USA

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World

Bush OKs $48 billion for AIDS as famine looms

Critics decry slashing of agricultural aid as US tries to balance competing foreign relief priorities.

Kenya's students vent frustration by attacking schools

Observers say students are reacting to outbreaks of violence that followed last year's controversial presidential elections.

Dress for (Olympic) success

China crimps commerce for Beijing Games

Factories have been shut down, and foreign buyers restricted.

Why security is tighter in Beijing

Measures include checkpoints around the city and missiles by the Olympic stadium.

Indian weavers sidelined by market forces

As traditional handmade saris go out of fashion, their makers resort to unskilled labor to make ends meet.

Kremlin corporate crackdown sends markets tumbling

JP Morgan Chase & Co. downgrades Russian stocks as government looks set to nationalize private steel and oil companies.

Will Karadzic's genocide trial redeem The Hague?

The Bosnian Serb leader's arrival at the UN war crimes court offers it a second chance after the inconclusive trial of Slobodan Milosevic.

Olmert to resign as Israeli prime minister

Ehud Olmert's announcement on Wednesday night to cede leadership in September could spur a party shake-up and a shakier peace process.

Kashmir border skirmishes raise India-Pakistan tensions

Pakistani forces allegedly shelled an Indian military post Wednesday, prompting renewed emphasis on peace talks.

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World

USA

Zimbabwe crisis talks adjourn amid rumors of a breakdown

Lead mediator and South African President Thabo Mbeki, however, insisted Tuesday that the talks were going well.

Iraqi athletes win last-minute entrance to Games