Young Bolivians fight for their regions
Untrained 'defense' groups are popping up in the rebellious lowlands and in the pro-government high plains.

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Nujood Ali, who became an international celebrity after refusing to accept her marriage to a man three times her age and winning a divorce, is now back to a semblance of a normal life in Sana. >>

GLOBAL ECONOMY
They list greed and Greenspan among the culprits, and there are comparisons to . . . Albania. But amid the gloating, there is fear for financial systems in Britain, Spain, Italy and elsewhere. >>

As NATO ministers disagree on Georgia, Gates says the next U.S. administration needs a balanced approach to contain Russian aggression without resorting to military force. >>

September 19, 2008
Two American inmates are among 21 people killed in rioting at a Mexican border prison, the U.S. Embassy said Friday. >>

Accounts differ on what happened and how many people died in Ad Dawr. Demands could increase for U.S. forces to be subject to Iraqi prosecution. >>

Iran's supreme leader brushes aside recent overtures by top Iranian officials to Israeli citizens with statements that could inflame tensions. >>

Members of the ruling ANC party are meeting to decide whether to push for his ouster. Supporters of Jacob Zuma, his main rival in the party, are behind the move. >>

NORTH KOREA
North Korea: Nuclear reactor will be restored, officials say / Pakistan: Bombing at religious school kills 5 / Canada: Steps taken in Arctic amid concerns over Russia >>

September 19, 2008
Airport security video of last month's plane crash in Madrid shows the aircraft just barely getting off the ground, then skidding and erupting in a ball of fire and column of black smoke. >>

The move comes hours after they reported that 'discrimination on political grounds has been a defining feature' of Hugo Chavez's presidency. >>

They were arrested because they had injuries similar to those of victims of the attack in Michoacan. >>

September 19, 2008
Islam in a new world
In the Middle East, the devout and the secular are duking it out online. But does one side hear the other? >>

Susan Elbaneh, 18, who had just gotten married, is related to Jaber Elbaneh, whose extradition the U.S. is seeking in connection with the Lackawanna Six case. >>

Children are taken for tests as fear grows with the scandal. Hong Kong officials issue a recall of milk products from the mainland. >>

Western defense ministers are set to consider a new force that could be deployed in nations that feel in threatened by Moscow. >>

At least 21 inmates have been killed and dozens injured in two uprisings in four days at a Tijuana prison. Authorities initially reported no fatalities. >>

MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Authorities are investigating whether the drug gang La Familia was involved in Monday's grenade attack in Michoacan state that killed seven people. >>

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan: Karzai ally killed in clash with NATO troops / Switzerland: Particle collider malfunction fixed / Washington: Ex-hostage's mom to get Colombian citizenship >>

The U.S. and Pakistan have cleared remaining obstacles, so the long-delayed team may arrive within weeks, Joint Chiefs Chairman Michael Mullen says. >>

September 18, 2008
This summer, foreign troop deaths have exceeded those of U.S. forces in Iraq. 'We feel that things are going very, very well for us,' one Taliban fighter says. >>

Yemeni troops fight back the assailants in Sana, who used a car bomb and tried to ram a truck into the gates. There are no reports of U.S. casualties. >>

MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
In the wake of the deadly explosions in the capital of Michoacan state, Mexicans are forced to confront a new kind of victim in the drug wars: anyone. >>

The foreign minister barely beats Shaul Mofaz to lead the ruling party. She is in a position to become the next prime minister. >>

Twin bombings hit Baghdad; the second such attack in three days raises concerns as Iraq and the U.S. remain at an impasse over the American military presence. >>

He pledges additional steps by the U.S. to avoid errant bombings and to compensate families of the dead more quickly. >>

The suspects, believed to have ties to Mexico's Gulf cartel, were arrested in raids this week in a dozen U.S. states. >>

BRITAIN
Britain: New inquiry in 1998 Omagh bombing / Russia: Friendship treaties with breakaway Georgian regions / China: 12 more arrests in tainted baby formula scandal >>

The uprising is the second one at the state penitentiary in four days. Protesters in a vigil outside throw rocks at authorities. >>

September 17, 2008
Two members of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert -- Tzipi Livni and Shaul Mofaz -- are the chief candidates to succeed him at the centrist party's helm. >>

Illnesses caused by tainted formula skyrocket, and more products test positive for contamination. >>

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