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    Israel poised for first female leader in 34 years (AP)

    Israeli Foreign Minister and candidate for Kadima party leadership Tzipi Livni,left, is greeted by a supporter after casting her ballot in the Kadima primary in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. TV exit polls say Livni has won a clear victory in the party primary election to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Israel's foreign minister declared victory Thursday in a tight race to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as the head of the governing party, getting a chance to be the country's first female leader in 34 years.


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    Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:59:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    US sends ambassador to Armenia after 2 years (AP)
    AP - The U.S. has sent an ambassador to Armenia, more than two years after the previous one had his tour of duty cut short. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:22:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF still in strong position after deal: Mugabe (AFP)

    Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (L) signs the power-sharing accord under the watch of King Mswati III of Swaziland on September 15 in Harare. Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party is still in a dominant position after signing a power-sharing accord with the opposition, Mugabe told his party's central committee on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP - Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party is still in a dominant position after signing a power-sharing accord with the opposition, President Robert Mugabe told his party's central committee on Wednesday.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:46:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Cubans line up for chance to use idle state land (AP)
    AP - Cuba has begun accepting applications from private farmers — both with and without experience — who want to till idle government land. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:33:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Israeli ruling party choosing new leader (AP)

    Israeli Foreign Minister and candidate for Kadima party leadership Tzipi Livni, right, is greeted by a supporter after casting her ballot in the Kadima primary in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.  Israel's popular foreign minister faced off against a grizzled former military chief on Wednesday in the leadership race for the ruling Kadima party — an election that could determine the country's next prime minister. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who hopes to become Israel's first female prime minister in more than three decades, held a strong lead over Shaul Mofaz, a former chief of staff and defense minister, in opinion polls ahead of the vote. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Israel's ruling Kadima Party voted for a new leader Wednesday, choosing between Tzipi Livni, a popular foreign minister who would be the nation's first female prime minister in more than 30 years, and Shaul Mofaz, a gruff ex-general who favors a tough line against Iran, Syria and the Palestinians.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:49:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Russia signs treaties with two breakaway regions (AP)

    Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the Security Council in Moscow's Kremlin on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, as Russian Premier Vladimir Putin sits at left. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service )AP - Russia cemented its ties with Georgia's two breakaway provinces on Wednesday by signing friendship treaties envisaging close economic and military cooperation.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:49:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    6,200 Chinese babies ill, 3 die from tainted milk (AP)

    Children and parents wait to see doctors at a hospital where there have been several cases of children developing kidney stones after consuming tainted milk formula in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province Wednesday Sept. 17, 2008. China's health minister said Wednesday that tainted milk formula has killed three Chinese babies and sickened 6,200 in a spreading scandal that prompted three additional companies — including China's biggest dairy — to recall products. (AP Photo)AP - The government was dispatching thousands of inspectors to monitor producers as officials reported Wednesday that the number of babies sick from tainted milk formula had climbed dramatically to nearly 6,200 from 1,200 a day earlier.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:34:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    New Thai PM reaches for reconciliation with rivals (AP)

    Deputy leader of the ruling People's Power Party Somchai Wongsawat gives a 'wai,' a traditional Thai greeting, at Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday, Sept. 17.2008. Somchai Wongsawat, a brother-in-law of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was elected as the new leader of Thailand on Wednesday, a development likely to intensify the country's heated political crisis. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Thailand's new prime minister showed his determination to mend political rifts by quickly shaking hands with the opposition leader Wednesday. But the gesture didn't appease anti-government protesters, who called him unfit for the job because of ties to a disgraced former leader.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:08:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Suspected US missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan (AP)

    Soldiers of the Pakistan army stand next to artillery in the troubled area of Bajur in Pakistan's tribal area Tuesday, Sept 16, 2008. Pakistan's military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Anwarullah Khan)AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least six people Wednesday, hours after the top U.S. military officer told Pakistani leaders that America respected Pakistan's sovereignty amid a furor over American strikes into Pakistan's northwest.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:49:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    'Post-Olympic era' off to a rocky start in China (AP)

    Chinese paramilitary police stand in front of the Olympic flame during the closing ceremony for the Paralympic Games in Beijing Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - The Olympic flame is out, the smog is back, and traffic again clogs the roads.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:13:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    16 dead in car bomb, ambush at US Embassy in Yemen (AP)

    In this photo released by Yemen News Agency (SABA) smokes raise from the US Embassy in San'a, Yemen, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008  after a car bomb targeting the  Embassy hit the front gate of the compound. At least one car bomb targeting the U.S. Embassy hit the front gate of the compound in Yemen's capital on Wednesday, killing six guards and four civilians outside, a U.S. spokesman and a senior Yemeni security official said.   (AP Photo/SABA)AP - Attackers armed with automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and at least one suicide car bomb assaulted the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday. Sixteen people were killed, including six assailants, officials said.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:43:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    France says European defence neglect hurting Afghanistan (AFP)

    French Defence Minister Herve Morin visits the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on September 17. Morin on Wednesday said years of under-investment in defence by European countries was to blame for a critical shortage of international forces in Afghanistan.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - French Defence Minister Herve Morin on Wednesday said years of under-investment in defence by European countries was to blame for a critical shortage of international forces in Afghanistan.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:37:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Top US commander meets Pakistan PM, army chief: official (AFP)

    US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, pictured on September 15. Mullen Wednesday held talks with Pakistan's top army official and prime minister amid tensions after recent cross-border raids by US forces based in Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Adem Altan)AFP - US military chief Admiral Michael Mullen Wednesday held talks with Pakistan's top army official and prime minister amid tensions after recent cross-border raids by US forces based in Afghanistan.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:44:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Nigeria militants threaten broader "oil war" in delta (Reuters)

    A Nigerian schoolboy walks past the logo of Dutch oil giant Shell near Warri in the volatile Niger-Delta region January 17,2006. (George Esiri/Reuters)Reuters - Nigerian militants threatened on Wednesday to broaden their "oil war" to offshore oilfields, after attacking another Shell-operated oil flow station in the Niger Delta.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:14:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Mexican grenade attack shows no one is safe (AP)

    Injured people lie on the ground awaiting for help after two explosions during an Independence Day celebration in Morelia, Mexico, Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. The explosions went off in the main square of Morelia as the crowds celebrated the beginning of the traditional reenactment of Mexico's cry for independence, known as El Grito, or The Shout. According to news reports, at least three people died and 20 were injured during the explosions.(AP Photo/Agencia Quadratin)AP - The message was clear when two explosions ripped through crowds of Mexican Independence Day revelers: Anyone, anywhere, is fair game when it comes to Mexico's intensifying violence.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:23:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
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