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US troops help Philippines as storm toll tops 600 (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 12:22 AM PDT

A woman crosses a landslide site on barefoot in Tuba town, Benguet province, northern Philippines on Sunday Oct. 11, 2009. Driving rain on the heels of back-to-back storms triggered dozens of landslides across the northern Philippines, burying more hundreds of people, washing away villages and leaving almost an entire province under water. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - American military helicopters started ferrying tons of aid Sunday to a northern Philippine mountain region facing shortages of food, gasoline and coffins after back-to-back typhoons killed more than 600 in the country.

Bloody siege at Pakistan army HQ ends with 19 dead (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 12:38 AM PDT

Pakistani army troops return back to base camp after conducting an operation their own army's headquarters in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Pakistani commandos raided their own army's headquarters Sunday to free 30 people held hostage by Islamist fighters who staged a brazen attack on the compound while wearing military uniforms. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Pakistani commandos freed dozens of hostages held by militants at the army's own headquarters Sunday, ending a bloody, 22-hour drama that embarrassed the nation's military as it plans a new offensive against al-Qaida and the Taliban.

US, Afghan forces attack al-Qaida compound (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 12:19 AM PDT

The wreckage of a vehicle used in a bombing attack is being towed away at the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. The powerful car bomb exploded outside the Indian Embassy in the busy center of Afghanistan's capital, killing scores, destroying vehicles and blowing off the walls of shops, officials said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - American and Afghan forces stormed a mountainside compound in eastern Afghanistan that had been used by an al-Qaida commander, killing more than a dozen militants in a gunbattle, the U.S. military said Sunday.

Next apocalypse? Mayan year 2012 stirs doomsayers (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT

In this photo taken Oct. 3, 2009, Guatemalan Mayan Indian elder Apolinario Chile Pixtun poses for a portrait at the Iximche ceremonial site in Tecpan, Guatemala. Archaeologists, astronomers and modern-day Mayas shrug off the popular frenzy over the date of 2012, predicting it will bring nothing more than a meteor shower of new-age 'consciousness,' pseudo-science and alarmist television specials. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)AP - Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out" on Dec. 21, 2012. After all, it's not the end of the world.

1 adult killed, several students hurt in ID crash (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 10:09 PM PDT

AP - A bus carrying a celebrated Utah high school band swerved off an Idaho interstate and crashed on its side Saturday night, killing an instructor and injuring some students, police and a school official said.

Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon lands safely (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 12:35 AM PDT

The first clown in space, Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte, pictured September 30, arrived safely back on earth Sunday touching down in a Russian Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan, the Russian mission control centre said.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)AP - The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday, ending the entertainment tycoon's mirthful space odyssey.

Israel: Turkey calls off joint air force drill (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 11:40 PM PDT

AP - Turkey has canceled an annual joint air force drill that was to have taken place this week because it opposed Israeli participation, the Israeli military said, in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the two countries.

Turkey, Armenia sign historic accord (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 06:52 PM PDT

Armenian foreign minister, Edouard Nalbandian, front left, and Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, front right, shake hands while Swiss foreign minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey, French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, and US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, back from left, applaude during the signing ceremony of the protocols and statements between Armenia and Turkey, at the University of Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. Turkey and Armenia are poised to normalise relations as part of a landmark agreement brokered by Switzerland and strongly backed by the United States. (AP Photo/KeystonePartick B. Kraemer,Pool)AP - Turkey and Armenia signed a landmark agreement Saturday to establish diplomatic relations and open their sealed border after a century of enmity, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton helped the two sides clear a last-minute snag.

Sweat lodge victim's family says she was in shape (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 06:45 PM PDT

This April 2008 photo provided by the family of Kirby Brown shows the 38-year-old woman from Westtown, N.Y. Brown was one of two people who died after being overcome in a sauna-like sweat lodge during a retreat just outside of Sedona, Ariz. (AP Photo/Family of Kirby Brown)AP - A 38-year-old New York woman who died after sitting in a sauna-like sweat lodge at a scenic Arizona resort was an avid surfer and hiker who was "in top shape," took self-improvement seriously and had a passion for art, a family spokesman said.

Solar power outshining Colorado's gas industry (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 09:08 PM PDT

A methane gas well works next to a house in La Plata County southeast of Durango Colo., Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. A recent greenhouse-gas inventory of La Plata County found that the thousands of natural gas pumps and processing plants dotting the landscape are the single largest source of heat-trapping pollution locally. That has the industry bracing for a hit on two fronts if federal climate legislation passes Congress. (AP Photo/Jerry McBride)AP - The sun had just crested the distant ridge of the Rocky Mountains, but already it was producing enough power for the electric meter on the side of the Smiley Building to spin backward.

Pakistan commandos rescue 39 hostages, three killed (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 11:02 PM PDT

Soldiers secure the perimeter around Pakistan's army headquarters after an attack by armed men in Rawalpindi, on the outskirts of Islamabad, October 10, 2009. REUTERS/Adrees LatifReuters - Pakistani commandos stormed an office building on Sunday and rescued 39 people whom suspected Taliban militants took hostage after a brazen attack on the army's headquarters.

Obama vows to end restrictions on gays in military (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 07:53 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama, speaking on the eve of a major gay-rights march, told gay supporters on Saturday he would fight for their causes and renewed a pledge to end restrictions on their service in the U.S. military.

Armenia-Turkey sign peace deal, pitfalls ahead (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 03:00 PM PDT

The documents are seen before the signing ceremony of Turkey and Armenia peace deal in Zurich October 10, 2009. REUTERS/Patrick Kraemer/PoolReuters - Turkey and Armenia signed a landmark peace accord on Saturday to restore ties and open their shared border after a century of hostility stemming from the World War One mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces.

Red-nosed circus billionaire returns to Earth (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 12:37 AM PDT

Reuters - Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte returned to Earth on Sunday wearing his trademark clown's red nose, landing as planned in Kazakhstan after a landmark space performance to highlight water scarcity.

Rescuers search for more bodies in the Philippines (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 08:50 PM PDT

Filipino police rescuers carry a body during the third day of search and retrieval operations at the site of the mountain slide in Puguis, La Trinidad, Benguet, north of Manila, October 10, 2009, after it swept away dozens of houses at the height of Typhoon Parma. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Rescue teams, using shovels and bare hands, searched on Sunday for more bodies under tonnes of mud and debris in the northern Philippines as officials counted the cost on crops and property from two typhoons this month.

Fidel Castro lauds Nobel prize for Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 07:45 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama smiles after making remarks on regulatory reform in the East Room at the White House in Washington October 9, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro lauded the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama, saying on Saturday it was "a positive measure" that was more a criticism of past U.S. policies than a recognition of Obama's accomplishments.

Netanyahu sets second meeting with U.S. peace envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 01:17 PM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets U.S. envoy George Mitchell in Jerusalem October 9, 2009, in this picture released by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO). U.S. President Barack Obama's peace envoy sought Thursday an Reuters - President Barack Obama's Middle East peace envoy will wrap up his current shuttle talks on Sunday with a second meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an Israeli official said on Saturday.

Pressure on Czechs after Poland signs EU treaty (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 07:43 AM PDT

Poland's President Lech Kaczynski (R) welcomes European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso before the EU's Lisbon Treaty signing ceremony by Kaczynski at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw October 10, 2009. REUTERS/Peter AndrewsReuters - Polish President Lech Kaczynski signed the European Union's reform treaty into law on Saturday, leaving the Czech Republic as the only country still to ratify the document.

Pakistani troops storm army HQ to end hostage drama (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 11:35 PM PDT

Pakistani police commandos take position in front of Pakistan's army headquarters during an operation in Rawalpindi. The audacious attack exposed Pakistan's vulnerability in the face of the Taliban militia(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Troops stormed Pakistan's army headquarters Sunday to end a day-long hostage drama, freeing 39 people held by militants who brazenly struck at the heart of the military establishment.

Coup amnesty off the table as Honduras talks pause (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 12:14 AM PDT

A supporter of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya holds a portrait of Zelaya during a protest in Tegucigalpa. Zelaya and the interim government agreed to create a joint cabinet and ditch amnesty for coup leaders, one of the ousted leader's negotiators said.(AFP/Jose Cabezas)AFP - Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the interim government have agreed to create a joint cabinet and ditch an amnesty for coup leaders, one of the negotiators announced.
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