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    Rescuers Search for Landslide Survivors (AP)

AP - Rescue workers searched a sea of mud in vain Saturday for survivors
 of a landslide that killed up to 1,800 people. People fled nearby
 villages, heeding warnings that the disaster threatened to repeat
 itself.

    Libyans Riot Over Prophet Cartoon; 10 Dead (AP)

AP - Libyans set fire to the Italian consulate in a riot that left at
 least 10 people dead, the bloodiest protest yet against the Prophet
 Muhammad cartoons that have roiled the Muslim world.

    Roadside Bombs Kill U.S. Soldier, 9 Iraqis (AP)

AP - A spate of roadside bombings killed a U.S. soldier and at least
 nine Iraqis in Baghdad and north of the capital Saturday, officials
 said. Two Macedonians were kidnapped in southern Iraq, while a search
 was underway for a private German plane missing in the north.

    Abbas Asks Hamas to Form the Next Gov't (AP)

AP - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday asked Hamas to form
 the next Palestinian government, but demanded that the Islamic
 militants recognize existing peace deals and fall in line with his
 moderate policies, including negotiations with Israel.

    Iran Makes Overture Ahead of Russian Talks (AP)

AP - Iran has floated the prospect of reopening its nuclear program to
 snap inspections and renewing contacts with European negotiators in a
 possible overture ahead of talks with Russia next week.

    10,000 Protest Prophet Cartoons in London (AP)

AP - More than 10,000 angry people protested in central London Saturday
 against the Prophet Muhammad cartoons that have infuriated many in the
 Muslim world.

    2 Macedonian Contractors Kidnapped in Iraq (AP)

AP - The British military confirmed Saturday that two Macedonians
 working for a cleaning company have been abducted in southern Iraq. A
 ransom has been demanded for their release.

    Couple Charged With Trafficking Babies (AP)

AP - A German man and his Peruvian wife have been charged with
 trafficking Peruvian babies to adoptive parents in Europe through an
 Internet site, police said Friday.

    Nigeria suspends 380,000 bpd oil exports after attack (Reuters)

Reuters - Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) suspended exports from the 380,000
 barrel-a-day Forcados terminal on Saturday after militants bombed the
 tanker loading platform, a senior oil industry source said.

    New Zealand draw first blood against West Indies (AFP)

AFP - A 136-run opening partnership between veteran Nathan Astle and
 newcomer Jamie How laid the foundations for an 81-run victory for New
 Zealand in the first one-dayer against the West Indies here.

    Coroner's inquest into Sherry Charlie's death calls for children's
     commission (Canadian Press)

Canadian Press - PORT ALBERNI, B.C. (CP) - A coroner's inquest into the
 death of toddler Sherry Charlie recommended Friday night that Premier
 Gordon Campbell reinstate the children's commission his government cut
 in 2002.

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