Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on
Sunday after discussions with Israeli leaders on ways to ease
restrictions on Palestinians and move peace talks forward.
Summary: AP - The U.S. military said Sunday a roadside bomb killed four Marines in western Anbar province — the deadliest attack in that area in months.
Summary: AP - Cheering Chinese stood on their chairs and waved flags as the Olympic torch started its mainland leg Sunday on the tropical island of Hainan — the first stop in what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing.
Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put new pressure on Israel to ease movement restrictions in the occupied West Bank on her latest visit to the region to push sluggish peace efforts.
Summary: Microsoft Corp walked away from its bid to buy Yahoo on Saturday after the Internet company turned down its offer to raise the price by 5 billion 253 billion pounds to 475 billion
Summary: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday met Israels defence minister to discuss removing West Bank roadblocks as she began a day of meetings that aim to speed up IsraeliPalestinian peace talks
Summary: Thunderous applause and cheers greeted the Olympic torch on Sunday as it began the first leg of its marathon relay through mainland China after a protestharried overseas journey
Summary: Chinas president said he was hoping for a positive outcome from talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama which were due to open on Sunday but state media kept up a barrage of attacks on Tibets exiled spiritual leader
Summary: Burmas military government declared disaster areas in five states on Sunday after a Category 3 cyclone tore through the Irrawaddy delta region killing at least four people in Yangon state newspapers said
Summary: Malaysian womens groups reacted with outrage on Sunday to a government proposal to impose restrictions on women planning to travel overseas on their own
Summary: Bolivias richest region of Santa Cruz votes on greater autonomy from the central government on Sunday in a referendum that poses the biggest challenge yet for leftist President Evo Morales
Summary: Ten years after a disastrous visit to Japan by Chinas top leader dominated by their bitter wartime past Beijing and Tokyo are keen to avoid a rerun that would risk damage to the deep economic ties between the Asian rivals
Summary: The US military fired rockets at a target near a major hospital in eastern Baghdad on Saturday wounding 20 people and damaging several ambulances the head of the hospital said
Summary: AFP - Myanmar residents awoke Sunday to devastation after tropical cyclone Nargis tore through swathes of the country, battering buildings, sinking boats and causing unknown casualties, officials said.
Summary: Boris Johnson fresh from being elected Londons first Conservative mayor pledged on Saturday to tackle crime and teenage delinquency as he prepared to replace Labours Ken Livingstone in City Hall
Summary: A small plane carrying six people including four British businessmen has disappeared along Brazils northeastern coast a Brazilian airline said on Saturday
Summary: The parents of Madeleine McCann remain convinced their daughter is still alive after she went missing from a sleepy Portuguese holiday resort a year ago they said on Saturday
Summary: AP - President Hu Jintao said he has hopes for a positive outcome between representatives of the Dalai Lama and Chinese officials at talks that began Sunday — the first since violent anti-government protests erupted in Tibet in March.
