Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/721 world World News en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:38:09 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/20090702/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_missile ap/20090702/as_nkorea_missile AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:20:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_missile"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.9e05dd872ef14ff18e96066c3c2ccc89.south_korea_north_korea_missile_ljm112.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=oCaHTaQAwuh_LoV1y0m1zw--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="South Koreans watch a television broadcasting undated image a North Korea launch missile at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 2, 2009. North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles Thursday, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, a move that aggravates already high tensions following Pyongyang's recent nuclear test and U.N. sanctions imposed as punishment. The Korean read 'North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles.' (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)" border="0" /></a>AP - North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast Thursday, a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the July Fourth holiday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_missile"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.9e05dd872ef14ff18e96066c3c2ccc89.south_korea_north_korea_missile_ljm112.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=oCaHTaQAwuh_LoV1y0m1zw--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="South Koreans watch a television broadcasting undated image a North Korea launch missile at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 2, 2009. North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles Thursday, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, a move that aggravates already high tensions following Pyongyang's recent nuclear test and U.N. sanctions imposed as punishment. The Korean read 'North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles.' (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan ap/20090702/as_afghanistan AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:43:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.849837accf364bffa10b504214197e40.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_LA2j7NMGlRvYAc1rafK3g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines move in formation through farm fields after landing by helicopter in an overnight night air assault near the Taliban stronghold of Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages of southern Afghanistan Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.849837accf364bffa10b504214197e40.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_LA2j7NMGlRvYAc1rafK3g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines move in formation through farm fields after landing by helicopter in an overnight night air assault near the Taliban stronghold of Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages of southern Afghanistan Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq ap/20090702/ml_iraq AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:21:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.d8a6280362bf4f44a071517d4d92e9c1.iraq_violence_bag102.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=yVkmpMKG058orTwxEjKWzw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Iraqi security forces secure the site of a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood, Iraq, Thursday, July 2, 2009. The attack was the first in Baghdad since US troops withdrew from Iraqi cities in the first step toward winding down the American war effort by the end of 2011. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Thursday to visit U.S. soldiers, just two days after all American combat troops withdrew from Baghdad and all of Iraq's cities and towns.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.d8a6280362bf4f44a071517d4d92e9c1.iraq_violence_bag102.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=yVkmpMKG058orTwxEjKWzw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iraqi security forces secure the site of a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood, Iraq, Thursday, July 2, 2009. The attack was the first in Baghdad since US troops withdrew from Iraqi cities in the first step toward winding down the American war effort by the end of 2011. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_saddam_fbi_interviews ap/20090702/us_saddam_fbi_interviews AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:44:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_saddam_fbi_interviews"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.6ab375e3e53e45c89bea9caa967c656c.saddam_fbi_interviews_ny113.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=rQOgO1YwM4Bh5ACPEVxG4g--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="FILE - In this image released by the U.S. Army on Dec. 14, 2003, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is shown in custody after he was arrested near his Tikrit home. Unclassified FBI interviews conducted during his incarceration at a U.S. detention center show new details about the late Iraqi dictator's life on the run - both before and after he was ousted.(AP Photo/U.S. Army)" border="0" /></a>AP - After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after taking part in an attempt to kill the country's prime minister.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_saddam_fbi_interviews"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.6ab375e3e53e45c89bea9caa967c656c.saddam_fbi_interviews_ny113.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=rQOgO1YwM4Bh5ACPEVxG4g--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this image released by the U.S. Army on Dec. 14, 2003, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is shown in custody after he was arrested near his Tikrit home. Unclassified FBI interviews conducted during his incarceration at a U.S. detention center show new details about the late Iraqi dictator's life on the run - both before and after he was ousted.(AP Photo/U.S. Army)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_coup ap/20090702/lt_honduras_coup AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:00:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_coup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.d5e6c4f4c5ff453ab9146a810d6701bd.aptopix_honduras_coup_tgdl103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5leMYG7bJk794MQNHf0elA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya hold hands as they stand in front of a line of soldiers guarding the entrance to a park during a protest through downtown Tegucigalpa,Thursday, July 2, 2009.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)" border="0" /></a>AP - A top diplomat said Thursday he is heading to Honduras to demand the return of the president toppled at gunpoint — a mission he said is likely to meet rejection, bringing diplomatic and economic punishment for the impoverished Central American nation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_coup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.d5e6c4f4c5ff453ab9146a810d6701bd.aptopix_honduras_coup_tgdl103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5leMYG7bJk794MQNHf0elA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya hold hands as they stand in front of a line of soldiers guarding the entrance to a park during a protest through downtown Tegucigalpa,Thursday, July 2, 2009.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090702/wl_time/08599190840600 time/20090702/08599190840600 Time.com world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:05:00 GMT Time.com - India's High Court decriminalizes homosexuality, winning applause from activists, the ire of conservatives, and possibly opening the way for gay rights groups in neighboring countries http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/eu_odd_switzerland_tv_on_fire ap/20090703/eu_odd_switzerland_tv_on_fire AP odd Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:38:09 GMT AP - It must rank among the easiest fires ever to put out. Zurich authorities say police and firefighters were called to the house of an elderly woman early Thursday after she reported her television set was burning. When they arrived, they discovered no signs of fire or smoke. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iraq_us_deaths ap/20090703/us_iraq_us_deaths AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:29:14 GMT AP - As of Thursday, July 2, 2009, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_peru_bus_crash ap/20090703/lt_peru_bus_crash AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:34:27 GMT AP - Two buses crashed head-on Thursday on a mountain road near Lake Titicaca in Peru, killing at least 23 people and injuring 50 more, police said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_bi_ge/us_philip_morris_acquisition ap/20090702/us_philip_morris_acquisition AP business Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:22:11 GMT AP - Philip Morris International, maker of Marlboro and other cigarettes for sale overseas, has agreed to buy a Swedish company's South African snuff and pipe tobacco operations for 1.75 billion South African rand, or roughly $222 million. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_asia_afp/myanmarundiplomacy afp/20090703/myanmarundiplomacy AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:27:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_asia_afp/myanmarundiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246562958954-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=KinDoDvruILwln0mm00w2w--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon signs a guest book at the Istana presidential palace before meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Singapore. UN chief was due to arrive in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday on a diplomatically risky mission to seek the release of political prisoners including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon was due to arrive in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday on a diplomatically risky mission to seek the release of political prisoners including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_asia_afp/myanmarundiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246562958954-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=KinDoDvruILwln0mm00w2w--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon signs a guest book at the Istana presidential palace before meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Singapore. UN chief was due to arrive in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday on a diplomatically risky mission to seek the release of political prisoners including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_economy_recovery nm/20090702/canada_us_economy_recovery Reuters world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:54:33 GMT Reuters - More Canadians will be out of work in 2014 than prior to the recession, even if the economy recovers quickly and expands at a healthy clip for the next five years, a prominent economist forecast on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_sthasia_afp/australiaindiaeducationcrime afp/20090702/australiaindiaeducationcrime AFP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:11:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_sthasia_afp/australiaindiaeducationcrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246528757234-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Xhj.ycFJSfyMm1KSjxuOuQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Activists of the Punjab Students Union and the Progressive Democratic Students Union shout anti-Australia slogans during a protest in New Delhi in June 2009 against the attacks on students. A high-level Australian delegation will travel to India next week to give safety assurances following a wave of attacks on Indian students, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A high-level Australian delegation will travel to India next week to give safety assurances following a wave of attacks on Indian students, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_sthasia_afp/australiaindiaeducationcrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246528757234-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Xhj.ycFJSfyMm1KSjxuOuQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Activists of the Punjab Students Union and the Progressive Democratic Students Union shout anti-Australia slogans during a protest in New Delhi in June 2009 against the attacks on students. A high-level Australian delegation will travel to India next week to give safety assurances following a wave of attacks on Indian students, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090702/wl_mcclatchy/3264983 mcclatchy/20090702/3264983 McClatchy Newspapers world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:38:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Major Western countries, after applauding Pakistan's military crackdown on Islamic extremists in the Swat valley in the country's northwest, haven't pledged the money needed to resettle the population now that the fighting is mostly over, and humanitarian organizations fear that 2 million people will be sent back home before it's safe to go. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090702/ts_csm/ocampaigns csm/20090702/ocampaigns The Christian Science Monitor topstories Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - With national elections less than two months away, the Afghan government is hoping to bring more areas under its control with the help of a new US-led military campaign. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090702/wl_time/08599190830500 time/20090702/08599190830500 Time.com world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:05:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090702/wl_time/08599190830500"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246526451694-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=l.MKBcxt6zDgppQgFnHbDA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Iranian police beat a demonstrator with batons during a protest against the election results in Tehran on June 14. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has likened events in Iran to the oppression at the hands of the Stasi secret police in communist East Germany.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - On a propaganda drive, Tehran blames foreigners for unrest after the disputed election. But millions of Iranians remain angry and unconvinced</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090702/wl_time/08599190830500"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246526451694-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=l.MKBcxt6zDgppQgFnHbDA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Iranian police beat a demonstrator with batons during a protest against the election results in Tehran on June 14. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has likened events in Iran to the oppression at the hands of the Stasi secret police in communist East Germany.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20090702/wl_oneworld/world3650141246560822 oneworld/20090702/world3650141246560822 OneWorld.net world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:50:33 GMT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jul 2 (OneWorld.net) - The Peruvian government has given a company permission to drill for oil in Amazon territories populated by two uncontacted tribes, just 13 days after dozens of people were killed during protests against the exploitation of indigenous lands.