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[/url]AFP - The African Union's make-or-break bid to resolve Darfur's bloody civil war appeared deadlocked as officials extended a deadline for a peace deal by another 48 hours. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Nepal's rebel chief has ruled out disarming his forces and launched a scathing attack on the nation's new political leadership, according to the Maoists' website. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - International envoy James Wolfensohn, in his final report to Middle East mediators after stepping down, sharply questioned the decision of Western powers to cut off aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian government. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - A suicide bomber attacked a recruitment center for new police officers Wednesday in Fallujah, killing five Iraqis, police said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Bolivia's new president Evo Morales is due to hold an emergency meeting on Thursday with the leaders of Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela following his sudden decision to nationalize his country's vast natural gas industry. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Workers began drilling through a final layer of rock towards two Australian miners trapped half a mile underground for eight days, but warned that the "unique" rescue bid would take another 48 hours. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Acclaimed American actor/director Tim Robbins blasted the US government's policy on terrorism -- and the US media's failure to examine it critically -- at a news conference in Athens promoting his stage version of George Orwell's "1984". Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the longest-serving leader in postwar Italy, resigned Tuesday to make way for a center-left government led by Romano Prodi that must re-energize a moribund economy. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed more than 100 insurgents last week in the town of Ramadi in the rebel heartland of Anbar province, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - A top al-Qaida leader whose links stretch from Afghan terror training camps to extremist networks operating throughout Europe has been detained in neighboring Pakistan and possibly handed over to American authorities, according to a U.S. law enforcement official. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Insurgents killed six people across Iraq, including a US soldier, as the dominant Shiites and formerly powerful Sunni Arabs discussed a new line-up for a long-delayed cabinet. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Employers should have plans to keep workers at least three feet apart, colleges should consider which dormitories could be used to quarantine the sick, and flight crews should have surgical masks to put on coughing travelers under a draft of the government's pandemic flu plan obtained by The Associated Press. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Three years after delivering his "mission accomplished" speech on Iraq, President Bush on Monday declared another turning point had arrived with the establishment of a permanent government in Baghdad. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi handed in his resignation on Tuesday, ending weeks of political uncertainty and opening the way for centre-left leader Romano Prodi to form a new government. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Four people were killed in insurgent attacks in Iraq, two of them in a bombing in a minibus in a crowded Baghdad market, security officials said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. reported Tuesday that its first quarter loss more than doubled, due largely to expenses of $225 million in stock-related compensation to its star shock jock Howard Stern. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - The reconstruction of Iraq has made "significant progress" in recent months despite "shortfalls and deficiencies," according to a Pentagon report. Link To Original Article
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AP - Napster Inc. launched a revamped music Web site Monday that allows limited free, on-demand access to more than two million songs. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Three years after US President George W. Bush prematurely stood beneath a banner hailing "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq, his administration said the war-torn country was finally "on the way" toward ushering in stability and democracy. Link To Original Article
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