http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/main/world/ WHDH-TV - World News News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:09:14 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 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:30:03 GMT KABUL -- Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128965/ BO128965 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:27:48 GMT KABUL -- The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly how many. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128964/ BO128964 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:34:57 GMT KARACHI, Pakistan -- Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders -- and tattoos -- exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128968/ BO128968 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:38:16 GMT TEHRAN, Iran -- Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128969/ BO128969 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:09:14 GMT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128984/ BO128984 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:31:49 GMT ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128966/ BO128966 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:33:19 GMT MOSCOW -- Russia could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program, President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128967/ BO128967 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:28:19 GMT MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Former Hurricane Ida drenched Central America as a tropical depression Friday and forecasters said it had some chance of regaining force and heading toward the United States. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128946/ BO128946 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:47:52 GMT LONDON -- In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128925/ BO128925 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:49:11 GMT TORONTO -- Canada has begun preparations to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in 2011. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128926/ BO128926 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:50:27 GMT MADRID -- Spain said Friday it would not free two captured pirates as demanded by fellow brigands who are holding a Spanish trawler and 33 crew members off the coast of Somalia. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128927/ BO128927 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:46:29 GMT CAIRO -- An international human rights group said Friday it has documented three cases of sexual assault against detainees arrested during Iran's postelection turmoil, including one that was supported by an official report but not investigated further. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128924/ BO128924 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:44:44 GMT JERUSALEM -- By saying he wants to step down as president, Mahmoud Abbas has highlighted a deep Palestinian despair rooted in decades of failed peace initiatives and fruitless violence. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128923/ BO128923 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:15:50 GMT LONDON -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan's government on Friday to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more British lives there unless it reforms. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128888/ BO128888 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:29:12 GMT TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- They can't both be right. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says a deal that could have returned him to power is defunct. Roberto Micheletti, who took power after a coup, says the same deal has been successfully accomplished. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128947/ BO128947 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:42:42 GMT WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A sculpture of a New Zealand government minister crafted from cow manure sold for New Zealand dollars 3,080 ($2,220) on an auction Web site. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128922/ BO128922 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:12:29 GMT KABUL -- NATO forces in Afghanistan say two international service members have been reported missing in the west of the country. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128887/ BO128887 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:18:09 GMT JOHANNESBURG -- The world's diamond control body is calling on Zimbabwe to clean up a lawless field, but has stopped short of suspending the country from a process meant to keep "blood" gems off the market. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128890/ BO128890 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:18:51 GMT TOKYO -- A gunman wounded three men near Tokyo on Friday before hiding in a building and apparently killing himself -- a rare shooting spree that police said was gang-related. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128891/ BO128891 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:17:16 GMT MOSCOW -- A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry has voiced hope that Moscow and Washington will be able to negotiate a successor to a Cold War-era arms control treaty that expires next month. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/world/BO128889/ BO128889