AP - ap.online.headlines.intl http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.headlines.intl News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:56:55 -0500 Germany to celebrate memory of Berlin Wall falling Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:48:24 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2009/11/08/EU.Germany.After.The.Wall/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_EU.Germany.After.The.Wall 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:1e36ed47:124ce5876db:-1ef9 Twenty years ago Monday, they danced atop the Berlin Wall, feet thudding on the cold concrete, arms raised in victory, hands clasped in friendship and giddy hope. Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:38:20 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2009/11/08/ML.China.Africa/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_ML.China.Africa 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:1e36ed47:124ce5876db:-1fe2 China's premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in concessional loans to African nations over the next three years and said Beijing would cancel the government debts of some of the poorest of those countries, as the Asian powerhouse looked to deflect criticism that its investments in the continent were motivated purely by greed. Homeland chief warns against anti-Muslim backlash Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:07:37 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2009/11/08/ML.Emirates.Napolitano/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_ML.Emirates.Napolitano 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:1e36ed47:124ce5876db:-1aa8 The U.S. Homeland Security secretary says she is working to prevent a possible wave of anti-Muslim sentiment after the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas. Police: Suicide bomb in Pakistan market kills 12 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:39:56 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2009/11/05/AS.Pakistan/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_AS.Pakistan 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124b73228e9:4ddf A suicide bomber apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor struck a crowded market Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing the mayor and 11 other people and injuring dozens, police said. Saudis take mountain from Yemen rebels Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:48:26 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2009/11/08/ML.Yemen.Fighting/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_ML.Yemen.Fighting 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:1e36ed47:124ce5876db:-209a Saudi Arabian forces have taken control of a mountain straddling the border with Yemen and cleared it of Shiite rebels, in five days of fighting that saw three soldiers killed and 15 wounded, the assistant defense minister said on Sunday. Ida becomes hurricane a 2nd time off Mexico coast Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:12:15 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2009/11/08/Tropical.Weather/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_Tropical.Weather 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:1e36ed47:124ce5876db:-2b1d Ida grew into a hurricane for a second time as it roared over the Caribbean on a path that could take it between Mexico's resort-studded Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba before heading for the southern United States. Dalai Lama visits town near Tibet, angering China Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:45:29 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2009/11/06/AS.India.Dalai.Lama/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_AS.India.Dalai.Lama 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124c7b033b5:-7701 The Dalai Lama brushed off Chinese protests and traveled Sunday to a remote Himalayan town near the Tibetan border to lead five days of prayers and teaching sessions for Buddhist pilgrims. British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:25:20 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2009/11/08/AS.Afghanistan.Britain/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_AS.Afghanistan.Britain 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:1e36ed47:124ce5876db:-1fe1 Britain's Defense Ministry says a British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan. Japanese FM says no base deal during Obama visit Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:02:39 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2009/11/08/AS.Japan.US.Military/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_AS.Japan.US.Military 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:1e36ed47:124ce5876db:-2497 Japan's foreign minister said Sunday that no deal on relocating U.S. troops on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa can be expected during President Barack Obama's visit this week, saying the issue needs more time to resolve. To defang Taliban, some look to private schools Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:36:46 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2009/11/07/AS.Pakistan.Improving.the.Schools/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_AS.Pakistan.Improving.the.Schools 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:1e36ed47:124ce5876db:-6402 The schoolhouse is so tiny that dozens of pupils have to sit outdoors. They're lucky if their teachers have more than a basic education. And the chanting of math equations and Quranic verses gets so loud that the children have a hard time hearing themselves.