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Indonesian president lays wreath at site of East Timor massacre (AFP)
AFP - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono laid a wreath at an East Timor cemetery where Indonesian soldiers massacred dozens of pro-independence protestors 14 years ago.

Chretien keeps his own counsel as damning testimony echoes from Gomery (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Amid the blaring headlines, the hours of TV coverage and the shouts of political outrage over the riveting testimony at the sponsorship inquiry, one voice is ...

Chinese premier in India to discuss border, trade (Reuters)
Reuters - China's premier on Saturday signalled his country's readiness to resolve a longstanding border dispute and boost trade with India as he arrived at the start of a ...

Nigerian Oil Unions Call Off Strike (Reuters)
Reuters - Nigeria's main oil unions have called off a planned three-day warning strike due to start on Monday pending a new round of talks with local oil company Tidex next week, a ...

Flores Withdraws From Race to Head OAS (AP)
AP - Former Salvadoran President Francisco Flores, the U.S. government's choice to lead the Washington-based Organization of American States, withdrew his candidacy late Friday. His ...

Chinese Attack Japanese Targets in Beijing (Reuters)
Reuters - Thousands of Chinese smashed windows and threw rocks at the Japanese embassy and ambassador's residence in Beijing on Saturday in protest against Japan's wartime past ...

Syrian Tanks Roll Out of Lebanon; New Govt Monday (Reuters)
Reuters - Dozens of Syrian tanks and military vehicles left Lebanon on Saturday as Syria quickened the pace of a complete military and intelligence pullout promised by the end of this month ...

Two Killed, 15 Wounded in Nepal Blasts
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Two Russian tourists were injured, two Nepali citizens were killed and 13 others wounded in separate bombings by Maoist rebels in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal on ...

WFP: Funds Shortage Forces Food Cuts in Darfur
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Food rations will be cut for more than one million Darfuris who have fled fighting to makeshift camps in the region because of a drastic shortage of funds, the World ...

Time Running Out to Get N.Korea to Talks -US Expert
BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is taking an increasingly hardline stance on talks on its nuclear ambitions a U.S. expert said on Saturday, after five days of talks with leaders of the ...

Iran's Khatami Denies Handshake with Israeli Leader
TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) - Iran's President Mohammad Khatami strongly denied that he shook hands with Israeli President Moshe Katsav at Pope John Paul's funeral, the official IRNA news ...

Cairo Bomber Was Acting Alone - Prosecutor
CAIRO (Reuters) - The bomber who killed two tourists in a Cairo bazaar this week was acting alone and carrying a crude bomb of TNT and nails hidden in a black bag, Egypt's public ...

Syrian Tanks Roll Out of Lebanon; New Govt Monday
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Dozens of Syrian tanks and military vehicles left Lebanon on Saturday as Syria quickened the pace of a complete military and intelligence pullout promised by the end ...

Government announces independent adviser to review Air India case (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - The government will appoint an adviser to determine if there should be a public inquiry into the Air India bombings.

Rare gazelle fights extinction in oil-rich Azerbaijan (AFP)
AFP - Darting about the plains in packs of 10, the Jeyran gazelle of the Caucasus looks to be the picture of health, but a rickety genome and an encroaching oil company may threaten the ...

Iraqi Interim President, Council Sworn In (AP)
AP - Iraq's presidential council was sworn in Thursday and named Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari to the country's most powerful position — interim prime minister — giving ...

Telecom Italia sees operating profits up 7.0-9.0 pct in 2005-2007 (AFP)
AFP - Italian operator Telecom Italia unveiled strong three-year forecasts, taking the market by surprise, as shareholders approved the merger of its majority-owned subsidiary Telecom ...

Jaafari Named as Iraqi PM, President Sworn In (Reuters)
Reuters - Islamist Shi'ite Ibrahim Jaafari was named as Iraq's next prime minister on Thursday, moving the country a step closer to its first democratically elected government in ...

Millions Mass for Pope Who Considered Resigning (Reuters)
Reuters - Pope John Paul agonised over whether to resign before dying as pontiff, his will revealed on Thursday as presidents and patriarchs joined a multitude of pilgrims in Rome for his ...

Kashmiris Cross Ceasefire Line Raising Peace Hopes
PEACE BRIDGE, India-Pakistan border (Reuters) - Showered with tears and rose petals from relatives thought long lost, two groups of Indian and Pakistani Kashmiris walked over the "Peace ...

Deadly Bird Flu Could Spread Beyond Asia
PARIS (Reuters) - The bird flu outbreak that has recently killed 50 people in Asia and cost the region billions of dollars could spread to other parts of the world, the global animal ...

Lebanon PM to List Cabinet Soon, as Syria Leaving
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's caretaker prime minister, Omar Karami, is expected to announce a new cabinet by early next week, political sources said Thursday, after weeks of wrangling ...

Thousands of Mexicans Protest Congress Mayor Vote
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of angry demonstrators flooded into Mexico City's main square to protest a vote in Congress later on Thursday that could force the popular ...

Malaysia, Australia fail to bridge key differences (AFP)
AFP - Australian and Malaysian leaders failed to resolve long-standing differences over how to tackle terrorism in Southeast Asia at a meeting in Canberra, at which Malaysia also refused to ...

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