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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:46:16 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_FLOODS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AUSTRALIA_SCIENTOLOGY?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- A man who blames the Church of Scientology for his brother's suicide added his voice Monday to calls for an Australia Senate inquiry into the religion.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:27:27 GMT By ROD McGUIRK http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AUSTRALIA_SCIENTOLOGY?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PHILIPPINES_HOSTAGES_KILLED?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippine army says it has found 21 bodies in the country's restive south after gunmen hijacked a convoy of politicians and supporters filing their nominations for next year's elections.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:22:38 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PHILIPPINES_HOSTAGES_KILLED?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_FRANCE_NAVY_SHIP?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- A French navy ship of the type that Russia hopes to buy arrived Monday for a visit to St. Petersburg, fueling concern in Georgia and other ex-Soviet nations that it may be used to intimidate its neighbors.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:14:03 GMT By IRINA TITOVA http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_FRANCE_NAVY_SHIP?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT KABUL (AP) -- Four U.S. service members were killed in the past 24 hours in Afghanistan, NATO forces said Monday.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:31 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_DISSIDENT?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese court on Monday sentenced to three years in prison a veteran dissident who had criticized the government's response to a 2008 earthquake that killed about 90,000 people.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:36:05 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_DISSIDENT?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ROMANIA_PRESIDENTIAL_ELECTIONS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Romania's centrist president will face a socialist former foreign minister in a Dec. 6 runoff election, partial results showed Monday, in a race key to helping the country emerge from a political and economic crisis.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:18:56 GMT By ALISON MUTLER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ROMANIA_PRESIDENTIAL_ELECTIONS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PHILIPPINES_FATAL_SHOOTING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Philippine police searched for an American who escaped after allegedly killing a government official's son in a road-rage shooting - the second homicide case against him, officials said Monday.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:10:47 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PHILIPPINES_FATAL_SHOOTING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_US_SPY_REPORT?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BEIJING (AP) -- Beijing on Monday criticized a U.S. government report that said Chinese spies are aggressively stealing American secrets, saying the report was "full of prejudice" and warning that it could damage US-China relations.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:58:47 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_US_SPY_REPORT?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_MINE_EXPLOSION?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HEGANG, China (AP) -- Grieving family members demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:49:14 GMT By CARA ANNA http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_MINE_EXPLOSION?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_INCINERATOR_PROTEST?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GUANGZHOU, China (AP) -- Hundreds of residents protested Monday against the planned construction of a trash incinerator in the southern boomtown city of Guangzhou, a news report said.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:11:47 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_INCINERATOR_PROTEST?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AUSTRALIA_KANGAROO_ATTACK?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- An Australian man was in stable condition Monday after being slashed across the abdomen and face by a kangaroo that was holding his dog underwater.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:38:39 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AUSTRALIA_KANGAROO_ATTACK?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_BRAZIL_IRAN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seeking a new source of legitimacy while making his first visit to Brazil, a nation that maintains close ties to the U.S., Israel and other countries trying to halt Iran's nuclear push.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:00:15 GMT By BRADLEY BROOKS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_BRAZIL_IRAN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AUSTRALIA_US_SAILOR_CLEARED?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SYDNEY (AP) -- A U.S. Navy serviceman was found not guilty Monday of sexually assaulting a prostitute at a brothel while on shore leave in Australia's biggest city.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:54:45 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AUSTRALIA_US_SAILOR_CLEARED?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_ANTARCTICA_TREK?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Eight women set out Monday from their base camp on Antarctica to ski to the South Pole in a trek to mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth grouping of 53 former British colonies.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:46:48 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_ANTARCTICA_TREK?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_MEXICO_BYE_BYE_BARGIRL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mirna Torres salsas with a gray-bearded man for $1.50 a dance in the Barba Azul, a dark yet garish cabaret decorated like an erotic carnival fun house.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:32 GMT By DAVID W. KOOP http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_MEXICO_BYE_BYE_BARGIRL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDONESIA_FERRY_SINKS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescuers returned to choppy waters off Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday to search for 21 passengers still missing after a ferry sank in a storm. Officials say 254 survivors were pulled from the sea and at least 29 other people drowned.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:20:17 GMT By ALI KOTARUMALOS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDONESIA_FERRY_SINKS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CN_CANADA_AFGHAN_DETAINEES?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) -- Canada's top general said Sunday the transfer of prisoners to Afghan authorities has been halted more than once due to concerns detainees would be tortured.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:59:15 GMT By ROB GILLIES http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CN_CANADA_AFGHAN_DETAINEES?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_BERMUDA_JAILED_TOURIST?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) -- Bermuda's highest court has struck down the conviction of a Florida woman who accidentally brought the ammunition magazine from her gun to the British island territory.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:20:49 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_BERMUDA_JAILED_TOURIST?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_WAR_GAMES?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military strike by Israel.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:45:10 GMT By NASSER KARIMI http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_WAR_GAMES?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AUSTRALIA_ASYLUM_SEEKERS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum seekers were separated at an island immigration detention center after a riot left 37 injured, an official said Monday.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:55:46 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AUSTRALIA_ASYLUM_SEEKERS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_HONDURAS_COUP?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- The coup last summer in this tiny, Central American country blew up into an international incident, with thousands of Hondurans taking to the streets while everyone from Barack Obama to Fidel Castro lined up behind ousted President Manuel Zelaya.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:43:48 GMT By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_HONDURAS_COUP?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ_US_CASUALTIES?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in action in Iraq.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:19:57 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ_US_CASUALTIES?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_ALGERIA_RIVALRY?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CAIRO (AP) -- Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:25:53 GMT By JASON KEYSER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_ALGERIA_RIVALRY?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLIMATE_HACKED_E_MAILS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONDON (AP) -- A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online said Sunday the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's global climate summit in Denmark.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:17:32 GMT By DAVID STRINGER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLIMATE_HACKED_E_MAILS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_VENEZUELA_COLOMBIA?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela has no interest in talking directly to Colombia to end a monthslong crisis but would support an effort by other South American nations to broker a solution, a top government official said Sunday.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:15:43 GMT By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_VENEZUELA_COLOMBIA?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CN_CANADA_FACEBOOK_INSURANCE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BROMONT, Quebec (AP) -- A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:20:53 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CN_CANADA_FACEBOOK_INSURANCE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ_SADDAMS_SUPPORTERS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BAGHDAD (AP) -- A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:15:54 GMT By HAMZA HENDAWI http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ_SADDAMS_SUPPORTERS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_VENEZUELA_MORE_WEAPONS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez is hailing the forthcoming arrival of 300 Russian-made tanks and armored vehicles, and urging civilians to join government-organized militias to be ready to defend Venezuela from a foreign invasion.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:53:54 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_VENEZUELA_MORE_WEAPONS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLIMATE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT COPENHAGEN (AP) -- Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials said Sunday.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:49:52 GMT By JAN OLSEN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLIMATE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_IRAQ?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONDON (AP) -- Leaked British government documents call into question ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the buildup to the Iraq war and show plans for the U.S.-led 2003 invasion were being made more than a year earlier, a newspaper reported Sunday.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:42:42 GMT By DAVID STRINGER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_IRAQ?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_PALESTINIAN_NUN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NAZARETH, Israel (AP) -- A Palestinian nun who co-founded a charity dedicated to educating Arab girls on Sunday took an important step toward sainthood.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:34:05 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_PALESTINIAN_NUN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_OBIT_FEOKTISTOV?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in the history of the Soviet space program, has died at the age of 83.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:07:28 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_OBIT_FEOKTISTOV?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_ELECTIONS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran released a former vice president on a $700,000 bail Sunday after his lawyer said he had been sentenced to six years in prison in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the post-election unrest.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:00:39 GMT By ALI AKBAR DAREINI http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_ELECTIONS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BAGHDAD (AP) -- Three jailed suspects in Oct. 25 bombings that killed more than 150 people in Iraq said they filmed the targeted buildings before the attack and escorted the car bombs in a convoy into Baghdad, according to confessions shown on Iraqi television Sunday.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:57:29 GMT By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_UGANDA_VENEZUELA?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Ugandan officials were offended Sunday after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wondered out loud whether Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was truly as brutal as he was reputed to be.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:48:37 GMT By GODFREY OLUKYA http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_UGANDA_VENEZUELA?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_PALESTINIANS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:42:27 GMT By JOSEF FEDERMAN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_PALESTINIANS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_ALGERIA_GUANTANAMO_ACQUITTALS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- An Algerian court on Sunday acquitted two former detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who were returned home to face charges of links to terrorism, their defense lawyer said.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:35:47 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_ALGERIA_GUANTANAMO_ACQUITTALS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_ISRAEL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's president on Sunday criticized Israeli construction in east Jerusalem, telling his Israeli counterpart that settlement activity in the disputed sector of the holy city threatens to anger the entire Muslim world.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:56 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_ISRAEL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT KHAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani troops killed nearly 40 suspected militants Sunday in a series of operations in northwestern tribal areas near the Afghan border, officials said.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:10:47 GMT By ANWARULLAH KHAN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_NIRELAND_IRA_DISSIDENTS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT DUBLIN (AP) -- Irish Republican Army dissidents left a 400-pound (180-kilogram) car bomb outside police reform headquarters in Belfast but the homemade device failed to detonate, Northern Ireland's police commander said Sunday.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:28:15 GMT By SHAWN POGATCHNIK http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_NIRELAND_IRA_DISSIDENTS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDIA_DALAI_LAMA_OBAMA?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW DELHI (AP) -- The Dalai Lama defended President Barack Obama from criticism that he has been too soft on China, saying Sunday that the U.S. leader just has a different approach to dealing with the Asian giant.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:46:46 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDIA_DALAI_LAMA_OBAMA?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_LIBERIA_FUNERAL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Hundreds of people jammed into a Monrovia church to mourn a Liberian United Nations worker killed in an October attack by Taliban gunmen in Afghanistan's capital.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:42:38 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_LIBERIA_FUNERAL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDIA_BLASTS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GAUHATI, India (AP) -- Suspected militants set off two bombs outside a police station in India's restive northeast on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding more than 50, police said.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:54:30 GMT By WASBIR HUSSAIN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDIA_BLASTS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDIA_TERROR_ANNIVERSARY?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&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.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:15:53 GMT By ERIKA KINETZ http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDIA_TERROR_ANNIVERSARY?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLIMATE_09_HOT_AIR?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT KONSTANTINOVKA, Ukraine (AP) -- Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:15:09 GMT By ARTHUR MAX http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLIMATE_09_HOT_AIR?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STALINS_GRANDSON?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON, Conn. (AP) -- Newly arrived in Moscow on his first foreign assignment, Associated Press correspondent George Krimsky sensed he had a sensational Cold War scoop on his hands and he pounced.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:14:03 GMT By LARRY HEINZERLING http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STALINS_GRANDSON?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN_KHANS_ROAD?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT KABUL (AP) -- Khalid Khan stares through the dusty window pane, down across the rooftops of the capital, and wonders if they really know where he lives.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:01:13 GMT By TODD PITMAN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN_KHANS_ROAD?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_VENEZUELA_CUBA_FIDEL_CASTRO?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:50:10 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_VENEZUELA_CUBA_FIDEL_CASTRO?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT