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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:33:29 GMT By ARIEL DAVID http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_MUMBAI_ATTACKS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHAN_EMBATTLED_POLICE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT KABUL (AP) -- Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:32:46 GMT By ELENA BECATOROS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHAN_EMBATTLED_POLICE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_SRI_LANKA_WAR_REFUGEES?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka will release 136,000 ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees Dec. 1, allowing the civilians to leave squalid and overcrowded government camps after a half-year detainment, a top official said Saturday.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:28:38 GMT By ERANGA JAYAWARDENA http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_SRI_LANKA_WAR_REFUGEES?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_VENEZUELA_CHAVEZ?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important "revolutionary fighter" who supported the cause of the Palestinians.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:53:55 GMT By IAN JAMES http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_VENEZUELA_CHAVEZ?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_MINE_EXPLOSION?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BEIJING (AP) -- A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 37 people and trapping 71 others nearly a third of a mile under ground.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:43:47 GMT By CARA ANNA http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_MINE_EXPLOSION?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SCI_BIG_BANG_MACHINE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GENEVA (AP) -- Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago, circulating beams of protons in a significant leap forward for the Large Hadron Collider.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:34:04 GMT By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SCI_BIG_BANG_MACHINE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_BANGLADESH_CONJOINED_TWINS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- The mother who gave up conjoined Bangladeshi newborn twins for adoption said Saturday she is overjoyed the toddlers have been successfully separated and wants them to grow up in Australia.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:18:50 GMT By JULHAS ALAM http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_BANGLADESH_CONJOINED_TWINS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_KOREAS_BUDDHIST_CEREMONY?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continue civil exchange despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:46:45 GMT By KWANG-TAE KIM http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_KOREAS_BUDDHIST_CEREMONY?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_SHROUD_OF_TURIN?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ROME (AP) -- A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:24:16 GMT By ARIEL DAVID http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_SHROUD_OF_TURIN?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- An explosion struck the office of an aid organization in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, wounding a security guard, police said.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:08:36 GMT By RIAZ KHAN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_GALILEOS_FINGERS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ROME (AP) -- Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:53:24 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_GALILEOS_FINGERS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_CUBA_BLOGGER_DETAINED?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HAVANA (AP) -- The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:38:48 GMT By WILL WEISSERT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_CUBA_BLOGGER_DETAINED?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_DRUG_WAR_MEXICO?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social programs there to combat gangs.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:06:38 GMT By MARK STEVENSON http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_DRUG_WAR_MEXICO?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AUSTRALIA_CONJOINED_TWINS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- The mother of recently separated conjoined Bangladeshi twins does not want custody of the daughters she gave up for adoption and wants them to have new lives in Australia, newspapers reported Saturday.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:53:26 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AUSTRALIA_CONJOINED_TWINS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_ARGENTINA_FORCED_DNA?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina's Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA from people who may have been born to political prisoners slain a quarter-century ago - even when they don't want to know their birth parents.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:29:36 GMT By MAYRA PERTOSSI http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_ARGENTINA_FORCED_DNA?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_FLOODS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT COCKERMOUTH, England (AP) -- Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:22:18 GMT By SCOTT HEPPELL http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_FLOODS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLDS_CHILDREN?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW DELHI (AP) -- Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:11:16 GMT By RAVI NESSMAN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLDS_CHILDREN?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_UN_IRAN_RIGHTS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to halt the persecution of political opponents following the country's disputed presidential election and release those still detained.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:18:35 GMT By EDITH M. LEDERER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_UN_IRAN_RIGHTS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CN_CANADA_MCCAIN_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain predicted success in the Afghan war effort Friday if President Barack Obama makes a decision quickly to send the reinforcements requested by his top commander there.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:14:21 GMT By ROB GILLIES http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CN_CANADA_MCCAIN_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CN_CANADA_WAR_DESERTER?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT TORONTO (AP) -- A lesbian who deserted the U.S. military and fled to Canada must be given another chance to plead her case for refugee status, Canada's Federal Court ruled Friday.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:08:29 GMT By CHARMAINE NORONHA http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CN_CANADA_WAR_DESERTER?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAN_NUCLEAR?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BRUSSELS (AP) -- Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the opportunity to resolve the dispute.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:46:37 GMT By SLOBODAN LEKIC http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAN_NUCLEAR?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_MEXICO_MISSING_JOURNALIST?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist who wrote about organized crime.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:22:54 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_MEXICO_MISSING_JOURNALIST?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_OBAMA?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BEIJING (AP) -- Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:14:15 GMT By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_OBAMA?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDIA_TERROR_ANNIVERSARY?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MUMBAI, India (AP) -- The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:43:03 GMT By ERIKA KINETZ http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDIA_TERROR_ANNIVERSARY?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CN_US_GATES?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) -- The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan government, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:38:21 GMT By LOLITA C. BALDOR http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CN_US_GATES?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_PIRACY?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONDON (AP) -- A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom is not paid soon.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:34:39 GMT By DAVID STRINGER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_PIRACY?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_ALGERIA_SOCCER_ROW?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian soccer fans burned Algerian flags and rioted outside the Algerian Embassy in Cairo, smashing cars and shop windows, in an escalating row between the two countries over a bitter World Cup rivalry.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:31:45 GMT By OMAR SINAN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_ALGERIA_SOCCER_ROW?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SWEDEN_OBIT_SODERSTROM?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom, an international opera star, has died, her husband Sverker Olow says.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:28:47 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SWEDEN_OBIT_SODERSTROM?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_GUATEMALA_ADOPTIONS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Guatemalan officials on Friday announced the resumption of international adoptions after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being sold.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:58:41 GMT By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_GUATEMALA_ADOPTIONS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_STUDENT_SLAIN?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PERUGIA, Italy (AP) -- An American student accused of fatally stabbing her British roommate in Italy had a growing hatred for the victim and killed her in retaliation during a drug-fueled sex game, a prosecutor contended Friday in closing arguments at her murder trial.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:50:32 GMT By MARTA FALCONI http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_STUDENT_SLAIN?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_EU_TOP_JOBS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONDON (AP) -- Catherine Ashton: International woman of mystery.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:42:15 GMT By JILL LAWLESS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_EU_TOP_JOBS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AA_ANTARCTIC_CRUISE_SHIP?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian ship reached open water off Antarctica after struggling through a huge mass of sea ice for days, a Russian shipping company and a British travel agency said Friday.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:49:40 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AA_ANTARCTIC_CRUISE_SHIP?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_PALESTINIANS_ELECTIONS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone the January vote, though the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers maintain they will boycott the voting.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:23:18 GMT By DALIA NAMMARI http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_PALESTINIANS_ELECTIONS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_GORBACHEV?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MOSCOW (AP) -- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political comeback.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:37 GMT By MANSUR MIROVALEV http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_GORBACHEV?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_BRAZIL_PALESTINIANS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is joining his Palestinian counterpart in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:18 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_BRAZIL_PALESTINIANS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_UGANDA_CATTLE_RAIDS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Ugandan officials say the army has killed 34 tribesmen who were stealing cattle in Uganda's volatile northeastern region.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:54:28 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_UGANDA_CATTLE_RAIDS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_ROYAL_ANNIVERSARY?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONDON (AP) -- Buckingham Palace says the queen and her husband Prince Philip are celebrating 62 years of marriage quietly - without the fanfare of two years ago, when they marked their diamond anniversary.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:19:17 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_ROYAL_ANNIVERSARY?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_NIGHTMARE_DEATH?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONDON (AP) -- A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found innocent in her death.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:09:23 GMT By JENNIFER QUINN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_NIGHTMARE_DEATH?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BAGHDAD (AP) -- A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the country's fractious political blocs to resolve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:55:48 GMT By RYAN LUCAS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_SPACE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an interview published Friday.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:51 GMT By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_SPACE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_MED_VACCINE_PRICE_DROP?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:23:26 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_MED_VACCINE_PRICE_DROP?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_CONGO_BABY_GORILLAS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GOMA, Congo (AP) -- Conservationists say Congolese schoolchildren will soon be able to take a closer look at baby mountain gorillas.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:13:16 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_CONGO_BABY_GORILLAS?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_SATELLITE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said Friday, after Italy and Russia declined to put it into orbit.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:40:17 GMT By ALI AKBAR DAREINI http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_SATELLITE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_FRANCE_PARIS_SHOOTING?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PARIS (AP) -- Police say a man with an automatic rifle opened fire on a car near a Paris train station, killing one man and wounding two others.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:23:21 GMT By JEAN-PIERRE VERGES http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_FRANCE_PARIS_SHOOTING?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT KABUL (AP) -- A suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, while near Kabul a powerful former warlord narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, officials said.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:41:50 GMT By KATHY GANNON http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHAN_VIOLENCE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT KABUL (AP) -- Afghan police say Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, a parliamentarian and powerful former warlord, has narrowly escaped an assassination attempt near Kabul.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:44:43 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHAN_VIOLENCE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_SKOREA_MODEL_DEATH?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PARIS (AP) -- A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found hanged in her Paris apartment, a police official said Friday.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:09:42 GMT By JEAN-PIERRE VERGES http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_SKOREA_MODEL_DEATH?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_WAR_CRIMES_KARADZIC?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has appointed a British lawyer to represent Radovan Karadzic if the former Bosnian Serb leader continues to boycott his trial when it resumes in March, according to a document released Friday.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:47:27 GMT By MIKE CORDER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_WAR_CRIMES_KARADZIC?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLDS_CHILDREN_VIGNETTES?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT EDITOR'S NOTE - The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of children still suffer from violence, hunger and disease. Associated Press correspondents around the globe interviewed children who illustrate the remaining challenges, along with some victories.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:24:05 GMT By The Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLDS_CHILDREN_VIGNETTES?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT