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US strike takes out suspected militant hideout in Sadr City 3 May 08, 23:14 ET AP - The U.S. military fired guided missiles into the heart of Baghdad's teeming Sadr City slum on Saturday, leveling a building 55 yards away from a hospital and wounding nearly two dozen people. more Pot smokers light up in Toronto street march 3 May 08, 18:38 ET Reuters - Thousands of marijuana enthusiasts marched in downtown Toronto on Saturday, many openly smoking the drug as part of a globally coordinated rally meant to celebrate cannabis culture and push for the drug's legalization. more Malian official, sources: 5 dead in clash 3 May 08, 17:10 ET AP - Insurgents attacked an army convoy in northern Mali Saturday, violating a cease-fire and sparking a fire fight that left five people dead, a military official and area residents said. more US diplomat pushes for progress on Israel-Palestinian peace 3 May 08, 15:10 ET AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday she will ask Israel to remove more physical barriers erected in the West Bank as a bulwark against Palestinian militants. more Bolivia's Morales calm on autonomy vote 3 May 08, 15:06 ET AP - Bolivian President Evo Morales insists a broad autonomy declaration by the country's largest and richest state is "illegal," "anti-constitutional," and "dictatorial." more Despite high food prices, Haitians reluctant to head to US 3 May 08, 14:26 ET AP - When soaring food prices sparked deadly riots across Haiti, many expected that people along the cactus-studded northern coast would do what they traditionally do in times of crisis: take to the seas and head for the United States. more On Japan's secretive death row, inmate becomes cause celebre 3 May 08, 14:13 ET AP - Iwao Hakamada, Japan's longest serving death row inmate, has insisted for 40 years that he is innocent of the four murders he was convicted of. The evidence was suspect, he says, and his confession was coerced. more As Putin apprentice takes over, Russians weigh an enigma 3 May 08, 14:07 ET AP - It might be a tale out of a 19th century Russian storybook: A clerkish young lawyer apprenticed to a powerful man rises, through Byzantine political intrigue, to become ruler of Russia. more A first for Saudis: Mozart performed publicly and women come 3 May 08, 13:59 ET AP - It's probably as revolutionary and groundbreaking as Mozart gets these days. A German-based quartet staged Saudi Arabia's first-ever performance of European classical music in a public venue before a mixed gender audience. more Despite peace, Belfast walls are growing in size and number 3 May 08, 13:28 ET AP - Lee Young, 8, and Cein Quinn, 7, live barely 200 yards apart, but they have never met, and maybe never will. more US mulls sending 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan: report 3 May 08, 13:07 ET AFP - The United States is considering sending an extra 7,000 troops to Afghanistan next year to make up for a shortfall in contributions from NATO allies, The New York Times reported Saturday. more Russia must grab chance to beat AIDS epidemic: U.N. 3 May 08, 12:42 ET Reuters - Russia will undo good progress in combating HIV/AIDS and miss the chance to stem the epidemic if it does not offer more help to people who inject themselves with drugs, U.N. AIDS chief Peter Piot said on Saturday. more Hundreds of Palestinian troops take up positions in Jenin 3 May 08, 11:40 ET AP - Hundreds of flag-waving Palestinian troops took up positions in the former militant stronghold of Jenin on Saturday, part of President Mahmoud Abbas' attempt to assert control over once lawless West Bank towns and encourage an Israeli withdrawal. more China condemns Dalai Lama ahead of planned talks 3 May 08, 10:31 ET Reuters - Beijing called the Dalai Lama a criminal on Saturday, as representatives of the exiled Buddhist leader gathered for a meeting on Sunday in China to discuss the most serious unrest in Tibet for nearly two decades. more Zimbabwe opposition does not rule out presidential runoff 3 May 08, 10:09 ET AP - Zimbabwe's opposition on Saturday held out the possibility its leader would face President Robert Mugabe in a presidential runoff, but called on the nation's neighbors to verify the vote count from the first round. more Ronaldo magic takes United to verge of glory 3 May 08, 10:08 ET AFP - A Cristiano Ronaldo double helped Manchester United coast to a 4-1 win over West Ham that leaves them on the brink of retaining the Premier League title. more Southeast Asia says to cooperate over food security 3 May 08, 09:22 ET Reuters - Southeast Asia nations meeting in Bali agreed on Saturday to cooperate over the rice market, but stopped short of concrete measures to deal with rocketing prices of the region's staple in most meals. more Portugal still investigating little girl's disappearance 3 May 08, 08:04 ET AP - A year after Madeleine McCann vanished from a resort in southern Portugal, police are still gathering evidence into the British girl's disappearance, a top detective said Saturday. more Investigators to study incest father's old court records 3 May 08, 08:01 ET AP - Authorities investigating a man accused of holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering seven children with her are awaiting old court records the media say document a 1967 rape allegation. more Air raid hits Baghdad hospital, US says 14 fighters dead 3 May 08, 07:25 ET AFP - A US air strike damaged a hospital in the Iraqi capital's violent Shiite stronghold of Sadr City on Saturday, injuring 20 people, as American forces claimed to have killed 14 militiamen. more Yemeni troops clash with rebels after mosque attack 3 May 08, 07:13 ET AP - Clashes between rebels and Yemeni troops have resumed in the wake of a devastating bomb attack outside mosque that killed 18 worshippers, a government official said Saturday. more Giant chili market catches fire in India 3 May 08, 06:21 ET AP - A fire has broken out at one of India's largest chili markets, burning hundreds of thousands of pounds of chili peppers. more Olympic torch begins relay in Chinese casino city of Macau 3 May 08, 06:12 ET AP - Runners carried the Olympic torch past glitzy Las Vegas-style casinos and pastel colored colonial buildings on Saturday in the Chinese city of Macau - the world's most lucrative gambling center. more Amy Winehouse won't record Bond track 3 May 08, 06:12 ET AP - Producer Mark Ronson says he and Amy Winehouse have abandoned recording the theme to the latest James Bond film because the singer is not ready to work. more US military: US forces kill 8 Shiite militants in Baghdad 3 May 08, 06:08 ET AP - U.S. soldiers killed eight suspected Shiite militants in Baghdad, the military said Saturday, as clashes continued in the embattled Sadr City slum and surrounding militia strongholds. more Chinese, Dalai Lama officials to meet 3 May 08, 05:22 ET AP - Chinese media railed against the Dalai Lama and his supporters Saturday and pledged to crush any campaign seeking independence for Tibet, ahead of a meeting between Beijing and envoys of the exiled spiritual leader. more Power out as cyclone hits Myanmar's main city 3 May 08, 03:55 ET AFP - Severe tropical cyclone Nargis lashed Myanmar's main city Saturday, downing power lines and tearing rooves off houses as residents took shelter in their homes as they waited for the storm to pass. more Cuba puts first computers on sale to the public 3 May 08, 03:37 ET AP - Cubans are getting wired. The island's communist government put desktop computers on sale to the public for the first time Friday, ending a ban on PC sales as another despised restriction on daily life fell away under new President Raul Castro. more US fighter pilots contend with crowded airspace in Iraq 3 May 08, 03:27 ET AP - U.S. pilots flying missions over Iraq come to the region expecting a host of challenges, including swirling sandstorms and urban battlefields filled with a mix of enemies and civilians. more Japan war shrine film stirs free speech debate 3 May 08, 03:20 ET AP - Yasukuni war shrine is Japan's ultimate taboo subject. A symbol of the country's militaristic past, the shrine is revered by nationalists, despised by Japan's Asian neighbors, and rarely mentioned in public by anyone else. more Cyclone knocks out electricity in much of Yangon 3 May 08, 03:19 ET AP - A tropical cyclone packing 120-mile per hour winds ripped through Yangon early Saturday, tearing off roofs, uprooting trees and knocking out electricity in much of the country's commercial capital, an official said. more Cyclone slams into main Myanmar city, airport shut 3 May 08, 02:01 ET Reuters - A tropical cyclone slammed into Myanmar's main city on Saturday, ripping off roofs, felling trees and power lines and forcing the military authorities to close the airport. more

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