AP - President Leonel Fernandez promised to boost agriculture production but warned of dire economic times as he was sworn in for a third term on Saturday.
AFP - Fernando Torres put a smile back on Rafa Benitez's face as his late goal gave Liverpool a barely-deserved 1-0 win in their Premier League opener at Sunderland on Saturday.
AP - It hurts too much to lie on his back, so the 7-year-old has spent the past month stretched out on his stomach. His two grandmothers sit on the hospital bed beside him, fanning the pink flesh left exposed by his teacher's whip. -- read full article
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:55:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Poland strikes a deal on a U.S. missile defense base. Ukraine tries to limit the Russian navy's movement in its waters. The Czech Republic's leader warns his nation is in danger of being sucked back into Moscow's orbit.
AP - Back in the days of "Commies" and "pinkos," of Red scares, black lists, suspicion and smear, Kim Soo-im stood out as a one-woman axis of evil, a villainess without peer. -- read full article
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:13:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Russian forces pulled back Saturday from the center of a town not far from Georgia's capital after Russia's president signed a cease-fire deal, but other troops stayed put despite U.S. pressure for Moscow to honor the agreement.
AP - A group of South Korean lawmakers have introduced a proposal aimed at easing the country's ban on doctors telling parents the gender of unborn babies, a National Assembly aide said Saturday. -- read full article
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:58:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - A regional summit of southern African leaders opened on Saturday with Zimbabwe's crisis high on the agenda, and with the country's main political rivals in attendance.
AP - Iran should not give Western nations the justification to "drag the region down a dangerous slope" by its lack of transparency and flexibility in the conflict over its nuclear program, Egypt's presidential spokesman said Saturday. -- read full article
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:00:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - Chelsea skipper John Terry has hailed new manager Luiz Felipe Scolari as the man to emulate former boss Jose Mourinho at the Premier League club.
AP - A monthlong standoff between Thailand and Cambodia appeared to be ending as both sides pulled back their troops Saturday from disputed territory around a temple near their shared border, a Cambodian official said.
