MiamiHerald.com: World AP http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/index.html MiamiHerald.com: World AP 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 2009 MiamiHerald.com World AP 60 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:20:12 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,223 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/846141.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/846141.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:58 EST As of Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, at least 4,223 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. Iraq insists reporters agree to code of conduct http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/846018.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/846018.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:54 EST The government wants to require foreign and Iraqi journalists to sign a code of conduct in exchange for permission to attend this month's provincial elections, raising concerns among media analysts that independent coverage could be undermined. In West Bank, there's anger at Hamas as well as at Israel http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845997.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845997.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:34 EST Since the war in Gaza began two weeks ago, Rami Hamdan has oscillated between two emotions: sadness at the deaths of Palestinian civilians and anger, not only at Israel but also at its Palestinian foe, the militant Islamist group Hamas. Ships held by Somali pirates http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845993.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845993.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:29 EST More than a dozen vessels and about 300 crew members are in pirate hands, according to the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting center. The ships include: Bahraini prosecutors interrogate activist http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845873.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845873.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:09 EST A leading Shiite human rights activist in Bahrain said he was summoned Friday by Bahrain's state prosecutors on suspicion of inciting against the kingdom's Sunni rulers. UN: 6 militias killed in Congo fighting http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845870.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845870.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:04 EST Rebels in Congo fought pro-government militiamen in the east Friday in a gunbattle that left six people dead, the U.N. said. Analysis: Israel, Hamas take tough line on truce http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845833.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845833.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:44 EST Israel will drive a hard bargain to halt its offensive in the Gaza Strip, with no truce deal likely unless it crushes Hamas' ability to launch rockets and smuggle in weapons. Israel and Hamas ignore UN call for cease-fire http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845829.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845829.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:39 EST Israeli jets and ground troops hammered at Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip and Islamic militants fired barrages of rockets at southern Israeli cities Friday, ignoring a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire after two weeks of combat. 3 Italians rescued after deadly climb in Argentina http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845775.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845775.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:19 EST Three Italian climbers were flown to safety and a third alpinist died Friday in Argentina following a blizzard on the highest mountain in the Americas. Death toll rises to 9 from Costa Rica quake http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845756.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845756.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:09 EST Helicopters plucked tourists from destroyed, mountaintop resorts as the death toll from Costa Rica's magnitude-6.1 earthquake rose to at least 9 victims, the Red Cross said Friday. Honduran guard fires gun at US drug aid ceremony http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845728.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845728.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:54 EST A new U.S. drug aid package has been received with a bang in Honduras. Sudan marks 4 years of north-south peace http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845689.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845689.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:34 EST Sudan's embattled president marked the fourth anniversary of a fragile peace between the country's north and south, promising on Friday to restore confidence in national unity even as he faces accusations by an international court for war crimes in Darfur. A look at the Islamic militant Hamas group http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845677.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845677.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:14 EST A look at the Islamic militant group Hamas: Peru transfers jailed American for treatment http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845620.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845620.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:55 EST Peruvian authorities have moved jailed New Yorker Lori Berenson to a capital prison to treat a chronic back ailment that could complicate her five-month-old pregnancy. Voting rights law under high court review http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845572.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845572.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:55 EST Days before the first black president takes office, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider overturning a key feature of the main federal law that ensures access to the polls by minorities. Thousands of protesters rally against Israel http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845556.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845556.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:29 EST An estimated 50,000 people protested in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria after Friday prayers, joining thousands of people in more than a dozen cities in the Middle East and elsewhere rallying against the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip. Israel, Hamas ignore U.N. call for cease-fire http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845555.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845555.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:29 EST Israel and Hamas leaders rebuffed U.N. calls for an immediate halt to the fighting in Gaza on Friday, all but ensuring that the war will go into its third week despite the rising death toll among civilians. Animal charity drops case vs. Prince Edward http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845501.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845501.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:59 EST An animal charity says it won't seek the prosecution of Prince Edward over allegations he beat his dog while out shooting. Winnie-the-Pooh to return in authorized sequel http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845482.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845482.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:44 EST The world's favorite "silly old bear" is back. Zimbabwe economic collapse challenges aid workers http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845466.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/845466.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:39 EST Aid agencies fighting cholera in Zimbabwe say they are working well with a government that once viewed them with suspicion, but they still face challenges because of the country's economic collapse.