http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/main/world/ WHDH-TV - World News News en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:24:07 GMT webmaster@whdh.com Copyright 2009 Sunbeam Television Corp. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/main/world/ http://www1.whdh.com/images/whdh_rss_logo.gif 144 43 WHDH-TV - World News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:22:20 GMT JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The death toll from a ferry accident off the Indonesian island of Sumatra has reached 29, with at least 17 other people missing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130266/ BO130266 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:23:20 GMT BAGHDAD -- Three jailed suspects in Oct. 25 bombings that killed more than 150 people in Iraq said they filmed the targeted buildings before the attack and escorted the car bombs in a convoy into Baghdad, according to confessions shown on Iraqi television Sunday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130267/ BO130267 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:24:07 GMT KHAR, Pakistan -- Pakistani troops killed nearly 40 suspected militants Sunday in a series of operations in northwestern tribal areas near the Afghan border, officials said. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130268/ BO130268 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:21:05 GMT BAGHDAD -- A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130265/ BO130265 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:16:22 GMT LONDON -- Police and army experts say they're urgently checking the safety of about 1,800 bridges in northern England amid some of the worst storms ever recorded in Britain. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130262/ BO130262 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:18:20 GMT BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in action in Iraq. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130263/ BO130263 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:18:54 GMT TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military strike by Israel. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130264/ BO130264 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:44:17 GMT PERUGIA, Italy -- Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game -- charges the U.S. woman dismissed as "pure fantasy." http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130183/ BO130183 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:02:27 GMT SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands -- The gunman who killed four people and wounded nine in a shooting rampage on the Pacific island of Saipan was identified Sunday as a Chinese national believed to be employed at the shooting range where the deaths occurred. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130256/ BO130256 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:43:28 GMT KABUL -- A rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan's capital late Saturday, wounding at least two, the Interior Ministry said. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130182/ BO130182 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:13:52 GMT BEIJING -- A state news agency says the death toll in a northeast China coal mine blast has jumped to 87. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130209/ BO130209 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:21:10 GMT ROME -- Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of helping fund and providing logistical support for last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, authorities said. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130172/ BO130172 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:18:36 GMT ISLAMABAD -- Three suspected militants blew themselves up as police gave chase Saturday in the Pakistani part of disputed Kashmir, authorities said. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130171/ BO130171 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:28:36 GMT VATICAN CITY -- The archbishop of Canterbury held his first talks Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman Catholic church's unprecedented invitation to disaffected Anglicans, with the Vatican saying the two sides still want to press ahead for closer relations. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130174/ BO130174 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:27:24 GMT PERUGIA, Italy -- Prosecutors on Saturday were expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130173/ BO130173 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:17:46 GMT ST.PETERSBURG, Russia -- Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday sharply criticized officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party for manipulating recent regional votes, saying it must learn to win fairly. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130170/ BO130170 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:16:18 GMT TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian state TV is reporting that the country will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting nuclear facilities against any possible attack. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130169/ BO130169 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:53:12 GMT GENEVA -- Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher Friday night for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130153/ BO130153 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:02:46 GMT HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan government, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130156/ BO130156 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:37:51 GMT BRUSSELS -- Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the opportunity to resolve the dispute. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO130126/ BO130126