British deaths raise questions about Afghan police
6:05PM CT
KABUL (AP) - The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and possible insurgent infiltration of a police force that the U.S. hopes will be its ticket out of Afghanistan someday.
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Israel: Commandos seize huge Iranian arms shipment
4:47PM CT
JERUSALEM (AP) - Open crates from a cargo ship seized Wednesday by Israel revealed dark green missiles inside. Containers from the vessel bore writing in English that said "I.R. Iranian Shipping Lines Group."
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Italian judge convicts 23 in CIA kidnap case
6:03PM CT
MILAN (AP) - An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the first legal convictions anywhere in the world against people involved in the CIA's extraordinary renditions program.
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Iran opposition protesters return to streets
6:04PM CT
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The contrasts were vivid: Pro-government supporters chanted "Death to America" and stomped on U.S. flags Wednesday while not far away, hundreds of opposition protesters denounced Iran's leaders and appealed to America's president to choose sides.
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US troops fight 4-hour battle at Afghan village
5:33PM CT
QATAR KALA, Afghanistan (AP) - The villagers said they just wanted to be left alone. They claimed they had asked the Taliban to stay away, and wished the Americans would do the same.
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Karzai opponent: Re-election was illegitimate
3:33PM CT
KABUL (AP) - The challenger in Afghanistan's recent election called President Hamid Karzai's victory illegal and his government a failure, saying Wednesday that the tainted administration would not be able to check corruption or fend off the Taliban.
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US officials visit isolated Myanmar, meet Suu Kyi
1:18PM CT
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The highest-ranking American diplomat to visit Myanmar in 14 years offered improved relations Wednesday if its military regime moves toward democracy, putting into action the Obama administration's new policy of engagement with the isolated country.
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Equatorial Guinea coup-plotter returns home to UK
1:30PM CT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - British mercenary Simon Mann has threatened to settle some old scores after arriving home Wednesday following more than five years in African jails for a failed plot to take over Equatorial Guinea's oil riches.
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IRA veterans aid NIreland dissidents, report says
8:53AM CT
DUBLIN (AP) - Irish Republican Army dissidents are posing their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province's peace accord 11 years ago — and are receiving help from a handful of IRA veterans in plotting gun and bomb attacks, an expert panel found Wednesday.
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