INDIA - Gov't demands 'strong action' from Pakistan
MUMBAI, India (AP): India demanded Pakistan take "strong action" against those behind the 60-hour siege that left at least 172 people dead, as new details emerged yesterday about the gunmen and the survival training that enabled them to thwart Indian...

USA - Palin campaigns in US Senate run-off
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP): Alaska Governor Sarah Palin implored Republicans to back Senator Saxby Chambliss in his hotly contested Senate run-off, telling a cheering crowd yesterday that the first step in rebuilding the Republican Party begins...

BRAZIL - Lula asks God to halt rains, proposes aid
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP):Brazil's president Luis Lula da Silva asked God to halt the devastating rains that have killed at least 114 people in a southern state and offered new plans yesterday to help tens of thousands of people rebuild ruined homes and...