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Australian torch runner pulls out of Olympic relay 21 Apr 08, 22:48 ET AFP - A social justice campaigner has pulled out of the troubled Olympic torch relay's Australian leg because of her concerns about human rights abuses in the Chinese territory of Tibet. more Japan lawmakers visit Tokyo war shrine 21 Apr 08, 22:23 ET AP - Dozens of Japanese lawmakers paid respects Tuesday at a war shrine seen by Asian neighbors as an antagonistic symbol of Tokyo's militaristic past, one day after leaders of Japan and South Korea urged an end to disputes over their history. more Torch arrives in Jakarta amid tight security 21 Apr 08, 21:43 ET Reuters - The Olympic torch arrived in Jakarta amid tight security on Tuesday as authorities prepared for a relay in a sports stadium in the Indonesian capital, the head of the local organizing committee said. more Tibet becomes an international matter 21 Apr 08, 21:34 ET McClatchy Newspapers - At nearly every press briefing by the Foreign Ministry lately, foreign journalists are told: Tibet is China’s internal matter. It is not an international issue. more US, France draft UN resolution to battle pirates off Somalia 21 Apr 08, 20:54 ET AP - The United States and France are drafting a U.N. resolution that would allow countries to chase and arrest pirates off Somalia's coast, responding to a spate of attacks including this week's hijacking of a Spanish tuna boat, U.N. diplomats said Monday. more 3 Gaza militants killed near Israel 21 Apr 08, 20:48 ET AP - The Israeli military says its forces have killed three Palestinian militants who were trying to infiltrate into Israel from Gaza. more Iraqi leader calls for Arab support as militia threats grow 21 Apr 08, 20:44 ET AP - Iraq's prime minister appealed Monday for support from his Arab neighbors, urging them to open embassies and forgive Iraqi debts as his government tries to crack down on Shiite militias in a crucial power struggle. more Palestinians aim to attract $1.5 billion investment 21 Apr 08, 20:40 ET AP - Palestinian officials are aiming to attract $1.5 billion in investments next month, part of an effort to develop the economy as a step toward building an independent state. more Iraqi children desperate to learn in ruined schools 21 Apr 08, 20:20 ET Reuters - Even after clashes erupted in the Sadr City slum in Baghdad, Thamir Saadoun still tried to go to school, hoping it would be open. When he got there the guard told him to go home. That was more than two weeks ago. more U.N. council to discuss Georgia-Russia dispute 21 Apr 08, 19:43 ET Reuters - The U.N. Security Council agreed on Monday to a Georgian request to hold a special meeting this week in the latest crisis between Tbilisi and Moscow over the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia. more U.S. opposes Kosovo Serb vote in local poll 21 Apr 08, 19:30 ET Reuters - Serbia's president said on Monday that Serbs in the new state of Kosovo should participate in local Serbian elections next month, but Britain and the United States said this would be unwise and illegal. more Colombia: Rebels tried to kill Uribe 21 Apr 08, 19:28 ET AP - Leftist rebels tried to kill President Alvaro Uribe several times while he was running for office, including with a bomb that badly battered his armored car, according to documents the government released Monday. more US military deaths in Iraq at 4,041 21 Apr 08, 19:06 ET AP - As of Monday, April 21, 2008, at least 4,041 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 3,298 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. more Shipwreck inquiry finds design flaws in cargo vessels 21 Apr 08, 19:06 ET AFP - An inquiry published Tuesday into a shipwreck off the southern English coast last year said the vessel's faulty design was to blame, and called for a review of technical rules on cargo ship design. more U.N. envoy calls Sahara independence unrealistic 21 Apr 08, 19:00 ET Reuters - The U.N. mediator in talks on Western Sahara sparked division in the Security Council on Monday when he told members independence for the disputed territory was unrealistic, diplomats said. more Pakistan resumes forcing Afghan refugees to return home 21 Apr 08, 18:53 ET McClatchy Newspapers - PESHAWAR, Pakistan— Pakistani authorities have resumed sending tens of thousands of Afghan refugees, many of whom have lived for decades in camps near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, back to Afghanistan. more UN chief urges Lebanon election now, disarming of Hezbollah 21 Apr 08, 18:51 ET AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Monday for an immediate presidential election in Lebanon without foreign interference, underlining concerns over the political stalemate that has kept the post empty since a pro-Syria leader's term expired. more After historic win, which way will Paraguay's President-elect Lugo lean? 21 Apr 08, 18:48 ET McClatchy Newspapers - ASUNCION, Paraguay— After Sunday's historic presidential win by former Roman Catholic Bishop Fernando Lugo, many are asking which way the president-elect will lean after he takes office in August. more U.S., Iraq seek stronger Arab backing for Baghdad 21 Apr 08, 18:47 ET Reuters - Seeking to improve ties between Baghdad and its neighbors, the United States and Iraq will push hard on Tuesday for Arab states to open embassies and offer debt relief while backing Iraq's new drive to disarm militias. more UN refugee agency criticizes Greek asylum practices 21 Apr 08, 18:13 ET AP - The United Nations has sharply criticized Greece for its treatment of asylum applicants and its rate of approval of asylum claims of less than 1 percent, urging the country to reform its practices. more China Frowns on Patriotic Protests 21 Apr 08, 18:00 ET Time.com - China's leaders feared embarrassing protests before the Olympics, but didn't expect them from their own patriotic citizens more Ecuador boosts force on Colombia border 21 Apr 08, 17:55 ET AP - Ecuador will install electronic surveillance equipment and boost its military presence along its border with Colombia. more Uighur rejects terror claims 21 Apr 08, 17:50 ET AP - A leading activist for ethnic Uighurs denied Chinese accusations the Muslim minority group is planning terrorist attacks tied to the Beijing Olympics, saying Monday that Chinese leaders are trying to distract attention from their problems with Tibet. more Polio cases double in Nigeria 21 Apr 08, 17:34 ET AP - Polio cases have nearly doubled this year in the West African nation of Nigeria as officials struggle to fight various natural strains of the virus as well as an outbreak set off by the polio vaccine itself three years ago. more France's Sarkozy vies to cool China anger over torch protest 21 Apr 08, 17:29 ET AP - France's government scrambled Monday to tamp down tensions with Beijing and calm anti-French sentiment that has swelled in China since pro-Tibet protesters disrupted the Olympic torch relay in Paris. more Canada faces first budget deficit in a decade: ratings agency 21 Apr 08, 17:25 ET AFP - Canada could post its first budget deficit in more than a decade this year as its economy slows and government revenues are reduced to a trickle, credit rating agency DBRS said Monday. more Mexico army ops allow crime surge in border city 21 Apr 08, 17:15 ET Reuters - Mexican troops are failing to provide basic security in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, residents say, testing support for President Felipe Calderon's army-led assault on drug gangs. more Paris makes Dalai Lama, Chinese dissident honorary citizens 21 Apr 08, 17:09 ET AFP - Paris city council voted on Monday to award honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama, in a move sure to add to tensions with China as fresh anti-French rallies erupted in cities across the country. more Canadian cancer survivors obese and inactive: study 21 Apr 08, 17:08 ET Reuters - Cancer survivors in Canada are more likely to be obese and less likely to exercise than the rest of the population -- putting themselves at risk of having their cancers come back, researchers said on Monday. more Glance at politics in Latin America 21 Apr 08, 17:07 ET AP - A look at the politics of Latin American countries, and at their relationships to the United States: more Major powers and neighbours meet on Iraq 21 Apr 08, 16:53 ET AFP - Diplomats from major Western powers and countries neighbouring Iraq met on Monday in Kuwait to prepare for an international conference on the war-battered nation. more Govt gains ground ahead of polls: survey 21 Apr 08, 16:53 ET AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be heartened by a poll out Monday that shows Labour narrowing the main opposition Conservatives' lead ahead of key local elections. more Tsvangirai appeals for U.N. intervention in Zimbabwe 21 Apr 08, 16:51 ET Reuters - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai urged U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and African leaders to intervene in his country's post-election crisis on Monday, saying the military were terrorizing the people. more Brazil priest vanishes on balloon flight 21 Apr 08, 16:49 ET AP - A Roman Catholic priest who floated off under hundreds of helium party balloons was missing Monday off the southern coast of Brazil. more 'Chemical Ali' is hospitalized in Iraq after hunger strike 21 Apr 08, 16:33 ET AP - A cousin of Saddam Hussein known as "Chemical Ali" has been hospitalized after a hunger strike to protest his treatment during a complex legal and political fight that has delayed his death sentence for months, a defense lawyer said Monday. more 6 arrested in private eye's slaying in London 21 Apr 08, 16:21 ET AP - Police say they have arrested six people in connection with the 1987 murder of a private detective who was found dead outside a London pub with an ax in his head. more UN nuclear official queries Iran about atomic arms charges 21 Apr 08, 16:17 ET AP - The deputy chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency met with Iranian officials Monday to discuss persistent allegations that the Islamic republic is secretly working to develop nuclear weapons. more Paraguay winner means more leftist leaders in Latin America 21 Apr 08, 16:01 ET AP - The victory of the "bishop of the poor" in Paraguay's presidential election expands a wave of leftist leadership across Latin America and further isolates the few remaining conservative governments. more Paris makes Dalai Lama a "citizen of honor" 21 Apr 08, 15:59 ET Reuters - Paris city hall made Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama an honorary citizen on Monday, exacerbating tensions between France and China in the build up to the Beijing Olympics. more Cuban police break up women's sit-in for release of husbands 21 Apr 08, 15:09 ET AP - Police broke up a peaceful sit-in by a small group of women demanding the release of their jailed husbands Monday, forcing them aboard a bus at a park near the offices of Cuban President Raul Castro and driving them home. more Paris city council names Dalai Lama 'honorary citizen' 21 Apr 08, 14:46 ET AP - The Paris city council has bestowed the title of "honorary citizen" on the Dalai Lama. more Terror leaders in Indonesia get prison terms 21 Apr 08, 14:22 ET AP - Two leaders of the feared Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah were sentenced Monday to 15 years in jail, dealing yet another blow to the group blamed for a string of deadly bombings in Indonesia. more Russian shipment for Iranian nuclear plant blocked 21 Apr 08, 14:04 ET AP - Azerbaijan halted a Russian shipment of equipment intended for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, demanding more information for fear of violating United Nations sanctions, officials said Monday. more Bolivia's 'Death Road' claims life of US mountain biker 21 Apr 08, 13:51 ET AP - A U.S. tourist has been killed after losing control of his mountain bike and plunging off a cliff while biking down Bolivia's treacherous "Highway of Death," rescue officials said Monday. more South African court postpones Oprah Winfrey school trial 21 Apr 08, 13:48 ET AP - A court on Monday postponed the trial of a former dormitory matron accused of abusing pupils at a school set up by Oprah Winfrey for disadvantaged girls. more Zimbabwe activists charged over election violence 21 Apr 08, 13:16 ET AFP - Twenty-eight Zimbabwean activists were charged on Monday over post-election violence as Britain condemned a ballot recount as an attempt by President Robert Mugabe to "steal" the vote. more Ethiopia severs ties with Qatar 21 Apr 08, 13:03 ET AFP - Ethiopia announced Monday it was severing ties with Qatar, accusing the Gulf Arab state of supporting armed opposition groups across the Horn of Africa region. more Georgian leader tells Putin to halt "aggression" 21 Apr 08, 12:42 ET Reuters - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili accused Russia on Monday of committing an act of aggression against his country and telephoned President Vladimir Putin to demand Moscow stop "aggressive attacks." more Hamas leader says militant group won't recognize Israel 21 Apr 08, 12:00 ET AP - Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal says his militant Islamic group will not recognize Israel. more Britain wants to develop CO2 'capture' knowhow: minister 21 Apr 08, 11:57 ET AFP - Britain hopes to develop a new technology to "capture" and store carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels instead of letting it out into the atmosphere, British Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks said Monday. more Canada may post budget deficit: DBRS rating agency 21 Apr 08, 11:53 ET Reuters - Canada's government may post a small budget deficit this year for the first time since 1996-97, rating agency DBRS said on Monday while praising Ottawa's overall fiscal management and confirming its highest credit rating. more French hunter cleared over shooting of last Pyrenees bear 21 Apr 08, 11:51 ET AFP - Charges were dropped Monday against a hunter who shot France's last native female bear in the Pyrenees mountains in 2004, sparking angry protests from animal rights groups. more Cuba breaks up sit-in, arrests women dissidents 21 Apr 08, 11:24 ET Reuters - A group of Cuban women peacefully demonstrating for the release of their jailed husbands were roughed up by a mob and arrested on Monday near the offices of President Raul Castro. more Colombia's Uribe hit by another political scandal 21 Apr 08, 11:18 ET Reuters - A former member of Colombian Congress says she was offered illegal favors by the government to support a amendment that allowed President Alvaro Uribe to stand for re-election in 2006, a charge Uribe denied. more Pakistan orders release of pro-Taliban militant leader 21 Apr 08, 11:16 ET AP - Pakistan on Monday released a pro-Taliban leader who sent thousands of fighters against the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, officials said, in what appeared to be part of efforts to broker peace with Islamic militants. more Serb PM slams EU pact and takes aim at pro-EU rivals 21 Apr 08, 11:11 ET Reuters - The European Union wants to offer Serbia a pre-accession pact to trick it into recognizing Kosovo, Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Monday, warning his pro-EU rivals in government not to sign it. more UN move expands Australia's territory: minister 21 Apr 08, 11:09 ET AFP - Australia's territory has expanded by an area five times the size of France after the UN agreed to its jurisdiction over a massive amount of seabed, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson said Monday. more Ex-Soviet Georgia: Russia shot down unmanned spy plane 21 Apr 08, 11:02 ET AP - A Russian fighter jet has shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane as it flew over the breakaway region of Abkhazia, Georgia's air force commander said Monday. more UK accuses Mugabe of trying to steal Zimbabwe election 21 Apr 08, 10:09 ET Reuters - Britain accused Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Monday of trying to steal the country's election and of unleashing a campaign of violence against Zimbabweans who had voted against him. more Iraq: After the bombs, the tomatoes 21 Apr 08, 10:04 ET AFP - Three months after US forces dropped tonnes of bombs on Arab Jubur and put Al-Qaeda to flight, farmers are everywhere out in their fields tending their tomatoes. more US Coast Guard says bodies of 20 migrants found near Bahamas 21 Apr 08, 09:29 ET AP - The bodies of 20 migrants have been recovered from the sea near the Bahamas after their boat apparently capsized, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday as it searched for survivors. more Pirates hold Spanish boat crew hostage off Somalia 21 Apr 08, 09:26 ET AFP - Pirates holding 26 crew members on a Spanish fishing boat off the Somali coast demanded money Monday for their release, a day after storming the vessel armed with grenade launchers. more Top UN nuclear official in Iran for weapons talks 21 Apr 08, 09:02 ET AFP - A top UN nuclear official, who arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks about Iran's nuclear ambitions, was greeted by a blistering attack by the country's leading hardline daily. more Iran blast death toll rises to 13 21 Apr 08, 08:54 ET AFP - The death toll from a blast nine days ago at a mosque in Iran's southern city of Shiraz rose to 13 after two of the wounded died in hospital, the student news agency ISNA reported on Monday. more Britain's Queen Elizabeth II turns 82 21 Apr 08, 08:49 ET AFP - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II quietly celebrated her 82nd birthday Monday, amid a stirring of republican sentiment in Australia and proposals at home for reforming the monarchy. more Rice: Arab neighbors taking 'step forward' to support Iraq 21 Apr 08, 08:38 ET AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, pressing Arab nations for financial and political support of Iraq, said Monday that Baghdad's neighbors had taken a "good step forward" by pledging to do more to include the country in regional affairs. more China defends human rights record as Olympics loom 21 Apr 08, 08:31 ET Reuters - China mounted a stern defense of its much maligned human rights record on Monday as the clock ticks ever nearer the Beijing Olympics, accusing Western countries of ignoring problems of their own and having double standards. more Iraqi PM urges Arab states to open embassies in Baghdad 21 Apr 08, 08:16 ET AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday urged other Arab countries to reopen their embassies in the capital as a show of support for his government as it cracks down on Shiite militias in Iraq. more In Iraq, al-Sadr Threatens 'Open War' 21 Apr 08, 08:10 ET Time.com - The leader of the Mahdi Army warns of open war against the U.S.-backed government of Iraq, a U.S. Secretary of State Rice makes an announced visit to Iraq in support of al-Maliki more Sri Lanka says 33 killed in fresh fighting 21 Apr 08, 08:03 ET AFP - Sri Lanka's military said Monday it had smashed at least 10 Tamil Tiger bunker positions in an offensive in the far north of the island that left 28 rebels and five government soldiers dead. more Nepal's king won't go into exile: palace 21 Apr 08, 07:58 ET AFP - Nepal's embattled King Gyanendra on Monday angrily denied speculation he will be heading into exile following a victory by former Maoist rebels in landmark elections. more Carter diplomacy goes nowhere 21 Apr 08, 07:37 ET McClatchy Newspapers - He came, he saw, he Cartered. more Iraq urges Arab nations to forgive debt 21 Apr 08, 07:36 ET Reuters - Iraq on Monday called on its Arab neighbors to join Western nations and forgive their share of Baghdad's outstanding foreign debts that total up to $80 billion. more 'Milkshake murder' trial continues in Hong Kong 21 Apr 08, 06:39 ET AP - An American woman who gave her husband a strawberry milkshake spiked with drugs before beating him to death was only trying to defend herself from the baseball bat-wielding man in their luxury flat in Hong Kong, a defense attorney said Monday. more Australia extends continental shelf 21 Apr 08, 06:28 ET AP - The world's largest island just got larger. Australia extended control of its continental shelf by nearly 1 million square miles under an agreement with the United Nations, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson announced Monday. more Iraq will confront Sadr, not allow open war: FM 21 Apr 08, 05:20 ET Reuters - The Iraqi government will not allow Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to wage an "open war" in Iraq and will move to curb his militia, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Monday. more Corpses in Mogadishu streets after battles kill 81 21 Apr 08, 05:08 ET Reuters - Corpses lay on the streets of Mogadishu on Monday after at least 81 people were killed in battles over the weekend between Islamist-led insurgents and Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's interim government. more Sarkozy writes to Chinese athlete in Paris torch tussle 21 Apr 08, 05:01 ET AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy sent his personal support Monday to a wheelchair-bound Chinese athlete who has become a symbol of national outrage at protests over the Olympic torch relay. more Carter: Hamas is willing to accept Israel as its neighbor 21 Apr 08, 04:30 ET AP - Hamas is prepared to accept the right of Israel to "live as a neighbor next door in peace," former President Jimmy Carter said Monday. more Grumbles grow over Pope's upcoming visit to Australia 21 Apr 08, 04:21 ET AFP - Complaints grew Monday over the cost of Pope Benedict XVI's planned visit to Australia in July for the Roman Catholic Church's World Youth Day, which is expected to draw some 125,000 pilgrims. more Rice sees Iraqi unity emerging in battle against Sadr 21 Apr 08, 04:00 ET The Christian Science Monitor - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Baghdad Sunday as Iraq continued its assault on Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia in Baghdad and in the southern city of Basra. more Zimbabwe recount deepens crisis 21 Apr 08, 04:00 ET The Christian Science Monitor - As President Robert Mugabe's handpicked Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) recounts votes in 23 constituencies, human rights groups say his militias are setting up "torture camps" to beat opposition supporters and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has fled the country in fear for his life. more Aid group: Only 35 percent of Afghan students are girls 21 Apr 08, 03:42 ET AP - Only 35 percent of the students in Afghanistan's schools are girls, and while overall enrollment is increasing, the percentage of female students is not, an aid group said Monday. more 11 Taliban killed in clashes, Afghan Defense Ministry says 21 Apr 08, 03:23 ET AP - The Defense Ministry says clashes and airstrikes in southern Afghanistan have left 11 Taliban militants dead. more Spain says fishing boat hijacked off coast of Somalia 21 Apr 08, 03:22 ET AP - Officials say a Spanish fishing boat with a crew of 26 has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia. more 4 held in Kuala Lumpur airport robbery 21 Apr 08, 03:09 ET AP - Malaysian police have detained four suspects in a $1 million robbery and shootout at Kuala Lumpur's airport this month that left five people wounded, a police official said Monday. more Ex-bishop wins Paraguay vote as democracy matures 21 Apr 08, 02:53 ET Reuters - A sandal-wearing former bishop's victory in Paraguay's presidential election shows democracy is maturing in Latin America, but after 61 years of one-party rule his foes may dictate the pace of change. more Malaysian police detain Japanese family protesting torch run 21 Apr 08, 02:48 ET AP - Malaysian police detained a Japanese family of three who unfurled a pro-Tibet banner just before the first runner took off with Olympic Torch Monday. more Hit Indian soap opera pulled from Afghan TV 21 Apr 08, 02:00 ET AFP - An Afghan TV station said it had pulled a popular Indian soap opera, branded "un-Islamic" by conservative clerics, on the orders of the government which also wants several others banned. more Israel to investigate death of Reuters cameraman in Gaza 21 Apr 08, 02:00 ET AP - The Israeli army announced Sunday it will investigate the killing of a cameraman for the Reuters news agency, after a human rights group said it found evidence suggesting that an Israeli tank crew fired recklessly or deliberately at the journalist. more Turkey under fire over laws banning insults to 'Turkishness' 21 Apr 08, 01:57 ET AP - "Happy is he who says: 'I am a Turk.'" more Japan, South Korea resume summit talks after 3-year halt 21 Apr 08, 01:23 ET AP - Japan's prime minister told the South Korean president Monday he wanted a new era in relations between their countries as the two resumed regular summit talks suspended three years ago amid a dispute over a Tokyo war shrine. more

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