AP - Pakistani paramilitary forces destroyed a handful of militant centers and uncovered alleged torture cells as they pressed ahead Sunday with an offensive against extremists near the Afghan border, officials said.
AP - Israel's Cabinet overwhelmingly backed a deal Sunday with Hezbollah to swap a Lebanese prisoner convicted of a brutal 1979 attack for the bodies of two captured soldiers who were declared dead earlier in the day.
AP - President Robert Mugabe was sworn in for a sixth term Sunday, just hours after government officials said he overwhelmingly won a runoff that has been widely discredited. His main rival dismissed the inauguration as "an exercise in self-delusion."
AFP - Australia's senior Catholic leader said Sunday he would welcome Pope Benedict XVI addressing the issue of paedophile priests when he visits for World Youth Day next month.
Reuters - Business sentiment at big South Korean
companies has hit its lowest in more than three years due to
worries about soaring oil and raw material prices and sluggish
domestic consumption, a private survey showed on Sunday. -- read full article
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AFP - Robert Mugabe was expected to be inaugurated for a new term as Zimbabwe's president on Sunday following a one-man election amid growing calls for his fellow African leaders to reject his legitimacy.
AP - Israel will allow the resumption of food shipments into the Gaza Strip on Sunday after a four-day halt in response to Palestinian rocket attacks, Israeli defense officials said.
AFP - A British soldier with NATO forces in Afghanistan has been killed in a mine blast in the troubled southern province of Helmand, the defence ministry in London and the alliance said Sunday.
AP - Protesters fought riot police early Sunday at a rally opposing the resumption of American beef imports to South Korea, hours after the chief U.S. diplomat vouched for the health of U.S. cattle.
AP - Paramilitary troops returned Sunday to posts they had been forced to abandon and Pakistani forces widened their offensive against militants operating in a volatile tribal area along the Afghan border, an official said.
AP - Supporters of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe used batons and thick sticks to beat people who couldn't prove they voted in a runoff election in which the longtime ruler was the only candidate, an international rights group said Sunday.
AFP - At least 60 people were injured when police and protesters clashed for a sixth day Saturday in Indian Kashmir as resistance to the transfer of land to a Hindu pilgrim group deepened.
AFP - Cultural values are stopping Africa's leaders from speaking out against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's regime, Sudanese rapper Emmanuel Jal says.
