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    Thai leader forced to resign over TV cooking show (AP)

    In this May 23, 2008 file photo, Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej checks an anchovy as he shops items to cook for Thai embassy staff in Guadalupe wet market at the financial district of Makati city east of Manila, Philippines. Samak, a well-known foodie and a famous TV chef, defended himself in the Constitutional Court on Monday, Sept. 8, 2008 against accusations that he broke a prohibition on private employment while in office by hosting a television cooking show. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)AP - Thailand's prime minister was forced out of office Tuesday after a court ruled that he had broken a conflict-of-interest law by hosting TV cooking shows.


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    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:48:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Western officials suggest NKorean leader is ill (AP)

    North Korean soldiers parade through Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. North Korea marked the 60th anniversary of its founding Tuesday amid news reports that the communist country's leader Kim Jong Il did not attend a closely watched parade amid recent speculation that he may be ill. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP - There was no sign of Kim Jong Il at a closely watched parade Tuesday marking the 60th anniversary of North Korea's founding, and Western officials said the all powerful leader — who has not appeared publicly for a month — may be gravely ill.


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    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:17:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    N.Korea celebrates 60th anniversary since founding (AP)

    In this Sept. 9, 2003 file photo, North Korean soldiers march through Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to mark the country's 55th birthday. North Korea will stage a military parade to mark the communist state's 60th anniversary this week, an official said Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Korea News Service, File)AP - North Korea marked the 60th anniversary of its founding Tuesday amid international doubts over its commitment to denuclearization, speculation about the health of its leader and a worsening food crisis.


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    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:43:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    ANC angered by South African newspaper cartoon (AP)
    AP - South Africa's governing party has been angered by a cartoon depicting its leader preparing to rape justice. The cartoonist and his newspaper aren't apologizing. -- read full article
    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:40:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Russia to send ships, planes to Venezuela (AP)

    Officers on the flagship of Russia's Nothern Fleet, heavy nuclear missile cruiser AP - Russia's plan to deploy ships and warplanes to the Caribbean for joint military exercises with Venezuela is allowing President Hugo Chavez to capitalize on tensions between Moscow and the U.S. and showcase a growing military alliance.


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    Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:35:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Israeli minister: It's OK to kidnap Iran president (AP)
    AP - An Israeli Cabinet minister and onetime spy who helped kidnap Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann and bring him to trial thinks the same tactic could be used on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. -- read full article
    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:04:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Shell agrees landmark $4 bln gas deal with Iraq (AFP)

    The Shell logo. Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a joint venture deal worth up to four billion dollars (2.8 billion euros) to capture gas in Iraq.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a joint venture deal worth up to four billion dollars (2.8 billion euros) to capture gas in Iraq, the Financial Times said Tuesday.


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    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:32:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Death spreads to storm shelters in Haiti (AP)

    A man pulls the body of a person floating in floodwaters with a rope in Gonaives, Haiti, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008.  Four storms have killed more than 300 people in Haiti in less than a month. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Nine people died in shelters in this marooned city desperate for relief supplies, even as waters from Hurricane Ike receded and a U.S. Navy ship dispatched amphibious boats to deliver food.


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    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:13:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Tamil Tiger rebels attack army base in north (AP)

    An ethnic Tamil boy looks at the damage to his house after a pre-dawn aerial and ground attack by Tamil Tiger separatists at a military base in the northern city of Vavuniya September 9, 2008 . Sri Lankan jets shot down a Tamil Tiger plane after the rebels launched a pre-dawn bombing raid on a military base near the northern frontline on Tuesday, the military said. REUTERS/Stringer (SRI LANKA)AP - Tamil Tiger rebels launched an air and ground assault on a military complex in northern Sri Lanka early Tuesday, the military said. Eleven troops, one civilian and 10 rebels were killed.


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    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:36:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Pakistan's Zardari sworn in as president (AP)

    Supporters of the Pakistan People's Party cheer in the street with posters of President-elect Asif Ali Zardari and his slain wife Benazir Bhutto during a rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto became Pakistan's new president Saturday after winning a landslide election victory that makes him a critical partner of the West against international terrorism. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - The widower of assassinated former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto took office as the country's new president Tuesday, facing immediate pressure to crack down on Islamic militants and address daunting economic problems.


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    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:38:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Hurricane Ike kills 4 in Cuba, takes aim at Havana (AP)

    A car sits under rubble after Hurricane Ike hit the area in Holguin, Cuba, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. Ike, which raked the Bahamas and worsened floods in Haiti that have killed 321 people, made landfall on Cuba as a Category-3 hurricane, then weakened Monday to Category-2 as it ran along the length of the Caribbean's largest island.  (AP Photo)AP - Hurricane Ike roared toward Cuba's densely populated capital of fragile historic buildings after forcing 1.2 million people to evacuate, killing at least four and ravaging homes elsewhere on the island nation.


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    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:07:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    U.S. drones kill 23 in missile attack in Pakistan (Reuters)

    Missiles fired by U.S. drones killed at least six people on Monday in a Pakistani village near the Afghan border where a religious school founded by an old friend of Osama bin Laden is located, witnesses said. (Graphics/Reuters)Reuters - Missiles fired by U.S. drones killed 23 people, mostly relatives of a Taliban commander close to Osama bin Laden, in a region of Pakistan near the Afghan border on Monday, witnesses and intelligence officials said.


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    Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:52:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Mbeki meets Zimbabwe parties in Harare (Reuters)

    South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki attends the opening of the summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Johannesburg, August 16, 2008. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)Reuters - South African President Thabo Mbeki met with Zimbabwe's rival parties on Monday, amid growing doubts over his chances of securing a power-sharing deal to end the political crisis.


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    Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:27:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Panama's ruling party picks woman for president (AP)
    AP - Panama's ruling party has chosen a female former Cabinet minister as its presidential candidate for elections in May, party officials said Monday. -- read full article
    Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:55:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Al-Qaida new tape blasts Iran for working with US (AP)

    Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri speaks in a grab from a video released September 20, 2007. REUTERS/via InternetAP - Al-Qaida marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with an hour and a half video message Monday summarizing the state of jihad, or holy war, around the world and slamming Iran for collaborating with the United States.


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    Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:33:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
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