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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1685 Most Emailed - World en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:45:23 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1685 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_as/as_nepal_animal_sacrifice ap/20091124/as_nepal_animal_sacrifice AP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:00:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_as/as_nepal_animal_sacrifice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.cd1551086c3c4911bb2244aa33180aa0.aptopix_nepal_animal_sacrifice_del172.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=NckMeOAg6wPbJULErfKsMg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Butchers with butcher knives participate in religious rituals before slaughtering buffalos during a mass sacrifice ceremony at Gadhimai temple in Bariyapur, about 70 kilometers (43 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)" border="0" /></a>AP - The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering buffalo calves by hacking off their heads.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_as/as_nepal_animal_sacrifice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.cd1551086c3c4911bb2244aa33180aa0.aptopix_nepal_animal_sacrifice_del172.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=NckMeOAg6wPbJULErfKsMg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Butchers with butcher knives participate in religious rituals before slaughtering buffalos during a mass sacrifice ceremony at Gadhimai temple in Bariyapur, about 70 kilometers (43 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_belgium_coma_recovery ap/20091125/eu_belgium_coma_recovery AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:29:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_belgium_coma_recovery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259077414108-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=wBDP4_hQ_n1_luea_F2jEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_belgium_coma_recovery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259077414108-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=wBDP4_hQ_n1_luea_F2jEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_hostages_killed ap/20091126/as_philippines_hostages_killed AP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:45:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_hostages_killed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.53bb00a411c541b7be657633a3b4c71c.philippines_hostages_killed_xaf116.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=VBxB3t9B6ZPjId4zVLS.jg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="A man digs beside a backhoe as they recover a vehicle that was dumped together with massacre victims along a hillside grave in Ampatuan, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. Philippine authorities, under intense public pressure to make arrests in the country's worst election massacre, said Wednesday they are investigating a member of a powerful clan allied with the government along with four police commanders. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)" border="0" /></a>AP - A scion of a powerful clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines turned himself in Wednesday amid mounting pressure on the government to crack down on lawlessness and warlords.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_hostages_killed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.53bb00a411c541b7be657633a3b4c71c.philippines_hostages_killed_xaf116.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=VBxB3t9B6ZPjId4zVLS.jg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man digs beside a backhoe as they recover a vehicle that was dumped together with massacre victims along a hillside grave in Ampatuan, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. Philippine authorities, under intense public pressure to make arrests in the country's worst election massacre, said Wednesday they are investigating a member of a powerful clan allied with the government along with four police commanders. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_tainted_milk ap/20091124/as_china_tainted_milk AP business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:51:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_tainted_milk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.8685f3bc655343dcb1ba90ccdb5948b8.china_tainted_milk_lon105.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=vZG4TCtd5DtUuShzF6ZAaA--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2008 file photo, a child cries as he waits for ultrasonic scan to detect for problems related to consuming tainted milk formula at a hospital, in Shijiazhuang, northern China's Hebei province. China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, for their roles in the sale of contaminated baby formula severe punishments that Beijing hopes will assuage public anger, reassure importers and put to rest one of the country's worst food safety crises. The men were the only people put to death in a scheme to boost profits by lacing milk powder with the industrial chemical melamine; another 19 were convicted and received lesser sentences. At least six children died after drinking the adulterated formula, and more than 300,000 were sickened. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman Tuesday for their roles in the sale of contaminated baby formula &mdash; severe punishments that Beijing hopes will assuage public anger, reassure importers and put to rest one of the country's worst food safety crises.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_tainted_milk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.8685f3bc655343dcb1ba90ccdb5948b8.china_tainted_milk_lon105.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=vZG4TCtd5DtUuShzF6ZAaA--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2008 file photo, a child cries as he waits for ultrasonic scan to detect for problems related to consuming tainted milk formula at a hospital, in Shijiazhuang, northern China's Hebei province. China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, for their roles in the sale of contaminated baby formula severe punishments that Beijing hopes will assuage public anger, reassure importers and put to rest one of the country's worst food safety crises. The men were the only people put to death in a scheme to boost profits by lacing milk powder with the industrial chemical melamine; another 19 were convicted and received lesser sentences. At least six children died after drinking the adulterated formula, and more than 300,000 were sickened. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_he_me/ml_saudi_hajj ap/20091125/ml_saudi_hajj AP health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:43:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_he_me/ml_saudi_hajj"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.6bdc8edf71d04e5dbfe8580f6998f410.mideast_saudi_arabia_hajj_cai105.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=OwJLOrQmTcWSf0qbxmz56Q--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Pilgrims attending the hajj walk on flooded streets during heavy rains in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The heaviest rainstorms to hit Islam's annual hajj in years soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca, snarling traffic as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites and added an extra hazard on top of intense concerns about the spread of swine flu. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site Wednesday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions &mdash; umbrellas and face masks &mdash; as the opening of the annual hajj was complicated by torrential rains and fears of swine flu.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_he_me/ml_saudi_hajj"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.6bdc8edf71d04e5dbfe8580f6998f410.mideast_saudi_arabia_hajj_cai105.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=OwJLOrQmTcWSf0qbxmz56Q--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pilgrims attending the hajj walk on flooded streets during heavy rains in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The heaviest rainstorms to hit Islam's annual hajj in years soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca, snarling traffic as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites and added an extra hazard on top of intense concerns about the spread of swine flu. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091125/wl_time/031542194260400 time/20091125/031542194260400 Time.com world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:00 GMT Time.com - One unlucky traveler got hit with an excess-baggage charge so outrageous, he may as well have bought his luggage its own seats on the flight http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_battling_baboons ap/20091125/af_south_africa_battling_baboons AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:24:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_battling_baboons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.1f0d6acca22d4daf8422a76acd8f0059.south_africa_battling_baboons_asvz105.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=ZapzGCarf_vTFULidRwGog--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="A baboon called Fred, back ground, sits inside a car with a baboon called Michael Jackson, left, as he eats at Cape Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Visitors heading to South Africa premier holiday destination during the 2010 World Cup maybe worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate but they are more likely to find themselves robbed or mugged by a rather furry kind of felon: baboons. The baboons were named local officials who are supposed to prevent baboons from entering houses and cars. (Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)" border="0" /></a>AP - Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_battling_baboons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.1f0d6acca22d4daf8422a76acd8f0059.south_africa_battling_baboons_asvz105.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=ZapzGCarf_vTFULidRwGog--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="photo" title="A baboon called Fred, back ground, sits inside a car with a baboon called Michael Jackson, left, as he eats at Cape Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Visitors heading to South Africa premier holiday destination during the 2010 World Cup maybe worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate but they are more likely to find themselves robbed or mugged by a rather furry kind of felon: baboons. The baboons were named local officials who are supposed to prevent baboons from entering houses and cars. (Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_new_weapons ap/20091125/ml_israel_new_weapons AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:07:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_new_weapons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.e17ba56acfe14dcb902f393d6eddec4b.mideast_israel_evolving_military_jrl148.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=PuWXPKLkz88teX_IKlZzDg--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009 file photo, Israeli soldiers wear gas mask as they take part in a home front command army drill simulating a chemical missile attack at an army base near Tel Aviv. With cutting-edge anti-missile systems and two new submarines that can carry nuclear weapons, Israel is readying a new generation of armaments designed to defend itself against egression from outside its borders, according to Eyal Ron, one of the system's developers, saying that final dress rehearsals are expected in December 2009, before the system goes live next year.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - With cutting-edge anti-missile systems and two new submarines that can carry nuclear weapons, Israel is readying a new generation of armaments designed to defend itself against distant Iran as well as Tehran's proxy armies on its borders.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_new_weapons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.e17ba56acfe14dcb902f393d6eddec4b.mideast_israel_evolving_military_jrl148.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=PuWXPKLkz88teX_IKlZzDg--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009 file photo, Israeli soldiers wear gas mask as they take part in a home front command army drill simulating a chemical missile attack at an army base near Tel Aviv. With cutting-edge anti-missile systems and two new submarines that can carry nuclear weapons, Israel is readying a new generation of armaments designed to defend itself against egression from outside its borders, according to Eyal Ron, one of the system's developers, saying that final dress rehearsals are expected in December 2009, before the system goes live next year.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091124/wl_mcclatchy/3364339 mcclatchy/20091124/3364339 McClatchy Newspapers world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:59:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan &mdash; The television set crackles with breaking news: Terrorists have smuggled a nuclear bomb into Kabul and are preparing to take out the Afghan capital. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians ap/20091126/ml_israel_palestinians AP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:40:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.93eae475958a4a42b8da37acb63d4503.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl134.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=dKVMveU3Noo6.DDnGTRLCg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, gestures as he speaks during a press conference in his Jerusalem office, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2009. Israel will halt construction in its West Bank settlements for 10 months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday, in an effort to restart peace talks, but Palestinians rejected the freeze as insufficient because it did not include east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)" border="0" /></a>AP - Israel on Wednesday proposed a 10-month halt to new construction in West Bank settlements as a step toward restarting Mideast peace negotiations. Washington welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer, but the Palestinians swiftly rejected it because it did not include a building freeze in Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem, the mainly Arab sector of the city they want as the capital of a future state.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.93eae475958a4a42b8da37acb63d4503.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl134.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=dKVMveU3Noo6.DDnGTRLCg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, gestures as he speaks during a press conference in his Jerusalem office, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2009. Israel will halt construction in its West Bank settlements for 10 months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday, in an effort to restart peace talks, but Palestinians rejected the freeze as insufficient because it did not include east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/as_new_zealand_icebergs ap/20091125/as_new_zealand_icebergs AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:20:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/as_new_zealand_icebergs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.56078dc3622c49af8da957116f140a51.australia_iceburg_maq801.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=JxBbYrtv34Cfi6i58j115w--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="In this Nov. 16, 2009 photo released by the Australian Antarctic Division, an iceberg is seen at Sandy Bay on Macquarie Island's east coast, in the Southern Ocean 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) southeast of Tasmania, Australia. It is very rare to see icebergs from Macquarie Island and is uncommon to find icebergs in this general region. (AP Photo/Australian Antarctic Division, Eve Merfield)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ships are on alert and maritime authorities are monitoring the movements of hundreds of menacing icebergs drifting toward New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/as_new_zealand_icebergs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.56078dc3622c49af8da957116f140a51.australia_iceburg_maq801.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=JxBbYrtv34Cfi6i58j115w--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Nov. 16, 2009 photo released by the Australian Antarctic Division, an iceberg is seen at Sandy Bay on Macquarie Island's east coast, in the Southern Ocean 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) southeast of Tasmania, Australia. It is very rare to see icebergs from Macquarie Island and is uncommon to find icebergs in this general region. (AP Photo/Australian Antarctic Division, Eve Merfield)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091124/wl_time/08599194239200 time/20091124/08599194239200 Time.com world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:50:00 GMT Time.com - French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to move Albert Camus' ashes to the famed PanthÉon in Paris as a way of revering the writer and philosopher. His critics, however, see more tactical motivations http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_endangered_tiger ap/20091125/eu_russia_endangered_tiger AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:57:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_endangered_tiger"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.e50b765e3e514ae9abe72993ed0738a8.russia_endangered_tiger_mosb107.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=55OLkN8aYHV2spAjzpCJmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="FILE -- In this Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, file photo Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a head of the tranquilized five-year-old Ussuri tiger as a researcher puts a collar with a satellite tracker on the animal in a Russian Academy of Sciences reserve in Russia's Far East. Putin's Siberian tigress cannot be traced anymore &mdash; as other giant felines of her rare breed may approach extinction, a leading animal-protection group said. Russia's Prime Minister placed a tracking collar on a female Siberian tiger in August 2008, and Moscow pledged to hold a 'tiger summit' next September to help double the global tiger population.(AP Photo/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A rare Siberian tiger that Vladimir Putin fitted with a radio-tracking collar is alive and well, the Russian prime minister's spokesman said Wednesday, easing concerns raised when an environmentalist said the tracking device had gone silent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_endangered_tiger"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.e50b765e3e514ae9abe72993ed0738a8.russia_endangered_tiger_mosb107.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=55OLkN8aYHV2spAjzpCJmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="FILE -- In this Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, file photo Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a head of the tranquilized five-year-old Ussuri tiger as a researcher puts a collar with a satellite tracker on the animal in a Russian Academy of Sciences reserve in Russia's Far East. Putin's Siberian tigress cannot be traced anymore &mdash; as other giant felines of her rare breed may approach extinction, a leading animal-protection group said. Russia's Prime Minister placed a tracking collar on a female Siberian tiger in August 2008, and Moscow pledged to hold a 'tiger summit' next September to help double the global tiger population.(AP Photo/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/australiawildlifedroughtcamels afp/20091125/australiawildlifedroughtcamels AFP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:37:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/australiawildlifedroughtcamels"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259141758421-1-0.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=.qEx2P9V42vR8u880sVkpQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="A feral camel searches for food near Alice Springs in Australia. Some 6,000 feral camels are running wild in a remote Australian outback community in search of water, smashing infrastructure and invading the airstrip.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Some 6,000 feral camels are running wild in a remote Australian outback community in search of water, smashing infrastructure and invading the airstrip, officials said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/australiawildlifedroughtcamels"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259141758421-1-0.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=.qEx2P9V42vR8u880sVkpQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="A feral camel searches for food near Alice Springs in Australia. Some 6,000 feral camels are running wild in a remote Australian outback community in search of water, smashing infrastructure and invading the airstrip.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_asia_afp/quaketonga afp/20091124/quaketonga AFP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:59:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_asia_afp/quaketonga"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259074759184-2-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=GKh28tEEzJGPVRoI8FmdxQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="A map locating the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Tonga. The strong quake rattled the Pacific island nation but the US Geological Survey said there was no threat of a widespread destructive tsunami.(AFP/Graphic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit off the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_asia_afp/quaketonga"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259074759184-2-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=GKh28tEEzJGPVRoI8FmdxQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="A map locating the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Tonga. The strong quake rattled the Pacific island nation but the US Geological Survey said there was no threat of a widespread destructive tsunami.(AFP/Graphic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_as/as_tonga_quake ap/20091124/as_tonga_quake AP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:02:06 GMT AP - A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Tonga, sending panicked residents into the streets at night, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_russia_france_navy_ship ap/20091124/eu_russia_france_navy_ship AP business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:38:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_russia_france_navy_ship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.d4dae999fe6f4d71bf2d1869c7339f28.russia_france_navy_ship_mosb103.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=sYJdhTFw9Ckp83AQCcHXKw--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="People line up for their turn to visit the Mistral French amphibious assault ship docked on the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The ship that Russia wants to buy, The Mistral opened herself up for visitors Wednesday and some hundreds of people queued up for hours to board the ship capable of carrying 16 helicopters and dozens of armored vehicles. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)" border="0" /></a>AP - French officers on Tuesday showed off a cutting-edge warship to a potential buyer &mdash; the Russian navy, whose pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighboring countries.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_russia_france_navy_ship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.d4dae999fe6f4d71bf2d1869c7339f28.russia_france_navy_ship_mosb103.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=sYJdhTFw9Ckp83AQCcHXKw--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="People line up for their turn to visit the Mistral French amphibious assault ship docked on the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The ship that Russia wants to buy, The Mistral opened herself up for visitors Wednesday and some hundreds of people queued up for hours to board the ship capable of carrying 16 helicopters and dozens of armored vehicles. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_taliban_turncoats ap/20091124/as_afghan_taliban_turncoats AP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:24:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_taliban_turncoats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.969e9c8e2781495d9a6ca7d73e951622.afghanistan_taliban_turncoats_xjd102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=O4bSSoPfXiUZQKS6szC6Og--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this picture taken Thursday Nov. 19, 2009, Rahimullah stands at an Afghan National Army checkpoint soldier , the car he was traveling in being stopped because of his weapon, in the Tagab Valley some 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Rahimullah, a former Taliban fighter, changed side, joined the Afghan forces and was given an AK47 automatic riffle. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)" border="0" /></a>AP - A battered taxi sped up a dusty road toward a squad of Afghan soldiers searching for bombs planted in the dirt. Army gunmen who had fanned out for protection readied for a suicide attacker. The car screeched to a halt.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_taliban_turncoats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.969e9c8e2781495d9a6ca7d73e951622.afghanistan_taliban_turncoats_xjd102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=O4bSSoPfXiUZQKS6szC6Og--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this picture taken Thursday Nov. 19, 2009, Rahimullah stands at an Afghan National Army checkpoint soldier , the car he was traveling in being stopped because of his weapon, in the Tagab Valley some 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Rahimullah, a former Taliban fighter, changed side, joined the Afghan forces and was given an AK47 automatic riffle. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_mumbai_attacks ap/20091125/as_pakistan_mumbai_attacks AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:13:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_mumbai_attacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259145113468-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=RTpwuIsMZb00rGG.XJv99g--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A tea vendor looks for customers opposite the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has indicted seven suspects over last year's Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people and all those in the dock pleaded not guilty.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pakistan charged seven men in last year's Mumbai attacks on Wednesday, its first indictment in a case being monitored by India and the United States to see if Islamabad makes good on promises to bring those responsible to justice.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_mumbai_attacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259145113468-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=RTpwuIsMZb00rGG.XJv99g--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="A tea vendor looks for customers opposite the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has indicted seven suspects over last year's Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people and all those in the dock pleaded not guilty.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry ap/20091125/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:31:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.4135d200b8f34f9d99a3eb5ac52b31c1.britain_iraq_inquiry_llp102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cPoKFx1cNV7vaMU3y6jQCA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Anti-war protesters from the 'Stop the War' group, wearing masks depicting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, center and former US president George W. Bush, left, pose for the photographers, outside the conference center where the Iraq war inquiry is taking place, in central London, Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. In the most sweeping inquiry by any nation involved in the Iraq war, a panel investigating Britain's role in the conflict begins questioning witnesses Tuesday in hearings that critics hope will humble former Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to conflict. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iran and Libya, not Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime, were Britain's main security concerns before the invasion of Iraq, Foreign Office officials testified Wednesday at an inquiry probing Britain's role in the war.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.4135d200b8f34f9d99a3eb5ac52b31c1.britain_iraq_inquiry_llp102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cPoKFx1cNV7vaMU3y6jQCA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Anti-war protesters from the 'Stop the War' group, wearing masks depicting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, center and former US president George W. Bush, left, pose for the photographers, outside the conference center where the Iraq war inquiry is taking place, in central London, Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. In the most sweeping inquiry by any nation involved in the Iraq war, a panel investigating Britain's role in the conflict begins questioning witnesses Tuesday in hearings that critics hope will humble former Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to conflict. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)