Haitians flee Gonaives before Ike reaches island
AP - 7 minutes ago

GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) - Hundreds of people fled this waterlogged city Saturday for higher ground as powerful Hurricane Ike threatened to unleash heavy rain and compound a disaster caused by a previous storm. Food was distributed to famished residents, including to emaciated inmates at the local jail.

Growing Ike nears Turks and Caicos, south Bahamas
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PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos (AP) - Hurricane Ike loomed over this low-lying island chain Saturday as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm, prompting thousands of people to evacuate while those staying behind hunkered down and hoped for the best.

Bhutto widower elected Pakistani president
AP - 2 hours ago

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto's widower swept Pakistan's presidential election on Saturday, offering hope for stability to a nuclear-armed country feeling intense U.S. pressure to crack down on Islamic militants.

Rock slide in Cairo shantytown kills 24
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CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Massive boulders crashed down on a shantytown on the outskirts of Cairo Saturday, killing at least 24 people and burying many more under tons of rubble, Egyptian authorities said.

Swazis hold 40th birthday of king, independence
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MBABANE, Swaziland (AP) - The Swazi king, bare-chested and wearing a traditional leopard skin loin cloth, celebrated his 40th birthday and his nation's 40th independence day in lavish style Saturday — hosting an extravaganza that contrasted sharply with the biting poverty of his subjects.

Blast, clashes in northwest Pakistan kills 54
AP - 8 hours ago

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A pickup truck packed with explosives blew up a police security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 30 people and injuring dozens more, the day after a foiled militant kidnap attempt led to another 24 deaths in the volatile region.

Price increases push US soy beyond reach of poor
AP - 11 hours ago

SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) - With the dollar a day he earns scrounging for scrap metal and paper, Jumadi can't buy his family beef or even chicken. But until now, the rail-thin scavenger could at least afford soy.

45-nation group OKs landmark US-India nuke deal
AP - 7 hours ago

VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The U.S. gained key international backing Saturday for a bitterly contested plan to sell peaceful nuclear technology to India — a South Asia powerhouse that has tested atomic weapons but has refused to sign global nonproliferation accords.

In Israel, era of mass immigration ends
AP - 8 hours ago

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Melissa Schwab is no Zionist zealot. She's not an Orthodox Jew seeking to be nearer to God. She didn't flee anti-Semitism.

Suicide bomber kills 6 at outdoor market in Iraq
AP - 7 hours ago

BAGHDAD (AP) - A suicide car bomber blasted an outdoor market Saturday in a northern Iraqi city, killing six people and wounding 54, police and hospital authorities said.