Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1765 Most Recommended World en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:49:18 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1765 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan ap/20090704/as_afghanistan AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:24:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.1b56ce73bb4a4d4fb4cec3abdadae2b6.afghanistan_xdg105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=l04IKZttJ4obL4PfFjBoAQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines takes positions along a tree line in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday, July 3, 2009. U.S. forces have encountered little resistance in the initial phase of a massive operation by some 4,000 Marines in Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan, but that's a common tactic by insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" /></a>AP - NAWA, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the biggest U.S. military operation here since the American-led invasion of 2001.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.1b56ce73bb4a4d4fb4cec3abdadae2b6.afghanistan_xdg105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=l04IKZttJ4obL4PfFjBoAQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines takes positions along a tree line in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday, July 3, 2009. U.S. forces have encountered little resistance in the initial phase of a massive operation by some 4,000 Marines in Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan, but that's a common tactic by insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/yemen_plane_crash ap/20090703/yemen_plane_crash AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:21:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/yemen_plane_crash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.fb1b54fd066d49ceaa089c6899062fb0.france_yemen_plane_crash_par107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nj8J7w7VCYdM8krWPs6zMQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Members of the Comorian community living in France gather at the entrance to the T3 Terminal at Roissy airport, north of Paris, Friday July 3, 2009. An Airbus A330-200 from Yemenia Airways took off for Sana'a, Yemen, on Friday. The plane took off 4 and a half hours late, with 72 passengers on board instead of the 180 initially booked. A Yemenia Airways airbus crashed last Tuesday while approaching Moroni, Comoros Islands. The jersey, reading Watwaniya, that means patriot in Comorian, refers to a the Watwaniya movement that fights against giving the status of department to the island of Mayotte, which is part of the Comoros islands archipelago. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)" border="0" /></a>AP - Protesters linked arms across an entrance at Paris' main airport on Friday to keep passengers off a Yemeni flight to Comoros — a route that saw a deadly crash this week, after years of complaints about dangerous conditions on the flight path to the Indian Ocean island nation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/yemen_plane_crash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.fb1b54fd066d49ceaa089c6899062fb0.france_yemen_plane_crash_par107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nj8J7w7VCYdM8krWPs6zMQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Members of the Comorian community living in France gather at the entrance to the T3 Terminal at Roissy airport, north of Paris, Friday July 3, 2009. An Airbus A330-200 from Yemenia Airways took off for Sana'a, Yemen, on Friday. The plane took off 4 and a half hours late, with 72 passengers on board instead of the 180 initially booked. A Yemenia Airways airbus crashed last Tuesday while approaching Moroni, Comoros Islands. The jersey, reading Watwaniya, that means patriot in Comorian, refers to a the Watwaniya movement that fights against giving the status of department to the island of Mayotte, which is part of the Comoros islands archipelago. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran_election ap/20090704/ml_iran_election AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:22:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.5724cd264286413e8855a6ed7ca4926e.mideast_iran_election_vah103.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=kZsoPIHmYtSq5OeR0Zbt9w--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Top Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, arrives to deliver his sermon during Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2009. Jannati, who is the head of the Guardian Council, a powerful body in Iran's ruling clerical hierarchy that stands above the elected government, said Friday that some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, and he accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country's disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0" /></a>AP - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.5724cd264286413e8855a6ed7ca4926e.mideast_iran_election_vah103.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=kZsoPIHmYtSq5OeR0Zbt9w--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="Top Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, arrives to deliver his sermon during Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2009. Jannati, who is the head of the Guardian Council, a powerful body in Iran's ruling clerical hierarchy that stands above the elected government, said Friday that some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, and he accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country's disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/france_crash_investigation ap/20090703/france_crash_investigation AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:12:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/france_crash_investigation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.e44d509703804f24ad3faceeb7c4ab55.brazil_plane_bsbx102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=hE4iFavdOjLJDDBaWm.HnQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Workers unload debris, belonging to crashed Air France flight AF447, from the Brazilian Navy's Constitution Frigate in the port of Recife, northeast of Brazil, Sunday, June 14, 2009. A burst of last-minute automatic messages sent by Air France Flight 447 includes one about a problem with a rudder safety device but that does not explain what sent the jet plunging into the Atlantic Ocean, an aviation expert said. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)" border="0" /></a>AP - Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French investigators said Thursday in their first report into the June 1 accident.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/france_crash_investigation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.e44d509703804f24ad3faceeb7c4ab55.brazil_plane_bsbx102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=hE4iFavdOjLJDDBaWm.HnQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Workers unload debris, belonging to crashed Air France flight AF447, from the Brazilian Navy's Constitution Frigate in the port of Recife, northeast of Brazil, Sunday, June 14, 2009. A burst of last-minute automatic messages sent by Air France Flight 447 includes one about a problem with a rudder safety device but that does not explain what sent the jet plunging into the Atlantic Ocean, an aviation expert said. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_nkorea_missile ap/20090704/as_nkorea_missile AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:57:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_nkorea_missile"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.9a1b13c2308b4160907f53a84cb0c34d.south_korea_north_korea_missile_sel106.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=OhNRkap.9YZ0FHuFZyWYww--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A South Korean conservative activist burns a defaced North Korean flag and mock missiles during a rally denouncing North Korea's missile launch in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 3, 2009. South Korea said Friday it is closely monitoring North Korean military sites because the communist nation may fire more missiles, amid speculation that a long-range test launch aimed toward the U.S. is possible in coming days.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>AP - North Korea fired three missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, in what was likely to be seen as a message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day holiday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_nkorea_missile"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.9a1b13c2308b4160907f53a84cb0c34d.south_korea_north_korea_missile_sel106.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=OhNRkap.9YZ0FHuFZyWYww--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="A South Korean conservative activist burns a defaced North Korean flag and mock missiles during a rally denouncing North Korea's missile launch in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 3, 2009. South Korea said Friday it is closely monitoring North Korean military sites because the communist nation may fire more missiles, amid speculation that a long-range test launch aimed toward the U.S. is possible in coming days.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_med_sperm_damage ap/20090630/eu_med_sperm_damage AP world Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:07:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_med_sperm_damage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r1038087688.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=HNUiIbfZxKQTLyoPqU.xFw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A doctor at the Alma Res fertility clinic in Rome prepares eggs and sperm for an attempt at artificial insemination, June 7. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi" border="0" /></a>AP - For men with fertility problems, some doctors are prescribing a very conventional way to have a baby: more sex.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_med_sperm_damage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r1038087688.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=HNUiIbfZxKQTLyoPqU.xFw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A doctor at the Alma Res fertility clinic in Rome prepares eggs and sperm for an attempt at artificial insemination, June 7. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_honduras_coup ap/20090704/lt_honduras_coup AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:18:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_honduras_coup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.45b2e800fb1543b2ad19694d8c88cca8.honduras_coup_tgdl137.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ovBSbNA4ed9RQDwR4ChVgw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General the Organization of American States, OAS, right, meets with the Mayor of Tegucigalpa, Ricardo Alvarez, left, and Porfirio Lobo Sosa, presidential candidate for the National Party, main opposition party to ousted president Manuel Zelaya, at a hotel in Tegucigalpa, Friday July 3, 2009. Honduras' Supreme Court rebuffed a personal appeal from Insulza on Friday, refusing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya before a Saturday deadline. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)" border="0" /></a>AP - Honduras rebuffed a personal appeal from the Americas' top international diplomat Friday, refusing to reinstate President Manuel Zelaya and setting the stage for a dramatic showdown if the ousted leader returns to reclaim power this weekend.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_honduras_coup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.45b2e800fb1543b2ad19694d8c88cca8.honduras_coup_tgdl137.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ovBSbNA4ed9RQDwR4ChVgw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General the Organization of American States, OAS, right, meets with the Mayor of Tegucigalpa, Ricardo Alvarez, left, and Porfirio Lobo Sosa, presidential candidate for the National Party, main opposition party to ousted president Manuel Zelaya, at a hotel in Tegucigalpa, Friday July 3, 2009. Honduras' Supreme Court rebuffed a personal appeal from Insulza on Friday, refusing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya before a Saturday deadline. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_us ap/20090703/eu_russia_us AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:40:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_us"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246274188826-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=68&q=85&sig=N.cY_Asr6lkTO2bwx4ZF8w--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="Pakistani trucks taking essential supplies Afghanistan near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman. The United States and Russia may soon sign a deal boosting the transit of US supplies to Afghanistan through Russia, the Kommersant daily has reported, citing diplomatic sources.(AFP/File/Asghar Achackzai)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russia said Friday it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over critical American supplies.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_us"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246274188826-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=68&q=85&sig=N.cY_Asr6lkTO2bwx4ZF8w--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani trucks taking essential supplies Afghanistan near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman. The United States and Russia may soon sign a deal boosting the transit of US supplies to Afghanistan through Russia, the Kommersant daily has reported, citing diplomatic sources.(AFP/File/Asghar Achackzai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_germany_demjanjuk nm/20090703/us_germany_demjanjuk Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:58:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_germany_demjanjuk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r2969279285.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=OniBbis7v18H39OFOdt49Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, is pictured in an ambulance while arriving at the prison Stadelheim in Munich, May 12, 2009. REUTERS/Pool" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk has been deemed fit enough by medical experts to stand trial for helping to kill 29,000 Jews in World War Two, the state prosecutors office in Munich said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_germany_demjanjuk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r2969279285.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=OniBbis7v18H39OFOdt49Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, is pictured in an ambulance while arriving at the prison Stadelheim in Munich, May 12, 2009. REUTERS/Pool" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iran_saddam nm/20090702/us_iran_saddam Reuters world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:01:03 GMT Reuters - Saddam Hussein believed Iran was a significant threat to Iraq and left open the possibility that he had weapons of mass destruction rather than appear vulnerable, according to declassified FBI documents on interrogations of the former Iraqi leader. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_assault nm/20090702/us_afghanistan_assault Reuters world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:24:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_assault"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r1759461815.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=aJJN0EjePAAmEzGKCEvSJg--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="Marines dismount from a vehicle in a convoy in Taliban-held territory during an assault in the lower Helmand river valley July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Peter Graff" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed into an Afghan river valley by helicopter and land on Thursday, launching the biggest military offensive of Barack Obama's presidency with an assault deep in Taliban territory.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_assault"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r1759461815.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=aJJN0EjePAAmEzGKCEvSJg--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="photo" title="Marines dismount from a vehicle in a convoy in Taliban-held territory during an assault in the lower Helmand river valley July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Peter Graff" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_koreas_nuclear ap/20090701/as_koreas_nuclear AP world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:48:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_koreas_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246673041522-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Pp6zxqs9xCYiz61VUPpxwA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Tourists walk past a diagram of North Korean missiles at the exhibition hall of an observation post in Paju near the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas. North Korea test-fired three missiles on the eve of American Independence Day celebrations, South Korea's defence ministry said, further stoking tensions amid an international nuclear standoff.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0" /></a>AP - A North Korean ship monitored for more than a week by the U.S. Navy has changed course and is heading back the way it came, U.S. officials said, as Pyongyang warned Wednesday it will take military action if anyone attempts to search its vessels.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_koreas_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246673041522-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Pp6zxqs9xCYiz61VUPpxwA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Tourists walk past a diagram of North Korean missiles at the exhibition hall of an observation post in Paju near the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas. North Korea test-fired three missiles on the eve of American Independence Day celebrations, South Korea's defence ministry said, further stoking tensions amid an international nuclear standoff.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_gay_rights ap/20090702/as_india_gay_rights AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:00:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_gay_rights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.afaa4280bd6b44fc9ab2d07ffac9d4a6.india_gay_rights_xsd102.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=.aflnZvkaNlRRrrjUMwjPg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Honey Khan, left, and Hillol Datta cheer and celebrate after the Delhi High Court passed a ground breaking ruling Thursday decriminalizing homosexuality in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 2, 2009. The court ruled that treating consensual gay sex as a crime is a violation of fundamental rights protected by India's constitution, a decision that could bring more freedom for gays in this deeply conservative country. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)" border="0" /></a>AP - New Delhi's gay community celebrated a landmark court ruling Thursday that decriminalizes homosexuality — a decision that could end widespread police harassment and be a harbinger for gradual acceptance for homosexuals across this deeply conservative country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_gay_rights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.afaa4280bd6b44fc9ab2d07ffac9d4a6.india_gay_rights_xsd102.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=.aflnZvkaNlRRrrjUMwjPg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Honey Khan, left, and Hillol Datta cheer and celebrate after the Delhi High Court passed a ground breaking ruling Thursday decriminalizing homosexuality in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 2, 2009. The court ruled that treating consensual gay sex as a crime is a violation of fundamental rights protected by India's constitution, a decision that could bring more freedom for gays in this deeply conservative country. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_pakistan ap/20090703/as_pakistan AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:27:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.8e663d4a7cc34b0d8e2ca16add65719d.pakistan_missiles_gfx355.jpg?x=52&y=130&q=85&sig=FVcFDbiEkHqBCEA6veJSbQ--" align="left" height="130" width="52" alt="Map locates South Waziristan, Pakistan and the location of suspected U.S. missile strikes" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. missiles struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant communication center Friday, killing 17 people and wounding 27 others, intelligence officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.8e663d4a7cc34b0d8e2ca16add65719d.pakistan_missiles_gfx355.jpg?x=52&y=130&q=85&sig=FVcFDbiEkHqBCEA6veJSbQ--" align="left" height="130" width="52" alt="photo" title="Map locates South Waziristan, Pakistan and the location of suspected U.S. missile strikes" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/nkoreamissileskorea afp/20090702/nkoreamissileskorea AFP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:19:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/nkoreamissileskorea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246504584661-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=WpQp.qrO5zuT4kFN1oUIFg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A US delegation has met with Chinese officials for talks on implementing UN sanctions imposed on North Korea in retaliation for its nuclear test in May.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0" /></a>AFP - North Korea is "highly likely" to fire short-range missiles off its east coast after issuing a fresh warning to shipping to stay clear of some areas, according to a South Korean newspaper.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/nkoreamissileskorea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246504584661-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=WpQp.qrO5zuT4kFN1oUIFg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="A US delegation has met with Chinese officials for talks on implementing UN sanctions imposed on North Korea in retaliation for its nuclear test in May.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghan_us_soldier_captured ap/20090702/as_afghan_us_soldier_captured AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:27:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghan_us_soldier_captured"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r1767872937.jpg?x=130&y=113&q=85&sig=fGm8MCm2NfSbjpVXPsE7xw--" align="left" height="113" width="130" alt="A U.S. army gunner flies in a Chinook helicopter over Kabul in Afghanistan July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)" border="0" /></a>AP - An American soldier, who disappeared after walking off his base in eastern Afghanistan with three Afghan counterparts, is believed captured, officials said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghan_us_soldier_captured"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r1767872937.jpg?x=130&y=113&q=85&sig=fGm8MCm2NfSbjpVXPsE7xw--" align="left" height="113" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. army gunner flies in a Chinook helicopter over Kabul in Afghanistan July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_saddam_fbi_interviews ap/20090703/us_saddam_fbi_interviews AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:59:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_saddam_fbi_interviews"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.6ab375e3e53e45c89bea9caa967c656c.saddam_fbi_interviews_ny113.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=rQOgO1YwM4Bh5ACPEVxG4g--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="FILE - In this image released by the U.S. Army on Dec. 14, 2003, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is shown in custody after he was arrested near his Tikrit home. Unclassified FBI interviews conducted during his incarceration at a U.S. detention center show new details about the late Iraqi dictator's life on the run - both before and after he was ousted.(AP Photo/U.S. Army)" border="0" /></a>AP - After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after taking part in an attempt to kill the country's prime minister.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_saddam_fbi_interviews"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.6ab375e3e53e45c89bea9caa967c656c.saddam_fbi_interviews_ny113.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=rQOgO1YwM4Bh5ACPEVxG4g--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this image released by the U.S. Army on Dec. 14, 2003, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is shown in custody after he was arrested near his Tikrit home. Unclassified FBI interviews conducted during his incarceration at a U.S. detention center show new details about the late Iraqi dictator's life on the run - both before and after he was ousted.(AP Photo/U.S. Army)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_drug_war_mexico ap/20090702/lt_drug_war_mexico AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:28:04 GMT AP - Police said Wednesday that they have uncovered a mass grave in central Mexico with the remains of 14 or 15 people believed to have been executed by the Zetas drug gang.