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Ecuador could suspend US accords 20 Apr 08, 23:10 ET AP - Ecuador could suspend some military accords with the United States to block what it calls U.S. ideological influence in its armed forces, Defense Minister Javier Ponce said Sunday. more On Tibet, the torch and Dick Pound 20 Apr 08, 22:57 ET McClatchy Newspapers - Utterly contradictory stories are emerging about how long Tibet will remain shut down to tourists. more Paraguay ruling-party candidate concedes to ex-bishop 20 Apr 08, 21:18 ET AP - The ruling-party candidate in Paraguay's presidential election has conceded to defeat, signaling the end of six decades of one-party rule and handing victory to former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo. more Dutch plan to shift coffeeshops worries neighbors 20 Apr 08, 20:45 ET Reuters - Sitting among the mellow smokers in a coffeeshop in Maastricht it is easy to forget that a plan to relocate half of the cannabis-selling outlets to the city limits has aroused fury. more Report: Syria, Israel trade messages on possible peace talks 20 Apr 08, 20:11 ET AP - Syrian President Bashar Assad said Sunday he has exchanged messages with Israel through a third party to explore the possibility of resuming peace talks, the country's official news agency reported. more German postal workers hold warning strikes over pay 20 Apr 08, 19:48 ET Reuters - German postal workers began staging warning strikes early on Monday to raise pressure on Deutsche Post in a dispute over pay, trade union Verdi said. more UN chief warns world must urgently increase food production 20 Apr 08, 19:48 ET AP - The U.N. chief warned Sunday that the world must urgently increase food production to ease skyrocketing prices and pledged to set up a task force on a crisis threatening to destabilize developing nations. more US military deaths in Iraq at 4,039 20 Apr 08, 19:05 ET AP - As of Sunday, April 20, 2008, at least 4,039 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,295 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. more Ex-bishop leads Paraguay presidential vote 20 Apr 08, 19:00 ET Reuters - Opposition leader and former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo led Paraguay's presidential election on Sunday and appeared poised to end more than 60 years of one-party rule, exit polls and early results showed. more Spanish fishing boat seized by pirates off coast of Somalia 20 Apr 08, 18:16 ET AFP - A Spanish tuna fishing boat carrying a crew of 26 was seized on Sunday by pirates off the Somali coast, Spain's foreign ministry said, adding no one was injured in the attack. more Pummeled with palm fronds 20 Apr 08, 18:15 ET McClatchy Newspapers - There's nothing that says "Peace on earth and good will towards men" quite like pummeling police with palm fronds in the church where tradition says Jesus rose from the dead. more Rice praises Maliki after Sadr calls for an open ended war 20 Apr 08, 17:18 ET McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD_ U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Baghdad Sunday for an unannounced visit one day after the Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr threatened an all-out war against the Iraqi government. more Seven-time snooker champion Hendry facing shock defeat 20 Apr 08, 17:15 ET AFP - Seven-time winner Stephen Hendry is in danger of a shock first-round exit at the world championships after slipping 6-3 behind in his best-of-19 frame opener against Mark Allen. more Taliban says killed Dutch soldiers over film 20 Apr 08, 16:43 ET Reuters - The Taliban said a deadly attack on Dutch soldiers in Afghanistan was in retaliation for an anti-Islamic film made by a politician from the Netherlands, a U.S. terrorism monitoring service said on Sunday. more Report: Britain seeks to abolish male royal succession law 20 Apr 08, 16:41 ET AP - The British government is seeking to abolish an 18th century royal succession law that requires the daughter of a monarch to make way for her younger brother, a Sunday newspaper reported. more India's president to meet with Chilean counterpart 20 Apr 08, 16:32 ET AFP - Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil is due in Chile Monday to meet with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and sign a series of cooperation agreements, officials in Santiago said. more UN's Ban to visit Liberia as blue helmets prepare pullout 20 Apr 08, 16:30 ET AFP - United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon visits Liberia Monday at a time when the UN's biggest peacekeeping mission starts accelerating its pullout from the west African state. more Cuban migrants make landfall in Honduras 20 Apr 08, 16:27 ET AP - A group of 16 undocumented Cuban migrants has landed in Honduras after two weeks at sea, an immigration official said Sunday. more Bob and Doug Mackenzie revived in cartoon 20 Apr 08, 15:51 ET Reuters - Global Television has acquired a cartoon based on the beer-addled Second City Television characters Bob and Doug Mackenzie, played by Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis. It will debut next year. more Christians clash at Jesus' tomb on Orthodox Palm Sunday 20 Apr 08, 15:49 ET AP - Dozens of Greek and Armenian priests and worshippers exchanged blows at one of Christianity's holiest shrines on Orthodox Palm Sunday, and used palm fronds to pummel police who tried to break up the brawl. more Vatican cardinal who led campaign against abortion dies 20 Apr 08, 15:29 ET AP - Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, a Colombian prelate who helped lead the Vatican's campaign against abortion and insisted condoms do not prevent HIV transmission, has died, one of his assistants said Sunday. He was 72. more 2 bombs explode in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon 20 Apr 08, 15:11 ET AP - Two bombs exploded Sunday in the largest city of the military-ruled country, witnesses said, but no casualties were immediately reported. more Report: Russia closes down plutonium producing reactor 20 Apr 08, 14:58 ET AP - Russia closed down a plutonium producing reactor Sunday, a Russian news agency reported, marking a milestone in U.S. nuclear nonproliferation efforts. more Australia 'ideas summit' yields wide-ranging proposals 20 Apr 08, 14:11 ET AP - Celebrities, activists and politicians put forward dozens of proposals for the country's future on Sunday, ranging from a health agency funded by a junk food tax to incentives for Australians to work in rural communities. more Two blasts hit downtown Yangon: police and witnesses 20 Apr 08, 14:09 ET AFP - Two small blasts hit military-ruled Myanmar's economic hub Yangon on Sunday, damaging cars in the downtown area but causing no injuries, police and witnesses said. more Tigers accuse Sri Lanka of killing priest, bombing civilians 20 Apr 08, 14:00 ET AFP - Sri Lankan forces Sunday killed a Roman Catholic priest inside rebel-held territory, Tiger guerrillas said as the defence ministry reported 16 more deaths in fresh violence. more Official: Carter briefs Jordan's king on Hamas meetings 20 Apr 08, 13:44 ET AP - Former President Carter briefed Jordan's king Sunday on his controversial talks with the exiled militant Hamas leader, a Royal Palace official said. more Prince William lands chopper in girlfriend Kate's backyard 20 Apr 08, 13:17 ET AP - Prince William landed an air force helicopter at the home of his girlfriend's parents during a training flight, Britain's Defence Ministry said Sunday. more Zimbabwe opposition: 10 people die in postelection violence 20 Apr 08, 13:12 ET AP - An opposition leader said Sunday that 10 people have been killed in violence since last month's disputed presidential election and 3,000 families have been forced from their homes. more Boy flees Islamic school that makes beggars of African kids 20 Apr 08, 12:45 ET AP - On the day he decided to run away, 9-year-old Coli awoke on a filthy mat. more Turkey under fire over laws banning insults to "Turkishness" 20 Apr 08, 12:39 ET AP - "Happy is he who says: 'I am a Turk.'" more More than 80 die in Mogadishu fighting: rights group 20 Apr 08, 12:18 ET Reuters - Somali Islamist insurgents and government troops exchanged mortar fire on Sunday and a prominent human rights group said 81 people had been killed in the past 24 hours in some of the heaviest clashes in months. more Israeli troops may have targeted Gaza newsman: watchdog 20 Apr 08, 11:57 ET AFP - A Palestinian cameraman killed by tank fire in the Gaza Strip along with five other civilians this week may have been deliberately targeted by Israeli forces, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday. more Fresh anti-Western protests rock China 20 Apr 08, 11:04 ET AFP - Fresh anti-Western protests broke out in China Sunday with angry demonstrators targeting US broadcaster CNN and French store Carrefour in rows over perceived bias, Tibet and the Beijing Olympics. more Zimbabwe sees fresh vote delay as violence rises 20 Apr 08, 11:04 ET Reuters - Zimbabwe announced a delay in the partial recount of its disputed March 29 election on Sunday, extending a political deadlock in which the opposition says 10 of its members have been killed and hundreds arrested. more Aston Villa crush Birmingham in derby goal-feast 20 Apr 08, 10:18 ET AFP - Ashley Young was the inspiration for Aston Villa as they thrashed city rivals Birmingham 5-1 at Villa Park here on Sunday, leaving the visitors in dire relegation trouble. more Death toll now 6 in attack that killed Reuters man 20 Apr 08, 10:16 ET Reuters - Two Palestinian teenagers died on Sunday of wounds sustained in an apparent Israeli attack that killed a Reuters cameraman in the Gaza Strip last week, raising the total death toll in the incident to six, medics said. more Police break up unholy brawl in revered Jerusalem church 20 Apr 08, 09:30 ET AFP - Israeli police rushed into Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre to break up fist fights between dozens of Greek and Armenian worshippers on Orthodox Palm Sunday, witnesses said. more Afghan ministry denies evidence of depleted uranium 20 Apr 08, 08:53 ET Reuters - The Afghan Public Health Ministry denied on Sunday a media report that there was evidence of nuclear contamination in the Tora Bora mountains of eastern Afghanistan. more Iranian, Afghan forces clash at southwestern border 20 Apr 08, 08:38 ET AP - Afghan police clashed with Iranian forces at the southwestern border between the two countries, leaving one civilian dead and two Iranian officers wounded, officials said Sunday. more MoD defends Prince William over chopper manoeuvre 20 Apr 08, 08:31 ET AFP - Prince William was defended by the Ministry of Defence Sunday after landing a Royal Air Force helicopter at his girlfriend's house during a training session. more US holds German at military base in Afghanistan 20 Apr 08, 08:12 ET AFP - A German of Afghan origin has been held at a US military base near Kabul after allegedly entering the facility without proper authorisation, a German foreign ministry spokesman said at the weekend. more Israeli air strike kills militant in Gaza: medics 20 Apr 08, 07:59 ET Reuters - An Israeli air strike killed one Hamas militant and wounded five in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Islamist group and medics said. more Deadly Israeli raids follow daring Gaza crossing attack 20 Apr 08, 07:32 ET AFP - Israeli forces carried out deadly air strikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, a day after Hamas militants detonated explosives-laden vehicles at a border crossing, wounding 13 soldiers. more Protesters target Indonesian sect 20 Apr 08, 06:57 ET AP - Several thousand Islamic hard-liners protested Sunday in Indonesia's capital calling for a ban on a Muslim sect they consider heretical. more Nepal threatens 'gunfire' against torch protesters on Everest 20 Apr 08, 05:57 ET AFP - Authorities in Nepal said Sunday they had deployed security forces on their side of Mount Everest and could use gunfire against pro-Tibet protesters when China takes the Olympic torch to the summit. more Iran minister in parting shot on Ahmadinejad 20 Apr 08, 05:29 ET AFP - Iran's outgoing economy minister has revealed that he opposed many of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's economic policies despite serving almost three years in his government, a magazine reported on Sunday. more Bhutto widower hints at Musharraf challenge 20 Apr 08, 05:14 ET AFP - The widower of Pakistani ex-premier Benazir Bhutto says his party will consider challenging President Pervez Musharraf once it musters the numbers needed to oust him. more Olympic flame arrives in Malaysia; to be heavily guarded 20 Apr 08, 04:45 ET AP - The Olympic flame arrived in Malaysia on Sunday ahead of a relay in which it will be guarded by 1,000 police watching for protests against China's Tibet crackdown and human rights record. more China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue 20 Apr 08, 04:42 ET AP - China appeared to be trying to rein in a growing nationalistic fervor, urging its citizens to be "calm" and "rational" in the face of anti-Western protests against French retailer Carrefour that spread Sunday to more cities across the country. more Gunmen kidnap wife of Nigerian oil worker: military 20 Apr 08, 04:38 ET AFP - Nigerian kidnappers have kidnapped the wife of a senior oil worker in Port Harcourt, the hub of the country's oil industry, a military spokesman said Sunday. more Iran foreign ministry backs Ahmadinejad Sept 11 doubts 20 Apr 08, 04:26 ET AFP - Iran's foreign ministry on Sunday backed the doubts expressed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejed about the accepted version of the September 11, 2001 attacks, saying there were "many ambiguities." more Brown: the 'clunking fist' on the ropes 20 Apr 08, 04:24 ET AFP - The man once described as the "big clunking fist" of British politics is on the ropes. Just 10 months into the job, Prime Minister Gordon Brown is facing mounting attacks on his premiership. more 9 killed when bus carrying Finnish tourist crases in Spain 20 Apr 08, 03:54 ET AP - The death toll from the crash of a bus filled with Finnish tourists in southern Spain rose to nine, the Finnish Foreign Ministry said Sunday. more Ex-bishop aims to become Paraguayan president 20 Apr 08, 03:54 ET AP - One candidate is a former bishop who casts himself as a Paraguayan David fighting a "monstrous Goliath" in a bid to end 61 years of one-party rule. His rival wants to become the nation's first female president. more Green funerals make for eco-exits 20 Apr 08, 03:53 ET AP - It's no longer enough to live a greener life - now people are being encouraged to be environmentally friendly when they leave the Earth too. more Israel kills 7 Hamas militants after attack on Gaza crossing 20 Apr 08, 03:52 ET AP - Israel killed seven Hamas militants in a series of airstrikes after the group detonated two jeeps packed with hundreds of kilograms of explosives at an Israeli crossing on the Gaza border. more Key facts on Paraguay's presidential vote 20 Apr 08, 03:40 ET AP - Key facts about Paraguay's general election. more Eleven kidnapped north of Baghdad: police 20 Apr 08, 03:39 ET Reuters - Nine university students and their driver were kidnapped on Sunday near Baquba, north of Baghdad, when gunmen stopped their vehicle at a fake checkpoint, police said. more Nepal authorizes deadly force to stop Olympic torch protests 20 Apr 08, 02:38 ET AP - Nepalese soldiers and police guarding the slopes of Mount Everest are authorized to shoot to stop any protests during China's Olympic torch run to the summit, an official said Sunday. more Israeli air raid kills Hamas militant in Gaza: medics 20 Apr 08, 02:28 ET AFP - One Hamas militant was killed and five were wounded early on Sunday in an Israeli air strike east of Gaza City, Palestinian medical sources said. more Search expands for Chinese fishermen 20 Apr 08, 00:53 ET AP - Rescue officials expanded their search Sunday for 18 Chinese fishermen still missing after tropical storm Neoguri brushed over southern Hainan island this weekend. more Rights group: Israel must investigate cameraman's death 20 Apr 08, 00:02 ET AP - Israel must investigate the death of a television cameraman and three others who were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, a leading human rights group said Saturday. more

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