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Thousands march to demand EU protection for Iraqi Christians 19 Apr 08, 23:36 ET AP - Thousands of people demonstrated outside EU headquarters Saturday to demand protection for Christians in Iraq, saying they were increasingly being targeted in attacks. more US not scaling back demands on North Korea: Bush 19 Apr 08, 22:12 ET AFP - US President George W. Bush Saturday disputed suggestions that he was scaling back demands on North Korea over its nuclear program, and said he would not accept a deal that goes against the region's interests. more Hamas: Carter holds 2nd meeting with chief in Syria 19 Apr 08, 21:41 ET AP - Defying U.S. and Israeli warnings, former President Carter met again on Saturday with the exiled leader of the militant Hamas group and his deputy. more Chinese hold pro-Olympic protests in Europe, US 19 Apr 08, 20:23 ET AFP - Several thousand Chinese rallied Saturday in Paris, Britain, Berlin and Los Angeles in support of their country and against allegedly biased media coverage of the Olympic torch relay and unrest in Tibet. more French Resistance fighter Germaine Tillion dies at 100 19 Apr 08, 19:54 ET AP - Germaine Tillion, a French World War II Resistance fighter and celebrated anthropologist, died Saturday, her association said. She was 100. more Smoke cloud engulfs Argentine capital for 5th day 19 Apr 08, 19:31 ET Reuters - A thick cloud of smoke covered Buenos Aires for a fifth day on Saturday, the fallout from field burning by ranchers that has forced the closure of highways, flight delays and traffic congestion. more Titanic ticket belonging to last US survivor auctioned 19 Apr 08, 17:51 ET AP - A ticket for the Titanic's ill-fated voyage that belonged to the last survivor with memories of the disaster sold to a collector from the United States at a British auction Saturday. more Sadr threatens open war against U.S., Iraq 19 Apr 08, 16:59 ET McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD_ Renegade cleric Muqtada al Sadr on Saturday issued a "final warning" to the Iraqi government, threatening an open-ended "war until liberation" if U.S. and Iraqi troops don't stop their offensive against followers of his militant Shiite Muslim movement. more 'Dictator' ad stirs anger in Mexico 19 Apr 08, 16:55 ET AP - A television spot comparing a leftist leader to Adolf Hitler over a blockade of Congress has infuriated his followers, who condemned the ad on Saturday and demanded it be withdrawn. more Changing Cuba: Monster buses vanish from Havana streets 19 Apr 08, 14:05 ET AP - First comes the stink of diesel, then a metallic roar, and finally a tower of black smoke that tells you the "camello" - the camel - has reached your stop. more In hungry Haiti, handouts only go so far 19 Apr 08, 13:45 ET AP - Hundreds of Haitians stood in long lines Saturday, just as others had walked for hours throughout the week to receive the U.N. and regional food aid pouring into the country after a spate of deadly riots. more US, Iraq forces build wall through militia bastion 19 Apr 08, 13:37 ET AFP - US and Iraqi forces are building a wall through the capital's Shiite bastion of Sadr City in a bid to stop militiamen firing rockets, as fresh clashes there killed 13 people on Saturday. more Bureaucracy's victim: 50 years for a crime that never was 19 Apr 08, 12:51 ET AP - Age may have slowed him, but P.P. James wakes up early every day to head into the fields and harvest rice. more Pakistan's ambassador held by Taliban: TV 19 Apr 08, 10:11 ET Reuters - Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, who went missing in February in the Khyber region, appeared on Arabic television on Saturday saying he was being held by the Taliban and urged Islamabad to meet their demands. more Pakistani ambassador to Afghanistan: 'I was kidnapped' 19 Apr 08, 09:00 ET AP - Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan appeared on a video aired Saturday by an Arab satellite channel, saying he was kidnapped by Taliban militants more than two months ago. more Spain's pregnant defense minister in Afghanistan 19 Apr 08, 08:06 ET AP - Spain's first female defense minister, Carme Chacon, arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday to visit peacekeeping troops, a ministry spokesman said. more Rare liver disease kills 10 Afghans; wheat blamed 19 Apr 08, 06:50 ET AP - As many as 10 people have died in western Afghanistan from a rare liver disease believed to be caused by contaminated wheat, officials said Saturday. more Anti-French protests erupt in China 19 Apr 08, 04:55 ET AFP - Hundreds of Chinese citizens protested on Saturday in Beijing and several other cities across China against France's attitude towards Tibet and the Olympic Games, according to police and witnesses. more Conference ponders Beijing Olympics challenge for reporters 19 Apr 08, 03:12 ET AP - Secret police tails. Reprimands or perhaps even expulsion for writing about topics sensitive for the Chinese Communist Party. Propaganda apparatchiks working overtime to stifle negative news. more

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