http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2010 MiamiHerald.com World AP 60 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:39:53 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538735/us-official-india-to-question.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538735/us-official-india-to-question.html Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:38 EDT Indian investigators will be able to question a Chicago man who pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, a senior U.S. official said Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538724/thousands-rally-in-russia-against.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538724/thousands-rally-in-russia-against.html Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:48 EDT Thousands of protesters rallied Saturday in several cities across Russia to protest the government's economic policy and demand more political freedoms. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538720/pakistan-official-3-taliban-militants.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538720/pakistan-official-3-taliban-militants.html Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:13 EDT Police arrested three Taliban militants Saturday and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi, a counterterrorism official said. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538718/tokyo-marks-15th-anniversary-of.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538718/tokyo-marks-15th-anniversary-of.html Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:03 EDT Tokyo subway workers observed a moment of silence Saturday to mark the 15th anniversary of a nerve gas attack by a religious cult, Japan's deadliest act of domestic terrorism. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538717/nepal-leader-who-helped-end-kings.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538717/nepal-leader-who-helped-end-kings.html Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:38 EDT Nepal's former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who served five terms and led mass protests that ended the king's authoritarian rule in the Himalayan nation, died Saturday. He was 86. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538706/cambodia-to-build-memorial-for.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538706/cambodia-to-build-memorial-for.html Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:58 EDT Cambodia will erect a memorial to nearly 40 foreign and Cambodian journalists who died covering a savage five-year war that ended with the triumph of the Khmer Rouge 35 years ago, a government official said Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538705/aust-state-named-disaster-zone.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538705/aust-state-named-disaster-zone.html Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:53 EDT The premier of Australia's Queensland state has declared parts of its coast a disaster zone as a tropical cyclone approaches. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538609/sarkozys-party-braces-for-electoral.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538609/sarkozys-party-braces-for-electoral.html Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:08 EDT President Nicolas Sarkozy's party braced for a potential electoral wipeout in Sunday's final round of regional elections, which an alliance of the rival left hopes will give it a national sweep and a staging ground for 2012 presidential voting. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538536/orange-sky-in-beijing-for-years.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1538536/orange-sky-in-beijing-for-years.html Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:07 EDT China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country's north, delaying some flights at Beijing's airport and prompting a dust warning for Seoul. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538503/chavez-opponent-charged-for-televised.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538503/chavez-opponent-charged-for-televised.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:42 EDT Venezuelan prosecutors charged a government opponent with conspiracy and other crimes Friday after he said on a television program that the country has become a haven for drug trafficking. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538502/2-familiar-faces-face-off-for.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538502/2-familiar-faces-face-off-for.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:37 EDT Former Foreign Minister Noemi Sanin has defeated Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's hand-picked successor for the Conservative Party's presidential nomination in a close primary. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538490/thai-protesters-begin-weekend.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538490/thai-protesters-begin-weekend.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:22 EDT Tens of thousands of protesters riding motorcycles and crammed into trucks and cars rolled through the streets of the Thai capital Saturday in a giant caravan to rally residents to their "class war" against the government. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538195/military-fights-drug-suspects.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538195/military-fights-drug-suspects.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:12 EDT A shootout in the northern city of Monterrey killed two suspected drug cartel gunmen and wounded a soldier Friday. Suspected gang members also blocked roads in the city for the second day, in a bold attempt to impede security patrols. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538112/bolivian-who-captured-che-wanted.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538112/bolivian-who-captured-che-wanted.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:22 EDT The retired general who captured legendary revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was summoned Friday by Bolivian authorities investigating an alleged plot against President Evo Morales. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538093/yemen-president-war-with-northern.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538093/yemen-president-war-with-northern.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:07 EDT Yemen's president on Friday declared the country's six-year war with northern rebels over, saying the Shiite militants are living up to a cease-fire agreement signed last month. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538035/push-on-for-mideast-talks-despite.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538035/push-on-for-mideast-talks-despite.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:32 EDT Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal and must be stopped, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said Saturday, after getting a closer look at some of the Israeli enclaves scattered across Palestinian-claimed territories. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538008/12-wounded-in-israeli-missile.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538008/12-wounded-in-israeli-missile.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:22 EDT Hamas officials say Israeli aircraft have fired five missiles at Gaza's defunct airport and nearby border tunnels, wounding at least 12 people. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537998/an-up-close-look-at-the-military.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537998/an-up-close-look-at-the-military.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:17 EDT EDITOR'S NOTE - Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder was embedded with U.S. forces during the offensive in Marjah, Afghanistan. Here is his account of some of the photos he made of the soldiers' daily lives. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537982/minister-sierre-leone-rattled.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537982/minister-sierre-leone-rattled.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:07 EDT A top official in Sierra Leone's government said he raced to a town in the country Friday after news reports said at least 200 people had been killed in a mining accident there, only to find out it was a hoax. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537977/un-report-overall-number-of-slum.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537977/un-report-overall-number-of-slum.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:07 EDT The number of people living in slum conditions increased by 51 million during the past 10 years, despite global efforts to halt poverty, according to a United Nations' report released Friday.