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  1. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, speaks during a media conference with France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, not seen, at Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
    Hamas lawmakers: Abbas term ends in January AP - Mon Oct 6, 5:55 PM ET

    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas will cease to recognize Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian president after Jan. 8 and replace him with one of its own leaders, according to a resolution approved by the Islamic movement's legislators Monday.

  2. Pakistani demonstrators shouts slogans as they burn a U.S. flag during a protest rally in Multan, Pakistan, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Pakistan insisted Monday it has not made a deal allowing the U.S. to fire missiles at militant hide-outs in Pakistani territory after The Wall Street Journal quoted President Asif Ali Zardari as suggesting otherwise. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
    Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal region AP - Mon Oct 6, 3:36 PM ET

    KHAR, Pakistan - Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in an insurgency-wracked tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban fighters.

  3. A riot police officer fires a tear gas shell at anti-government protesters in front of parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Police fired tear gas Tuesday at several thousand demonstrators attempting to block access by lawmakers to the Parliament building in the Thai capital. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
    Thai police fire tear gas against crowd AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

    BANGKOK, Thailand - Police fired tear gas canisters Tuesday at several thousand demonstrators trying to bar lawmakers from Parliament, injuring dozens of them and heating up a political crisis that has gripped the country for six weeks.

  4. Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem October 5, 2008. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)
    U.S. won't allow Israeli attack on Iran: TV report Reuters - Mon Oct 6, 5:40 PM ET

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States will not permit Israel to attack Iran's nuclear program as long as American troops are stationed in Iraq, an Israeli television report quoting unnamed diplomatic sources said on Monday.

  5. An Afghan election official registers Afghan men for their voter identity card at the voter registration office in Parwan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Afghanistan began registering voters Monday for next year's presidential polls, an election likely to be the most dangerous and challenging since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
    Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia AP - Mon Oct 6, 8:20 PM ET

    KABUL, Afghanistan - A former Taliban ambassador said Monday that the hard-line militants sat with Afghan officials and Saudi King Abdullah over an important religious meal in Saudi Arabia late last month as the insurgency raged back home.

  6. Kim Hall, left, and Jocelyn Clark hold up signs in protest of the government's $700 billion financial rescue plan, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, in Cleveland. They were collecting the shirts off pedestrian's backs. Stocks surged while credit markets remained strained Friday ahead of an expected House vote on the government's $700 billion financial rescue plan. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
    Al-Qaida: US economic crisis equals Muslim victory AP - Sun Oct 5, 12:15 AM ET

    CAIRO, Egypt - An American member of al-Qaida pointed to economic troubles in the United States as proof that "the enemies of Islam" face defeat, in an English-language video released Saturday.

  7. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman of Dubai World, talks to the audience about the Nakheel Harbour & Tower project, a more than 1 kilometer high tower of 270 hectares, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
    Dubai aims to top its own world's tallest tower AP - Sun Oct 5, 2:17 PM ET

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - With its world's tallest building nearing completion, Dubai said Sunday it is embarking on an even more ambitious skyscraper: one that will soar more than 10 American football fields.

  8. Rabbi Shear-Yashuv Cohen (R), Chief Rabbi of Haifa, shakes hand with Pope Benedict XVI as he leaves the Nervi Hall at the Vatican for the Synod of the Bishops October 6, 2008. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano/Pool (VATICAN)
    Pope: financial crisis shows futility of money AP - Mon Oct 6, 6:17 AM ET

    VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI says the global financial crisis show the futility of money and ambition.

  9. European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana speaks during a joint news conference with Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi September 30, 2008. (David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)
    Iranian letter rejects pressure on nuclear issue Reuters - Mon Oct 6, 7:09 PM ET

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran delivered a letter to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Monday which stressed, according to Iranian media, that foreign pressure on Tehran would not resolve the dispute over its nuclear program.

  10. The world's largest superconducting solenoid magnet (CMS), at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)'s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particule accelerator in Geneva. Human error was likely to blame for the breakdown of the world's largest atom-smasher, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Monday.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)
    Bad connection caused atom smasher shutdown AP - Mon Oct 6, 5:41 PM ET

    GENEVA - A bad electrical connection likely caused the malfunction that sidelined the world's largest atom smasher days after it was launched with great fanfare, a senior scientist said Monday.

  11. In this CCTV image provided by the Alice Springs Reptile Centre is a seven-year-old boy throwing a turtle over a wall Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock. (AP Photo/Alice Springs Reptile Centre)
    Aussie boy breaks into zoo, feeds animals to croc AP - Fri Oct 3, 2:43 PM ET

    SYDNEY, Australia - A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday.

  12. Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, seen here in Ottawa, Ontario, October 1, 2008, called on Monday for a coordinated international effort to solve the current financial crisis, and, amid the election campaign here, underscored Canada's relatively spry economy.(AFP/File/Geoff Robins)
    World must act together to solve financial crisis: Canada's PM AFP - Mon Oct 6, 3:57 PM ET

    OTTAWA (AFP) - Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper called on Monday for a coordinated international effort to solve the current financial crisis, and, amid the election campaign here, underscored Canada's relatively spry economy.

  13. UN chief wants new look at UN Georgia mission AP - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago

    UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. mission monitoring a cease-fire between Georgia and the separatist Abkhazia region should be extended for four months to explore whether to continue U.N. involvement following the Georgian-Russian war, the U.N. chief said Monday.

  14. Ottawa delays sales of new Canada Savings Bonds Reuters - Mon Oct 6, 4:23 PM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Sales of new Canada Savings Bonds were due to begin on Monday, but the sales campaign has been postponed, the federal Finance Department said.

  15. Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa June 17, 2008. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
    Flaherty sees start of credit squeeze Reuters - Mon Oct 6, 3:22 PM ET

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - The global credit crunch is starting to hamper Canadian banks' ability to raise longer-term funds but they remain well-capitalized and able to withstand big shocks, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday.

  16. Military armoured vehicles release smoke during a drill at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in Taichung, central Taiwan, in September, simulating an air attack from China. China has canceled or postponed several military exchanges with the United States in protest against a proposed 6.5 billion dollar arms sale to Taiwan, a Pentagon spokesman said.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)
    China cancels, postpones military exchanges with US: Pentagon AFP - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - China has canceled or postponed several military exchanges with the United States in protest against a proposed 6.5 billion dollar arms sale to Taiwan, a Pentagon spokesman has said.

  17. Cheryl Bohl, a chaplain with Victim Relief Ministries, helps with relief efforts in Galveston, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. Victim Relief Ministries has deployed more than 150 chaplains and counselors to aid in a 'ministry of compassion' before, during and after Hurricane Ike. The ministry's workers, known as the 'yellow shirts,' have been busy aiding in three hurricanes and one tropical storm this year. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Nick de la Torre)
    Tropical Storm Norbert strengthens off Mexico AP - Mon Oct 6, 11:17 AM ET

    MEXICO CITY - Tropical Storm Norbert is growing toward hurricane force off Mexico's Pacific coast and forecasters say it might bring weekend rains and wind to the Baja California Peninsula.

  18. Chinese laboratory technicians test samples of Chinese milk products at a laboratory in Mengniu Dairy production base in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008. China's food safety watchdog said Sunday no traces of the industrial chemical melamine were found in new tests of milk powder sold domestically, as officials sought to restore public trust in milk supplies. (AP Photo/EyePress)
    China vows overhaul of "chaotic" milk industry AP - 55 minutes ago

    BEIJING - China's Cabinet vowed a complete overhaul of the scandal-ridden dairy industry Monday, pledging to inspect every link from the farm to the dinner table to try to restore public trust in Chinese-made food products.

  19. Mexico seizes pseudoephedrine shipment at airport AP - Sun Oct 5, 9:02 PM ET

    MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities say they have seized 7 million pills of pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient used to make methamphetamine, at the Guadalajara airport.

  20. Israeli television producer Elad Kuperman from the Israeli version of the reality show Big Brother is seen in a synagogue to be used for the show, at their studios in Neve Ilan, near Jerusalem, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. In Israel, even Big Brother has to take a break on the most solemn day of the Jewish calendar. When Israel marks Yom Kippur this week, the country will come to a complete standstill. For the makers of cult reality show Big Brother, this means turning off the cameras on the round-the-clock program and building a makeshift synagogue for a religious contestant. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
    Israeli "Big Brother" shuts down for Yom Kippur AP - Mon Oct 6, 5:14 PM ET

    NEVE ILAN, Israel - The television show "Big Brother" will confront a new reality in Israel Wednesday evening with the start of Yom Kippur.

  21. Indonesian volcano erupts, spews flame and smoke AP - Mon Oct 6, 10:58 AM ET

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - A volcano in central Indonesia erupted Monday, shooting clouds of smoke and flames into the night sky.

  22. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, shakes hands with Ecuardor's President Rafael Correa after a photo opportunity during a multilateral summit in Manaus, in the state of Amazonas, northern Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
    Chavez will swap gas-guzzlers for clean cars AP - Sat Oct 4, 11:44 PM ET

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Give up your gas-guzzler and get a free car. That's President Hugo Chavez's offer to Venezuelans.

  23. France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner addresses a news conference in Brussels in this September 15, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Thierry Roge
    Dropped "h" causes trouble for France's Kouchner Reuters - Sun Oct 5, 10:02 AM ET

    PARIS (Reuters) - A dropped 'h' landed English-speaking French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in trouble on Sunday after he was mistakenly quoted as saying Israel could gobble up Iran if it wanted to.

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