Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/716 topstories Top Stories en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:03:22 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/716 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning ap/20090704/us_palin_resigning AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:00:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.02ca8b9102b040229bbefb8ddc40a53a.palin_resigning_akwtf101.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=jq8Vf2rrOAbADlqcfXfUTw--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)" border="0" /></a>AP - Even for a nonconformist, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin defies political logic with her sudden, stunning announcement to leave office more than a year early.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.02ca8b9102b040229bbefb8ddc40a53a.palin_resigning_akwtf101.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=jq8Vf2rrOAbADlqcfXfUTw--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="photo" title="Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_missile ap/20090704/as_nkorea_missile AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:03:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_missile"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.59b30092762c45ae9a24f1ba2640416b.south_korea_north_korea_missile_sel101.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=llHWZ5MYhlYER4A8C3riPQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="South Koreans watch a television broadcasting an undated image of a missile launch by North Korea at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 4, 2009. North Korea fired three missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, in what was likely to be seen as a message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day holiday. The letters on the screen read 'Need one week to launch long-range missiles.'(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>AP - South Korea says North Korea has fired a sixth missile off its eastern coast.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_missile"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.59b30092762c45ae9a24f1ba2640416b.south_korea_north_korea_missile_sel101.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=llHWZ5MYhlYER4A8C3riPQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="South Koreans watch a television broadcasting an undated image of a missile launch by North Korea at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 4, 2009. North Korea fired three missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, in what was likely to be seen as a message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day holiday. The letters on the screen read 'Need one week to launch long-range missiles.'(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election ap/20090704/ml_iran_election AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:57:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.8a325cd64aa3488a90c67052498ee5a7.iran_downloading_dissent_abc502.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=omMWZnDWFV671uCnWkb4QA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Tuesday, June 9, 2009 file photo, a supporter of main challenger and reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, standing next to a poster of him, whistles as she films the event with her mobile phone, amidst a festive atmosphere at an election rally at the Heidarnia stadium in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A top aide of Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him of committing crimes against the nation in an editorial Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.8a325cd64aa3488a90c67052498ee5a7.iran_downloading_dissent_abc502.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=omMWZnDWFV671uCnWkb4QA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Tuesday, June 9, 2009 file photo, a supporter of main challenger and reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, standing next to a poster of him, whistles as she films the event with her mobile phone, amidst a festive atmosphere at an election rally at the Heidarnia stadium in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson ap/20090704/us_michael_jackson AP entertainment Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:24:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.8349cd6665c44c72bcd71062dc1e007a.michael_jackson_camr104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5ghm5psFVHwZYeVkEfoHWA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Tara Rostamidastranj of Los Angeles lights a candle at a makeshift memorial for the late pop star Michael Jackson outside the family home in the Encino section of Los Angeles Friday July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0" /></a>AP - The powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home, a law enforcement official said Friday as the city planned for a massive crowd at the singer's memorial service.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.8349cd6665c44c72bcd71062dc1e007a.michael_jackson_camr104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5ghm5psFVHwZYeVkEfoHWA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Tara Rostamidastranj of Los Angeles lights a candle at a makeshift memorial for the late pop star Michael Jackson outside the family home in the Encino section of Los Angeles Friday July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_killing_spree ap/20090704/us_sc_killing_spree AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:32:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_killing_spree"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.b7efa794fbf44f0da55cc7567b12cbf9.sc_killing_spree_scspa103.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=Ean7nwggnzyA3_cN1q3v1Q--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="This image originally provided June 28, 2009 by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department shows a sketch of a possible suspect in a series of recent murders in Cherokee County, S.C. Sheriff's deputies searched Friday, July 3, 2009 for a serial killer blamed for four deaths over the past six days as terrified residents wondered who might be next. (AP Photo/Cherokee County Sheriff's Department via Spartanburg Herald Journal)" border="0" /></a>AP - A terrified rural South Carolina community hunkered down over the Fourth of July after the sheriff said a serial killer was on the loose, and longtime residents were reminded of a murderer who terrorized the town in the 1960s.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_killing_spree"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.b7efa794fbf44f0da55cc7567b12cbf9.sc_killing_spree_scspa103.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=Ean7nwggnzyA3_cN1q3v1Q--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="This image originally provided June 28, 2009 by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department shows a sketch of a possible suspect in a series of recent murders in Cherokee County, S.C. Sheriff's deputies searched Friday, July 3, 2009 for a serial killer blamed for four deaths over the past six days as terrified residents wondered who might be next. (AP Photo/Cherokee County Sheriff's Department via Spartanburg Herald Journal)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_us_first_ladies ap/20090704/eu_russia_us_first_ladies AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:58:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_us_first_ladies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.d4cc3cee41b54f948c3a9ba1c2890c6a.russia_us_first_ladies_lon109.jpg?x=45&y=130&q=85&sig=YZyEPLb6GRQBcYgWekGt4g--" align="left" height="130" width="45" alt="FILE -- In this April 3, 2009, file photo, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, during a visit to Baden-Baden, Germany. Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president. But the American first lady, who has wowed publics in the U.S. and Europe with her easy elegance and charm, will perhaps face a bigger challenge in winning over a Russian public that has scant respect for women who grab the limelight from their powerful husbands. Russia still has trouble with the concept of an empowered woman behind the throne. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_us_first_ladies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.d4cc3cee41b54f948c3a9ba1c2890c6a.russia_us_first_ladies_lon109.jpg?x=45&y=130&q=85&sig=YZyEPLb6GRQBcYgWekGt4g--" align="left" height="130" width="45" alt="photo" title="FILE -- In this April 3, 2009, file photo, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, during a visit to Baden-Baden, Germany. Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president. But the American first lady, who has wowed publics in the U.S. and Europe with her easy elegance and charm, will perhaps face a bigger challenge in winning over a Russian public that has scant respect for women who grab the limelight from their powerful husbands. Russia still has trouble with the concept of an empowered woman behind the throne. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan ap/20090704/as_afghanistan AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:25:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.32059b7884ef4588b4b5db49aa78f03e.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=hNvgGFS2nX8vvC7ur0sr8w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A U.S. Marine from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines takes a position next to piles of dried poppy bulbs in the village of Noghara in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday July 3, 2009. U.S. forces have encountered little resistance in the initial phase of a massive operation by some 4,000 Marines in Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan, but that's a common tactic by insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" /></a>AP - A blast outside a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan killed two American troops and wounded four others Saturday, a military spokesman said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.32059b7884ef4588b4b5db49aa78f03e.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=hNvgGFS2nX8vvC7ur0sr8w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. Marine from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines takes a position next to piles of dried poppy bulbs in the village of Noghara in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday July 3, 2009. U.S. forces have encountered little resistance in the initial phase of a massive operation by some 4,000 Marines in Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan, but that's a common tactic by insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_coup ap/20090704/lt_honduras_coup AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:25:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_coup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.45b2e800fb1543b2ad19694d8c88cca8.honduras_coup_tgdl137.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ovBSbNA4ed9RQDwR4ChVgw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General the Organization of American States, OAS, right, meets with the Mayor of Tegucigalpa, Ricardo Alvarez, left, and Porfirio Lobo Sosa, presidential candidate for the National Party, main opposition party to ousted president Manuel Zelaya, at a hotel in Tegucigalpa, Friday July 3, 2009. Honduras' Supreme Court rebuffed a personal appeal from Insulza on Friday, refusing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya before a Saturday deadline. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)" border="0" /></a>AP - Honduras' refusal to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya despite an appeal by the top envoy for the Americas has put the impoverished nation on a collision course with the world community that could lead to its isolation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_coup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.45b2e800fb1543b2ad19694d8c88cca8.honduras_coup_tgdl137.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ovBSbNA4ed9RQDwR4ChVgw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General the Organization of American States, OAS, right, meets with the Mayor of Tegucigalpa, Ricardo Alvarez, left, and Porfirio Lobo Sosa, presidential candidate for the National Party, main opposition party to ousted president Manuel Zelaya, at a hotel in Tegucigalpa, Friday July 3, 2009. Honduras' Supreme Court rebuffed a personal appeal from Insulza on Friday, refusing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya before a Saturday deadline. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_co/us_sotomayor_documents ap/20090704/us_sotomayor_documents AP politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:25:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_co/us_sotomayor_documents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.971dbb60761b4c2bafa50a6cb678e1da.sotomayer_documents_ny110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=eGlvoiIMR7PHQSbnk6y1qA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - This June 2, 2009 file photo shows Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Capitol Hill in Washington. The top Republican on the Senate committee that will consider Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination says a Puerto Rican civil rights group's papers could shed light on her judicial approach, particularly her view of racial preferences in hiring. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A civil rights group on whose board Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor served filed racial bias lawsuits over employment examinations that resemble a Connecticut case in which she ruled against white firefighters, documents released by the Senate show.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_co/us_sotomayor_documents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.971dbb60761b4c2bafa50a6cb678e1da.sotomayer_documents_ny110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=eGlvoiIMR7PHQSbnk6y1qA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - This June 2, 2009 file photo shows Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Capitol Hill in Washington. The top Republican on the Senate committee that will consider Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination says a Puerto Rican civil rights group's papers could shed light on her judicial approach, particularly her view of racial preferences in hiring. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_manny_ramirez ap/20090704/bbn_manny_ramirez AP sports Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:27:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_manny_ramirez"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.2770dbda91184b27ae7115a28decb9d6.aptopix_dodgers_padres_baseball_cali102.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=tArXhOB3EBNIiQ3ieWceww--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Los Angles Dodgers' Manny Ramirez walks with agent Scott Boras second from right, to Petco Park prior to the Dodgers' baseball game against the San Diego Padres Friday, July 3, 2009, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Manny Ramirez returned to the big leagues as only he could.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_manny_ramirez"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.2770dbda91184b27ae7115a28decb9d6.aptopix_dodgers_padres_baseball_cali102.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=tArXhOB3EBNIiQ3ieWceww--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="Los Angles Dodgers' Manny Ramirez walks with agent Scott Boras second from right, to Petco Park prior to the Dodgers' baseball game against the San Diego Padres Friday, July 3, 2009, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_palin nm/20090704/us_usa_politics_palin Reuters politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:01:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_palin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1751661420.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=epqgKaMERaFgnCzllrMo0g--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="U.S. Republican vice- presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to the crowd after U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain delivered his concession speech in Phoenix, November 4, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sarah Palin, the brash, deeply conservative governor of Alaska who crashed onto the U.S. national political scene last year as the Republican candidate for U.S. vice president, announced abruptly on Friday she was resigning as governor.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_palin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1751661420.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=epqgKaMERaFgnCzllrMo0g--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Republican vice- presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to the crowd after U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain delivered his concession speech in Phoenix, November 4, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/ts_nm/us_korea_north nm/20090704/us_korea_north Reuters topstories Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:37:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/ts_nm/us_korea_north"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3453556875.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Zq0qK.312XUwRqP..3TARQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Anti-North Korea protesters shout slogans behind North Korean flags and mock North Korean missiles at a rally denouncing the North's missile launch, in Seoul July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak" border="0" /></a>Reuters - North Korea fired five ballistic missiles on Saturday, South Korea's defense ministry said, in an act of defiance toward the United States that further stoked regional tensions already high due to its nuclear test in May.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/ts_nm/us_korea_north"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3453556875.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Zq0qK.312XUwRqP..3TARQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Anti-North Korea protesters shout slogans behind North Korean flags and mock North Korean missiles at a rally denouncing the North's missile launch, in Seoul July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/pl_nm/us_russia_putin_obama nm/20090703/us_russia_putin_obama Reuters politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:49:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/pl_nm/us_russia_putin_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r66477723.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=jrpWWYLXh1wF7ePi2i.CIg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks about innovation and jobs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's charge that he was mired in Cold War thinking, setting the scene for a stormy first meeting at a Moscow summit next week.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/pl_nm/us_russia_putin_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r66477723.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=jrpWWYLXh1wF7ePi2i.CIg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks about innovation and jobs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/bs_nm/us_madoff_kohn nm/20090703/us_madoff_kohn Reuters business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:17:20 GMT Reuters - Austrian fund manager Sonja Kohn did not receive any kickbacks from Bernard Madoff to steer Bank Medici customer funds to the swindler's investment business, a Medici lawyer said on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/ts_nm/us_honduras nm/20090704/us_honduras Reuters topstories Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:49:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/ts_nm/us_honduras"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1861218960.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8DlvVT0yqn0Zxz6p6Dwmrg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya waves upon his arrival at Comalapa international airport, in San Salvador July 2, 2009. REUTERS/La Prensa Grafica/Milton Flores/Pool" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Organization of American States prepared to suspend Honduras on Saturday after a caretaker government refused to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya and defiantly renounced the OAS charter in an apparent preemptive move.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/ts_nm/us_honduras"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1861218960.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8DlvVT0yqn0Zxz6p6Dwmrg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya waves upon his arrival at Comalapa international airport, in San Salvador July 2, 2009. REUTERS/La Prensa Grafica/Milton Flores/Pool" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_pakistan_violence nm/20090703/us_pakistan_violence Reuters topstories Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:45:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_pakistan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r302468319.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=zEKAzuaSc6_5xDBL94DKmQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A deserted village in South Wazirstan is seen in this May 18, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Simon Cameron-Moore" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan's South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the area.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_pakistan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r302468319.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=zEKAzuaSc6_5xDBL94DKmQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A deserted village in South Wazirstan is seen in this May 18, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Simon Cameron-Moore" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_iran nm/20090703/us_iran Reuters topstories Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:27:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246645545954-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZHZOMCeCbOahq7jMXPf5JA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Ahmad Janati, the powerful head of Iran's Guardian Council, has said the local British embassy staff arrested for allegedly stoking post-election unrest, will be put on trial. Janati made his remarks during the weekly Friday prayers sermon in Tehran University.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A senior Iranian cleric warned on Friday that detained British embassy staff would face trial for their alleged role in post-election unrest, and EU countries summoned Iranian envoys to protest against the detentions.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246645545954-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZHZOMCeCbOahq7jMXPf5JA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Ahmad Janati, the powerful head of Iran's Guardian Council, has said the local British embassy staff arrested for allegedly stoking post-election unrest, will be put on trial. Janati made his remarks during the weekly Friday prayers sermon in Tehran University.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_palestinians_israel_settlements_arabs nm/20090703/us_palestinians_israel_settlements_arabs Reuters topstories Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:43:00 GMT Reuters - The United States and its Western allies are sounding out Arab governments to see if they might ease sanctions on Israel if it stopped building Jewish settlements on Palestinian territory, diplomats said on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsmissile afp/20090704/nkoreanuclearweaponsmissile AFP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:36:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsmissile"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246527239160-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=679VigaEldIppj7Rt_QBXw--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="This undated handout photo released by the Korean Central News Agency in January shows a missile-firing drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korea test-fired five ballistic missiles, South Korean officials said, in an apparent message of defiance to the United States on the eve of its Independence Day holiday.(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - North Korea test-fired five ballistic missiles, South Korean officials said, in an apparent message of defiance to the United States on the eve of its Independence Day holiday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsmissile"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246527239160-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=679VigaEldIppj7Rt_QBXw--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="This undated handout photo released by the Korean Central News Agency in January shows a missile-firing drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korea test-fired five ballistic missiles, South Korean officials said, in an apparent message of defiance to the United States on the eve of its Independence Day holiday.(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/ts_afp/myanmarundiplomacy afp/20090704/myanmarundiplomacy AFP topstories Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:56:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/ts_afp/myanmarundiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246684505672-3-0.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=.nqDEJEkciUJ6yg42Q3v6A--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is seen here at a hotel in Yangon, following his arrival in Myanmar. Ban said he was "deeply disappointed" after the chief of Myanmar's military junta on Saturday refused to let him meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.(AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was "deeply disappointed" after the reclusive chief of Myanmar's military junta refused to let him meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/ts_afp/myanmarundiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246684505672-3-0.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=.nqDEJEkciUJ6yg42Q3v6A--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is seen here at a hotel in Yangon, following his arrival in Myanmar. Ban said he was "deeply disappointed" after the chief of Myanmar's military junta on Saturday refused to let him meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.(AFP)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)