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 2008 MiamiHerald.com World AP 60 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:06:45 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/615519.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/615519.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:59 EDT Radovan Karadzic was preparing his false identity during the autocratic rule of his mentor, an official said Thursday, promising to track down the people who helped the Bosnian Serb warlord stay on the run from genocide charges. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616302.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616302.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:38 EDT The Taliban have created a sophisticated media network to undermine support for the Afghan government, sending threats by text message and spreading the militia's views through songs available as ring tones, according to a report released Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616192.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616192.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:34 EDT Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as climate and energy issues at Germany's chancellery Thursday, part of a tour aimed at lifting the first-term senator's international standing. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616029.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616029.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:04 EDT Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616211.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616211.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:58 EDT The U.S. Embassy on Thursday launched an expanded immigration program that provides 5,000 more visas each year for Iraqis who have put themselves at risk by working for the U.S. government. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616191.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616191.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:48 EDT Sri Lankan forces battled rebel gunmen deep inside the nation's northern jungles Thursday, killing 25 guerrilla fighters and seizing new territory, the military said. Other battles killed 25 rebels and four soldiers, the military said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616036.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616036.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:39 EDT A former top U.S. counter-narcotics official alleges that President Hamid Karzai is obstructing the fight against the country's burgeoning narcotics trade. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616072.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616072.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:34 EDT A high-altitude rescue helicopter safely plucked two stranded Italian climbers from one of the world's highest mountains on Thursday, officials said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616115.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616115.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:09 EDT Cambodia has agreed to meet Monday with Thailand to discuss a stretch of disputed land near a historic temple, rather than take the matter to the U.N. officials from both countries said Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616092.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616092.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:09 EDT Motor racing boss Max Mosley won a closely watched privacy-invasion lawsuit Thursday over a British tabloid's claims he took part in a Nazi-themed orgy, and the judge ordered the newspaper to pay over $1 million. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616157.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616157.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:08 EDT The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency should play a leading role in verifying North Korea's declaration of its nuclear programs, according to a draft of a statement to be issued Thursday by Asia-Pacific nations. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/615977.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/615977.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:54 EDT China has clamped down further on issuing business visas, government officials said Thursday, in the latest expansion of already-tight entry restrictions for next month's Olympic Games. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616083.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616083.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:49 EDT A key committee has approved construction of the first new Jewish settlement in the West Bank in a decade, an Israeli official said Thursday. The news infuriated Palestinians, who said the decision could cripple peace efforts. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/615951.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/615951.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:49 EDT A homemade bomb ripped through a commuter bus in the southern Philippines on Thursday, wounding 27 people, police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616107.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/616107.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:44 EDT Australia's prime minister, who has won applause for apologizing to Aborigines for past wrongs, has revived plans for a constitutional revision to recognize the country's indigenous people.