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Yahoo! News: World News
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World News
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Stocks resume rally as European debt worries ease
(AP)
 AP - Stocks resumed their rally Wednesday after a successful auction of Portuguese government debt eased worries about Europe's financial system.
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Mullah Omar tells Afghans Taliban are winning
(AP)
 AP - The Taliban's shadowy leader Mullah Mohammad Omar says Afghan fighters are winning the war and warns Americans they are wasting lives and billions in tax dollars.
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Police arrest top separatist in Indian Kashmir
(AFP)
 AFP - Police in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday arrested a leading separatist who has been spearheading months of protests in the disputed Muslim-majority region.
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Nigeria leader replaces military, security heads: presidency
(AFP)
 AFP - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed new military, intelligence and police chiefs, his office said on Wednesday, ahead of January elections in the oil-rich country.
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Koran Burning: Cues from Osama bin Laden Media Strategy?
(Time.com)
Time.com - While he's planning violence against books, not people, the would-be Koran-burning Florida preacher Terry Jones is following a self-promotion strategy similar to that of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden
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North Korea, in Secret, Moves Toward Anointing a New Kim
(Time.com)
 Time.com - The first congress in three decades of the ruling Workers Party is rumored to be imminent, suggesting that a succession is being prepared that will hand power to a third generation of the first family
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Romanian Gypsy leader compares Sarkozy to Nazis
(AP)
 AP - A Romanian Gypsy leader on Wednesday compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania's pro-Nazi wartime leader, following the expulsion of hundreds of Gypsies from France.
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Iranians unaware Castro has taken up their cause
(AP)
 AP - Fidel Castro's warnings of a looming war between the United States and Iran have Cuba buzzing with fears of nuclear Armageddon. But the revolutionary icon's alarming predictions have barely registered in the place where it might matter most: Iran.
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Govt takes over Bahrain human rights group
(AP)
AP - Bahrain's government on Wednesday suspended the board of a prominent human rights group, accusing it of being too partial to the country's Shiite majority.
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East Timor's deputy prime minister resigns
(AP)
AP - One of East Timor's deputy prime ministers resigned after Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao allegedly screamed at him during a public meeting and called him a liar — dealing another blow to the young country's stability.
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