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Top terror suspect meets lawyer at Gitmo 25 Apr 08, 21:48 ET AP - A defense attorney met with suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for the first time at Guantanamo Bay, but the Pentagon-appointed lawyer said he could not reveal details because of "unnecessarily broad" military restrictions. more Malaysia's ex-PM Mahathir wants Iraq war leaders on war crimes charges 25 Apr 08, 20:43 ET AFP - Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has called for an international tribunal to try Western leaders with war crimes over the war in Iraq, a spokesman for the organisers said. more Animal rights groups urge EU to impose ban on seal products 25 Apr 08, 18:23 ET AP - Animal rights groups called Friday for the European Union to ban imports of seal products, saying the latest videos of animals being hunted off Canada's Atlantic coast show it's inhumane. more Iraq PM sets conditions to end crackdown 25 Apr 08, 17:00 ET AP - Iraq's prime minister has set four conditions for stopping a government-led crackdown against radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's militia and other illegally armed groups. more UN says young Iraqis increasingly recruited for violence 25 Apr 08, 16:45 ET AP - A United Nations representative urged political and religious leaders in Iraq on Friday to encourage children to renounce violence, saying that rising numbers of youth are being recruited into insurgent groups and militias. more Japan sees wave of suicides using detergent-produced gas 25 Apr 08, 14:34 ET AP - At least four people killed themselves Friday by inhaling fumes from a detergent mixed with other chemicals amid a wave of similar suicides that has reportedly claimed about 50 lives this month in Japan. more New US Embassy in Iraq has no housing for all its workers 25 Apr 08, 14:07 ET AP - The new U.S. Embassy complex does not have enough fortified living quarters for hundreds of diplomats and other workers, who must remain temporarily in trailers without special rooftop protection against mortars and rockets, government officials have told The Associated Press. more Russia threatens Georgia with force over separatists 25 Apr 08, 13:38 ET Reuters - Russia warned on Friday it could use military force to protect its "compatriots" in Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia if they were attacked. more U.S.-contracted ship fires warning shots in Gulf 25 Apr 08, 12:59 ET AP - A civilian ship working for the U.S. military fired warning shots at two small boats that approached it in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said Friday. more Syria denies US claims of a secret nuclear program 25 Apr 08, 12:36 ET AP - Syria's president scoffed at U.S. claims that his country was building a nuclear reactor at a site attacked by Israel seven months ago, according to excerpts of an interview published Friday. more Mexican official is fired after report of missing BlackBerrys 25 Apr 08, 12:25 ET AP - A press aide at the president's office has been dismissed following allegations that he took BlackBerrys belonging to U.S. officials at a summit in New Orleans, an official said Friday. more In turnabout, China says it will meet with Dalai Lama's envoys 25 Apr 08, 10:19 ET McClatchy Newspapers - BEIJING— In a sudden shift, China agreed Friday to meet with envoys of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader it accuses of instigating anti-government protests in Tibet last month in an effort to scuttle the Beijing Summer Olympics. more British prisoners enjoying 'cushy' life: prison officer 25 Apr 08, 09:54 ET AFP - Life in British prisons is so comfortable that inmates have given up trying to escape, a senior prison officers' representative said Friday. more US found date-stamped Iranian weapons in Iraq: report 25 Apr 08, 08:51 ET AFP - The US military says it has found Iranian-made mortars, rockets and explosives in Iraq bearing recent date stamps, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. more Dalai Lama welcomes Chinese offer for talks 25 Apr 08, 08:46 ET AFP - The Dalai Lama on Friday welcomed China's offer to meet his envoy for talks after weeks of protests over Tibet and his spokesman repeated calls from the exiled spiritual leader for dialogue with Beijing. more China to meet Dalai Lama aides amid Tibet tension 25 Apr 08, 07:53 ET Reuters - China is to hold talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism whom it blames for a wave of unrest, state media reported on Friday, as the Olympic flame arrived in Japan. more India and Iran: Getting Friendly? 25 Apr 08, 04:05 ET Time.com - By hosting President Ahmadinejad, India's government is signaling its independence from its U.S. ally more Chinese good Samaritan saves lives on Nanjing Bridge 25 Apr 08, 04:00 ET The Christian Science Monitor - The woman was still wearing her kitchen apron when Chen Si spotted her on the Nanjing Bridge. more Israeli ex-soldiers expose abuse of Palestinians 25 Apr 08, 04:00 ET The Christian Science Monitor - Doron Efrati was assigned to the Kfir Brigade, part of an infantry battalion that was especially created to serve in the West Bank following the outbreak of the second intifada. more With violence down, Iraqis flock to revitalized Baghdad Zoo 25 Apr 08, 03:24 ET AP - Families stroll the park's sidewalks and picnic in the shade as laughing children clamor to see the main attraction - lions once owned by Saddam Hussein's son, Odai. more Israeli military says 2 Israelis dead in shooting 25 Apr 08, 02:12 ET AP - A Palestinian militant shot and killed two Israeli security guards early Friday in a factory on the border between Israel and the West Bank, the Israeli military said. more Official: Argentine economy minister out 25 Apr 08, 01:27 ET AP - Argentina's economy minister has resigned in the first major departure from President Cristina Fernandez's four-month-old administration, a government official said Friday. more

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