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AFP - The Bush administration is being urged to impose a travel ban on government officials in Vietnam who commit religious persecution as among sanctions to punish the country for its dismal religious rights record.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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AFP - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is to visit Australia next month, Prime Minister John Howard confirmed, saying he would use the occasion to strengthen the country's often fraught relationship with its northern neighbour.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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AP - A fugitive former head of a secretive German colony in southern Chile will be extradited shortly from Argentina, where he was arrested on human rights charges, Chile's president said Saturday.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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Reuters - Looters systematically removed tons of
equipment from Iraqi weapons facilities, including some with
components capable of making parts of nuclear arms, in the
weeks after Baghdad fell in 2003, The New York Times reported
in Sunday editions.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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Reuters - A man opened fire with a
handgun at a church service in a Wisconsin hotel on Saturday,
killing seven people and wounding four before taking his own
life, police said.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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AP - Prince William fell from his horse as he and his younger brother, Prince Harry, took to the polo field for a charity match Saturday in aid of victims of the Asian tsunami.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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AP - Hamas, the major force behind a four-year suicide bombing campaign and sworn to the destruction of Israel, decided Saturday to run in a Palestinian parliamentary election, a move that threatens to undermine Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' efforts to make peace.{br}{br}View the Enti | In
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AP - The suspect in the courthouse shootings of a judge and two other people waved a white cloth and surrendered to authorities Saturday, but not before police say he killed an immigration agent and held a woman hostage for hours in her own apartment.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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AP - Director Alexander Payne and wife Sandra Oh have gone from "Sideways" to parting ways, a spokeswoman told People magazine on Saturday. The Hollywood couple "have mutually decided to separate," the spokeswoman said. "They will remain friends."{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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AP - A gunman opened fire Saturday at a church service being held at a hotel, killing seven people before taking his own life, authorities said.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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Reuters - The suspect in the shooting deaths of a
judge, U.S. Customs agent and two other people is in custody
facing federal and state charges on Saturday after his
surrender to an overwhelming police presence.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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Reuters - Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams began a
trip to the United States on Saturday seeking to shore up
support among Irish American backers after fierce accusations
his party had links to alleged IRA crimes.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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AP - A former defense minister has been arrested on suspicions of defrauding the government of $10 million in the sale of military aircraft to the United States, prosecutors said Saturday.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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AP - President Bashar Assad on Saturday restated his readiness for a complete withdrawal of Syrian troops and intelligence agents from neighboring Lebanon, a key U.N. envoy said, adding that he would give the United Nations more details about a timetable for the pullout next week.{br}{br}View t | In
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AP - Hong Kong's new acting leader took office Saturday, facing tough questions of whether the leadership change was legal.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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AP - They flock to the capital by the thousands during the annual meeting of China's legislature farmers, laid-off workers and evicted families who travel for days from the destitute hinterlands hoping to have their grievances heard by the central government.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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AP - OPEC has reached its production limit, and trying to stretch output by one million barrels per day isn't likely to lower oil prices, Algeria's minister for energy and mines said.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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AP - Iraqi authorities on Saturday disputed reports that 15 headless bodies were found south of Baghdad earlier in the week.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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AP - Voters in this former Soviet republic were set to cast ballots on Sunday for parliamentary runoff elections amid rising tension after a presidential aide indicated that the longtime leader might extend his rule beyond constitutional limits.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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AP - Second-ranked North Carolina couldn't stop Georgia Tech's Will Bynum, so the Tar Heels must wait at least another year to capture the suddenly elusive Atlantic Coast Conference title. Bynum scored a career-high 35 points, and the Yellow Jackets advanced to the ACC championship ga | In
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AP - Director Alexander Payne and wife Sandra Oh have gone from "Sideways" to parting ways, a spokeswoman told People magazine on Saturday. The Hollywood couple "have mutually decided to separate," the spokeswoman said. "They will remain friends."{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} | In
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Canadian Press - RED DEER, Alta. (CP) - RCMP rookie Brock Myrol was laid to rest Saturday, the last funeral of the four young officers gunned down on a farm in northwestern Alberta.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br} |
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