Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/3002 World - Time en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:50:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/3002 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080821/wl_time/afghanistansrenewedjihadiallure time/20080821/afghanistansrenewedjihadiallure Time.com Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:50:00 GMT Time.com - The country has regained its standing as the magnet for extremist volunteers, recruits and funding. What can be done to combat that attraction? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080821/wl_time/atougheralmalikiflexeshismuscle time/20080821/atougheralmalikiflexeshismuscle Time.com Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:50:00 GMT Time.com - Iraq's Prime Minister is strengthening his hand in Washington and on the world stage http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080821/wl_time/deathtollcouldriseinmadridcrash time/20080821/deathtollcouldriseinmadridcrash Time.com Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:05:00 GMT Time.com - An investigation is underway into what caused the plane to crash upon takeoff http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080821/wl_time/philippinesuneasypeacebroken time/20080821/philippinesuneasypeacebroken Time.com Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:50:00 GMT Time.com - Weeks after nearing a peace agreement, the Philippines restive south is hit by a new wave of fighting between the government and separatist insurgents http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080821/wl_time/fanningethnicflamesingeorgia time/20080821/fanningethnicflamesingeorgia Time.com Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:40:00 GMT Time.com - Now that Georgians have fled south, some pro-Russian locals want to assure they have no homes to come back to http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080821/wl_time/canjamaicassprintersfightcrime time/20080821/canjamaicassprintersfightcrime Time.com Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:20:00 GMT Time.com - Many on the Caribbean nation are hoping Olympic champs like Usain Bolt can help turn the tide against violent crime http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080821/wl_time/interviewgeorgiaspresidentkeepsfiring time/20080821/interviewgeorgiaspresidentkeepsfiring Time.com Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080821/wl_time/interviewgeorgiaspresidentkeepsfiring"><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>Time.com - Mikheil Saakashvili says he will not stop trying to get the Russians out of Georgian territory and continues to insist the war was Moscow's fault</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080821/wl_time/interviewgeorgiaspresidentkeepsfiring"><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"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/francefirmafterafghandeaths time/20080820/francefirmafterafghandeaths Time.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:15:00 GMT Time.com - Having upped contributions to NATO's forces, Sarkozy has public support. But does NATO have a winning strategy? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/boltkeepselectrifyingtrack time/20080820/boltkeepselectrifyingtrack Time.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:10:00 GMT Time.com - It's another race with history at the Bird's Nest, as the free-spirit Jamaican sprinter sets his second world mark http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/theredeemteamkeepsonrolling time/20080820/theredeemteamkeepsonrolling Time.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT Time.com - After a competitive first half, Team USA got into gear and blew out Australia in the basketball quarterfinals http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/usgymnastsfinishoffinstyle time/20080820/usgymnastsfinishoffinstyle Time.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:35:00 GMT Time.com - Despite all the injuries, America's men and women ended up winning more gymnastics medals than their 2004 counterparts http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/theethnictollingeorgia time/20080820/theethnictollingeorgia Time.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:05:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/theethnictollingeorgia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_19t142015_450x311_us_georgia_ossetia.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=J7x.BEjo5Lvv0QGYvDTVHg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Refugees from the zone of the armed conflict between Georgia and Russian-backed South Ossetian separatists stand at a temporary shelter in Tbilisi August 19, 2008. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - Refugees recount how neighbor turned against neighbor and why some Ossetians can no longer live with Georgians</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/theethnictollingeorgia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_19t142015_450x311_us_georgia_ossetia.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=J7x.BEjo5Lvv0QGYvDTVHg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Refugees from the zone of the armed conflict between Georgia and Russian-backed South Ossetian separatists stand at a temporary shelter in Tbilisi August 19, 2008. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/theusanddemocracyinpakistan time/20080820/theusanddemocracyinpakistan Time.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:40:00 GMT Time.com - Viewpoint: Military dictators have been Washington's preferred interlocutors in Islamabad. But they can't get the job done http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/willbeijingrelaxafterthegames time/20080820/willbeijingrelaxafterthegames Time.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:10:00 GMT Time.com - In the months before the Olympics, Chinese authorities pulled in the reigns on social dissent to stage a trouble-free Olympics. But will Beijing loosen its grip after the world packs up and leaves? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/ausshockeronthewrestlingmat time/20080820/ausshockeronthewrestlingmat Time.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:35:00 GMT Time.com - Wrestling wunderkind Henry Cejudo, the son of Mexican immigrants, could be the most surprising American story of these Olympics http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/karzaionmusharrafgoodriddance time/20080820/karzaionmusharrafgoodriddance Time.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:35:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/karzaionmusharrafgoodriddance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080811/capt.cps.ngk77.110808213911.photo01.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=71zHVxNWcqarxSbPmFWzYQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on August 10. Eight civilians being held in a compound by Taliban militants were killed in an air strike by US-led troops during a battle that also left 25 rebel fighters dead, the force said.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - In an interview with TIME, Afghanistan's President says the way to help his country is by fixing Pakistan</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/karzaionmusharrafgoodriddance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080811/capt.cps.ngk77.110808213911.photo01.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=71zHVxNWcqarxSbPmFWzYQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on August 10. Eight civilians being held in a compound by Taliban militants were killed in an air strike by US-led troops during a battle that also left 25 rebel fighters dead, the force said.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/interviewhamidkarzai time/20080820/interviewhamidkarzai Time.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:45:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/interviewhamidkarzai"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080821/i/r3795908654.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=AChki98qEemEHCnpM8ePjQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Military pall bearers carry the coffin of Master Corporal Erin Doyle during his funeral in Legal, Alberta August 21, 2008. Doyle is the 90th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Dan Riedlhuber (CANADA)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - Afghanistan's president talks to TIME about Musharraf, the Taliban and corruption charges against his own government</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/interviewhamidkarzai"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080821/i/r3795908654.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=AChki98qEemEHCnpM8ePjQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Military pall bearers carry the coffin of Master Corporal Erin Doyle during his funeral in Legal, Alberta August 21, 2008. Doyle is the 90th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Dan Riedlhuber (CANADA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080819/wl_time/mountingterrorinalgeria time/20080819/mountingterrorinalgeria Time.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT Time.com - The worst yet in a spate of suicide bombings stokes fears of more attacks during the coming holy month http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080819/wl_time/adangerousclashinzimbabwetalks time/20080819/adangerousclashinzimbabwetalks Time.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:20:00 GMT Time.com - Even sitting around a negotiating table, Mugabe and Tsvangirai remain locked in a contest for power that could lead right back to open conflict http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timewl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080819/wl_time/britishspieslicensedtobegay time/20080819/britishspieslicensedtobegay Time.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:20:00 GMT Time.com - Britain's domestic intelligence agency now not only welcomes, but actively seeks, gay applicants