AP - Pakistani troops drove off a Taliban attack on a fort and pounded another band of militants holed up in a health center, officials said Wednesday as fighting spread to a third area of the tribal belt along the Afghan border.
AP - Gustav swirled toward Cuba on Wednesday after triggering flooding and landslides that killed at least 22 people in the Caribbean. Its track pointed toward the U.S. Gulf coast, including Louisiana where Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc three years ago.
AP - A U.S. military ship loaded with aid docked at a southern Georgian port Wednesday, and Russia sent three missile boats to another Georgian port as the standoff escalated over a nation devastated by war with Russia.
AFP - Australian police said Wednesday they were investigating allegations that 13 former students were molested at a private Catholic boarding school for boys nearly 30 years ago.
AFP - A Singapore retail magnate pleaded guilty on Wednesday to two charges related to the city-state's first organ trading case, local radio reported.
Reuters - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will
form a new government soon but he says the main opposition
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) does not want to join the
new administration, state media reported on Wednesday.
AP - Lawmakers loyal to President Hugo Chavez want to allow the nationalization of fuel distribution, the government's latest move to bring Venezuela's economy under increased state control. -- read full article
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AFP - Thousands of people suffering from a disease causing blindness can have their eyesight restored after the NHS was granted access to a new drug Wednesday.
AP - Dissidents in Malaysia's ruling party demanded the prime minister's resignation Wednesday after opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim returned to Parliament with a sweeping election victory.
AP - The hijackers of a plane that took off from Sudan's Darfur region were refusing to negotiate Wednesday after landing at a remote desert airfield in southern Libya, the official Libyan news agency reported.
AP - More than 30 Taliban fighters and four policemen were killed in a series of clashes, airstrikes and bombings in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.
AP - A U.S. military ship on Wednesday docked at the Georgian port of Batumi to bring humanitarian aid following a devastating war with Russia earlier this month.
AFP - Mining giant Rio Tinto said Tuesday it had more than doubled first-half net profit to a record 6.91 billion US dollars (3.76 billion pounds) as it continues to fend off a hostile takeover bid by rival BHP Billiton.
