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AP - 2 hours, 45 minutes ago ISTANBUL, Turkey - Sudan's indicted president denied Wednesday that his regime is orchestrating genocide in the troubled western region of Darfur — and offered hope for an end to the violence and the dawn of reconciliation by promising free and fair elections next year. AP - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's interior minister on Wednesday confirmed that 13 policemen were wounded in a suicide bombing this week.  AP - Wed Aug 20, 6:25 AM ET BAGHDAD - Lebanon's prime minister traveled to Baghdad on Wednesday in only the third such visit by a top Arab leader since the U.S.-led invasion five and a half years ago. Europe News AP - 3 minutes ago MADRID, Spain - Spanish media say an airliner has swerved off the runway at Madrid airport. Reuters - 9 minutes ago TOKYO (Reuters) - A 61-year-old Japanese woman has given birth to a surrogate child, an obstetrician in central Japan said on Wednesday. She is believed to be the oldest surrogate mother yet recorded in Japan.  AFP - 11 minutes ago MADRID (AFP) - A plane belonging to Spanish airline Spanair skidded off the runway at Madrid airport on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the airport authority said.  AP - Tue Aug 19, 8:17 PM ET ASUNCION, Paraguay - Paraguay's new president is replacing the nation's police commander four days into the new administration. AP - Tue Aug 19, 8:17 PM ET SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A U.S. federal grand jury handed down a new indictment against Puerto Rico Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila Tuesday, charging him with four counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with alleged campaign finance violations. AP - Tue Aug 19, 8:00 PM ET BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - An Argentine nightclub owner, six rock musicians and three low-level public officials went on trial Tuesday for a 2004 discotheque blaze that killed 194 concertgoers in the country's deadliest fire. Africa News  AFP - 54 minutes ago ISTANBUL (AFP) - Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, named as a possible war crimes suspect in Darfur, said here Wednesday that no citizen of his country would ever be handed over to international justice.  Reuters - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago BOUIRA, Algeria (Reuters) - Two car bombs in Algeria killed at least 11 people on Wednesday, the day after an attack that left 43 dead at a military academy, Algerian press agency APS said quoting the Interior Ministry.  AFP - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change said Wednesday it had not consented to the reconvening of parliament, claiming it could jeopardise talks to resolve the country's political crisis. Asia News  AP - 27 minutes ago BEIJING - Hua Guofeng, who briefly ruled China as communist founder Mao Zedong's successor but was pushed aside as a prelude to reforms that launched an economic boom, died Wednesday at the age of 87, state-run media reported.  AFP - 32 minutes ago SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - India's national security advisor arrived in revolt-hit Kashmir on Wednesday to review the situation after weeks of violent protests have shaken the region, officials said.  AFP - 35 minutes ago KABUL, Aug 20, 2008 (AFP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday told French soldiers mourning 10 comrades killed by the Taliban that their work in Afghanistan was essential for the "freedom of the world" and must continue. Reuters - 7 minutes ago OTTAWA (Reuters) - Soaring energy prices helped push up Canadian retail sales in June by 0.5 percent from May and by an unexpectedly steep 1.4 percent if auto and gasoline sales are excluded, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday.  Reuters - Tue Aug 19, 2:47 PM ET OTTAWA (Reuters) - Liberal leader Stephane Dion said on Tuesday he was considering forcing an election, which would end the minority Conservative government, but timing was important.  Reuters - Tue Aug 19, 4:41 PM ET OTTAWA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Tuesday he would decide in coming weeks whether an election is needed this year to give a new mandate to a Parliament that he has increasingly described as dysfunctional. Australia/Antarctica News AP - Wed Aug 20, 4:42 AM ET SYDNEY, Australia - An 86-year-old man accused of killing a Jewish teenager in Hungary during World War II can be extradited to Hungary to face charges, an Australian judge found Wednesday.  AFP - Wed Aug 20, 4:10 AM ET PERTH, Australia (AFP) - An 86-year-old alleged war criminal accused of murdering a young Jewish man in World War II lost a court battle Wednesday against extradition from Australia to Hungary.  AP - Wed Aug 20, 2:39 AM ET SYDNEY, Australia - A hungry and abandoned humpback whale calf that has been trying to suckle from boats in the waters off north Sydney rebuffed fresh attempts by wildlife workers to return it to the open ocean Wednesday and appeared to be weakening. Most Popular World News  Reuters - Wed Aug 20, 2:13 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Guinness World Records has returned the title of world's tallest man to China's Bao Xishun after Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines.  AP - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago WARSAW, Poland - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite.  AFP - Tue Aug 19, 10:43 PM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - Grapefruit, orange and apple juices can harm the body's ability to absorb certain medications and make the drugs less effective, said a Canadian study released Tuesday in the United States. Powered by: Yahoo! News | World |
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