Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1765 Most Recommended World en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:59:56 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/afp/irannuclearpoliticsrefusal afp/20091107/irannuclearpoliticsrefusal AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:22:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/irannuclearpoliticsrefusal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257588653709-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=PTqP.D_78JHI_5FQkJENbA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Machines use yellowcake to produce Uranium hexafluoride (UF6) at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities in central Iran. Iran has decided to turn down proposals from the major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, a leading member of parliament says in a serious setback for UN-brokered efforts to allay Western concerns about its ambitions.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iran is refusing to send its low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing, the influential head of parliament's national security and foreign policy committee was quoted as saying on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/irannuclearpoliticsrefusal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257588653709-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=PTqP.D_78JHI_5FQkJENbA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Machines use yellowcake to produce Uranium hexafluoride (UF6) at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities in central Iran. Iran has decided to turn down proposals from the major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, a leading member of parliament says in a serious setback for UN-brokered efforts to allay Western concerns about its ambitions.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey ap/20091107/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:47:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a9ee91fa6c254f6aadf25e9eb4191da2.vietnam_us_unlikely_odyessay_xcs101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=wStuH9tXReHkHtY0wgYeAA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="U.S.Navy Cmdr. Hung Ba Le is seen in front of his ship USS Lassen, off the Tien Sa Port in Danang, Vietnam, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)" border="0" /></a>AP - On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming &mdash; as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a9ee91fa6c254f6aadf25e9eb4191da2.vietnam_us_unlikely_odyessay_xcs101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=wStuH9tXReHkHtY0wgYeAA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S.Navy Cmdr. Hung Ba Le is seen in front of his ship USS Lassen, off the Tien Sa Port in Danang, Vietnam, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/3351217 mcclatchy/20091107/3351217 McClatchy Newspapers world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:59:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/3351217"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r3641597869.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=XucFc1QAHIlEwMTZUz_54Q--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in a mass shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 6, 2009. Investigators searched for the motive on Friday behind the mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. Army base in Texas, in which the Army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected of killing 13 people. Hasan, a Muslim born in the United States of immigrant parents, was shot four times by police, a base spokesman said. He was unconscious but in stable condition. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; The killings of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, by an Army psychiatrist who also was a Muslim set off a rancorous debate Friday that once again spotlighted the fear among Muslims in America that they'll be collectively found guilty for the actions of one man.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/3351217"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r3641597869.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=XucFc1QAHIlEwMTZUz_54Q--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="photo" title="Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in a mass shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 6, 2009. Investigators searched for the motive on Friday behind the mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. Army base in Texas, in which the Army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected of killing 13 people. Hasan, a Muslim born in the United States of immigrant parents, was shot four times by police, a base spokesman said. He was unconscious but in stable condition. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (McClatchy Newspapers) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran_nuclear ap/20091107/ml_iran_nuclear AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:18:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.e8f9285f221d49fdafad6de38d965d36.russia_medvedev_mosb102.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=qdpaOtFmeYY.lOPPDRu_tg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during his interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Medvedev has signaled that Moscow could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)" border="0" /></a>AP - Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.e8f9285f221d49fdafad6de38d965d36.russia_medvedev_mosb102.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=qdpaOtFmeYY.lOPPDRu_tg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during his interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Medvedev has signaled that Moscow could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan ap/20091107/as_afghanistan AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:18:15 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/20091107/capt.7223a7b84aae40eda5b030f99a7464fe.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg108.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=X8dHVvvnit.zfIqnrVIlpA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A U.S. flag flies half-mast, in honor of the 13 dead and 30 wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army post in central Texas, at an outpost for soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.</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/20091107/capt.7223a7b84aae40eda5b030f99a7464fe.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg108.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=X8dHVvvnit.zfIqnrVIlpA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. flag flies half-mast, in honor of the 13 dead and 30 wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army post in central Texas, at an outpost for soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (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/as_afghan_violence ap/20091107/as_afghan_violence AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:27:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.9ab1385974e944c0905f732412ee3ff0.afghanistan__ans105.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=IuHDajsA5_hGbG0y1ayYgw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Afghan children run as a NATO helicopter takes off with a container in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. More than 25 ISAF and Afghan National Security Force personnel were killed or wounded during a joint operation that involved multiple engagements over several hours Nov. 6, 2009 in Western Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country's west.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.9ab1385974e944c0905f732412ee3ff0.afghanistan__ans105.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=IuHDajsA5_hGbG0y1ayYgw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan children run as a NATO helicopter takes off with a container in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. More than 25 ISAF and Afghan National Security Force personnel were killed or wounded during a joint operation that involved multiple engagements over several hours Nov. 6, 2009 in Western Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_palestinians_fort_hood_shooting ap/20091107/ml_palestinians_fort_hood_shooting AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:20:20 GMT AP - The Palestinian uncle of Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan says his nephew loved America and wanted to serve his country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_iran ap/20091107/eu_russia_iran AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:46:04 GMT AP - Russia could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program, President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_asean_obama ap/20091107/as_asean_obama AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:14:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_asean_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.21f758c494074a3e8039a9807caaee16.philippines_asean_us_xbm102.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=DKXlub98oD4qtsQNGC5NHg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="ASEAN senior officials link arms the ASEAN way during a break in the Special ASEAN-U.S. Senior Officials Meeting Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at Manila's financial district of Makati city in the Philippines. The senior officials are meeting in Manila to prepare the agenda for the Nov. 15 summit of ASEAN leaders and President Barack Obama in the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Singapore. They are, from left, Assistant Minister Alounkeo Kittikhoun of Laos, Secretary General Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa of Malaysia, Undersecretary Enrique Manalo of the Philippines, Ambassador to ASEAN Scot Alan Marciel of the United States, Director General Min Lwin of Myanmar, Deputy Director General Desmond Ng Wee Kwang of Singapore and Director General Vitavas Srivihok of Thailand. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_asean_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.21f758c494074a3e8039a9807caaee16.philippines_asean_us_xbm102.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=DKXlub98oD4qtsQNGC5NHg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="ASEAN senior officials link arms the ASEAN way during a break in the Special ASEAN-U.S. Senior Officials Meeting Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at Manila's financial district of Makati city in the Philippines. The senior officials are meeting in Manila to prepare the agenda for the Nov. 15 summit of ASEAN leaders and President Barack Obama in the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Singapore. They are, from left, Assistant Minister Alounkeo Kittikhoun of Laos, Secretary General Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa of Malaysia, Undersecretary Enrique Manalo of the Philippines, Ambassador to ASEAN Scot Alan Marciel of the United States, Director General Min Lwin of Myanmar, Deputy Director General Desmond Ng Wee Kwang of Singapore and Director General Vitavas Srivihok of Thailand. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran ap/20091107/ml_iran AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:05:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257611545871-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=V7j9TR8Ltn7cJRR5frQDYw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Iranian students flash the victory sign and wave their national flag during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran. Iran's former crown prince Reza Pahlavi has backed a campaign of "civil disobedience and non-violence" to oust the government in Tehran and urged Western support, but warned against any armed intervention.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iranian authorities have released three journalists who were among more than 100 people arrested during pro-government and opposition street demonstrations this week, the country's official news agency reported.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257611545871-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=V7j9TR8Ltn7cJRR5frQDYw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian students flash the victory sign and wave their national flag during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran. Iran's former crown prince Reza Pahlavi has backed a campaign of "civil disobedience and non-violence" to oust the government in Tehran and urged Western support, but warned against any armed intervention.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afghanistanunrest afp/20091107/afghanistanunrest AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:04:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afghanistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257585850820-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kCHoDOvjqM518NC_ty4jgw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Afghan army medic soldier looks out from an ambulance in Kabul. Seven Afghan security personnel were killed in a mis-targeted NATO air strike in the remote northwest of the country, the defence ministry said Saturday.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Seven Afghan security personnel were killed in a mis-targeted NATO air strike in the remote northwest, the defence ministry said Saturday, signalling further trouble for a fraying Western military effort.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afghanistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257585850820-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kCHoDOvjqM518NC_ty4jgw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Afghan army medic soldier looks out from an ambulance in Kabul. Seven Afghan security personnel were killed in a mis-targeted NATO air strike in the remote northwest of the country, the defence ministry said Saturday.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/tropical_weather ap/20091107/tropical_weather AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:59:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.aa0a7fb8d8c94559a53b6b29d6483aa8.tropical_weather2_gfx906.jpg?x=64&y=130&q=85&sig=h_gCDilb0cup1t7fyoUqeQ--" align="left" height="130" width="64" alt="110709: Graphic tracks the projected path of Tropical Storm Ida as of 1 p.m. EST Saturday" border="0" /></a>AP - Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats amid warnings that Tropical Storm Ida could become a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.aa0a7fb8d8c94559a53b6b29d6483aa8.tropical_weather2_gfx906.jpg?x=64&y=130&q=85&sig=h_gCDilb0cup1t7fyoUqeQ--" align="left" height="130" width="64" alt="photo" title="110709: Graphic tracks the projected path of Tropical Storm Ida as of 1 p.m. EST Saturday" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/chinaafricadiplomacyenergy afp/20091107/chinaafricadiplomacyenergy AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:39:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/chinaafricadiplomacyenergy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257581823471-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=s19W2R4yEBpIbCaebvdf7Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif (right) greets his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao upon his arrival in Cairo, on November 6. Wen arrived in Egypt for a summit with African leaders as Beijing bids to expand its diplomatic and economic influence on the resource-rich continent.(AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao denied that Beijing was developing ties in Africa purely to satisfy its need for energy, as he headed for talks with the continent's leaders, according to state media.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/chinaafricadiplomacyenergy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257581823471-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=s19W2R4yEBpIbCaebvdf7Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif (right) greets his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao upon his arrival in Cairo, on November 6. Wen arrived in Egypt for a summit with African leaders as Beijing bids to expand its diplomatic and economic influence on the resource-rich continent.(AFP)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/chinaarabdiplomacyislamlead afp/20091107/chinaarabdiplomacyislamlead AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:37:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/chinaarabdiplomacyislamlead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257607250900-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=E0UV5m8_NYaWAqFs.DOtPg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao -- pictured giving a speech at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo -- has sought to reassure the world's Muslims about his country's goodwill towards them, at a time when Beijing is criticised for the treatment of its own Muslim minority.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao sought to reassure the world's Muslims about his country's goodwill towards them in Cairo on Saturday, at a time when Beijing is criticised for the treatment of its own Muslim minority.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/chinaarabdiplomacyislamlead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257607250900-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=E0UV5m8_NYaWAqFs.DOtPg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao -- pictured giving a speech at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo -- has sought to reassure the world's Muslims about his country's goodwill towards them, at a time when Beijing is criticised for the treatment of its own Muslim minority.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_palestinians_hamas nm/20091106/us_palestinians_hamas Reuters world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:55:04 GMT Reuters - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday to stop seeking compromise with Israel but offered him an olive branch, saying Palestinians must end their divisions. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_pakistan ap/20091107/as_pakistan AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:01:50 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/20091106/capt.e9c00e630498431aba957a270af7cf2d.pakistan_isl101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oXSe3aDi0fCQjooNQ51eeg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pakistan Army soldiers patrol in the area where unknown gunmen opened fire on vehicle of army officer in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier in the capital. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan.</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/20091106/capt.e9c00e630498431aba957a270af7cf2d.pakistan_isl101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oXSe3aDi0fCQjooNQ51eeg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistan Army soldiers patrol in the area where unknown gunmen opened fire on vehicle of army officer in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier in the capital. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_mexico_floods ap/20091107/lt_mexico_floods AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:06:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_mexico_floods"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.706c2f2cd5e04a1baef7931f5f0abc25.mexico_floods_mxgb105.jpg?x=130&y=69&q=85&sig=thi_zgywemtswijW3cIAGw--" align="left" height="69" width="130" alt="A man moves a boat in front of a flooded home near Huimanguillo, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. According to local reports, nearly 200,000 people in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco have been affected by this week's flooding, as more rain fell on the region today. (AP Photo/America Rocio)" border="0" /></a>AP - A week of torrential rain has flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, officials said Friday. Residents in some towns complained that no help had arrived.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_mexico_floods"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.706c2f2cd5e04a1baef7931f5f0abc25.mexico_floods_mxgb105.jpg?x=130&y=69&q=85&sig=thi_zgywemtswijW3cIAGw--" align="left" height="69" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man moves a boat in front of a flooded home near Huimanguillo, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. According to local reports, nearly 200,000 people in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco have been affected by this week's flooding, as more rain fell on the region today. (AP Photo/America Rocio)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_west_africa_s_last_giraffes ap/20091107/af_west_africa_s_last_giraffes AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:31:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_west_africa_s_last_giraffes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.5b64a9d8b1fa40379450365f419b90dc.west_africas_last_giraffes_ny332.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bFjUPTcO1Z5VjzyfESrtUQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Aug. 1, 2009 photo, a giraffe from Africa's most endangered giraffe subspecies stands in the bush near Koure, Niger. By all accounts, they should be extinct. Instead, their numbers have quadrupled to 200 since 1996, an unlikely boon experts credit to the concurrence of an impoverished government keen for revenue that has enacted laws to protected them, a conservation program that encourages people to support them, and a rare harmony with humans who have accepted their presence. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)" border="0" /></a>AP - A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_west_africa_s_last_giraffes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.5b64a9d8b1fa40379450365f419b90dc.west_africas_last_giraffes_ny332.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bFjUPTcO1Z5VjzyfESrtUQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Aug. 1, 2009 photo, a giraffe from Africa's most endangered giraffe subspecies stands in the bush near Koure, Niger. By all accounts, they should be extinct. Instead, their numbers have quadrupled to 200 since 1996, an unlikely boon experts credit to the concurrence of an impoverished government keen for revenue that has enacted laws to protected them, a conservation program that encourages people to support them, and a rare harmony with humans who have accepted their presence. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/japanseasiamekongdiplomacy afp/20091107/japanseasiamekongdiplomacy AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:20:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/japanseasiamekongdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257543793066-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wvLA7CYREXJXqx5L9SQ9Zw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, seen here hosting the Mekong-Japan summit in Tokyo, says Japan is planning to increase aid to Myanmar gradually while hailing Washington's latest efforts to engage the military-ruled country.(AFP/POOL/Kiyoshi Ota)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The leaders of Japan and Southeast Asia's five Mekong River nations wrapped up a summit at which Tokyo pledged more than 5.5 billion dollars in loans and grants and vowed deeper ties.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/japanseasiamekongdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257543793066-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wvLA7CYREXJXqx5L9SQ9Zw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, seen here hosting the Mekong-Japan summit in Tokyo, says Japan is planning to increase aid to Myanmar gradually while hailing Washington's latest efforts to engage the military-ruled country.(AFP/POOL/Kiyoshi Ota)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_lebanon_politics ap/20091107/ml_lebanon_politics AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:00:02 GMT AP - Lebanon's Syrian-backed factions finally agreed on a unity government proposed by their pro-Western rivals on Saturday, ending a four-month deadlock in the deeply divided country.