Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1685 Most Emailed - World en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:34:10 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1685 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/wl_asia_afp/indonesiabritainenvironmentanimalleopards afp/20080821/indonesiabritainenvironmentanimalleopards AFP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:53:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/wl_asia_afp/indonesiabritainenvironmentanimalleopards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.nix47.210808115153.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=TXiNZLnituVZwJtSaMkamw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="This photograph taken in July 2008 from a camera trap shows a leopard in Sebangau National Park in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province. According to British zoologist Susan Cheyne, a new population of rare leopard has been found living in thick forests on the Indonesian half of Borneo island.(AFP/HO/Susan Cheyne)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A new population of rare leopard has been found living in thick forests on the Indonesian half of Borneo island, a researcher said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/wl_asia_afp/indonesiabritainenvironmentanimalleopards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.nix47.210808115153.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=TXiNZLnituVZwJtSaMkamw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="This photograph taken in July 2008 from a camera trap shows a leopard in Sebangau National Park in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province. According to British zoologist Susan Cheyne, a new population of rare leopard has been found living in thick forests on the Indonesian half of Borneo island.(AFP/HO/Susan Cheyne)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/japan_older_mother ap/20080821/japan_older_mother AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:08:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/japan_older_mother"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir82.200808165931.photo00.photo.default-345x512.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=iD8HUOhQ_9WAdEuhFiAuew--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="An obstetrician at work in an operating theatre. A 61-year-old woman in central Japan has given birth to a surrogate child for her daughter, an obstetrician has said.(AFP/File/Didier Pallages)" border="0" /></a>AP - A 61-year-old Japanese woman gave birth to her own grandchild, using an egg donated by her daughter, a clinic said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/japan_older_mother"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir82.200808165931.photo00.photo.default-345x512.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=iD8HUOhQ_9WAdEuhFiAuew--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="An obstetrician at work in an operating theatre. A 61-year-old woman in central Japan has given birth to a surrogate child for her daughter, an obstetrician has said.(AFP/File/Didier Pallages)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/wl_africa_afp/imbsomaliajapanirangermanypiracy afp/20080821/imbsomaliajapanirangermanypiracy AFP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:59:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/wl_africa_afp/imbsomaliajapanirangermanypiracy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.nja12.210808175818.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=efz7uJ5E2T8tlBTWuvWbzQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A suspected pirate looks over the edge of a skiff while off the coast of Somalia in 2006. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said three ships were hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast in an unprecedented series of attacks.(AFP/US NAVY/File/Daniel Sanford)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Three ships -- German, Iranian and Japanese -- were hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast Thursday in an unprecedented series of attacks, a maritime watchdog said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/wl_africa_afp/imbsomaliajapanirangermanypiracy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.nja12.210808175818.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=efz7uJ5E2T8tlBTWuvWbzQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A suspected pirate looks over the edge of a skiff while off the coast of Somalia in 2006. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said three ships were hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast in an unprecedented series of attacks.(AFP/US NAVY/File/Daniel Sanford)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_eu/spain_airport_accident ap/20080821/spain_airport_accident AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:39:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_eu/spain_airport_accident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080821/i/r415978392.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=HoE.dtYBAS1Hzq0nWvMkFQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Relatives of victims of the Barajas airport crash prepare to leave for Madrid's IFEMA fairgrounds where the remains of the dead are being kept, August 21, 2008. A Spanish jet heading for the Canary Islands crashed on takeoff and burst into flames at Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing 153 of the people on board, the government said. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN)" border="0" /></a>AP - The jetliner that crashed in Madrid abandoned a first takeoff attempt because of an air gauge that showed overheating, but experts said it was unlikely the gauge was a factor in the accident that killed 153 people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_eu/spain_airport_accident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080821/i/r415978392.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=HoE.dtYBAS1Hzq0nWvMkFQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Relatives of victims of the Barajas airport crash prepare to leave for Madrid's IFEMA fairgrounds where the remains of the dead are being kept, August 21, 2008. A Spanish jet heading for the Canary Islands crashed on takeoff and burst into flames at Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing 153 of the people on board, the government said. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_kidnapping_wave ap/20080821/mexico_kidnapping_wave AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:48:03 GMT AP - After kidnappers in police uniforms set up a fake checkpoint to snatch 14-year-old Fernando Marti off a Mexico City street, his businessman father paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom, and waited for his son's safe return. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_baby_whale ap/20080821/australia_baby_whale AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:58:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_baby_whale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.f4538d08f36245a4adc2a5c505c3132b.australia_baby_whale_syd110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7UTJTmpdQVchdT1NXzLN1A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this handout photo released by NSW Parks and Wildlife, a lost humpback whale calf swims around the Pittwater, north of Sydney Harbour Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008. The 1- to 2-month-old calf was first sighted Sunday in waters off north Sydney, and on Monday tried to suckle from a yacht, which it would not leave. (AP Photo/NSW Parks and Wildlife)" border="0" /></a>AP - Officials who had planned to euthanize an injured and abandoned baby whale postponed the operation Thursday night after being unable to find the animal in the dark waters off north Sydney.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_baby_whale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.f4538d08f36245a4adc2a5c505c3132b.australia_baby_whale_syd110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7UTJTmpdQVchdT1NXzLN1A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this handout photo released by NSW Parks and Wildlife, a lost humpback whale calf swims around the Pittwater, north of Sydney Harbour Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008. The 1- to 2-month-old calf was first sighted Sunday in waters off north Sydney, and on Monday tried to suckle from a yacht, which it would not leave. (AP Photo/NSW Parks and Wildlife)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/wl_nm/georgia_ossetia_dc nm/20080821/georgia_ossetia_dc Reuters Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:12:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/wl_nm/georgia_ossetia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t074333_290x450_us_georgia_ossetia.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=gmfQz1W413gCRY6oX1OoLg--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Nezhna Pekhshvelashvili, 98, an ethnic Georgian, receives medical care as members of Russia's Emergencies Ministry evacuate displaced people from the Georgian village of Kheiti, near the breakaway region's capital Tskhinvali August 21, 2008. (Denis Sinyakov/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Washington demanded on Friday that Russia pull its troops out of Georgia "now," but Moscow said it would be another 10 days before the bulk of its force left Georgian soil.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/wl_nm/georgia_ossetia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t074333_290x450_us_georgia_ossetia.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=gmfQz1W413gCRY6oX1OoLg--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="Nezhna Pekhshvelashvili, 98, an ethnic Georgian, receives medical care as members of Russia's Emergencies Ministry evacuate displaced people from the Georgian village of Kheiti, near the breakaway region's capital Tskhinvali August 21, 2008. (Denis Sinyakov/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/wl_nm/pakistan_violence_dc nm/20080821/pakistan_violence_dc Reuters Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:38:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/wl_nm/pakistan_violence_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.bf7be1d9785e4214bd66203a9e9b175c.pakistan_explosion_isl115.jpg?x=130&y=60&q=85&sig=vk2csaXrU.ZL9_U0NDyBeA--" align="left" height="60" width="130" alt="Pakistani army officials gather at the site of suicide bombing site at the gate of Pakistan's ordinance factory in Wah, a garrison city about 35 kilometers (20 miles) west of the capital Islamabad, Pakistan , Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates of Pakistan's main weapons complex Thursday, killing 50 people and wounding 70, officials said. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Two Pakistani Taliban suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the country's main defense industry complex on Thursday, killing at least 59 people as workers were leaving at the end of their shift, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/wl_nm/pakistan_violence_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.bf7be1d9785e4214bd66203a9e9b175c.pakistan_explosion_isl115.jpg?x=130&y=60&q=85&sig=vk2csaXrU.ZL9_U0NDyBeA--" align="left" height="60" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani army officials gather at the site of suicide bombing site at the gate of Pakistan's ordinance factory in Wah, a garrison city about 35 kilometers (20 miles) west of the capital Islamabad, Pakistan , Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates of Pakistan's main weapons complex Thursday, killing 50 people and wounding 70, officials said. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_eu/georgia_russia ap/20080821/georgia_russia AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:34:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_eu/georgia_russia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.5859ac69b87148c085b4ed81d08c4f08.georgia_russia__bsz101.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=jjjKysQzwdXPGm0FBWqJ9Q--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Russian soldiers take position at the edge of the Black Sea port city of Poti, western Georgia, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Russian forces took up positions Thursday at the entrance to Georgia's main Black Sea port city, excavating trenches and setting up mortars facing the city despite Russia's promise to pull back troops from Georgia. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russian forces dug trenches and built fortifications in key areas of Georgia Thursday, but also rolled columns of tanks north toward home, picking and choosing how their nation would comply with the terms of a peace accord.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_eu/georgia_russia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.5859ac69b87148c085b4ed81d08c4f08.georgia_russia__bsz101.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=jjjKysQzwdXPGm0FBWqJ9Q--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russian soldiers take position at the edge of the Black Sea port city of Poti, western Georgia, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Russian forces took up positions Thursday at the entrance to Georgia's main Black Sea port city, excavating trenches and setting up mortars facing the city despite Russia's promise to pull back troops from Georgia. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/pakistan ap/20080821/pakistan AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:33:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.9f309f6eb8e44c9aabe984219dfbdd9f.pakistan_explosion_isl104.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Fmn.P0OgNpz6ria.RUwtNg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Pakistani security officials examine the site of suicide bombing at a gate of Pakistan's ordinance factory in Wah, a garrison city about 35 kilometers (20 miles) west of the capital Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Twin suicide bombings at a massive weapons factory near Pakistan's capital left at least 46 people dead Thursday, dashing hopes for an end to turmoil following Pervez Musharraf's ouster as president. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Suicide bombers killed 59 people at an arms factory Thursday in one of Pakistan's deadliest terror attacks, adding to turmoil from political squabbling that is threatening to tear apart the ruling coalition now that Pervez Musharraf has quit as president.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.9f309f6eb8e44c9aabe984219dfbdd9f.pakistan_explosion_isl104.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Fmn.P0OgNpz6ria.RUwtNg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani security officials examine the site of suicide bombing at a gate of Pakistan's ordinance factory in Wah, a garrison city about 35 kilometers (20 miles) west of the capital Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Twin suicide bombings at a massive weapons factory near Pakistan's capital left at least 46 people dead Thursday, dashing hopes for an end to turmoil following Pervez Musharraf's ouster as president. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_eu/poland_us_missile_defense ap/20080820/poland_us_missile_defense AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:09:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_eu/poland_us_missile_defense"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.niq69.200808144635.photo02.photo.default-512x339.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=FKkQQdlTzVi7vIDBHWaWNg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski (R) exchange documents after signing a deal on basing an American missile shield in Poland, in Warsaw. The United States has ruled out the use of US military force in Georgia, but the Pentagon will almost certainly be looking for other chess pieces to move to check a more aggressive Russia, analysts say.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)" border="0" /></a>AP - The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia — a move followed swiftly by a new warning from Moscow of a possible military response.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_eu/poland_us_missile_defense"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.niq69.200808144635.photo02.photo.default-512x339.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=FKkQQdlTzVi7vIDBHWaWNg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski (R) exchange documents after signing a deal on basing an American missile shield in Poland, in Warsaw. The United States has ruled out the use of US military force in Georgia, but the Pentagon will almost certainly be looking for other chess pieces to move to check a more aggressive Russia, analysts say.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_red_cross_threatened ap/20080821/mexico_red_cross_threatened AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:19:09 GMT AP - Red Cross workers stopped treating gunshot victims for several hours in a violent city across the border from Texas after receiving death threats over their radio frequencies, officials said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_protests ap/20080821/oly_china_protests AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:25:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_protests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.8932b9a9b3e94453883eee37343e8a80.beijing_olympics_protests_xgb103.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=FuuT_e6sUDSLY1EyfuLgWQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A plain clothed security official, bottom, grabs a Tibetan flag from three pro-Tibet activists as they gesture in protest opposite the National Stadium, where the Olympic athletics competition had just finished, Beijing, early Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Swarms of plainclothes police took away four foreign activists protesting Chinese rule over Tibet - the latest in a series of such demonstrations during the Olympics. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Swarms of plainclothes police took away four foreign activists who tried to unfurl a Tibetan flag outside the main Olympics venue on Thursday, squelching the latest attempt to demonstrate during the Beijing Games.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_protests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.8932b9a9b3e94453883eee37343e8a80.beijing_olympics_protests_xgb103.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=FuuT_e6sUDSLY1EyfuLgWQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A plain clothed security official, bottom, grabs a Tibetan flag from three pro-Tibet activists as they gesture in protest opposite the National Stadium, where the Olympic athletics competition had just finished, Beijing, early Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Swarms of plainclothes police took away four foreign activists protesting Chinese rule over Tibet - the latest in a series of such demonstrations during the Olympics. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_eu/russia_nato ap/20080820/russia_nato AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:10:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_eu/russia_nato"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nil63.190808200821.photo04.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3MLh4Y6ZeTy17pEvwWKosw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili visits a military unit in Tbilisi. NATO-Russia relations plunged to their lowest point in years Tuesday over the conflict in Georgia and Russia's failure to withdraw from the former Soviet republic.(AFP/Pool/Irakli Gedenidze)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russia has informed Norway that it plans to suspend all military ties with NATO, Norway's Defense Ministry said Wednesday, a day after the military alliance urged Moscow to withdraw its forces from Georgia.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_eu/russia_nato"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nil63.190808200821.photo04.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3MLh4Y6ZeTy17pEvwWKosw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili visits a military unit in Tbilisi. NATO-Russia relations plunged to their lowest point in years Tuesday over the conflict in Georgia and Russia's failure to withdraw from the former Soviet republic.(AFP/Pool/Irakli Gedenidze)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_defiant_drivers ap/20080821/saudi_defiant_drivers AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:18:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_defiant_drivers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.b3d87a83cccb4592b87895912b620b8f.correction_saudi_defiant_drivers_cai502.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=.FD7HDbfvsx_hiXpgPfwCw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Ruwaida al-Habis, right, sits next to her two injured brothers Muhammad, center, and Al-Hassan at a Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. When Ruwaida al-Habis' father and two brothers were burned in a house fire, she had no choice but to break Saudi Arabia's ban on women drivers – getting behind the family car's wheel to get them to a clinic fast. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)" border="0" /></a>AP - When Ruwaida al-Habis' father and two brothers were badly burned in a fire, she had no choice but to break Saudi Arabia's ban on women drivers to get them to a clinic.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_defiant_drivers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.b3d87a83cccb4592b87895912b620b8f.correction_saudi_defiant_drivers_cai502.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=.FD7HDbfvsx_hiXpgPfwCw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Ruwaida al-Habis, right, sits next to her two injured brothers Muhammad, center, and Al-Hassan at a Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. When Ruwaida al-Habis' father and two brothers were burned in a house fire, she had no choice but to break Saudi Arabia's ban on women drivers – getting behind the family car's wheel to get them to a clinic fast. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_eu/nato_russia ap/20080821/nato_russia AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:47:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_eu/nato_russia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.nja66.210808190934.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BS23.cAEi15JUJx63hGYag--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Russian APC heads a convoy leaving the key port of Poti, in Western Georgia, after conducting an operation there. The White House on Thursday demanded that Moscow withdraw its forces "now" from Georgia and warned there can be no Russia-NATO military cooperation until the volatile crisis is over.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russia has halted all military cooperation with NATO, the Western alliance said Thursday, in the latest sign of East-West tension over the invasion of Georgia.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_eu/nato_russia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.nja66.210808190934.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BS23.cAEi15JUJx63hGYag--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Russian APC heads a convoy leaving the key port of Poti, in Western Georgia, after conducting an operation there. The White House on Thursday demanded that Moscow withdraw its forces "now" from Georgia and warned there can be no Russia-NATO military cooperation until the volatile crisis is over.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan ap/20080821/afghanistan AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:23:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.82fefd96abc643cab84f620ffdaed14c.france_afghanistan_meul101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=T4Zm2BGmjmMBJW_FO31ktA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Coffins of French soldiers killed in Afghanistan are carried during a funeral ceremony at Les Invalides, in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. 10 French soldiers were killed and 21 injured in a fierce Taliban ambush and firefight in mountains about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Kabul on Monday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - The U.S.-led coalition said Thursday it had killed more than 30 insurgents in a battle in eastern Afghanistan, fighters an Afghan governor said were responsible for an attack that killed 10 French troops this week. Officials announced the deaths of six NATO soldiers in two attacks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.82fefd96abc643cab84f620ffdaed14c.france_afghanistan_meul101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=T4Zm2BGmjmMBJW_FO31ktA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Coffins of French soldiers killed in Afghanistan are carried during a funeral ceremony at Les Invalides, in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. 10 French soldiers were killed and 21 injured in a fierce Taliban ambush and firefight in mountains about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Kabul on Monday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_performers__sacrifices ap/20080819/oly_china_performers__sacrifices AP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:55:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_performers__sacrifices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080819/capt.8179a2126fbc40529a3017163357aa1f.china_performers_sacrifices_oly261.jpg?x=119&y=130&q=85&sig=HVslh6biEz4Z054vl9vzyA--" align="left" height="130" width="119" alt="In this Aug. 8, 2008 file photo, Chinese martial arts students perform during the opening ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Martial arts student Cheng Jianghua only saw the army barracks he stayed in and the stadium where he performed at the spectacular Olympics opening ceremony. But his sacrifices were minor — other performers were injured, fainted from heatstroke or forced to wear adult diapers so the show could go on.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_performers__sacrifices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080819/capt.8179a2126fbc40529a3017163357aa1f.china_performers_sacrifices_oly261.jpg?x=119&y=130&q=85&sig=HVslh6biEz4Z054vl9vzyA--" align="left" height="130" width="119" alt="photo" title="In this Aug. 8, 2008 file photo, Chinese martial arts students perform during the opening ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_underground_evangelists ap/20080821/oly_china_underground_evangelists AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:54:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_underground_evangelists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.56b19f27190740f7aa751eb6a64a3987.beijing_olympics_underground_evangelists_oly1344.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=L.ofjwSuMhH.dgZsRf2jCg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Young Christian missionaries visit the Olympic green outside the National stadium, also known as 'Bird's nest' in Beijing , China, Wednesday, Aug.20, 2008. Nevermind China's ban on foreign missionaries. As the Olympics end, Christian groups are calling their quiet evangelizing throughout the country during the games a success.Attracted by the image of 1.3 billion people ruled by ahteist, the groups prepared for years for what the Southern Baptists once called 'a spiritual harvest unlike any other'.(AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)" border="0" /></a>AP - Christian groups who flouted a Chinese ban on foreign missionaries are calling their underground evangelizing during the Olympic Games a success.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_underground_evangelists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.56b19f27190740f7aa751eb6a64a3987.beijing_olympics_underground_evangelists_oly1344.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=L.ofjwSuMhH.dgZsRf2jCg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Young Christian missionaries visit the Olympic green outside the National stadium, also known as 'Bird's nest' in Beijing , China, Wednesday, Aug.20, 2008. Nevermind China's ban on foreign missionaries. As the Olympics end, Christian groups are calling their quiet evangelizing throughout the country during the games a success.Attracted by the image of 1.3 billion people ruled by ahteist, the groups prepared for years for what the Southern Baptists once called 'a spiritual harvest unlike any other'.(AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)