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1 Palestinian killed in clashes with Israeli troops in Gaza 25 Apr 08, 23:54 ET AP - Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen are exchanging heavy fire in northern Gaza. Medics say one Palestinian has been killed. more Four hurt in Olympic torch incidents in Japan: official 25 Apr 08, 22:59 ET AFP - Pro-Chinese supporters and protesters kicked and punched one another Saturday during the Olympic torch relay, in incidents that injured at least four Chinese, officials said. more Ukraine marks 22nd anniversary of Chernobyl catastrophe 25 Apr 08, 22:58 ET AFP - Ukraine paid homage Saturday to victims of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, a "planetary" drama as Kiev called it, 22 years after the world's worst nuclear incident. more Fake taxi driver held over Swedish student murder in Paris 25 Apr 08, 22:33 ET AFP - A fake taxi driver was in police custody Saturday after French police searched his home in connection with the murder of a Swedish student whose charred body was found in a French forest at the weekend. more Zimbabwe police raid opposition, election offices 25 Apr 08, 22:03 ET AP - Riot police and intelligence officers ransacked opposition party headquarters and the offices of independent election monitors Friday, hauling away material documenting President Robert Mugabe's apparent electoral defeat. more Argentina changes economy ministers 25 Apr 08, 21:50 ET AP - The departure of an independent-minded economy minister is re-igniting questions about Argentina's ability to tame soaring inflation and resolve a farmbelt tax rebellion. more AP Interview: Brazil wants approval for all foreigners heading to Amazon 25 Apr 08, 21:49 ET AP - Sixty percent of Brazil could soon be off-limits to foreigners under a draft bill designed to protect the world's largest tropical wilderness from outsiders. more 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 Iraq militia leader: `open war' threat only against US 25 Apr 08, 21:41 ET AP - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for an end to Iraqi bloodshed on Friday and said his threat of an "open war" applies only to U.S.-led foreign troops - stepping back from a full-blown confrontation with the government over a crackdown against his followers. more US says it does not trust North Korea 25 Apr 08, 21:37 ET AFP - A day after accusing North Korea of helping Syria build a covert nuclear reactor, the United States said Friday it did not trust the hardline communist state, which is negotiating to end its atomic weapons drive. more Heavy security surrounds Olympic torch runner in Japan 25 Apr 08, 21:26 ET AP - Japanese runners bypassed minor protests Saturday and carried the Olympic torch through Nagano's streets, lined by thousands of riot police and closely monitored by helicopters overhead. 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 US military deaths in Iraq at 4,052 25 Apr 08, 18:54 ET AP - As of Friday, April 25, 2008, at least 4,052 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 3,301 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. more Canada's high court limits drug-sniffing dogs 25 Apr 08, 18:53 ET Reuters - Canada's highest court said police do not have the authority to randomly search student backpacks for drugs, in one of two rulings on Friday limiting the use of drug-sniffing dogs. more Polar bear seen in trouble, not endangered 25 Apr 08, 18:04 ET Reuters - The polar bear, a symbol of Canada's far north as well as the effects of climate change on the sensitive Arctic environment, is in trouble, but it is not endangered or threatened with extinction, a Canadian advisory panel said on Friday. more Buzzard field hit by North Sea pipeline outage 25 Apr 08, 17:40 ET Reuters - The 200,000 barrel a day Buzzard oil field in the North Sea is among dozens that must stop pumping as a key pipeline powers down due to a strike planned this weekend at a Scottish refinery, Nexen Inc, the field's operator, said on Friday. 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 France to launch new bid for Colombia hostage release 25 Apr 08, 16:42 ET AFP - France is to launch a fresh bid Monday in its campaign to free Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, held hostage in the jungle by leftist rebels, the foreign ministry said. more Sadr changes his tune, calls Iraqi forces 'brothers' 25 Apr 08, 16:36 ET McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— Shiite Muslim leader Muqtada al Sadr, who a week ago threatened "open-ended war" against Iraq's U.S.-backed government, on Friday called on his followers to halt their attacks on Iraqi security forces and to concentrate instead on ending the U.S. occupation of Iraq. more Hendry forges ahead against Ding 25 Apr 08, 16:12 ET AFP - Stephen Hendry built a commanding 6-2 lead over China's Ding Junhui in the second round of the World Championship at the Crucible Theatre here Friday. more Turk warplanes bomb PKK targets in Northern Iraq: sources 25 Apr 08, 15:45 ET Reuters - Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets inside northern Iraq on Friday, Turkish army and local sources said. more Thai activist says not standing for anthem is no crime 25 Apr 08, 15:31 ET AP - Movies in Thailand are always preceded by an on-screen patriotic anthem honoring King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a ritual that sees viewers spring to their feet. more Zimbabwe police target opposition, election observers 25 Apr 08, 15:05 ET AFP - Zimbabwean police raided the headquarters of the opposition and independent election observers on Friday as the United States ratcheted up the diplomatic pressure on veteran President Robert Mugabe. more Olympic snowboarder settles suit over TV character 25 Apr 08, 14:44 ET Reuters - Olympic gold-medal-winning snowboarder Ross Rebagliati has settled a lawsuit over a television series that he had accused of defaming him. 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 Britain upgrades terror assessment for travellers 25 Apr 08, 14:32 ET AFP - Govt changed its travel advice for China on Friday, as Interpol warned of a possible Al-Qaeda-style attack or violent disruption from pro-Tibet supporters at August's Beijing Olympics. more Morrissey steps in to bail out anti-racism festival 25 Apr 08, 14:21 ET AFP - The singer Morrissey, recently at the centre of a dispute with a music magazine over his apparent views on immigration, has helped bail out an anti-racism festival in London, he said Friday. 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 Spain presses efforts for release of hostages in Somalia 25 Apr 08, 13:54 ET AFP - Spain said Friday it was pressing ahead with diplomatic efforts to secure the release of a Spanish trawler and its crew of 26 who were hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia at the weekend. more One in four Iranian students sees no problem with alcohol 25 Apr 08, 13:39 ET AFP - A new survey in Iran shows that 25 percent of university students see no problem in drinking alcohol, which has been strictly forbidden since the Islamic revolution, Mehr news agency reported on Friday. more Brazil may require permits for foreigners going to Amazon 25 Apr 08, 13:23 ET AP - Foreigners who want to visit the Amazon region may soon need permits from Brazil's military and justice ministry. more Colombia's Congress is crippled by militia scandal 25 Apr 08, 13:06 ET AP - Sen. Jorge Enrique Gomez replaced a jailed senator, who had replaced a senator who resigned under criminal investigation, who had replaced a jailed senator. But the evangelical preacher's lack of legislative experience hardly matters - Congress doesn't do much these days anyway. 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 U.N. urges world to help Africa fight malaria 25 Apr 08, 12:27 ET Reuters - African countries hardest hit by malaria are failing to contain it and a new U.N. campaign launched on World Malaria Day on Friday aims to ensure that all Africa has access to basic malaria control measures. 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 French police make arrest in Swedish murder case 25 Apr 08, 12:16 ET Reuters - French police said on Friday they had arrested a man in connection with the killing of a Swedish teenager who was abducted and murdered in Paris. more EU seeks to ban 'inhumane' seal imports 25 Apr 08, 12:09 ET AFP - The European Commission will seek to ban the import of "inhumane" seal products, a spokeswoman said Friday, though animal rights groups fear the move may not prevent the annual cull in Canada. more US-contracted ship fires warning shots in Gulf 25 Apr 08, 12:04 ET AP - The U.S. Navy says a Defense Department contractor's ship fired flares and warning shots at two small boats approaching it in the Persian Gulf. more Islamic militant guards America's Afghan lifeline 25 Apr 08, 12:01 ET McClatchy Newspapers - BARA, Pakistan— The only thing standing between Pakistan's Taliban and the lifeline for U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan may be an Islamist warlord who controls the area near Pakistan's famed Khyber Pass. more Russia vows would defend people in Georgia enclaves 25 Apr 08, 11:42 ET Reuters - Russia warned on Friday it could use military force to protect what it called its compatriots in Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia if they were attacked. more Taliban hamper dam project in Afghanistan 25 Apr 08, 11:30 ET AP - British Maj. Mike Shervington watches over a stunning aqua-green lake and a 50-year-old story about U.S. struggles to aid Afghanistan. more Iraqi journalist killed near Basra, radio station says 25 Apr 08, 11:06 ET AP - Assailants on Friday gunned down an Iraqi journalist who had been working for a local radio station run by a Shiite political party that is the chief rival of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, the station and police said. 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 Iranians vote in run-off parliamentary election 25 Apr 08, 10:14 ET Reuters - Iranians voted on Friday in a run-off parliamentary election likely to have no impact on the firm control of conservative backers of the Islamic ruling system. more Book suggests brother's death changed bin Laden 25 Apr 08, 10:12 ET Reuters - A new book looks at Osama bin Laden through the prism of his family, and suggests that the death of his extrovert playboy brother Salem in a 1988 plane crash was an important factor in his radicalization. more Thousands in Gaza protest against Israeli blockade 25 Apr 08, 09:38 ET AFP - Thousands of Hamas supporters on Friday demonstrated in Gaza to demand that Israel lift its crippling blockade of the impoverished Palestinian territory. more Islamist video responds to Dutch film and war on terror 25 Apr 08, 09:18 ET Reuters - An al Qaeda-linked website has posted a 10-minute film showing civilians killed or maimed in U.S. and Israeli air strikes as an answer to an anti-Koran film released by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders last month. more Police stripper's truncheon 'not offensive weapon' 25 Apr 08, 09:16 ET AFP - Prosecutors in Scotland have failed in their attempt to have a police stripogram's truncheon declared an offensive weapon, the BBC said Friday. more Police get more time to quiz suspects over disabled man's death 25 Apr 08, 08:54 ET AFP - Police have been granted more time Friday to continue questioning two men in connection with the murder of a disabled man whose mother was also found dead. more Iraq's Sadr tells fighters to observe truce 25 Apr 08, 08:38 ET Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr pulled back from confrontation with the government on Friday, asking his followers to continue to observe a shaky ceasefire and not to battle government troops. more Israel tests Ecstasy on war trauma victims: report 25 Apr 08, 08:14 ET AFP - An Israeli medical team has started tests using the drug Ecstasy as a treatment for conflict-linked post-traumatic disorders, the Maariv daily reported on Friday. more Tata's buy of Jaguar, Land Rover cleared by EU 25 Apr 08, 07:54 ET Reuters - Tata Motors Ltd received the green light from European Union competition authorities on Friday to buy luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor Co for $2.3 billion. more Zimbabwe police raid opposition HQ, scores held 25 Apr 08, 07:51 ET Reuters - Armed riot police raided the headquarters of Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Friday and detained scores of people in the biggest crackdown on the MDC since disputed elections last month, officials said. more Prisoners enjoying 'cushy' life: prison officer 25 Apr 08, 07:43 ET AFP - Life in prison is so comfortable that inmates have given up trying to escape, a senior prison officers' representative said Friday. more Iranians vote in parliamentary run-offs 25 Apr 08, 07:41 ET AP - Iranians voted Friday in parliamentary run-off elections expected to leave conservatives firmly in control because most reformist candidates were barred from running. more US found date-stamped Iranian weapons in Iraq: report 25 Apr 08, 07:08 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 Beijing Moves to Revive Stock Markets 25 Apr 08, 06:45 ET Time.com - After dramatic plunges that followed a manic rise, the authorities have cut a transaction-tax to lure investors back into equities more Zimbabwe police raid opposition offices 25 Apr 08, 06:40 ET AP - Zimbabwe police say they have raided opposition headquarters in Harare and arrested people they accuse of being responsible for postelection violence. more Israeli military says Palestinian militant kills 2 Israelis 25 Apr 08, 06:19 ET AP - A Palestinian militant shot and killed two Israeli security guards early Friday at a factory along the divide between Israel and the West Bank, the military said. The attack highlights the enormous challenge faced by moderate Palestinians to keep extremists in check. more China to tie up with Chicago carbon emissions bourse 25 Apr 08, 06:15 ET AFP - China will join up with the US Chicago Climate Exchange to establish a carbon emission market in the city of Tianjin near Beijing, state media reported Friday. more IAEA criticizes US for holding back intel on Syria bombing 25 Apr 08, 06:13 ET AP - The head of the U.N. nuclear monitoring agency has indirectly criticized the U.S for not giving his organization intelligence information sooner on the Israeli bombing in Syria. more Arsenal are in my heart, insists Henry 25 Apr 08, 05:53 ET AFP - Barcelona striker Thierry Henry insisted Friday that he has no regrets about his move to Spain but that his former club Arsenal hold a special place in his heart. more Hospital officials say 7 dead, 45 wounded in Baghdad clashes 25 Apr 08, 05:37 ET AP - Hospital officials say overnight clashes between U.S. and Iraqi forces and Shiite militants in Baghdad's embattled Sadr City district killed seven people. more Chinese state media: Government will meet Dalai Lama aide 25 Apr 08, 05:28 ET AP - The Chinese government plans to meet with a private representative of the Dalai Lama in the coming days, state-run media reported, after weeks of pressure from world leaders. more Indonesia runs massive bird flu drill 25 Apr 08, 05:09 ET AFP - Hundreds of Indonesian villagers and health workers took part in a massive drill here Friday to prepare for a potentially devastating outbreak of human-to-human bird flu. more Oil pipeline bombing reported in Nigeria 25 Apr 08, 04:30 ET AP - Militants say they have sabotaged an oil pipeline in Nigeria's south. more China to meet with Dalai Lama representative: Xinhua 25 Apr 08, 04:29 ET AFP - Chinese officials will meet soon with a representative of the Dalai Lama, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday, in what would be the first known encounter since last month's deadly unrest. more Israel snubs Hamas offer of six-month Gaza truce 25 Apr 08, 04:19 ET Reuters - Israel dismissed on Friday a Hamas proposal for a six-month Gaza Strip truce during which an embargo on the territory would be lifted, saying the Palestinian Islamists wanted to prepare for more fighting rather than peace. 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 Tempelhof airport divides Berliners along cold-war lines 25 Apr 08, 04:00 ET The Christian Science Monitor - Horst Molkenbuhr still recalls the day in 1948 when the first American C-47 planes landed at the Tempelhof airport, bringing supplies to a city shut off from the world by Soviet tanks. Coming in the wake of World War II, the Allied airlift was remarkable not only for supplying Berlin solely by air for nine months, but for dissolving the intense distrust between West Berliners and US troops stationed in their neighborhoods. 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 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 Sri Lanka army takes control of church 25 Apr 08, 03:54 ET AP - Sri Lankan forces took control Friday of a revered Roman Catholic church that religious groups had feared was in danger of being damaged by the raging civil war between the government and ethnic Tamil separatists, the military said. more Sri Lanka lost 185 soldiers in Jaffna battle: military sources 25 Apr 08, 03:53 ET AFP - At least 165 soldiers were killed and 20 more went missing in a major battle with Tamil separatists this week, military sources told AFP on Friday as journalists complained of unofficial censorship. 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 US military to court-martial Marine in Okinawa rape 25 Apr 08, 02:56 ET AFP - The US military announced Friday that it was court-martialling a Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in Japan, in a case that triggered outrage in the close US ally. 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 Taliban commander in Pakistan orders halt to attacks 25 Apr 08, 02:05 ET AP - The top Taliban commander in Pakistan called a cease-fire Thursday and ordered followers to halt attacks, while the government said it was pursuing peace talks with tribal elders in the volatile border region. more Sarkozy vows no talks with Taliban, Hamas, Iran 25 Apr 08, 01:39 ET AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed Thursday that he would not hold talks with Taliban militia in Afghanistan, Hamas in the Palestinian territories nor Iran's president. more Sri Lanka's displaced find little joy in 'liberation' from Tigers 25 Apr 08, 01:28 ET AFP - Sri Lanka's military victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels in the multi-ethnic east of the island means little to displaced people such as 12-year-old Suna Madushandan who can not go home. 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 UN food agency needs hundreds of millions for hungry 25 Apr 08, 01:25 ET AP - The World Food Program appealed for hundreds of millions of dollars to cope with rising food prices that have sparked protests and food riots and led to bans on food exports in dozens of countries. more Gunmen ambush and kill Honduran union leader 25 Apr 08, 01:05 ET AP - Gunmen ambushed and killed the leader of Honduras' largest workers federation and two traveling companions on Thursday, the government said. more Bomb kills 3 in northwestern Pakistan 25 Apr 08, 00:53 ET AP - A car bomb exploded next to a police station in a northwestern city Friday, killing three people and ending a five-week lull in the deadly explosions that have plagued Pakistan. more Torch arrives in Japan under tight security 25 Apr 08, 00:52 ET Reuters - Japan called for calm, but braced for trouble, at its leg of the Olympic torch relay as the flame arrived under tight security on Friday, after emotional scenes at the relay's other venues around the world. more Official: Argentine economy minister resigning 25 Apr 08, 00:03 ET AP - Argentine Economy Minister Martin Lousteau has resigned, a government official told The Associated Press Thursday. more

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