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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,202 (AP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - As of Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at least 4,202 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 20 read more »
AP Interview: Libya wants to invest in US (AP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Libya wants to open a new chapter in relations with the United States by tapping into a major government fund to invest in U. read more »
Mexico: Ex-drug czar allegedly took cartel money (AP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Mexico accused its former drug czar Friday of taking $450,000 from a cartel he was supposed to destroy, going public with a s read more »
Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy in anti-US protest (AP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Chanting "no to America," supporters of a radical Shiite cleric burned an effigy of President George W. Bush Friday in a prot read more »
Correction: Africa climate change story (AP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - In a Nov. 20 story about African negotiations on global warming, The Associated Press erroneously reported that China refused read more »
Rwandan presidential aide expresses 'surprise' at arrest (AFP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - A Rwandan government official accused of conspiracy to a political murder which sparked the 1994 genocide said Friday she wa read more »
Alitalia creditor's staff protest in Rome (AFP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Around 100 employees of Alitalia's creditors protested Friday at Fiumicino airport in Rome over the Italian flag carrier's u read more »
Congo refugees plagued by shootings, rape, looting (AP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Looting soldiers tried to rape one woman and fatally shot another at a refugee camp, witnesses said Friday, as the United Nat read more »
`The Terminal 2'? Japanese man makes airport home (AP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Hiroshi Nohara is on a layover at the Mexico City airport. It has lasted almost three months, and he has no plans to leave. read more »
Bangladesh's feuding former PMs in joint appearance (AFP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Bangladesh's two feuding ex-premiers made a rare public appearance together on Friday evening, less than a month before nati read more »
China, Taiwan hold high-level meeting (AFP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao met here Friday with a senior Taiwan envoy in the highest-level meeting to take place overseas b read more »
Iranian collector could face jail over British book scam (AFP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - A wealthy Iranian businessman who faces possible jail after he admitted stealing pages from rare books in Britain's top libr read more »
Johnson tells England to make their mark on Springboks (AFP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Martin Johnson believes England can take a major step towards becoming an elite force in world rugby by beating South Africa read more »
Rocket hits Israeli city, Gaza still sealed (AP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Palestinians fired a rocket at an Israeli city near the Gaza Strip on Friday but caused no casualties, police said, as the Is read more »
UN: Congo refugees suffer shooting, rape, looting (AP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Shootings, looting and rape plague the already desperate lives of refugees in eastern Congo, where people caught between sold read more »
Mexico: Former drug czar took cartel money (AP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Mexico's former drug czar was accused Friday of taking $450,000 from a powerful cartel, further evidence the country's drug g read more »
Islamists say they'll fight Somali pirates (AP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A radical Islamic group in Somalia said Friday it will fight the pirates holding a Saudi supertanker loaded with $100 million read more »
Myanmar court hands comedian 45-year prison term (AP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Myanmar's courts continued a crackdown on activists Friday, handing out a 45-year prison sentence to a comedian who went to t read more »
Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy to protest US pact (AP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Thousands of followers of a radical Shiite cleric protested a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security deal Friday, burning an effigy of read more »
Aussie mayor wins sexist 'award' for inviting ugly women to town (AFP)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - An Australian mayor who invited ugly women to move to his outback mining town, saying even they would find a man there, has read more »
Sandinistas win most municipal races in Nicaragua (AP)
Date : 20 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Nicaragua's ruling Sandinista party won the large majority of municipal races, including the capital Managua, in local electi read more »
China to overhaul battered dairy industry (AP)
Date : 20 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - China announced a complete overhaul of its dairy industry Thursday to improve safety at every step from cow breeding to mi read more »
Settlers spray inflammatory graffiti on mosque (AP)
Date : 20 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Jewish settlers on Thursday spray-painted graffiti on a mosque slurring the Prophet Muhammad and defaced a Muslim cemetery, I read more »
China warns jobs outlook 'grim' as economy slows (AP)
Date : 20 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Chinese officials warned Thursday that the country faces a "grim" employment outlook with demand for workers falling and job read more »
Air France-KLM profit plunges in second quarter (AP)
Date : 20 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Air France-KLM Group said Thursday its profit plunged in the second quarter as higher oil prices and financial charges weighe read more »