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Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line

A huge advertising board for the Afghan army is placed in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The writing says 'Powerful army, powerful country'. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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KABUL - Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.

Middle East News

  • The weapon of an Israeli soldier is seen in front of Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against Israel's controversial separation barrier in the village of Maasarah near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he does not want to run for another term in the January elections, blaming a stalemate in Mideast peace talks on Israel and the United States. Facing a hawkish Israeli government and an Obama administration reluctant to put muscle behind its demands on Israel, many Palestinians say they see no hope at all. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
    Abbas' move reflects deep Palestinian despair AP - Fri Nov 6, 11:52 PM ET

    JERUSALEM - Neither strategy has yielded a Palestinian state, and Israeli settlements still encroach on lands that would make up their would-be nation.

  • Egypt stops opposition leader from traveling to US AP - Fri Nov 6, 5:49 PM ET

    CAIRO - Egyptian authorities have prevented a leading political dissident from traveling to the U.S., saying Friday that the conditions of his early release from prison do not permit him to travel abroad.

  • Rights group: Iran covered up rape of detainees AP - Fri Nov 6, 4:50 PM ET

    CAIRO - An international human rights group said Friday it has documented three cases of sexual assault against detainees arrested during Iran's postelection turmoil, including one that was supported by an official report but not investigated further.

Europe News

  • US official: Troop increase under new Afghan plan AP - 8 minutes ago

    BRUSSELS - A top Pentagon official says President Obama's new plan for Afghanistan will certainly involve an increase in the number of international troops.

  • Chelsea's Didier Drogba celebrates after scoring during their Premier League match vs Bolton Wanderers at The Reebok stadium, Bolton, north-west England, on October 31. Chelsea play Manchester United on Sunday, at Stamford Bridge.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)
    Drogba has United in his sights AFP - Sat Nov 7, 12:32 AM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - An in-form Didier Drogba is capable of ruffling the feathers of even the most confident defences.

  • Australia's Wallabies listen to their national anthem prior to their Bledisloe Cup match against the NZealand All Blacks at Tokyo's National Stadium, on October 31, before departing to Europe. Wallabies face an injury-hit England at Twickenham on Saturday in the first leg of their grand slam tour.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)
    Wallabies look to rediscover spring in slam opener AFP - Sat Nov 7, 12:30 AM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Australia coach Robbie Deans will be under particular pressure to deliver a victory when the Wallabies face an injury-hit England at Twickenham on Saturday in the first leg of their grand slam tour.

Latin America

  • Children play around a water distribution truck in Filas de Mariches neighborhood in Caracas, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. While Venezuela's capital began water rationing this week amid a drought blamed on El Nino, large sections of the city's hillside slums have long been coping with a lack of access to drinking water. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
    Venezuelans struggling with water shortages AP - 2 hours, 2 minutes ago

    FILAS DE MARICHES, Venezuela - While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more of the same.

  • A man moves a boat in front of a flooded home near Huimanguillo, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. According to local reports, nearly 200,000 people in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco have been affected by this week's flooding, as more rain fell on the region today. (AP Photo/America Rocio)
    Tens of thousands of homes flooded in Mexico AP - Sat Nov 7, 12:49 AM ET

    VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico - A week of torrential rain has flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, officials said Friday. Residents in some towns complained that no help had arrived.

  • Cuban blogger says she is briefly detained AP - Fri Nov 6, 11:50 PM ET

    HAVANA - A Cuban blogger who has gained international attention for her searing commentary about life on the communist island said she was briefly detained Friday and warned by state security agents about her opposition activity.

Africa News

  • Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Ghiet (R) shakes hands with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari in Cairo after signing a diplomatic agreement. Egypt's new ambassador to Iraq has arrived in Baghdad, a diplomatic source said on Saturday of Cairo's first diplomatic representative in the country since its charge d'affaires was killed in 2005.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)
    Egypt's first envoy to Iraq since 2005 arrives AFP - 26 minutes ago

    CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt's new ambassador to Iraq has arrived in Baghdad, a diplomatic source said on Saturday of Cairo's first diplomatic representative in the country since its charge d'affaires was killed in 2005.

  • Guinean military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara (R) arrives at a ceremony in Conakry in October, flanked by General Sekouba Konate, minister in charge of national defence. The African Union has implemented sanctions on Guinea's military rulers, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said Saturday(AFP/File/Seyllou)
    African Union imposes sanctions on Guinea junta AFP - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

    ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - The African Union has implemented sanctions on Guinea's military rulers, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said Saturday.

  • In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, front right, accompanied by Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, front left, reviews an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony in Cairo, capital of Egypt, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Wen arrived here Friday for a two-day official visit. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Dawei)
    China offers Africa more trade, investment AP - Sat Nov 7, 12:51 AM ET

    BEIJING - China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economic ties, China's commerce minister said in an article published Saturday.

Asia News

  • Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander AP - 1 minute ago

    DANANG, Vietnam - On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming — as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.

  • A huge advertising board for the Afghan army is placed in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The writing says 'Powerful army, powerful country'. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
    Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line AP - 42 minutes ago

    KABUL - Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.

  • President and Managing Director of General Motors (GM) India Karl Slym gestures as he addresses media representatives in Ahmedabad in October. US auto giant General Motors is in advanced talks with its Chinese partners on a proposal to bring their vehicles to India, the Press Trust of India reported Saturday.(AFP/File/Sam Panthaky)
    GM in talks to bring Chinese cars to India: report AFP - 51 minutes ago

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - US auto giant General Motors is in advanced talks with its Chinese partners on a proposal to bring their vehicles to India, the Press Trust of India reported Saturday.

Canada

  • Canada October job losses reverse positive trend Reuters - Fri Nov 6, 11:28 AM ET

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada lost more jobs in October than even the gloomiest analyst had predicted, dashing hopes for a quick economic rebound and suggesting a recovery in the labor market may have gotten off to a false start.

  • Toronto wins vote to host 2015 Pan American Games Reuters - Fri Nov 6, 6:21 PM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto was awarded the 2015 Pan American Games on Friday by beating Bogota, Colombia and Lima, Peru on the first ballot in a vote in Guadalajara, Mexico.

  • Canada to host G8 foreign ministers in Quebec city Reuters - Fri Nov 6, 3:31 PM ET

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will host a meeting of G8 foreign ministers in March 2010 in the French-speaking province of Quebec, laying the groundwork for a leaders' summit in June of next year.

Australia/Antarctica News

  • A woman with a child in a pusher is seen struggling in rain and wind as she walks through Sydney centre, a few days ago. Australian authorities have declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)
    Disaster declared in flood-hit Australia AFP - Sat Nov 7, 12:04 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian authorities declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people.

  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers stand on the lower deck of the Australian Customs and Immigration Fisheries Patrol vessel anchored off Indonesia's Riau Island of Tanjung Pinang, in October 2009. The leader of a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers held in Indonesia is a known people smuggler previously deported from Canada, the government said Friday, a charge he has strongly denied.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)
    Indonesia extends Australia refugee boat's stay AFP - Fri Nov 6, 1:28 AM ET

    JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia extended by a week on Friday a deadline for an Australian customs ship loaded with 78 protesting Sri Lankan asylum seekers to leave its territory.

  • An angry man threw a boot at former Australian prime minister John Howard, seen here in 2007, during a debate at Cambridge University.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)
    Shoe thrown at former Australian PM in Cambridge AFP - Thu Nov 5, 6:52 AM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - An angry man threw a boot at former Australian prime minister John Howard during a debate at Cambridge University, the quick-thinking student who caught the shoe said on Thursday.

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  • This photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, and released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office shows Iranian student Mahmoud Vahidnia speaking in a meeting with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, unseen, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)
    Student stuns Iran by criticizing supreme leader AP - Thu Nov 5, 5:41 PM ET

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