Cyclone-battered fisheries worsen Myanmar's pain
YAY TWIN GONE, Myanmar (AP) -- No matter how much she loved the river and sea that once provided her family's daily food, Tin Tin Latt now just wants to stay away from the water that widowed her, killed two of her children and destroyed the family's livelihood....
Obama urges Europeans, Americans to defeat terror
BERLIN (AP) -- Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago....
SAfrican lawyer nominated as UN human rights chief
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- One of South Africa's leading female jurists who won acclaim defending apartheid opponents was nominated Thursday to serve as the next United Nations high commissioner for human rights....
Serbia IDs man behind Karadzic's false identity
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- The real Dragan Dabic has emerged - and the 66-year-old construction worker was shocked Thursday to discover his identity had apparently been stolen by one of the world's most notorious war crimes suspects....
Iran ends cooperation with UN nuclear arms probe
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Iran signaled Thursday that it will no longer cooperate with U.N. experts probing for signs of clandestine nuclear weapons work, confirming the investigation is at a dead end a year after it began....
Israelis, Palestinians: Mixed feelings about Obama
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Both Israelis and Palestinians came away from Barack Obama's visit to the Holy Land with the feeling he would do more for Mideast peace than President Bush has. But neither side seemed fully convinced that Obama would have their interests at heart....
Concerns in Europe despite Obama's warm welcome
BERLIN (AP) -- The warm welcome that washed over Barack Obama during his Berlin appearance Thursday made it abundantly clear that Europeans have a strong desire to heal the trans-Atlantic rift and the Democratic president candidate is a good choice for the job....
Obama urges Europeans, Americans to defeat terror
BERLIN (AP) -- Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago....
Iraq banned from Beijing Olympics amid feud
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Just two weeks before the start of the Olympics, Iraq was told Thursday it's not welcome in Beijing because of a political feud in Baghdad that angered the games' guardians and exiled a country that arrived to a roaring ovation at the opening ceremony four years ago....
Helicopter rescues 2 Italian climbers in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A high-altitude rescue helicopter safely plucked two stranded Italian climbers from one of the world's highest mountains on Thursday, officials said....
