http://www.whas11.com/news/world RSS Feed for WHAS - News - World en-us Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:03:06 GMT 2010-03-20T19:03:06Z en-us http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88729127.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Hundreds of tribesmen from Pakistan's semiautonomous regions near the Afghan border have ended a rare tribal council meeting with call for the army to crush the Taliban. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:03:02 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88729127.html 2010-03-20T19:03:02Z http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88724247.html REVELSTOKE, British Columbia (AP) — Rescue crews have resumed their search in British Columbia's mountainous backcountry for any more victims after the region's second deadly avalanche hit in less than a week, killing one snowmobiler. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:03:05 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88724247.html 2010-03-20T19:03:05Z http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88724242.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian medical officials say a Palestinian teenager was killed during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:03:04 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88724242.html 2010-03-20T19:03:04Z http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88723422.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (bahn kee-moon) says Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal and must be stopped. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:03:14 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88723422.html 2010-03-20T18:03:14Z http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88723417.html LOME, Togo (AP) — Thousands of opposition demonstrators have taken to the streets in the West African nation of Togo to protest presidential election results. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:03:06 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88723417.html 2010-03-20T19:03:06Z http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88720692.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A secular challenger to Iraq's prime minister has again edged ahead in parliamentary elections now that the vote count is nearly complete. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:03:18 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88720692.html 2010-03-20T15:03:18Z http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88719837.html ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Thousands of protesters are rallying in several cities across Russia to protest the government's economic policy and demand more political freedoms. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:32:39 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88719837.html 2010-03-20T14:32:39Z http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88719832.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI has rebuked Irish bishops for "grave errors of judgement" in handling clerical sex abuse and ordered a Vatican investigation into the Irish church. He makes no mention of any Vatican responsibility in the scandal. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:03:19 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88719832.html 2010-03-20T15:03:19Z http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88718967.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A counterterrorism official says police have arrested three Taliban militants and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:03:05 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88718967.html 2010-03-20T12:03:05Z http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88718257.html AIRLIE BEACH, Australia (AP) — The premier of Australia's Queensland state has declared parts of its coast a disaster zone as a tropical cyclone approaches. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:32:38 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/world/88718257.html 2010-03-20T10:32:38Z