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AP: US to remove North Korea from terror blacklist

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:41:15 -0400

The Bush administration plans to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist on Saturday after getting assurances the Stalinist nation has agreed to a plan to inspect its nuclear facilities, The Associated Press has learned.

Police say Austrian rightist Haider dead at 58

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:24:15 -0400

Austrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric at times cast a negative light on the Alpine republic, has died in a car accident at age 58.

Dozens of slain anti-Taliban tribesmen mourned

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:50:12 -0400

Hundreds of mourners attended funerals Saturday for more than 30 anti-Taliban tribesmen killed in a brazen suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan.

Hurricane Norbert nears Mexico's Baja California

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:36:13 -0400

Fishermen pulled in their boats and hotels warned tourists away from beaches Friday as Category 2 Hurricane Norbert bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula.

North Korea releases pictures of Kim Jong Il

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:27:13 -0400

North Korea released pictures of leader Kim Jong Il on Saturday for the first time in nearly two months, showing the reclusive ruler looking generally well despite reports he recently underwent brain surgery.

Chinese dissidents miss out on Nobel peace prize

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:13:08 -0400

Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, but this year the news was as much about who didn't get the award.

Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:19:09 -0400

The booming prices for Venezuelan oil, Brazilian soy beans and Chilean copper that brought prosperity to Latin America are heading for a bust that threatens to erode the hard-won gains of its poor and newly emerging middle class.

Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:10:22 -0400

Dozens of bodies washed ashore Friday in Yemen after smugglers threw nearly 150 Somali migrants overboard in shark-infested waters, the latest such tragedy in one of the most lawless stretches of ocean in the world.

Report: Americans released by Syria back in Jordan

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:17:34 -0400

Two American journalists who went missing during a vacation in Lebanon were quoted Friday as saying they were "kidnapped" by their taxi driver and taken into Syria, where they were held in custody for a week before being released.

In food crisis, Cuba limits sales so all can eat

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:56:18 -0400

Cuba is limiting how much basic fruits and vegetables people can buy at farmers' markets, irritating some customers but ensuring there's enough - barely - to go around.