U.S. may freeze nuclear deal to punish Russia
The Bush administration is poised to withdraw an agreement with Russia on nuclear trade as punishment for Russia's military action last month against U.S. ally Georgia, a State Department source has said.

Bhutto widower is new Pakistan president
Members of Pakistan's parliament began voting Saturday to elect a new president.

Rockslide kills 18 in Egyptian village
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Fireworks, ceremony open Beijing Paralympics
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Deadly Iraq bombings target market, politician
At least six people were killed and 50 wounded in a suicide car bombing Saturday at an outdoor market in northern Iraq, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.

Protests at Turkish 'football diplomacy'
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U.S. nuke envoy meets China on N. Korea talks
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Rice meets Gadhafi on historic Libya visit
The U.S.'s most senior diplomat Condoleezza Rice arrived in Libya on Friday -- the first time in more than half a century that a U.S. secretary of state has visited the former pariah nation

Guatemalan president seeks source of spy gear
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said Friday that government prosecutors are trying to determine who put microphones and video cameras in the presidential palace.

Aid ship reaches Haitians hit by hurricane
A ship carrying U.N. relief supplies, including food and water, arrived Friday in the hurricane-ravaged Haitian city of Gonaives, an official with the United Nations' World Food Programme said.