Summary: Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai
criticized the U.S. and British conduct of the war in
Afghanistan, telling The New York Times in an interview
published on Saturday his government must be accorded the lead
in policy decisions.
Summary: AFP - Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has been pushing for talks with China on the future of his homeland for years but now is making clear they must be "serious discussions".
Summary: Reuters - Fourteen Mexican drug gang
members were killed and eight others were injured in a gun
battle near the U.S. border on Saturday, one of the bloodiest
shootouts in Mexico's three-year-long narco-war.
Summary: The former pastor to Democrat Barack Obama said his sermon blaming U.S. policies for the Sept. 11 attacks was a warning against vengeance and the view that all American actions are perfect, according to transcripts of a PBS interview released ...
Summary: Reuters - Crowds of Chinese students waving
red flags scuffled with pro-Tibet protesters and Japanese
nationalists in Saturday's leg of the Olympic torch relay.
Summary: AP - An overpowering bad odor at a Bank of America branch office in New Milford prompted an emergency response from state environmental officials who discovered a bad check. It wasn't a check that was fake. It was smelly.
Summary: AP - The Dalai Lama said Saturday he welcomed China's offer to meet his envoy and said the two sides needed to talk seriously about how to resolve the problems that triggered riots in the Tibetan capital last month.
Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's main opposition party said Saturday it had retained a historic victory over President Robert Mugabe's ruling party and accused the authorities of stepping up a campaign of violence.
Summary: A 16yearold boy is due to appear in court on Saturday charged with wounding another youth who was stabbed in the grounds of a London school police said
Summary: Jazzage trumpet maestro Humphrey Lyttleton fondly known as Humph who later made a seamless transition to radio presenter and quizmaster has died at the age of 86 his website has announced
Summary: Three people are being treated for exposure to rabies after they were bitten by a puppy brought in from Sri Lanka the government said on Saturday
Summary: President Robert Mugabes party has failed to secure control of Zimbabwes parliament in a partial recount of March 29 elections results showed on Saturday handing the ruling party its first defeat in 28 years
Summary: Crowds of Chinese students waving red flags scuffled with proTibet protesters and Japanese nationalists in Saturdays leg of the Olympic torch relay
Summary: A 14yearold Palestinian girl was killed on Saturday during clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip medical workers said
Summary: Chinese media kept up its tough language on the Dalai Lama on Saturday a day after a surprise offer of talks with his envoys as analysts expressed caution about whether dialogue would ease tensions in Tibet
Summary: AP - The Dalai Lama is welcoming China's offer to meet his envoy, but he wants serious talks to reduce resentment about Chinese rule in Tibet.
Summary: The World Food Program lacks crucially needed funds to help feed Haitis poor and international donors must provide urgent and massive aid a spokesman for the United Nations agency said on Thursday
Summary: Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda plagued by sagging public support gave no clue on Saturday as to whether he would call an early general election
Summary: Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada alSadr pulled back from confrontation with the government on Friday asking his followers to continue to observe a shaky ceasefire and not to battle government troops
Summary: A senior Malaysian politician has apologised for parading a knife at rulingparty meetings acknowledging it had upset minority racial communities who later punished the government at elections held last month
Summary: United Nations agencies suspended some relief operations in Congos conflicttorn North Kivu province on Friday and renewed fighting involving rebels threatened refugee camps and food distribution officials said
Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said on Saturday it had retained a historic victory over President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party following a partial recount of ballots.
