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  1. An obstetrician at work in an operating theatre. A 61-year-old woman in central Japan has given birth to a surrogate child for her daughter, an obstetrician has said.(AFP/File/Didier Pallages)
    61-year-old woman gives birth in Japan AP - Thu Aug 21, 7:08 AM ET Sent 164 times

    TOKYO - A 61-year-old Japanese woman gave birth to her own grandchild, using an egg donated by her daughter, a clinic said Thursday.

  2. This photograph taken in July 2008 from a camera trap shows a leopard in Sebangau National Park in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province. According to British zoologist Susan Cheyne, a new population of rare leopard has been found living in thick forests on the Indonesian half of Borneo island.(AFP/HO/Susan Cheyne)
    Rare leopards found in Borneo forest: researcher AFP - Thu Aug 21, 5:53 AM ET Sent 161 times

    JAKARTA (AFP) - A new population of rare leopard has been found living in thick forests on the Indonesian half of Borneo island, a researcher said Thursday.

  3. A suspected pirate looks over the edge of a skiff while off the coast of Somalia in 2006. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said three ships were hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast in an unprecedented series of attacks.(AFP/US NAVY/File/Daniel Sanford)
    Three ships hijacked by pirates off Somalia: IMB AFP - Thu Aug 21, 11:59 AM ET Sent 85 times

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Three ships -- German, Iranian and Japanese -- were hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast Thursday in an unprecedented series of attacks, a maritime watchdog said.

  4. Mexico outraged over corrupt police, kidnappings AP - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago Sent 85 times

    MEXICO CITY - After kidnappers in police uniforms set up a fake checkpoint to snatch 14-year-old Fernando Marti off a Mexico City street, his businessman father paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom, and waited for his son's safe return.

  5. Relatives of victims of the Barajas airport crash prepare to leave for Madrid's IFEMA fairgrounds where the remains of the dead are being kept, August 21, 2008. A Spanish jet heading for the Canary Islands crashed on takeoff and burst into flames at Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing 153 of the people on board, the government said. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN)
    25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain AP - Thu Aug 21, 11:39 AM ET Sent 83 times

    MADRID, Spain - The jetliner that crashed in Madrid abandoned a first takeoff attempt because of an air gauge that showed overheating, but experts said it was unlikely the gauge was a factor in the accident that killed 153 people.

  6. In this handout photo released by NSW Parks and Wildlife, a lost humpback whale calf swims around the Pittwater, north of Sydney Harbour Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008. The 1- to 2-month-old calf was first sighted Sunday in waters off north Sydney, and on Monday tried to suckle from a yacht, which it would not leave. (AP Photo/NSW Parks and Wildlife)
    Australian officials to euthanize baby whale AP - Thu Aug 21, 9:58 AM ET Sent 44 times

    SYDNEY, Australia - Officials who had planned to euthanize an injured and abandoned baby whale postponed the operation Thursday night after being unable to find the animal in the dark waters off north Sydney.

  7. Pakistani army officials gather at the site of suicide bombing site at the gate of Pakistan's ordinance factory in Wah, a garrison city about 35 kilometers (20 miles) west of the capital Islamabad, Pakistan , Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates of Pakistan's main weapons complex Thursday, killing 50 people and wounding 70, officials said. (AP Photo)
    Blasts near Pakistan arms plant kill 59 Reuters - Thu Aug 21, 9:46 AM ET Sent 32 times

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan's main defence industry complex on Thursday as workers were leaving at the end of their shift, killing 59 people, officials said.

  8. Russian soldiers take position at the edge of the Black Sea port city of Poti, western Georgia, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Russian forces took up positions Thursday at the entrance to Georgia's main Black Sea port city, excavating trenches and setting up mortars facing the city despite Russia's promise to pull back troops from Georgia. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
    Russia blocks Georgia's main port city AP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago Sent 25 times

    POTI, Georgia - Russian forces dug trenches and built fortifications in key areas of Georgia Thursday, but also rolled columns of tanks north toward home, picking and choosing how their nation would comply with the terms of a peace accord.

  9. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski (R) exchange documents after signing a deal on basing an American missile shield in Poland, in Warsaw. The United States has ruled out the use of US military force in Georgia, but the Pentagon will almost certainly be looking for other chess pieces to move to check a more aggressive Russia, analysts say.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)
    US, Poland OK missile defense base, riling Moscow AP - Wed Aug 20, 6:09 PM ET Sent 17 times

    WARSAW, Poland - The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia — a move followed swiftly by a new warning from Moscow of a possible military response.

  10. Pakistani security officials examine the site of suicide bombing at a gate of Pakistan's ordinance factory in Wah, a garrison city about 35 kilometers (20 miles) west of the capital Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Twin suicide bombings at a massive weapons factory near Pakistan's capital left at least 46 people dead Thursday, dashing hopes for an end to turmoil following Pervez Musharraf's ouster as president. (AP Photo)
    Suicide bombers kill 59 at Pakistani arms factory AP - 14 minutes ago Sent 15 times

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Suicide bombers killed 59 people at an arms factory Thursday in one of Pakistan's deadliest terror attacks, adding to turmoil from political squabbling that is threatening to tear apart the ruling coalition now that Pervez Musharraf has quit as president.

  11. Red Cross gets radio threats in Mexico border city AP - Thu Aug 21, 2:19 AM ET Sent 11 times

    CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Red Cross workers stopped treating gunshot victims for several hours in a violent city across the border from Texas after receiving death threats over their radio frequencies, officials said Wednesday.

  12. Coffins of French soldiers killed in Afghanistan are carried during a funeral ceremony at Les Invalides, in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. 10 French soldiers were killed and 21 injured in a fierce Taliban ambush and firefight in mountains about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Kabul on Monday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)
    30 militants die in Afghan battle near ambush site AP - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago Sent 9 times

    KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S.-led coalition said Thursday it had killed more than 30 insurgents in a battle in eastern Afghanistan, fighters an Afghan governor said were responsible for an attack that killed 10 French troops this week. Officials announced the deaths of six NATO soldiers in two attacks.

  13. A plain clothed security official, bottom, grabs a Tibetan flag from three pro-Tibet activists as they gesture in protest opposite the National Stadium, where the Olympic athletics competition had just finished, Beijing, early Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Swarms of plainclothes police took away four foreign activists protesting Chinese rule over Tibet - the latest in a series of such demonstrations during the Olympics. (AP Photo)
    Police detain more foreign activists in Beijing AP - Thu Aug 21, 5:25 AM ET Sent 9 times

    BEIJING - Swarms of plainclothes police took away four foreign activists who tried to unfurl a Tibetan flag outside the main Olympics venue on Thursday, squelching the latest attempt to demonstrate during the Beijing Games.

  14. People take part in a rally in Tskhinvali, the main city of breakaway South Ossetia August 21, 2008. (Denis Sinyakov/Reuters)
    U.S. demands Russia leave Georgia "now" Reuters - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago Sent 8 times

    SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Washington demanded on Friday that Russia pull its troops out of Georgia "now," but Moscow said it would be another 10 days before the bulk of its force left Georgian soil.

  15. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili visits a military unit in Tbilisi. NATO-Russia relations plunged to their lowest point in years Tuesday over the conflict in Georgia and Russia's failure to withdraw from the former Soviet republic.(AFP/Pool/Irakli Gedenidze)
    Norway: Russia to cut all military ties with NATO AP - Wed Aug 20, 6:10 PM ET Sent 8 times

    OSLO, Norway - Russia has informed Norway that it plans to suspend all military ties with NATO, Norway's Defense Ministry said Wednesday, a day after the military alliance urged Moscow to withdraw its forces from Georgia.

  16. A Russian APC heads a convoy leaving the key port of Poti, in Western Georgia, after conducting an operation there. The White House on Thursday demanded that Moscow withdraw its forces "now" from Georgia and warned there can be no Russia-NATO military cooperation until the volatile crisis is over.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)
    NATO: Russia halts military cooperation AP - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago Sent 7 times

    BRUSSELS, Belgium - Russia has halted all military cooperation with NATO, the Western alliance said Thursday, in the latest sign of East-West tension over the invasion of Georgia.

  17. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, speaks as Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni listens during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. Israel has approved the release of about 200 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to the Palestinian government. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Cabinet overwhelmingly passed the proposal at a meeting Sunday. (AP Photo/ Jim Hollander, Pool)
    Top Israeli candidate wants unity government AP - Thu Aug 21, 7:09 AM ET Sent 7 times

    JERUSALEM - The politician with perhaps the best chance to replace Israel's embattled prime minister on Thursday called for a unity government to pursue the creation of a Palestinian state living peacefully alongside Israel.

  18. ABC TV grab shows a baby humpback whale trying to suckle from a yacht near Sydney. Wildlife rangers said the whale will soon be killed to end its suffering.(AFP/HO/File)
    Lost baby whale to be killed in Australia AFP - Thu Aug 21, 8:15 AM ET Sent 6 times

    SYDNEY (AFP) - A lost baby whale which captured Australians' hearts as it tried to suckle from a yacht it thought could be its mother will soon be killed to end its suffering, wildlife rangers said Thursday.

  19. In this Aug. 8, 2008 file photo, Chinese martial arts students perform during the opening ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
    China's Olympic ceremony features sacrifices AP - Tue Aug 19, 12:55 PM ET Sent 6 times

    BEIJING - Martial arts student Cheng Jianghua only saw the army barracks he stayed in and the stadium where he performed at the spectacular Olympics opening ceremony. But his sacrifices were minor — other performers were injured, fainted from heatstroke or forced to wear adult diapers so the show could go on.

  20. Key U.S. Iraq strategy in danger of collapse McClatchy Newspapers - Wed Aug 20, 5:58 PM ET Sent 5 times

    BAGHDAD— A key pillar of the U.S. strategy to pacify Iraq is in danger of collapsing because the Iraqi government is failing to absorb tens of thousands of former Sunni Muslim insurgents who'd joined U.S.-allied militia groups into the country's security forces.

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