 5:45am EST

Reuters - The intelligence agency in Belarus, an ex-Soviet state locked in a diplomatic row with Washington, confirmed on Tuesday that a espionage ring working for the United States had been uncovered in the country.

Austria: Up to 100 cars in pileup (AP)

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 5:39am EST

AP - Police say between 50 and 100 vehicles were involved in a pileup on an autobahn in western Austria Tuesday and that a "larger number" of people were believed injured.

Palestinian force to deploy in West Bank (AP)

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 5:38am EST

AP - Israel's defense minister says he will soon allow 600 foreign-trained Palestinian police to take up positions in the West Bank town of Jenin, a site of frequent clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants.

New Pakistani prime minister sworn in (AP)

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 5:22am EST

AP - President Pervez Musharraf swore in a loyalist of slain ex-leader Benazir Bhutto as prime minister Tuesday, while two top U.S. envoys held talks with Pakistan's old and new leaders in what some viewed as an ill-timed visit.

Australian building his own Stonehenge (AP)

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 3:38am EST

AP - Pagans and druids, mark your calendars and book your airplane tickets. An Australian entrepreneur hopes to open a Stonehenge replica by the Dec. 21 solstice, just in time for New Age revelers.

Guatemala adoption lawyers charged (AP)

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 12:19am EST

AP - Two Guatemalan lawyers retained by an adoption agency that has sent scores of children to the U.S. have been charged with fraud and human trafficking, their attorneys said on Monday.

Government nominates Tanami as BOJ chief (AP)

Posted: March 18th, 2008, 6:07am EST

AP - The government nominated a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat to head the central bank Tuesday, raising the likelihood its proposal will again be rejected by the opposition a day before the current governor's term ends.

Court frees jailed SocGen trader (AP)

Posted: March 18th, 2008, 6:05am EST

AP - A French court Tuesday ordered the release of a Societe Generale trader accused of causing billions in losses through rogue trades.

ICC facing fight to get Patel as new chief (AFP)

Posted: March 18th, 2008, 5:08am EST

AFP - Imtiaz Patel's appointment as the next chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC) is "not a done deal" according to his current employers, the SuperSport television company in South Africa.

China says Tibet rioters trying to wreck Olympics (Reuters)

Posted: March 18th, 2008, 3:20am EST

Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao accused the Dalai Lama of orchestrating riots in Tibet in which dozens may have died and said his followers were trying to "incite sabotage" of Beijing's August Olympic Games.

Kartik injury adds to India's problems (AFP)

Posted: March 18th, 2008, 3:14am EST

AFP - India's injury woes ahead of next week's Test series against South Africa increased on Tuesday after recalled spinner Murali Kartik was ruled out with a torn ligament.

Cheney to troops: Mideast needs freedom (AP)

Posted: March 18th, 2008, 3:09am EST

AP - Rallying troops after an overnight stay at an air base, Vice President Dick Cheney said Tuesday that as long as freedom is suppressed in the Mideast, the region will remain a place of "stagnation, resentment and violence ready for export."

NZ police arrest teen in tourist murder (AP)

Posted: March 18th, 2008, 3:01am EST

AP - A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the slaying of a Scottish tourist in New Zealand, police said Tuesday.

Wen blames Tibet protests on Dalai Lama (AP)

Posted: March 18th, 2008, 2:42am EST

AP - The Dalai Lama threatened Tuesday to step down as leader of Tibet's government-in-exile if violence committed by Tibetans in his homeland spirals out of control.

US-Russia talks to start on upbeat note (AP)

Posted: March 18th, 2008, 2:32am EST

AP - Vladimir Putin, president of Russia for a few more weeks, surprised President Bush's top Cabinet officers with welcoming words about cooperation with the U.S., even as he warned that serious disagreements remain.

Bomb kills 49 in Iraqi city of Karbala (AP)

Posted: March 18th, 2008, 2:01am EST

AP - A female suicide bomber struck Shiite worshippers in the holy city of Karbala on Monday, an official and a witness said, killing at least 49 people and leaving pools of blood on the street leading to one of Iraq's most revered mosques.

Peacekeepers battle Serbs in Kosovo (AP)

Posted: March 18th, 2008, 12:14am EST

AP - Serb demonstrators attacked international peacekeepers with rocks, grenades and Molotov cocktails Monday, setting off the worst violence in Kosovo since it declared independence from Serbia last month.

NATO holds line in tense north Kosovo after riots (Reuters)

Posted: March 17th, 2008, 6:10pm EST

Reuters - NATO troops secured a hostile strip of north Kosovo on Tuesday after Serb riots forced the pullout of U.N. personnel in the most serious challenge to the state since it split from Serbia last month.

Sri Lanka make most of inexperienced attack (AFP)

Posted: March 17th, 2008, 6:09pm EST

AFP - Malinda Warnapura and Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene warmed-up for the first Test against West Indies later this week when they took advantage of an inexperienced Guyana Cricket Board President's Select XI attack on Monday.

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