Reuters - Egyptian security forces clubbed
demonstrators in the streets on Thursday and a court rejected
an appeal against a jail term by a former election challenger
to President Hosni Mubarak in twin blows to the opposition.
AP - Islamic militants, some armed with machine guns, battled Afghan, U.S. and Canadian forces and exploded two suicide car bombs Thursday, some of the deadliest violence in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban.
AP - Despite U.S. criticism, police beat pro-reform protesters in the streets and arrested more than 300 for the second week in a row Thursday as Egyptian courts dealt new setbacks to activists seeking greater democracy.
AFP - Their mother famously had the common touch, and it seems the British public's view of Princess Diana as "one of us" could also be true of her sons, Princes William and Harry.
AP - Four U.S. soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter were killed by a roadside bomb Thursday and at least two dozen Iraqis died in violence across the country, as politicians worked on a government they hope will restore security.
AP - A gun battle erupted early Friday between the new Hamas security force and rival Fatah forces in Gaza City, police officials said. Two police officers were wounded.
AP - The kidnappers of a United Arab Emirates diplomat in Iraq demanded the closure of the country's Baghdad embassy in a video shown Thursday on Arab television.
AP - The United States proposed a treaty Thursday it said would curb proliferation of nuclear weapons and improve the world's leverage against "hard cases" like Iran and North Korea by banning production of weapons-grade uranium and plutonium.
AP - Police kept up running gunbattles with criminals across Sao Paulo on Thursday, the latest in a week of gang violence that has cast a shadow over election-year politics.
Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard blew into Stephen Harper's Ottawa with a bracing blast of conservative geopolitics Thursday.
AP - Kurdish rebels killed five Turkish soldiers in a rocket attack in southeastern Turkey early Friday, the semiofficial Anatolia news agency reported.
AP - About 40 police officers were injured trying to break up a five-hour riot by Protestant militants who burned 10 cars and a double-decker bus in Belfast, officials said Friday.
AP - About 40 police officers were injured trying to break up a five-hour riot by Protestant militants who burned 10 cars and a double-decker bus in Belfast, officials said Friday.
AP - A Russian mini-submarine with seven sailors aboard snagged on a fishing net and was stuck on the sea floor off Russia's Pacific Coast, navy officials said Friday.
AP - A Russian mini-submarine with seven sailors aboard snagged on a fishing net and was stuck on the sea floor off Russia's Pacific Coast, navy officials said Friday.
AP - The U.S. military defended its operations in western Iraq, insisting it is reducing insurgent attacks despite the deaths of 14 Marines in a huge bombing and four U.S. service members killed in action, the military said.
AP - The U.S. military defended its operations in western Iraq, insisting it is reducing insurgent attacks despite the deaths of 14 Marines in a huge bombing and four U.S. service members killed in action, the military said.
AP - With early evidence indicating nothing wrong with the Air France jet that crashed this week, officials Thursday looked to the "black boxes" for answers — but they were faced with a long delay because of problems in downloading data.
AP - A 19-year-old Israeli soldier opened fire inside a bus Thursday, killing four Israeli Arabs in the deadliest attack on Arabs in Israel by a Jewish extremist since 1990. An angry crowd then killed the gunman.
AP - With early evidence indicating nothing wrong with the Air France jet that crashed this week, officials Thursday looked to the "black boxes" for answers — but they were faced with a long delay because of problems in downloading data.
AP - British police investigating the botched London subway attack of July 21 said Thursday they had charged two sisters for failing to disclose information under anti-terror laws. The city's nerves were further rattled by a message from al-Qaida warning of more bloodshed, but people made efforts to carry on.
AP - British police investigating the botched London subway attack of July 21 said Thursday they had charged two sisters for failing to disclose information under anti-terror laws. The city's nerves were further rattled by a message from al-Qaida warning of more bloodshed, but people made efforts to carry on.
AP - A 19-year-old Israeli soldier opened fire inside a bus Thursday, killing four Israeli Arabs in the deadliest attack on Arabs in Israel by a Jewish extremist since 1990. An angry crowd then killed the gunman.
AP - Kurdish rebels killed five Turkish soldiers in a rocket attack in southeastern Turkey early Friday, the semiofficial Anatolia news agency reported.
AP - Tropical Storm Harvey moved into the open Atlantic after lashing Bermuda with heavy rains and gusty winds, while a ninth tropical depression formed Thursday and was moving west toward the Caribbean.
AP - Tropical Storm Harvey moved into the open Atlantic after lashing Bermuda with heavy rains and gusty winds, while a ninth tropical depression formed Thursday and was moving west toward the Caribbean.
AP - An American who heads the Indonesian branch of the world's largest gold producer went on trial Friday on criminal charges of polluting a bay, in a case being closely watched by foreign investors already anxious over the country's weak legal system.
AP - An American who heads the Indonesian branch of the world's largest gold producer went on trial Friday on criminal charges of polluting a bay, in a case being closely watched by foreign investors already anxious over the country's weak legal system.
Canadian Press - SASKATOON (CP) - With the highest rates of alcoholism in the country and dozens of young lives lost to crystal meth addiction, Saskatchewan is embarking on an ambitious plan to battle substance abuse.
Canadian Press - SASKATOON (CP) - With the highest rates of alcoholism in the country and dozens of young lives lost to crystal meth addiction, Saskatchewan is embarking on an ambitious plan to battle substance abuse.
AFP - Prime Minister John Howard called for a summit meeting of Australia's state leaders and security service chiefs next month to discuss ways of beefing up the country's anti-terrorism defenses.
AFP - Prime Minister John Howard called for a summit meeting of Australia's state leaders and security service chiefs next month to discuss ways of beefing up the country's anti-terrorism defenses.
