Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1709 Most Viewed - World en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:13:09 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1709 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey ap/20091107/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:47:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a9ee91fa6c254f6aadf25e9eb4191da2.vietnam_us_unlikely_odyessay_xcs101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=wStuH9tXReHkHtY0wgYeAA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="U.S.Navy Cmdr. Hung Ba Le is seen in front of his ship USS Lassen, off the Tien Sa Port in Danang, Vietnam, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)" border="0" /></a>AP - On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming &mdash; as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a9ee91fa6c254f6aadf25e9eb4191da2.vietnam_us_unlikely_odyessay_xcs101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=wStuH9tXReHkHtY0wgYeAA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S.Navy Cmdr. Hung Ba Le is seen in front of his ship USS Lassen, off the Tien Sa Port in Danang, Vietnam, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan ap/20091107/as_afghanistan AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:18:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.7223a7b84aae40eda5b030f99a7464fe.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg108.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=X8dHVvvnit.zfIqnrVIlpA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A U.S. flag flies half-mast, in honor of the 13 dead and 30 wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army post in central Texas, at an outpost for soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.7223a7b84aae40eda5b030f99a7464fe.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg108.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=X8dHVvvnit.zfIqnrVIlpA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. flag flies half-mast, in honor of the 13 dead and 30 wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army post in central Texas, at an outpost for soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_bruni_sarkozy_s_psychoanalysis ap/20091107/eu_france_bruni_sarkozy_s_psychoanalysis AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:33:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_bruni_sarkozy_s_psychoanalysis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091102/capt.ca27a200b86c44a2a507580b6f2dd8fa.aptopix_france_sarkozy_par103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5NLbm9aPk4OXn6iSJr57rw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, right, listen to hospital staff as they visit the Paoli-Calmettes Institute in Marseille, southern France, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. Sarkozy on Monday unveiled France's second national plan against cancer. (AP Photo/Jean Paul Pelissier, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - During her years as a top model, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave psychoanalysis nary a thought.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_bruni_sarkozy_s_psychoanalysis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091102/capt.ca27a200b86c44a2a507580b6f2dd8fa.aptopix_france_sarkozy_par103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5NLbm9aPk4OXn6iSJr57rw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, right, listen to hospital staff as they visit the Paoli-Calmettes Institute in Marseille, southern France, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. Sarkozy on Monday unveiled France's second national plan against cancer. (AP Photo/Jean Paul Pelissier, Pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_fashion_goes_on ap/20091107/as_pakistan_fashion_goes_on AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:36:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_fashion_goes_on"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r1460779806.jpg?x=130&y=129&q=85&sig=ymGjNx471qXvTOozvmAwOA--" align="left" height="129" width="130" alt="A model takes to the catwalk with a creation by Pakistani designer Zahid Khan labeled Kuki Concepts during Fashion Pakistan Week in Karachi November 7, 2009. The four day long event, which was rescheduled twice due to security concerns, features over 30 Pakistani designers, organizers said. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (PAKISTAN FASHION)" border="0" /></a>AP - Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders &mdash; and tattoos &mdash; exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_fashion_goes_on"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r1460779806.jpg?x=130&y=129&q=85&sig=ymGjNx471qXvTOozvmAwOA--" align="left" height="129" width="130" alt="photo" title="A model takes to the catwalk with a creation by Pakistani designer Zahid Khan labeled Kuki Concepts during Fashion Pakistan Week in Karachi November 7, 2009. The four day long event, which was rescheduled twice due to security concerns, features over 30 Pakistani designers, organizers said. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (PAKISTAN FASHION)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence ap/20091107/as_afghan_violence AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:27:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.9ab1385974e944c0905f732412ee3ff0.afghanistan__ans105.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=IuHDajsA5_hGbG0y1ayYgw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Afghan children run as a NATO helicopter takes off with a container in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. More than 25 ISAF and Afghan National Security Force personnel were killed or wounded during a joint operation that involved multiple engagements over several hours Nov. 6, 2009 in Western Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country's west.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.9ab1385974e944c0905f732412ee3ff0.afghanistan__ans105.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=IuHDajsA5_hGbG0y1ayYgw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan children run as a NATO helicopter takes off with a container in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. More than 25 ISAF and Afghan National Security Force personnel were killed or wounded during a joint operation that involved multiple engagements over several hours Nov. 6, 2009 in Western Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_nuclear ap/20091107/ml_iran_nuclear AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:18:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.e8f9285f221d49fdafad6de38d965d36.russia_medvedev_mosb102.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=qdpaOtFmeYY.lOPPDRu_tg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during his interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Medvedev has signaled that Moscow could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)" border="0" /></a>AP - Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.e8f9285f221d49fdafad6de38d965d36.russia_medvedev_mosb102.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=qdpaOtFmeYY.lOPPDRu_tg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during his interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Medvedev has signaled that Moscow could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_af/af_west_africa_s_last_giraffes ap/20091107/af_west_africa_s_last_giraffes AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:31:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_af/af_west_africa_s_last_giraffes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.5b64a9d8b1fa40379450365f419b90dc.west_africas_last_giraffes_ny332.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bFjUPTcO1Z5VjzyfESrtUQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Aug. 1, 2009 photo, a giraffe from Africa's most endangered giraffe subspecies stands in the bush near Koure, Niger. By all accounts, they should be extinct. Instead, their numbers have quadrupled to 200 since 1996, an unlikely boon experts credit to the concurrence of an impoverished government keen for revenue that has enacted laws to protected them, a conservation program that encourages people to support them, and a rare harmony with humans who have accepted their presence. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)" border="0" /></a>AP - A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_af/af_west_africa_s_last_giraffes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.5b64a9d8b1fa40379450365f419b90dc.west_africas_last_giraffes_ny332.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bFjUPTcO1Z5VjzyfESrtUQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Aug. 1, 2009 photo, a giraffe from Africa's most endangered giraffe subspecies stands in the bush near Koure, Niger. By all accounts, they should be extinct. Instead, their numbers have quadrupled to 200 since 1996, an unlikely boon experts credit to the concurrence of an impoverished government keen for revenue that has enacted laws to protected them, a conservation program that encourages people to support them, and a rare harmony with humans who have accepted their presence. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/tropical_weather ap/20091107/tropical_weather AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:27:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.8b6fbd3a4390425ab627eb8eaae1025c.tropical_weather_gfx904.jpg?x=58&y=130&q=85&sig=CHvcYnJpu.yg4hnHZT8cLA--" align="left" height="130" width="58" alt="Graphic tracks the projected path of Tropical Storm Ida" border="0" /></a>AP - Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats amid warnings that Tropical Storm Ida could become a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.8b6fbd3a4390425ab627eb8eaae1025c.tropical_weather_gfx904.jpg?x=58&y=130&q=85&sig=CHvcYnJpu.yg4hnHZT8cLA--" align="left" height="130" width="58" alt="photo" title="Graphic tracks the projected path of Tropical Storm Ida" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_puerto_rico_car_surfing ap/20091107/cb_puerto_rico_car_surfing AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:29:12 GMT AP - Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_prison_torture ap/20091107/lt_mexico_prison_torture AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:28:52 GMT AP - Mexican police caught a prison official who spent a year on the run from charges of killing a 19-year-old inmate, whose beating death sparked riots that left nearly two dozen dead, including two American prisoners. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan ap/20091107/as_pakistan AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:01:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.e9c00e630498431aba957a270af7cf2d.pakistan_isl101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oXSe3aDi0fCQjooNQ51eeg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pakistan Army soldiers patrol in the area where unknown gunmen opened fire on vehicle of army officer in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier in the capital. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.e9c00e630498431aba957a270af7cf2d.pakistan_isl101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oXSe3aDi0fCQjooNQ51eeg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistan Army soldiers patrol in the area where unknown gunmen opened fire on vehicle of army officer in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier in the capital. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_challenging_khamenei ap/20091105/ml_iran_challenging_khamenei AP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:41:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_challenging_khamenei"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.45fa077eccb34d0888550c0d5118b078.iran_challenging_khamenei_vah106.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=y_os2LVyvDiOZYzhXmQ7pQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="This photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, and released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office shows Iranian student Mahmoud Vahidnia speaking in a meeting with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, unseen, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)" border="0" /></a>AP - An unassuming college math student has become an unlikely hero to many in Iran for daring to criticize the country's most powerful man to his face.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_challenging_khamenei"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.45fa077eccb34d0888550c0d5118b078.iran_challenging_khamenei_vah106.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=y_os2LVyvDiOZYzhXmQ7pQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="This photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, and released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office shows Iranian student Mahmoud Vahidnia speaking in a meeting with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, unseen, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_improving_the_schools ap/20091107/as_pakistan_improving_the_schools AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:35:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_improving_the_schools"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.90eedcfa3df3430798cb68268b35f578.pakistan_improving_the_schools_ny301.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=jCz_K5AXrrsIE2_LNeSNcg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children leave their school after classes in Qutbal, Pakistan. Pakistan is seeing a surge in private schools, a trend some find hopeful in a country where the government education system is decrepit and the other alternative is the madrasas, religious schools which offer little education beyond memorizing the Quran and are seen as one source of Islamic militancy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0" /></a>AP - The schoolhouse is so tiny that dozens of pupils have to sit outdoors. They're lucky if their teachers have more than a basic education. And the chanting of math equations and Quranic verses gets so loud that the children have a hard time hearing themselves.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_improving_the_schools"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.90eedcfa3df3430798cb68268b35f578.pakistan_improving_the_schools_ny301.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=jCz_K5AXrrsIE2_LNeSNcg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children leave their school after classes in Qutbal, Pakistan. Pakistan is seeing a surge in private schools, a trend some find hopeful in a country where the government education system is decrepit and the other alternative is the madrasas, religious schools which offer little education beyond memorizing the Quran and are seen as one source of Islamic militancy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/francefashiontrialchanel afp/20091106/francefashiontrialchanel AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:29:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/francefashiontrialchanel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257526540985-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=CzF9Y.Jw8FLdNIpZp7XvPQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A view of the Paris Commercial Court shows a piece of crocheted clothing made by the fashion house World Tricot which is accusing the French fashion house, Chanel of "counterfeiting". World Tricot founder Carmel Colle is seeking 2.5 million euros from Chanel for alleged counterfeit after she spotted a crochet design in a Chanel boutique in Tokyo in 2005 that she claims is hers.(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)" border="0" /></a>AFP - French fashion giant Chanel was accused in court Friday of stealing a supplier's design in a case that could have a bearing on the rights of skilled artisans toiling in the luxury industry.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/francefashiontrialchanel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257526540985-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=CzF9Y.Jw8FLdNIpZp7XvPQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A view of the Paris Commercial Court shows a piece of crocheted clothing made by the fashion house World Tricot which is accusing the French fashion house, Chanel of "counterfeiting". World Tricot founder Carmel Colle is seeking 2.5 million euros from Chanel for alleged counterfeit after she spotted a crochet design in a Chanel boutique in Tokyo in 2005 that she claims is hers.(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_elvis_hair ap/20091107/eu_britain_elvis_hair AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:25:26 GMT AP - A British auction house says it's selling a strand of Elvis Presley's hair preserved for decades by a fan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_defending_obama ap/20091107/eu_britain_defending_obama AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:41:32 GMT AP - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Saturday accused critics of U.S. President Barack Obama of foolishly expecting him to fix the world's woes single-handedly. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_mideast_afp/yemenenergygas afp/20091107/yemenenergygas AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:44:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_mideast_afp/yemenenergygas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257612139555-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=I0uX02i7p9ZXd2rXgpytRg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Yemeni soldiers guard the Balhaf plant on the Gulf of Aden. Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, has joined the international club of gas exporters as pumping started at the newly-built liquefied natural gas plant in the Gulf of Aden.(AFP/Marwan Naamani)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, joined the international club of gas exporters Saturday with pumping starting at a newly built liquefied natural gas plant in the Gulf of Aden.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_mideast_afp/yemenenergygas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257612139555-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=I0uX02i7p9ZXd2rXgpytRg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Yemeni soldiers guard the Balhaf plant on the Gulf of Aden. Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, has joined the international club of gas exporters as pumping started at the newly-built liquefied natural gas plant in the Gulf of Aden.(AFP/Marwan Naamani)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_lebanon_politics ap/20091107/ml_lebanon_politics AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:00:02 GMT AP - Lebanon's Syrian-backed factions finally agreed on a unity government proposed by their pro-Western rivals on Saturday, ending a four-month deadlock in the deeply divided country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwestmilitary afp/20091107/pakistanunrestnorthwestmilitary AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:26:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwestmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257604979979-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=JM5O8clN.uzP7cVOGo97yQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A Pakistani Army paramedic gives treatment to a young internally displaced boy at a field hospital in Dera Ismail Khan. Pakistan's military says it has killed 12 Taliban militants as government troops press a major offensive in the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan.(AFP/Mohammad Kashif)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Pakistan's military said Saturday it had killed 12 Taliban militants as government troops pressed a major offensive in the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwestmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257604979979-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=JM5O8clN.uzP7cVOGo97yQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Pakistani Army paramedic gives treatment to a young internally displaced boy at a field hospital in Dera Ismail Khan. Pakistan's military says it has killed 12 Taliban militants as government troops press a major offensive in the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan.(AFP/Mohammad Kashif)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_saudi_swine_flu ap/20091107/ml_saudi_swine_flu AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:28:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_saudi_swine_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.08067bd8290f43d8b57f085de9c23bb7.mideast_saudi_swine_flu_hajj_has101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ni7pSM51eAgygn19RBXbRg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Saudi Arabian Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabeeah, right, is administered a swine flu vaccine during the launch of a swine flu vaccine campaign in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Saudi Arabia's health minister said Saturday the kingdom will not ban anyone considered high risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not bar anyone considered high-risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year, though he urged countries where pilgrims set out from to take precautions.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_saudi_swine_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.08067bd8290f43d8b57f085de9c23bb7.mideast_saudi_swine_flu_hajj_has101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ni7pSM51eAgygn19RBXbRg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Saudi Arabian Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabeeah, right, is administered a swine flu vaccine during the launch of a swine flu vaccine campaign in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Saudi Arabia's health minister said Saturday the kingdom will not ban anyone considered high risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)