Copyright © 2008 Yahoo! Philippines Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://ph.news.yahoo.com/world.html en-en Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:15:00 +0800 5 http://ph.news.yahoo.com/world.html http://l.yimg.com/hb/i/ph/mastheads/210x47_ph_news.gif 30 140 http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080907/twl-canada-vote-aa7daef.html /afp/20080907/r_t_afp_wl_ca/twl-canada-vote-aa7daef_1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:15:00 +0800 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Sunday announced parliamentary elections, the third general election in just over four years, with the expected date October 14. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080907/twl-oukwd-uk-libya-usa-relations-d4a870c.html /rtrs/20080907/r_t_rtrs_wl_us/twl-oukwd-uk-libya-usa-relations-d4a870c_1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:41:06 +0800 By Sue Pleming Reuters http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080907/twl-us-russia-ef375f8.html /ap/20080907/r_t_ap_wl_us/twl-us-russia-ef375f8 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:40:00 +0800 Now is not the right time for the U.S. to move forward on a once-celebrated deal for civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080907/twl-croatia-slovakia-accident-road-6b0205e.html /afp/20080907/r_t_afp_wl_eu/twl-croatia-slovakia-accident-road-6b0205e_3 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:37:00 +0800 At least 13 people were killed and 30 injured in a horrific coach crash on a Croatian motorway Sunday, one of the worst on record in this former Yugoslav republic, which relies heavily on tourism. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080907/twl-mideast-conflict-israel-iran-us-7e07afd.html /afp/20080907/r_t_afp_wl_us/twl-mideast-conflict-israel-iran-us-7e07afd_1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:19:00 +0800 Israeli President Shimon Peres said Sunday he opposes a military strike on Iran and prefers the use of international economic sanctions to persuade Tehran to halt its nuclear enrichment programme. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080907/twl-nkorea-kim-health-0dd1e3e.html /afp/20080907/r_t_afp_wl_pk/twl-nkorea-kim-health-0dd1e3e Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:27:00 +0800 South Korea's spy agency Sunday denied a media report that the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il might be worsening. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080907/twl-britain-politics-prison-it-security-0ccf4b6.html /afp/20080907/r_t_afp_wl_uk/twl-britain-politics-prison-it-security-0ccf4b6_1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:06:00 +0800 An urgent inquiry was underway in Britain on Sunday after a disc containing the personal details of 5,000 justice staff went missing in yet another embarrassing data loss blunder. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080907/twl-cuba-us-hurricane-aid-ef375f8.html /ap/20080907/r_t_ap_wl_us/twl-cuba-us-hurricane-aid-ef375f8_1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:25:00 +0800 Cuba politely declined a U.S. offer to send a disaster assessment team to the island after Hurricane Gustav, saying Saturday it would rather Washington suspend restrictions on travel and the sale of food and other materials it needs to recover. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080907/twl-iraq-us-deaths-ef375f8.html /ap/20080907/r_t_ap_wl_us/twl-iraq-us-deaths-ef375f8_1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:10:00 +0800 As of Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, at least 4,155 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080906/twl-oukwd-uk-maghreb-usa-rice-d4a870c.html /rtrs/20080906/r_t_rtrs_wl_us/twl-oukwd-uk-maghreb-usa-rice-d4a870c_1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:57:54 +0800 By Sue Pleming Reuters