http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Centredaily.com en-us Copyright 2008 Centredaily.com World 60 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:42 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive Workbench support@centredaily.com http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/697946.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/697946.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:36 EDT Aid for Africa - and whether enough was coming from the world's major economic powers - was in the spotlight Monday as the Group of Eight nations planned to meet with seven African leaders at its annual summit. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698075.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698075.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:12 EDT Investigators on Monday examined the site of a suicide blast that targeted police in the nation's capital as officials sorted out clues about the alleged attacker. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698347.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698347.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT A suicide car bomb exploded outside the Indian Embassy in central Kabul on Monday, killing 28 people and wounding 141, officials said. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698120.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698120.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:56 EDT An Israeli negotiator was in Europe on Monday to pick up a report compiled by Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas on a long-missing Israeli airman, part of a prisoner-swap deal between the two sides, defense officials said. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698377.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698377.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:36 EDT South Korea's president named new ministers of welfare, agriculture and education Monday in his first government revamping, one month after his entire Cabinet offered to quit over a much-criticized beef import deal with Washington. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698375.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698375.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:36 EDT China urged the Dalai Lama again on Monday to show support for the Beijing Olympics, in an apparent effort to link the demand more closely with continued talks. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698367.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698367.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:31 EDT Only the Olympics could bump Mao Zedong, the founding leader of communist China, off a Chinese banknote. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698361.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698361.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:01 EDT Thousands of protesters gathered in front of Thailand's national police headquarters Monday to demand action on long-pending legal cases against toppled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698344.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698344.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:22 EDT Hundreds of jailed convicts are celebrating Ecuador's decision to pardon low-level drug couriers known as "mules." http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698345.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698345.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:22 EDT South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said he is willing to meet North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il any time if it will help end the North's nuclear programs, news reports said Monday. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698021.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698021.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:06 EDT The image of Ted Koppel interviewing world leaders is so ingrained that it feels odd to see him wearing a hardhat for a nervous trip into a Chinese coal mine, or sitting in a Chongqing karaoke bar where teenage girls are hired to "entertain" male customers. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698210.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698210.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:22 EDT Freed after years as rebel-held hostages, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and four Colombian police officers sent messages of hope in a radio broadcast Sunday to captives still detained in remote jungle camps. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/697892.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/697892.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:57 EDT The United Arab Emirates canceled billions of dollars of Iraqi debt Sunday and moved to restore a full diplomatic mission in Baghdad, evidence of Iraq's improved security and growing acceptance of its Shiite-led government. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698223.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698223.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:08 EDT Mexico's Agriculture Department is denying reports that the United States will close its borders to some Mexican produce. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698097.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698097.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:18 EDT A plane carrying a load of auto parts crashed Sunday as it was trying to land in northern Mexico, killing the pilot and severely injuring the co-pilot. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698117.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698117.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:46 EDT Iraqi police and medical officials say a bomb has killed the head of a U.S.-allied Sunni group south of Baghdad. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698096.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/698096.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:41 EDT Gunmen opened fire on people leaving a mosque in Somalia's capital on Sunday night, killing one of the country's senior U.N. officials and wounding his son and another man, a witness and a family member said. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/697531.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/697531.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:17 EDT Freed after years as rebel-held hostages, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and four Colombian police officers sent radio messages of hope on Sunday to captives still detained in remote jungle camps. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/697967.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/697967.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:01 EDT During a bustling lunch hour in this Welsh commuter town, 25-year-old Richard Williams is one of the few who pause to look at properties for sale in a real-estate agent's window - and he isn't buying. http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/697903.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/697903.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:57 EDT Britain called Sunday for tough action as well as talk in the face of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's defiance and signs of disunity among his opposition.