US anti-kidnapping expert abducted in Mexico (AP)

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US anti-kidnapping expert abducted in Mexico (AP)
AP - A U.S. anti-kidnapping expert was abducted by gunmen in northern Mexico last week, a sign of just how bold this nation's kidnapping gangs have become.

Former Ecuadorean President Febres Cordero dies (AP)

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Former Ecuadorean President Febres Cordero dies (AP)

AP - Former President Leon Febres Cordero, the colorful, right-wing leader who dominated Ecuadorean politics for almost two decades and was dubbed the "owner" of the nation by his opponents, died on Monday. He was 77.

Pakistan: US missile strike suspected in 2 deaths (AP)

AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed two people in Pakistan near the Afghan border, officials and a witness said Tuesday, as two prominent U.S. senators visited Islamabad amid flaring tensions over the Mumbai attacks in India.

New Thai PM faces deep divisions, poor economy (AP)

AP - Thailand's new prime minister faces the difficult task of unifying a country torn apart by months of violent anti-government protests — demonstrations that battered the key tourism industry just as the global economy was slipping into its worst crisis in decades.

4-year-old Venecia helped by food aid in Haiti (AP)

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4-year-old Venecia helped by food aid in Haiti (AP)

AP - It was late afternoon and the young mother was hiding in the kitchen of her banana-thatch shack, lighting a cooking fire she hoped her neighbors would not see — she gets food aid while they must scrounge to eat.

Nicole Kidman warned after breaking Aboriginal taboo: report (AFP)

AFP - Australian Hollywood star Nicole Kidman will have no more children after breaking a taboo against women playing the didgeridoo, an Aboriginal cultural leader has warned.

US anti-kidnapping expert abducted in Mexico (AP)
AP - A U.S. anti-kidnapping expert was abducted by gunmen in northern Mexico last week, a sign of just how bold this nation's kidnapping gangs have become.

Pakistan: US missile strike suspected in 2 deaths (AP)

AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed two people and wounded three in a northwest Pakistan militant stronghold near the Afghan border, intelligence officials and a witness said Tuesday.

Australia to cut pollution 5 to 15 percent by 2020 (AP)

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Australia to cut pollution 5 to 15 percent by 2020 (AP)

AP - Australia said Monday it plans to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by as little as 5 percent by 2020 — a reduction that critics say undermines international efforts to reach an effective global pact next year to avert dangerous climate change.

Family: Shoe thrower hates both US, Iran role (AP)

AP - The Iraqi TV reporter who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush was kidnapped once by militants and, separately, detained briefly by the U.S. military. Over time, Muntadhar al-Zeidi, a 28-year-old unmarried Shiite, came to hate both the U.S. military occupation and Iran's interference in Iraq, his family told The Associated Press on Monday.

US anti-kidnapping expert kidnapped in Mexico (AP)
AP - A U.S. anti-kidnapping expert was abducted by gunmen in northern Mexico last week, a sign of just how bold this nation's kidnapping gangs have become.

Greek protesters find stronghold in campus haven (AP)

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Greek protesters find stronghold in campus haven (AP)

AP - Inside the gates of Athens' main university, bonfires rage and masked gangs stockpile petrol bombs, broken paving stones and marble hacked from the neoclassical buildings. It's their arsenal for more possible clashes with weary police.

US anti-kidnapping expert kidnapped in Mexico (AP)
AP - A U.S. anti-kidnapping expert was abducted by gunmen in northern Mexico last week, a sign of just how bold this nation's kidnapping gangs have become.

US anti-kidnapping expert kidnapped in Mexico (AP)

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US anti-kidnapping expert kidnapped in Mexico (AP)
AP - A well-known U.S. anti-kidnapping expert has himself fallen victim to the wave of abductions in Mexico as unidentified assailants snatched him from a street in the northern state of Coahuila.

Australia to cut pollution 5 to 15 percent by 2020 (AP)
AP - Australia said Monday it plans to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by as little as 5 percent by 2020 — a reduction that critics say undermines international efforts to reach an effective global pact next year to avert dangerous climate change.

Family: Shoe thrower hates both US, Iran role (AP)

AP - The Iraqi TV reporter who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush was kidnapped once by militants and, separately, detained briefly by the U.S. military — a story of getting hit from all sides that is bitterly familiar to many Iraqis.

Israeli high court restricts West Bank barrier (AP)
AP - Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank cannot run in wide loops around Israeli settlements to allow for their expansion, the country's Supreme Court ruled Monday in an order hailed by a lawyer for Palestinian villagers as a precedent-setting victory.

Zimbabwe vows to block western efforts at UN Security Council (AFP)

AFP - President Robert Mugabe's government on Monday railed against western efforts to put Zimbabwe on the UN Security Council agenda, as deaths from a cholera epidemic inched closer to 1,000.

UN says cholera death toll in Zimbabwe reaches 978 (AP)

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UN says cholera death toll in Zimbabwe reaches 978 (AP)
AP - The United Nations says the death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has risen to 978 — an increase of nearly 25 percent in three days.

Impoverished NKorea gets new mobile network (AP)

AP - An Egyptian telecoms giant launched an advanced mobile phone network in North Korea on Monday, the latest attempt to introduce a global symbol of personal freedom into one of the world's most tightly controlled societies.

Family: Shoe thrower hates both US, Iran role (AP)

AP - The Iraqi TV reporter who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush was kidnapped once by militants and, separately, detained briefly by the U.S. military — a story of getting hit from all sides that is bitterly familiar to many Iraqis.