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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1765 Most Recommended World en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:18:57 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1765 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/italy_fingerprinting_gypsies ap/20080703/italy_fingerprinting_gypsies AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:24:50 GMT AP - Italian authorities have started fingerprinting tens of thousands of Gypsies living in nomad camps across the country — adults and children alike — brushing aside accusations of racism by human rights advocates and international organizations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/afghan_violence ap/20080704/afghan_violence AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080704/capt.cps.mxc11.040708100511.photo00.photo.default-512x322.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=Mx.nIExlOtTpKJNQV5MLbA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="NATO-led British soldiers patrol the streets in Kandahar, on June 22. Bomb blasts and attacks killed 11 policemen and three civilians in separate incidents in Afghanistan, according to officials. In the deadliest incident, attackers tossed a grenade into a police post in Panjwayi district of troubled southern Kandahar province and then opened fire into the building, killing eight policemen.(AFP/File/Hamed Zalmy)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gunmen lobbed a grenade and sprayed a police checkpoint with gunfire in southern Afghanistan, killing eight officers, Kandahar's police chief said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080704/capt.cps.mxc11.040708100511.photo00.photo.default-512x322.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=Mx.nIExlOtTpKJNQV5MLbA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="NATO-led British soldiers patrol the streets in Kandahar, on June 22. Bomb blasts and attacks killed 11 policemen and three civilians in separate incidents in Afghanistan, according to officials. In the deadliest incident, attackers tossed a grenade into a police post in Panjwayi district of troubled southern Kandahar province and then opened fire into the building, killing eight policemen.(AFP/File/Hamed Zalmy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/guatemala_finding_the_dead ap/20080703/guatemala_finding_the_dead AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:26:38 GMT AP - Guatemala's 36-year civil war cost some 200,000 lives, mostly of Mayan Indians caught between government forces and rebels. Twelve years after peace was signed, forensic anthropologists are still hunting for the missing. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/life_in_the_jungle ap/20080703/life_in_the_jungle AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:23:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/life_in_the_jungle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.43d733af09b8421f9bba772d0c7a073f.colombia_hostages_xrm111.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=ZzIGNleirjxP9F3HSUqrvA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, kisses the hands of her daughter Melanie, left, and son Lorenzo upon her children's arrival from France to a military base in Bogota, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Betancourt, three U.S.military contractors and 11 other hostages were rescued by the Colombian military from rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, on Wednesday. Betancourt was abducted by the FARC when running for president in Feb. 2002. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)" border="0" /></a>AP - A meal was rice and beans. Bed was the ground under a patched plastic tarp. They bathed in rivers, and when they weren't chained by the neck to trees, they were forced on long marches to new hideouts under the jungle canopy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/life_in_the_jungle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.43d733af09b8421f9bba772d0c7a073f.colombia_hostages_xrm111.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=ZzIGNleirjxP9F3HSUqrvA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, kisses the hands of her daughter Melanie, left, and son Lorenzo upon her children's arrival from France to a military base in Bogota, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Betancourt, three U.S.military contractors and 11 other hostages were rescued by the Colombian military from rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, on Wednesday. Betancourt was abducted by the FARC when running for president in Feb. 2002. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/colombia_hostages_dc nm/20080704/colombia_hostages_dc Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:49:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/colombia_hostages_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080703/2008_07_03t103519_450x311_us_colombia_hostages.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=4_pehcQJFcEu1M8myI3lfQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt (C) smiles with her children Melanie and Lorenzo at Catam military airport in Bogota July 3, 2008. (Jorge Silva/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Ingrid Betancourt began each day in captivity at 4 a.m. -- cold and depressed but awake in the dark waiting to hear her mother's words of encouragement over the radio.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/colombia_hostages_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080703/2008_07_03t103519_450x311_us_colombia_hostages.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=4_pehcQJFcEu1M8myI3lfQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt (C) smiles with her children Melanie and Lorenzo at Catam military airport in Bogota July 3, 2008. (Jorge Silva/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/argentina_metropolis_footage ap/20080704/argentina_metropolis_footage AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:30:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/argentina_metropolis_footage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.c6135cebf1ca47508d2f5ae70dd66540.argentina_metropolis_lost_scenes_edb105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5z7EZv2Hx3suOnmSl80fMQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Reporters watch the unearthed lost scenes found from Germany's Fritz Lang's Metropolis film, during its presentation in Buenos Aires, Thursday, July 3, 2008 .(AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lost scenes from the sci-fi classic "Metropolis," recently discovered in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum, were shown to journalists for the first time in decades on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/argentina_metropolis_footage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.c6135cebf1ca47508d2f5ae70dd66540.argentina_metropolis_lost_scenes_edb105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5z7EZv2Hx3suOnmSl80fMQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Reporters watch the unearthed lost scenes found from Germany's Fritz Lang's Metropolis film, during its presentation in Buenos Aires, Thursday, July 3, 2008 .(AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/japan_food_aid ap/20080704/japan_food_aid AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:52:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/japan_food_aid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.555e6f2fda744771a79500fc8120d0d8.japan_g8_summit_economic_woes_xkaj102.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=mel3LKT95C6zOWBwkf9CzA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Passersby wait to cross an intersection in front of a price board indicating regular gas is sold at 190 yen (US$1.79) per liter (0.26 gallon) and the high-octane gas at 200 yen ($1.88) per liter at a gas station in Tokyo Thursday, July 3, 2008. Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)" border="0" /></a>AP - Japan announced Friday it will provide $50 million in new emergency food aid to help developing countries cope with the impact of soaring food prices.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/japan_food_aid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.555e6f2fda744771a79500fc8120d0d8.japan_g8_summit_economic_woes_xkaj102.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=mel3LKT95C6zOWBwkf9CzA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="photo" title="Passersby wait to cross an intersection in front of a price board indicating regular gas is sold at 190 yen (US$1.79) per liter (0.26 gallon) and the high-octane gas at 200 yen ($1.88) per liter at a gas station in Tokyo Thursday, July 3, 2008. Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iran_us_israel ap/20080704/iran_us_israel AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:09:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iran_us_israel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080702/capt.1b2fc42718134bf0b4d7e2f964e49985.iran_nyrd106.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=0ubheITI4M3pv0x_nGc2Sw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is interviewed in New York, Wednesday July 2, 2008. He dismissed talk of a U.S. or Israeli attack against his country, calling the prospect of another war in the Middle East 'craziness.' (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iran would consider any military action against its nuclear facilities as the beginning of a war, the country's top Revolutionary Guards commander said in remarks published Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iran_us_israel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080702/capt.1b2fc42718134bf0b4d7e2f964e49985.iran_nyrd106.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=0ubheITI4M3pv0x_nGc2Sw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is interviewed in New York, Wednesday July 2, 2008. He dismissed talk of a U.S. or Israeli attack against his country, calling the prospect of another war in the Middle East 'craziness.' (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/2982988 mcclatchy/20080703/2982988 McClatchy Newspapers Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:56:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/2982988"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.0e9c93780726469491d23aad7299a5c5.aptopix_colombia_hostages_xrm101.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=PCiLWkkO0RdrXhpQXr2qTA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, holds the hands of her children Melanie, left, and Lorenzo after her children arrived from France to a military base in Bogota, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Betancourt, three U.S.military contractors and 11 other hostages were rescued by the Colombian military from rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, on Wednesday. Betancourt was abducted by the FARC when running for president in Feb. 2002. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - BOGOTA, Colombia— Ingrid Betancourt went from jungle captive to national heroine within a dizzying 24 hours, as Colombians hailed the newly freed hostage Thursday for her courage and her every public move was carried live on television.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/2982988"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.0e9c93780726469491d23aad7299a5c5.aptopix_colombia_hostages_xrm101.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=PCiLWkkO0RdrXhpQXr2qTA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, holds the hands of her children Melanie, left, and Lorenzo after her children arrived from France to a military base in Bogota, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Betancourt, three U.S.military contractors and 11 other hostages were rescued by the Colombian military from rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, on Wednesday. Betancourt was abducted by the FARC when running for president in Feb. 2002. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (McClatchy Newspapers) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/colombia_hostages ap/20080704/colombia_hostages AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:44:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/colombia_hostages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.0e9c93780726469491d23aad7299a5c5.aptopix_colombia_hostages_xrm101.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=PCiLWkkO0RdrXhpQXr2qTA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, holds the hands of her children Melanie, left, and Lorenzo after her children arrived from France to a military base in Bogota, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Betancourt, three U.S.military contractors and 11 other hostages were rescued by the Colombian military from rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, on Wednesday. Betancourt was abducted by the FARC when running for president in Feb. 2002. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)" border="0" /></a>AP - The plan was nothing if not audacious: A turncoat persuades rebels to bring together their most prized hostages and march them 90 miles through Colombia's wilderness. A month later, disguised commandos primed with acting lessons land in a helicopter and trick the rebels into handing them over.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/colombia_hostages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.0e9c93780726469491d23aad7299a5c5.aptopix_colombia_hostages_xrm101.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=PCiLWkkO0RdrXhpQXr2qTA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, holds the hands of her children Melanie, left, and Lorenzo after her children arrived from France to a military base in Bogota, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Betancourt, three U.S.military contractors and 11 other hostages were rescued by the Colombian military from rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, on Wednesday. Betancourt was abducted by the FARC when running for president in Feb. 2002. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/taiwan_china_tourism_hopes ap/20080704/taiwan_china_tourism_hopes AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:05:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/taiwan_china_tourism_hopes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.17108186c60e4ffe89d062a079d26637.aptopix_taiwan_china_tourism_xws102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=0o5O4eBQGC21JXl2N8D0KQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The first wave of mainland China tourists from the coastal city of Xiamen arrive at the Taipei Airport Friday, July 4, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. More than 200 mainland Chinese tourists arrived in Taiwan on Friday on the first regular commercial flight in nearly six decades, a historic move aimed at further easing tensions between the old foes. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hundreds of mainland Chinese tourists — some in matching white or pink shirts — arrived in Taiwan on Friday on the first regular commercial flights in nearly six decades between the old foes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/taiwan_china_tourism_hopes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.17108186c60e4ffe89d062a079d26637.aptopix_taiwan_china_tourism_xws102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=0o5O4eBQGC21JXl2N8D0KQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The first wave of mainland China tourists from the coastal city of Xiamen arrive at the Taipei Airport Friday, July 4, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. More than 200 mainland Chinese tourists arrived in Taiwan on Friday on the first regular commercial flight in nearly six decades, a historic move aimed at further easing tensions between the old foes. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/taiwan_china_flights_dc nm/20080704/taiwan_china_flights_dc Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:27:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/taiwan_china_flights_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_04t042639_450x320_us_taiwan_china_flights.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=KHWc.3WHJSD94M9unw2RbA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Chinese passengers board an Air China charter flight to Taiwan, at Beijing airport July 4, 2008. (Greg Baker/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Historic regular flights between Taiwan and China began on Friday, in a show of conciliation between the long-time rivals that could bring large numbers of mainland Chinese visitors to the island.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/taiwan_china_flights_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_04t042639_450x320_us_taiwan_china_flights.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=KHWc.3WHJSD94M9unw2RbA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chinese passengers board an Air China charter flight to Taiwan, at Beijing airport July 4, 2008. (Greg Baker/Pool/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/france_betancourt ap/20080704/france_betancourt AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:18:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/france_betancourt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.199bb3ded1d3408392ab899e3cb47ca1.colombia_hostages_cofv105.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=ZU.CLb4jFhp5WxGrEfjokQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt answers questions during a news conference in Bogota, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 other hostages were rescued by the Colombian military from rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ingrid Betancourt, freed from captivity and humiliation in the jungles of Colombia, returns to her beloved France and a hero's welcome Friday in the gilded halls of the presidential palace.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/france_betancourt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.199bb3ded1d3408392ab899e3cb47ca1.colombia_hostages_cofv105.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=ZU.CLb4jFhp5WxGrEfjokQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt answers questions during a news conference in Bogota, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 other hostages were rescued by the Colombian military from rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afghanistanunrestchildren afp/20080703/afghanistanunrestchildren AFP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:28:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afghanistanunrestchildren"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mwy88.030708192547.photo00.photo.default-512x351.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=JESxkX9SokPbc8MVRvQTOA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Afghan children play in Kabul in June 2008. Children in Afghanistan suffer more than in any other country in the world from violence, war and poverty, and sometimes become suicide bombers, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Children in Afghanistan suffer more than in any other country in the world from violence, war and poverty, and sometimes become suicide bombers, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afghanistanunrestchildren"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mwy88.030708192547.photo00.photo.default-512x351.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=JESxkX9SokPbc8MVRvQTOA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan children play in Kabul in June 2008. Children in Afghanistan suffer more than in any other country in the world from violence, war and poverty, and sometimes become suicide bombers, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/zimbabwe_crisis_displaced_dc nm/20080703/zimbabwe_crisis_displaced_dc Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:56:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/zimbabwe_crisis_displaced_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080703/2008_07_03t084952_450x307_us_zimbabwe_crisis_britain.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Fzd4kNaButwv_bRTmOaRyA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Protesters demonstrate against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe outside the country's embassy in London June 27, 2008. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - More than 200 victims of Zimbabwe's election violence are seeking refuge in the U.S. embassy in Harare, an embassy spokesman said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/zimbabwe_crisis_displaced_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080703/2008_07_03t084952_450x307_us_zimbabwe_crisis_britain.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Fzd4kNaButwv_bRTmOaRyA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Protesters demonstrate against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe outside the country's embassy in London June 27, 2008. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/g8_economic_woes ap/20080704/g8_economic_woes AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:22:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/g8_economic_woes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.8dffd599fb3844e697f78f7e9133a342.indonesia_japan_g8_summit_economic_woes_xkaj103.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=_xMSi9zkKI9SSRm0kQ1QlQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="In this May 26, 2008 file photo, a student protester hurls a rock at riot police officers during a protest against fuel price hikes in Jakarta, Indonesia. Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/g8_economic_woes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.8dffd599fb3844e697f78f7e9133a342.indonesia_japan_g8_summit_economic_woes_xkaj103.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=_xMSi9zkKI9SSRm0kQ1QlQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this May 26, 2008 file photo, a student protester hurls a rock at riot police officers during a protest against fuel price hikes in Jakarta, Indonesia. Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/belarus_explosion_dc nm/20080704/belarus_explosion_dc Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:35:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/belarus_explosion_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_04t031141_450x300_us_belarus_explosion.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=EYfWMphPjqeX0ND_uHfEAA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Medics treat people injured by an explosion in Minsk early July 4, 2008. (Nikolai Petrov/BelTa/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - About 50 people were wounded by a home-made bomb in Belarus's capital on Friday at an Independence Day concert attended by long-time ruler President Alexander Lukashenko, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/belarus_explosion_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_04t031141_450x300_us_belarus_explosion.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=EYfWMphPjqeX0ND_uHfEAA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Medics treat people injured by an explosion in Minsk early July 4, 2008. (Nikolai Petrov/BelTa/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iraq_dc nm/20080703/iraq_dc Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:42:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iraq_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080703/2008_07_03t130827_450x326_us_iraq.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=qIBrJcoo.ZTXyyVjqU4vwA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Iraqis carry a poster of top Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani during a demonstration in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad June 13, 2007. (Ali Abu Shish/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Iraq's cabinet wants to ban parties from using pictures of figures who are not running for office at campaign rallies in local elections, the government's spokesman said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iraq_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080703/2008_07_03t130827_450x326_us_iraq.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=qIBrJcoo.ZTXyyVjqU4vwA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iraqis carry a poster of top Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani during a demonstration in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad June 13, 2007. (Ali Abu Shish/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/pakistan_kidnap_dc nm/20080704/pakistan_kidnap_dc Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:11:07 GMT Reuters - Al Qaeda-linked militants have abducted two Pakistani journalists who the militants accused of snooping on their members and positions near the Afghan border. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/britainfrancestudentsmurder afp/20080704/britainfrancestudentsmurder AFP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:41:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/britainfrancestudentsmurder"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080704/capt.cps.mxb73.040708084043.photo00.photo.default-313x512.jpg?x=79&y=130&q=85&sig=KMxFe7ulSwZvjy9Xu6Joug--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="Firefighters cordon off the New Cross flat where French students Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez were found dead. Police were on Friday investigating the "frenzied, brutal and horrific attack" on the two who were found stabbed to death in their charred London flat.(AFP/Shaun Curry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Metropolitan Police were on Friday investigating a "frenzied, brutal and horrific attack" on two French students found stabbed to death in a charred London flat.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/britainfrancestudentsmurder"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080704/capt.cps.mxb73.040708084043.photo00.photo.default-313x512.jpg?x=79&y=130&q=85&sig=KMxFe7ulSwZvjy9Xu6Joug--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="photo" title="Firefighters cordon off the New Cross flat where French students Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez were found dead. Police were on Friday investigating the "frenzied, brutal and horrific attack" on the two who were found stabbed to death in their charred London flat.(AFP/Shaun Curry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)