Reuters - President Robert Mugabe will keep his job and head the cabinet under a power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe, but the opposition will have more senior ministers than his ZANU-PF party, an opposition senator said on Friday.

AP - The United States on Friday accused three members of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's inner circle of aiding Colombian rebels by supplying arms and helping drug traffickers. Washington also expelled Chavez's ambassador as a diplomatic clash intensified.

AP - Above ground, the fire would have been minor. Breaking out deep below the English Channel, it has stranded thousands of travelers, imperiled millions of dollars in trade and starkly demonstrated the importance — and fragility — of Britain's only land link to Europe.

AP - The "Dear Leader" is ill and out of sight — at a time when North Korea is backtracking on a pledge to abandon its nuclear ambitions and is building a missile base that analysts say could put U.S. territory within range.

AP - The U.S. troop surge did what it aimed: Calm Iraq down. But now, an increasing number of U.S. officials are worried that the hard-won drop in violence may be only temporary.

AP - Investigators believe dairy farmers added a dangerous chemical to milk that has been linked to kidney stones in dozens of babies and one death in China's latest product safety scandal.

AP - Pakistan's main opposition party said Friday the country could pull out of the war on terror over stepped-up attacks by U.S. forces in the restive tribal regions bordering Afghanistan.

AP - Prime Minister Helen Clark called elections for Nov. 8, tying her claim to a historic fourth term in New Zealand to strong environmental credentials amid a faltering economy and rising support for the conservative opposition.

Reuters - At least 10 people were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a pilotless U.S. aircraft in the northwestern Pakistani region of North Waziristan, a haven for militants on the Afghan border, a security official said.

AP - Clashes erupted in the Chilean capital Thursday night as protesters erected burning barricades and attacked police with firearms and rocks on the 35th anniversary of a bloody military coup.

AP - As of Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, at least 4,155 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.