http://hosted.ap.org/ AP Top International News At 3:23 a.m. EST &copy; 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our <a href="http://apdigitalnews.com/privacy.html">Privacy Policy</a>. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_MUMBAI_ATTACKS?SITE=WYCHE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ROME (AP) -- Italy's ANSA news agency reports that police in the northern city of Brescia have arrested two Pakistanis accused of logistical support for last year's terror attacks in Mumbai.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:52:17 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_MUMBAI_ATTACKS?SITE=WYCHE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_SRI_LANKA_WAR_REFUGEES?SITE=WYCHE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka (AP) -- An senior Sri Lankan official says all ethnic-minority Tamil detainees will be freed from government camps Dec. 1.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:23:38 GMT By ERANGA JAYAWARDENA http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_SRI_LANKA_WAR_REFUGEES?SITE=WYCHE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN?SITE=WYCHE&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=WYCHE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_MINE_EXPLOSION?SITE=WYCHE&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=WYCHE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_KOREAS_BUDDHIST_CEREMONY?SITE=WYCHE&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=WYCHE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_BANGLADESH_CONJOINED_TWINS?SITE=WYCHE&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=WYCHE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_VENEZUELA_CHAVEZ?SITE=WYCHE&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=WYCHE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHAN_EMBATTLED_POLICE?SITE=WYCHE&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 07:54:32 GMT By ELENA BECATOROS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHAN_EMBATTLED_POLICE?SITE=WYCHE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_SHROUD_OF_TURIN?SITE=WYCHE&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=WYCHE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT