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AP International NewsBrief at 9:21 p.m. EDT
(AP Online Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Russia, China veto UN sanctions on Zimbabwe regimeUNITED NATIONS (AP) _ Russia and China vetoed U.S.-proposed sanctions on Zimbabwe's leaders Friday, the global community's latest attempt to take concrete action against a regime widely criticized for a violent and one-sided presidential election. Western powers mustered nine votes, the minimum needed to gain approval in the 15-nation council. But the resolution pushed by the Bush administration failed because of the action by two of the five veto-wielding permanent members.
AP: 'Lob bombs' biggest worry for US in BaghdadCAMP LIBERTY, Iraq (AP) _ U.S. forces may be close to unlocking the mystery of who is behind a deadly innovation in Iraqi insurgents' weapons, a "lob bomb" now being used in Baghdad to target U.S. and Iraqi combat outposts, a senior American general said Friday in an Associated Press interview. Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad, called the weapon "the greatest threat right now that we face," and he likened the shadowy group behind it to the American military's elite Delta Force.
Leaders of Venezuela, Colombia mend relationsPARAGUANA, Venezuela (AP) _ Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Colombia's Alvaro Uribe mended relations Friday after months of sniping that threatened trade and unleashed a diplomatic crisis between Latin America's top U.S. opponent and closest U.S. ally. Chavez, who just months ago called reconciliation impossible, said the talks allowed the two to "completely turn the page after the storm that passed."
Sudan president expected to face war crime chargesUNITED NATIONS (AP) _ The prosecutor of the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal will seek an arrest warrant Monday charging Sudan's president with crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur, a move U.N. diplomats warned could bring a backlash from Sudan's government. U.N. officials and diplomats said the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court would seek an indictment charging Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with orchestrating violence in Darfur that has left hundreds of thousands of people dead.
Gitmo abuse blamed for weight lossGUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) _ An Afghan prisoner suffered significant weight loss and other health problems when the military subjected him to two weeks of sleep deprivation at Guantanamo in 2004, his lawyer said Friday. Mohammed Jawad lost 10 percent of his body weight and told doctors he was urinating blood after guards subjected him to the sleep deprivation program, Air Force Maj. David Frakt, his Pentagon-appointed lawyer, said, citing records from the prison on a U.S. base in Cuba.
Tourist's killing clouds SKorean appeal to NorthSEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ A soldier fatally shot a South Korean tourist Friday at a resort in North Korea, prompting the South to suspend a high-profile tourism program just as the president was seeking to repair strained ties with his communist neighbor. The death of the 53-year-old woman, who the North said had ventured into a restricted military area during a pre-dawn stroll at a beach, followed a series of hostile North Korean moves against South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.
Britain urging return to wartime food frugalityLONDON (AP) _ Waste not, want not. Evoking an era of World War II austerity, British families are being urged to cut food waste and use leftovers in a nationwide effort to fight sharply rising global food prices.
Bertha heads toward Bermuda; tourists not worriedHAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) _ Hurricane Bertha was spinning over open water and headed toward Bermuda, but tourists didn't expect it to wreck their weekend on the idyllic Atlantic island. Surfers and swimmers remained in the water despite reports of stronger surf and rip currents along the southern coast.
Mexico military accused of abusesMEXICO CITY (AP) _ Mexico's Human Rights Commission said Friday that it has documented eight new cases of alleged abuse and torture by the nation's military. The cases include allegations that soldiers at the border tortured a migrant after mistakenly identifying him as a drug runner by shoving splinters of wood under his finger- and toenails.
Canadian model's murder raises questions in ChinaSHANGHAI, China (AP) _ In the two short weeks the 22-year-old Canadian model was in China, she found only disappointment, and then a violent death during a robbery. The seemingly random murder so soon before the Olympic Games has shocked a city that prides itself as China's most modern. It also raised questions about a freewheeling fashion scene that lures growing numbers of young foreigners _ who find some job requests require no posing for the camera.
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