- Militants, police dead in Afghan clashes (AP)
- Suicide bombing at Sri Lanka army camp kills two (AFP)
- N.Korean bank threatens legal action (AP)
- Monster cane toad found in Australia (Reuters)
- 3 killed as Guatemalan prisoners riot (AP)
- Chinese Premier Wen to visit Japan (AP)
- EU, Iran seek common ground on nukes (AP)
- Sarkozy quits French interior ministery (AP)
- Israeli settlers, backers march to site (AP)
- China announces investment drive in Tibet (Reuters)
- Nobel prize winner testifies about Timor (AP)
- Detainee arraigned during Gitmo hearing (AP)
- Failed Congo candidate claims death plot (AP)
- Jamaican police probe :-):-):-):-):-):-):-)s of murdered Pakistani coach's computer (AFP)
- Israelis, Palestinians to resume talks (AP)
- Iran softens stance on British sailors (AP)
- Decision on honours charges 'will be made here': prosecutor (AFP)
- Colombia honors writer Garcia Marquez (AP)
- Colombia honors writer Garcia Marquez (AP)
- Briton becomes first man to run around the world (AFP)
- Iraq considers return of Baath Party (AP)
- Mexican boy accused of killing toddler (AP)
- China's Communist Party continues change (AP)
- U.N. envoy backs Kosovo independence (AP)
- Smugglers toss Africa migrants overboard (AP)
- Citigroup plans more branches in India (AP)
- UN aid chief says Darfur relief on brink of collapse (AFP)
- Australian faces US military tribunal in Guantanamo (AFP)
- London to send satellite into space (AFP)
- All-Asian 'Dragon Boys' spotlights Vancouver underworld (AFP)
- Intel plant to boost Beijing tech plans (AP)
- Pound rises against dollar on back of strong housing data (AFP)
- Britain keeps up pressure on "vulnerable" Mugabe (Reuters)
- Europe to resume nuke talks with Iran (AP)
- U.N. report recommends supervised Kosovo independence (Reuters)
- E.ON sues Acciona, Enel over Endesa bid (AFP)
- S. Korea issues free trade deal warning (AP)
- Indonesia says has DNA of aaa "terrorist" suspects (Reuters)
- London stocks rise on takeover activity (AFP)
- 2 dead after Pakistan high school gunbattle (AFP)
- N. Ireland political foes hold talks (AP)
- Britain builds pressure on Iran over naval detainees (AFP)
- Chinese shares set record high (AP)
- Egyptians begin voting in referendum (AP)
- China's Hu to seek energy deals in Russia (Reuters)
- Mild winter brings fewer birds to gardens (AFP)
- Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai eyes talks with Mugabe party members (AFP)
- Aftershocks keep quake-hit Japan on edge (Reuters)
- 6 dead in gunbattle at Pakistani school (AP)
- Arabs said open to peace offer changes (AP)
- Darfur ex-rebels lose more men in new blow to peace deal (AFP)
- Japan PM Abe apologizes for WW2 aaa slaves (Reuters)
- New Zealand schoolgirls find there's no C in Ribena (Reuters)
- Barak rallies supporters in bid for PM (AP)
- Intel to build $2.5B factory in China (AP)
- Mideast peace proposal expected Monday (AP)
- Top U.S. colonel puts theories to test (AP)
- Trickle of Egyptians vote in referendum (Reuters)
- Aftershocks rattle Japan after quake (AFP)
- Tamils launch airstrike in Sri Lanka (AP)
- DUP and Sinn Fein likely to meet on power sharing (AFP)
- China's Hu heads to Russia as world powers cement ties (AFP)
- Pakistan arrests 450 ahead of judge protests (AFP)
- U.S., China to discuss frozen funds (AP)
- Rice, U.N. chief address Mideast impasse (AP)
- Bootleggers try to throw dogs off scent (AP)
- French winemakers take on Australians in their own backyard (AFP)
- Roadside bombs kill 5 U.S. soldiers (AP)
- Egypt votes on controversial constitution changes (AFP)
- India to go ahead with Iran gas pipeline: foreign minister (AFP)
- Bangladesh, from whipping boys to giant-killers (AFP)
- Arab gov'ts hope to up Palestinian aid (AP)
- 10 killed in Moscow nightclub fire (AP)
- Army cancels travel ban in West Bank (AP)
- Mauritanians choose post-coup president (AP)
- Australian PM criticises Muslim clerics (AFP)
- Chavez lays out collective property plan (AP)
- Colombia denies militia collaboration (AP)
- Group: Over 100 dead in Congo clashes (AP)
- US, SKorea start make-or-break free trade talks (AFP)
- US-Pakistan alliance under scrutiny as Musharraf faces crisis (AFP)
- Al-Qaida escapee urges Somali 'holy war' (AP)
- Caribbean remembers end of slave trade (AP)
- Hit on Iraqi official seen as inside job (AP)
- Iran partially suspends nuke cooperation (AP)
- DUP and Sinn Fein likely to meet on Monday: sources (AFP)
- Australian faces new Guantanamo trial (AP)
- Jamaica cops check security video for clues in Woolmer murder (AFP)
- Blair calls capture of sailors 'serious' (AP)
- Aftershocks hit Japan a day after quake (AP)
- U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,240 (AP)
- Partial fixing exists, says former PCB chief (AFP)
- EU-US 'open skies' pact clouded by future talks (AFP)
- The lights are out all over oil-rich Nigeria (AFP)
- Malaysia chasing funds as global Islamic bankers meet (AFP)
- Mozambique government criticized over arms depot blast (AFP)
- Dozens detained in Pakistan ahead of protests (AFP)
- Hit on Iraqi official seen as inside job (AP)
- One week after Woolmer murder, Jamaica searches for clues but clears team (AFP)
- EU summit sees drive for Sudan sanctions (AFP)
- US official in China over NKorea row (AFP)
- Blair condemns Iran's detention of sailors (AFP)
- Sunni sheiks join fight vs. insurgency (AP)
- Judge lets Europeans in on Vivendi suit (AP)
- Australian suspect faces new Gitmo trial (AP)
- U.N. says Darfur efforts could collapse (Reuters)
- Pope says society to fail without Christian conscience (Reuters)
- Colombians seek extradition of U.S. bana (AP)
- Lecturers prey on Nigerian women, girls (AP)
- Government stands firm over N.Ireland deadline (AFP)
- Ten dead in Russian strip club fire (Reuters)
- Cartagena losing fight against poverty (AP)
- U.N. warns of aid collapse in Darfur (AP)
- Blair calls for new UN resolution against Sudan (AFP)
- EU seeks end to constitutional crisis (AP)
- Blair says extending U.N. Sudan sanctions essential (Reuters)
- U.K. may extend N. Ireland deadline (AP)
- Brown gets high-profile backing for leadership bid (AFP)
- Rice tones down criticism of Egypt over reforms (Reuters)
- Sudan urged to accept Darfur resolution (AP)
- Security talks in Somalia reach impasse (AP)
- Rice urges Egypt to reform its democracy (AP)
- Olmert blasts Abbas for broken promise (AP)
- Armenian prime minister dies at 55 (AP)
- Mauritanians vote for post-coup leader (AP)
- Iraqi police detain suspected bomber (AP)
- Rice, U.N. chief seek new Mideast talks (AP)
- Tourism takes a beating amid Sri Lanka fighting (AFP)
- Ex-member of Red Army freed from prison (AP)
- U.N. chief sees Palestinian refugee camp (AP)
- SKorean activists rally against free trade talks (AFP)
- Australian special forces likely to head to Afghanistan (AFP)
- Needy Russians sell souls to "black gold" in mines (Reuters)
- Australia's Howard denies loss was protest (AFP)
- Belarussian opposition set to rally (AFP)
- Afghan forces kill 18 Taliban (AFP)
- Blair would have quit if cautioned in corruption probe (AFP)
- Smoke forces evacuation of El Al jet (AP)
- Thousands flee Sri Lanka fighting (AFP)
- EU leaders to endorse 50th birthday manifesto (AFP)
- One dead, dozens hurt in Japan quake (AFP)
- 10 die in Moscow nightclub fire (AP)
- Bangladesh on verge of history while India head for exit (AFP)
- Israel: Lebanon cease-fire in jeopardy (AP)
- Panel voting on Hong Kong's next leader (AP)
- Quake shakes Vanuatu in South Pacific (AP)
- Australian Hicks first to face Guantanamo trial (Reuters)
- Small tsunami hits Japan after quake (AP)
- Iran ups the rhetoric on seized sailors (AP)
- Quake jolts central Japan, tsunami warning issued (Reuters)
- Attacks on Iraq aaaaadown leave 47 dead (AP)
- Pakistani players queried in coach death (AP)
- India's famous four face bleak Cup future (AFP)
- U.N. approves tougher sanctions on Iran (AP)
- NIreland: Protestant party urges power-sharing delay (AFP)
- U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,234 (AP)
- Israel: Lebanon cease-fire in jeopardy (AP)
- Khartoum shootout with Darfur ex-rebels kills 10 (AFP)
- Fifteen confirmed dead in China coal mine accident (AFP)
- Pop star Shakira arrives in India for first-ever concert (AFP)
- Flintoff strikes as England restrict Kenya (AFP)
- aaa elements of U.N. resolution on Iran (AP)
- Egypt rejects U.S. amendments criticism (AP)
- Turaaa fixes Armenian church as gesture (AP)
- aaaaa U.S. Marine unit recalled after Afghan deaths (Reuters)
- Pakistan cricketers head home after Woolmer murder (AFP)
- Record-breaking Hayden leads Australia run riot (AFP)
- N. Ireland protestants reject deadline (AP)
- Iran says Britons confessed to territory violation (Reuters)
- Sudan troops bar U.N. from refugee camp (AP)
- Hong Kong election marks new ground (AP)
- Nation marks 200th anniversary of slave trade ban (AFP)
- Zimbabwe leader: Party weighs '08 vote (AP)
- Brown fails to convince voters with his budget (AFP)
- A glimmer of hope for Gaza's lifeline (AP)
- Efforts underway in Nigeria to link up with foreigners' kidnappers (AFP)
- Match-fixing still goes on: Vaughan (AFP)
- New U.N. official takes on Darfur (Reuters)
- Pope: Europe losing faith in its future (AP)
- Late China leader Mao Zedong's son dies (AP)
- Pope criticises EU for not mentioning God (Reuters)
- Mozambique mourns nearly 100 killed in arms depot blast (AFP)
- Porsche says it wants to take over VW (AFP)
- Mugabe urges supporters to prepare for 2008 polls (AFP)
- Pakistan cricketers head home after Woolmer murder (AFP)
- Ex-terror suspect loses Aussie election (AP)
- Hundreds detained at rally in Russia (AP)
- Taliban attack Afghan police: nine dead (AFP)
- Iran unrepentant over detention of British sailors (AFP)
- GI killed by roadside bomb in Iraq (AP)
- Match-fixing eyed in cricket coach death (AP)
- Suicide truck bomb kills 5 in Baghdad (AP)
- Afghan clashes kill 9 suspected Taliban (AP)
- Britain wants explanation over sailors' seizure (Reuters)
- Pakistan's new acting chief justice sworn in (Reuters)
- Rice seeks Arab support for peace deal (AP)
- Britain demands Iran free seized sailors (AP)
- EU celebrates its first 50 years (AP)
- Iraqi leaves Baghdad with wedding ring (AP)
- Bolivian navy gets new sense of purpose (AP)
- Plane shot down in Somalia; crew dies (AP)
- Indonesia keeps border with ETimor shut (AFP)
- Vatican pushing Mexico in abortion fight (AP)
- Marine unit under investigation for Afghan deaths ordered home (AFP)
- British historian denies WWII gassings (AP)
- Sunni leader: U.S. could stop insurgency (AP)
- Sri Lanka toll mounts after heavy fighting (AFP)
- Colombian judge releases ex-spy chief (AP)
- Body of murdered Pakistani cricket coach to remain in Jamaica for inquest (AFP)
- Man hangs himself while using chat room (AP)
- Demonstrators display bodies in Nepal (AP)
- Cuba replaces 2 Cabinet members (AP)
- Controversial Brazil river plan allowed (AP)
- Sudan told to stop hindering aid groups (AP)
- Marine unit ordered out of Afghanistan (AP)
- Bombing gravely injures Iraqi deputy PM (AP)
- Zimbabwe president denies ouster near (AP)
- Iran's president cancels U.N. appearance (AP)
- U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,232 (AP)
- U.S. moves to fix NKorea funds stalemate (AP)
- Anna Nicole Smith diaries sell for over $500,000 (Reuters)
- Army restores order to Congo capital, Bemba wanted (Reuters)
- European Web sites go for long addresses (AP)
- U.N.: Iraqis top list of asylum seekers (AP)
- London, Dublin urge final push for N.Ireland devolution (AFP)
- Seizure occurs in long-contested waters (AP)
- France puts secret UFO archive on Web (AP)
- Lap-dancers lose tax appeal case (Reuters)
- South African player approached by bookie in India - manager (AFP)
- Vatican pushing Mexico in abortion fight (AP)
- Time to deliver, McClaren tells England football stars (AFP)
- US wants agreement on European missile shield by end of year (AFP)
- Meningitis kills 800 in west Africa since January: UN (AFP)
- Kin to seek OK next week for Houdini's exhumation (Reuters)
- Belgium reaches out to Palestinian gov't (AP)
- Cargo plane is shot down in Somalia (AP)
- Iran detains British sailors, fueling standoff with West (AFP)
- Lawyers fear Gitmo work may harm careers (AP)
- Egypt battlefield set for golf boom -- once mines cleared (AFP)
- Marine unit ordered out of Afghanistan (AP)
- Pakistan cricket coach likely knew his killer: Jamaican police (AFP)
- U.S.: Ahmadinejad visa en route to Iran (AP)
- Zimbabwe warns media on unrest coverage (AP)
- Japan ship returns home with 508 whales (AP)
- US says North Korea still willing to disarm (AFP)
- Paper urges restraint against protesters (AP)
- U.S. boosts missile defense system plans (AP)
- Iran nabs British sailors in Iraq waters (AP)
- British Royal Navy sailors detained by Iranian navy (AFP)
- Gunmen kidnap Dutch national in southern Nigeria (AFP)