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AP International NewsBrief at 8:35 a.m. EDT
(Associated Press Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Car bomb kills 91 in Pakistani city of PeshawarPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) _ A car bomb tore through a busy market in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 91 people as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited the country and pledged American support for its campaign against Islamist militants. More than 200 people were wounded in the blast in the main northwestern city of Peshawar, the deadliest in a surge of attacks this month. The government blamed militants seeking to avenge an army offensive launched this month against al-Qaida and Taliban in their stronghold close to the Afghan border.
Gunmen storm UN guest house in Kabul, 12 deadKABUL (AP) _ Taliban militants wearing suicide vests and police uniforms stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff in the heart of the Afghan capital early Wednesday, killing 12 people _ including six U.N. staff. It was the biggest in a series of attacks intended to undermine next month's presidential runoff election. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the early morning assaults, which also included rocket attacks at the presidential palace and the city's main luxury hotel.
Nazi hit man charged with 3 murders goes on trialAACHEN, Germany (AP) _ An 88-year-old former member of the Waffen SS went on trial Wednesday on three counts of murder for the wartime killings of three civilians in the Netherlands. Heinrich Boere admitted to the three killings to Dutch authorities when he was in captivity after the war but has managed to avoid prosecution for decades _ first escaping from the Netherlands before he could be brought to trial, then successfully eluding the courts in Germany.
AP Top Business News At 8:35 a.m. EDT^Insurer WellPoint's 3Q profit falls 11 percent NAME:V6448, SLUG:1310 AP-US-Earns-WellPoint,0267
European earns weigh on stocks; US seen lower NAME:V6578, SLUG:AP-World-Markets,0675^Volvo Cars says China's Geely preferred bidder NAME:V6439, SLUG:1310 AP-EU-Sweden-Geely-Volvo,0109
International Paper's 3Q profit slips NAME:V6508, SLUG:1310 AP-US-Earns-International-Paper,0094^Stocks appear headed for slide NAME:V6518, SLUG:1320 AP-US-Wall-Street,0667
FAA grounds wayward Northwest Airlines pilots NAME:V6402, SLUG:1155 AP-US-Northwest-Flight-Overflown,0583^Nomura in the black for second straight quarter NAME:V6355, SLUG:1310 AP-AS-Japan-Earns-Nomura,0349
European earns weigh on stocks; US seen lowerLONDON (AP) _ European stocks dropped Wednesday, weighed down by earnings reports from companies including German business software maker SAP, which cut its sales forecast. Wall Street was set to open lower. In early afternoon trading in Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 fell 1.5 percent to 5,122.80, Germany's DAX shed 1.5 percent to 5,553.20 and France's CAC 40 lost 1.4 percent at 3,691.
US man convicted of scuba death of wife in BVITORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (AP) _ A U.S. man faces life in a sweltering Caribbean prison after a jury convicted him of drowning his wife during a scuba-diving trip a decade ago in what prosecutors called a near perfect murder. When dive shop owner David Swain was led out of a British Virgin Islands court and into an armored car Tuesday evening _ his sallow face lit by camera flashes _ it closed a chapter in a mystery that began in March 1999 when his wife's body was found floating in the turquoise waters off the British Virgin Islands.
China struggles to identify rescued kidnap victimsBEIJING (AP) _ Police in China have created a Web site with photos of 60 rescued kidnap victims, mostly boys and many of them infants, in a bid to track down their families. The Ministry of Public Security's "Babies Looking for Home" Web site is part of a nationwide crackdown on widespread trafficking of women and children. State media have reported hundreds of rescues and arrests since the campaign began in April, but the new site shows that at least 60 children have yet to be reunited with their families.
Merkel re-elected, sworn in as German chancellorBERLIN (AP) _ Angela Merkel was sworn in Wednesday for a second term as German chancellor, a month after her party won national elections. Merkel, 55, will serve as chancellor of a center-right government coalition of her Christian Democratic Party, its Bavaria-only sister party the Christian Social Union, and the pro-business Free Democrats.
Insurgent mortars again target Somali presidentMOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) _ A medical official in Somalia says five people have been killed in fighting after insurgents sent mortars toward the airport as the president was arriving. Ali Musa, the head of the Mogadishu ambulance service, says 11 others were wounded in the battles Wednesday.
Yemen seizes boat off coast, arrests 5 IraniansSAN'A, Yemen (AP) _ Yemeni coast guards have seized a boat they say illegally entered the country's territorial waters and arrested five Iranians on board, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. Local media have reported the boat captured on Monday was Iranian and suspected of smuggling arms to Shiite rebels battling government troops in Yemen's northern Saada province.
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