Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/721 world World News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:30:39 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/721 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*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/world/*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/world/*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/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/g20_finance_ministers ap/20091107/g20_finance_ministers AP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:58:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/g20_finance_ministers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.b71857aa60a844f8a940a5f40deb333f.britain_g20_finance_ministers_meeting_gcc115.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=qixb7buWS3yvqfFC101vwQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, and British Treasury chief Alistair Darling, right, are seen during a group photo session at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Clark)" border="0" /></a>AP - Finance officials from rich and developing countries pledged Saturday to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but failed to reach a clear agreement to bear the cost of fighting climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/g20_finance_ministers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.b71857aa60a844f8a940a5f40deb333f.britain_g20_finance_ministers_meeting_gcc115.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=qixb7buWS3yvqfFC101vwQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, and British Treasury chief Alistair Darling, right, are seen during a group photo session at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Clark)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_us ap/20091107/eu_russia_us AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:30:39 GMT AP - Russia and the United States have a good chance at signing a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year's end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*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/world/*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/world/*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/world/*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/world/*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/world/*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) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091106/wl_time/08599193580300 time/20091106/08599193580300 Time.com world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:00 GMT Time.com - As rival claimants on the presidency remain at odds over what they've 
agreed, the U.S. risks being seen in the region as having accepted a coup http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_uk_afp/rugbyuwalnzl afp/20091107/rugbyuwalnzl AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:42:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_uk_afp/rugbyuwalnzl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257621635767-1-0.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=EHVj0WHt.44lKDwqexNhQw--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Wales full back James Hook (R) is tackled by New Zealand's Adam Thomson during their international rugby union match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. New Zealand extended their crushing rugby dominance of Wales with a hard-fought 19-12 win here on Saturday to stretch their winning streak to 21 games dating back 56 years.(AFP/Andrew Yates)" border="0" /></a>AFP - New Zealand extended their crushing rugby dominance of Wales with a hard-fought 19-12 win here on Saturday to stretch their winning streak to 21 games dating back 56 years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_uk_afp/rugbyuwalnzl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257621635767-1-0.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=EHVj0WHt.44lKDwqexNhQw--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="Wales full back James Hook (R) is tackled by New Zealand's Adam Thomson during their international rugby union match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. New Zealand extended their crushing rugby dominance of Wales with a hard-fought 19-12 win here on Saturday to stretch their winning streak to 21 games dating back 56 years.(AFP/Andrew Yates)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians ap/20091107/ml_israel_palestinians AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:24:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.53b22e9ee9ed447188c99864e3fd7cc6.mideast_israel_palestinians_ba107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_QTwH7bqVkTUAAVby.2xqQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Palestinian forces security members participate in a rally in support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Hebron Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Abbas has pushed Mideast peace prospects into unknown territory by announcing Thursday he doesn't want another term and opening the way to a succession battle that could play into the hands of his rival, the militant Hamas. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Israel's president has called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.53b22e9ee9ed447188c99864e3fd7cc6.mideast_israel_palestinians_ba107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_QTwH7bqVkTUAAVby.2xqQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Palestinian forces security members participate in a rally in support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Hebron Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Abbas has pushed Mideast peace prospects into unknown territory by announcing Thursday he doesn't want another term and opening the way to a succession battle that could play into the hands of his rival, the militant Hamas. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*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/world/*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/world/*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/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_china_africa ap/20091107/ml_china_africa AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:24:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_china_africa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1a0d655003d3446aa6b94ba85bbd4b96.mideast_egypt_china_xan101.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=CC5z5Iq73JjVqbNAJdCTIg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Chinese Prime minister Wen Jiabao talks at a session of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Sino-African Forum in Egypt''s Sharm el Sheik Resort Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - China's premier stressed Saturday that his country's push to boost already burgeoning trade ties with Africa was "sincere and selfless," as the Asian powerhouse battled criticism its quest for natural resources was at the expense of the poverty-ravaged continent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_china_africa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1a0d655003d3446aa6b94ba85bbd4b96.mideast_egypt_china_xan101.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=CC5z5Iq73JjVqbNAJdCTIg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Chinese Prime minister Wen Jiabao talks at a session of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Sino-African Forum in Egypt''s Sharm el Sheik Resort Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*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/world/*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/world/*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/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_g20_canada nm/20091107/canada_us_g20_canada Reuters world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:30:46 GMT Reuters - Proposals for a tax on financial transactions to fund the cost of future bank bailouts are unattractive, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/australiaweatherrain afp/20091107/australiaweatherrain AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:04:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/australiaweatherrain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257567560335-1-0.jpg?x=76&y=130&q=85&sig=a.6E6NhY3VtJQVgrIz2xNg--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="A woman with a child in a pusher is seen struggling in rain and wind as she walks through Sydney centre, a few days ago. Australian authorities have declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australian authorities declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/australiaweatherrain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257567560335-1-0.jpg?x=76&y=130&q=85&sig=a.6E6NhY3VtJQVgrIz2xNg--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="photo" title="A woman with a child in a pusher is seen struggling in rain and wind as she walks through Sydney centre, a few days ago. Australian authorities have declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091107/wl_mcclatchy/3351521 mcclatchy/20091107/3351521 McClatchy Newspapers world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:22:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month, administration and military officials have told McClatchy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091105/wl_csm/oabbas csm/20091105/oabbas The Christian Science Monitor world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he's made up his mind once and for all: There will be elections in January – and he will not be a candidate in them. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091104/wl_time/08599193445300 time/20091104/08599193445300 Time.com world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT Time.com - Disney's second theme park in China could boost the company's brand in a key market -- but will the existing Hong Kong Disneyland suffer? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20091106/wl_oneworld/world3679171257539899 oneworld/20091106/world3679171257539899 OneWorld.net world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:34:59 GMT OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 6 (New America Media) - Perhaps the most depressing aspect of Thursday's shoot-out at Fort Hood is that none of the 12 people who died in the melee will be counted as casualties of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.