Untrained 'defense' groups are popping up in the rebellious lowlands and in the pro-government high plains.
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. >>
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 >>
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. >>
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. >>
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. >>
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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