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  1. Giant domino pieces installed along a stretch of the Berlin Wall's original path are seen at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. (AP Photo/Wolfgang Rattay, pool)
    Thousands cheer 20 years since fall of Berlin Wall AP - Mon Nov 9, 9:30 PM ETSent 449 times

    BERLIN - Ulrich Sauff and his wife stared at the mammoth domino pieces marking the path where the Berlin Wall once stood and reminisced about life in the barrier's shadow.

  2. Gay men kiss in Nairobi. Kenya is to conduct a study among homosexuals and use the findings to help control the spread of HIV/AIDS in the east African country, where homosexuality is illegal.(AFP/File/Tony Karumba)
    In Fight Against AIDS, Kenya Confronts Gay Taboo Time.com - Sun Nov 8, 9:20 AM ETSent 292 times

    Kenya launches an unprecedented campaign to survey the country's gay population about their sexual behaviors -- taking on a subject long met with hostility in the country.

  3. West Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall as they watch East German border guards demolishing a section to open a new crossing point between East and West Berlin in November 1989. Tens of thousands of people have thronged the route of the Berlin Wall for emotional celebrations to mark 20 years since its fall, but Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany still bears the scars of division.(AFP/File/Gerard Malie)
    Why the Berlin Wall Came Down: Reagan's Role, Diplomacy Time.com - Mon Nov 9, 2:15 PM ETSent 264 times

    'Tear Down This Wall': Reagan's Speech That Ended the Cold War

  4. New fair targets France's 260,000 annual divorces AP - Sun Nov 8, 3:55 PM ETSent 223 times

    PARIS - The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital's first divorce fair.

  5. This Monday Nov. 9, 2009 satellite image provided by NOAA and annotated by the source shows Tropical Storm Ida moving north in the Gulf of Mexico. Squalls ahead of a rare late-season tropical storm blew in heavy rain late Monday to parts of the Gulf Coast where residents hunkered down at home and in shelters anticipating high winds and flooding. (AP Photo/NOAA)
    Gulf Coast residents stay put ahead of Ida AP - 57 minutes agoSent 197 times

    GULF SHORES, Ala. - Weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents refused to retreat from a steadily weakening rare late-season tropical storm that crept toward shore Tuesday, bringing heavy rain, stiff winds and some flooding.

  6. Tourists visit the remains of the Berlin Wall at the eve of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
    Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling AP - Sun Nov 8, 5:19 PM ETSent 165 times

    BERLIN - With concerts and memorials on Monday, Germans will celebrate the day the Berlin Wall came crashing down 20 years ago.

  7. FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, July 7, 2009, Uighur women grab a police officer as they protest in front of journalists visiting the area in Urumqi, China. Nine Uighurs have been executed for taking part in ethnic rioting that left nearly 200 people dead in July, the first suspects put to death in the unrest, the official China News Service reported Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
    9 executed over China's deadly ethnic riots AP - Mon Nov 9, 12:54 PM ETSent 160 times

    BEIJING - China has executed nine men, including eight from the Muslim Uighur minority, for crimes committed during July riots that killed 200 people in far western Xinjiang region. The men are the first to be put to death for the country's worst ethnic violence in decades.

  8. FILE - This undated file photo, released by freethehikers.org, Aug. 20, 2009, shows Americans Shane Bauer, left, and Sarah Shourd. Iranian state news agency IRNA said Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 that Iran has charged Bauer, Shourd and Josh Fattal with espionage. (AP Photo/freethehikers.org, File) NO SALES
    Iran accuses 3 detained Americans of espionage AP - Mon Nov 9, 9:30 PM ETSent 145 times

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran accused three detained Americans of spying Monday, signaling Tehran intends to put them on trial. It drew a sharp U.S. response that the charges are baseless because the hikers strayed across the border from Iraq.

  9. In this image released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez waves to supporters in Acarigua, Venezuela, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Chavez ordered Venezuela's military on Sunday to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying the country's soldiers should be ready if the US attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)
    Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia AP - Sun Nov 8, 8:48 PM ETSent 136 times

    CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela's military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors.

  10. In this photo taken on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, student Geisy Arruda poses at her home in Sao Paulo wearing the same dress that she was expelled for wearing on campus at Bandeirante University in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. The Brazilian government sought an explanation Monday from the private university that expelled Arruda for wearing the dress to class. (AP Photo/Leticia Moreira/ Folha Imagem)
    Brazil college backs down on mini-dress expulsion AP - 2 hours, 53 minutes agoSent 119 times

    SAO PAULO - A woman expelled for wearing a mini-dress that caused a near riot at a Brazilian college and made her an Internet sensation said all she wants is to go back to school. Well, she got her way.

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  1. FILE - In this June 15, 2009 photo, South Korean Navy patrol boats engage in an exercise in the West Sea, South Korea. Navy ships of the two Koreas exchanged fire Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, along their disputed western sea border, a South Korean military officer said. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Shin Young-gun, File)
    Navies of 2 Koreas exchange fire AP - 48 minutes ago

    SEOUL, South Korea - The two Koreas briefly exchanged naval fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, with a North Korean ship suffering heavy damage before retreating, South Korean military officials said.

  2. An Iranian woman walks past an anti-US mural painted on the wall of the former US embassy in Tehran. Iran said on Tuesday that three arrested American hikers committed the crime of entering the country illegally, even as they are also reported to be facing other possible charges.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)
    Iran accuses 3 detained Americans of espionage AP - Mon Nov 9, 9:30 PM ET

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran accused three detained Americans of spying Monday, signaling Tehran intends to put them on trial. It drew a sharp U.S. response that the charges are baseless because the hikers strayed across the border from Iraq.

  3. US President Barack Obama makes a surprise video address during celebrations in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on November 9. Obama's message provided the icing on the cake to celebrations marking 20 years since the fall of the iconic separation barrier sounded the death knell for communism in Europe.(AFP/John Macdougall)
    Why the Berlin Wall Came Down: Reagan's Role, Diplomacy Time.com - Mon Nov 9, 2:15 PM ET

    'Tear Down This Wall': Reagan's Speech That Ended the Cold War

  4. Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri speaks after announcing the new cabinet at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, November 9, 2009. REUTERS/ Mohamed Azakir
    Lebanon's Hariri forms unity government with Hezbollah Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 5:36 PM ET

    BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri formed a new unity government on Monday that includes two ministers from Syrian- and Iranian-backed Hezbollah.

  5. Two, blue overalls, of the seven suspected Somali pirates are guarded by Kenyan security officers as they arrived at the port's police station in Mombasa, Kenya, Monday Nov. 9, 2009. The seven suspected pirates arrived at the port of Mombasa on board a German frigate MV Karlsruhe after they were arrested in Indian Ocean waters as they attempted to hijack a French fishing vessel. EU Naval Force said that seven pirates its forces arrested after an attack late last month on a French fishing vessel had been transferred to Kenyan authority for prosecution 'in accordance with the agreement between the EU and Kenya. (AP Photo)
    Somali pirates hit oil tanker in long-range attack AP - Mon Nov 9, 1:19 PM ET

    NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali pirates attacked an oil tanker and fired automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades Monday farther out at sea than any previous assault, suggesting that pirate capabilities are growing as they increase activity off East Africa.

  6. 9 executed over China's deadly ethnic riots AP - Mon Nov 9, 12:54 PM ET

    BEIJING - China has executed nine men, including eight from the Muslim Uighur minority, for crimes committed during July riots that killed 200 people in far western Xinjiang region. The men are the first to be put to death for the country's worst ethnic violence in decades.

  7. Kirarmat, center, who asked to go by his nickname because he fears Taliban retaliation for cooperating with NATO, is debriefed at the Rocco combat outpost in the Uzbeen valley, Surobi district, some 50 kms northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Kirarmat, who brought parts of a Taliban 82mm mortar, gets no pay for the help he gives, at considerable risk. He reached out to NATO forces after receiving a letter from the French. A relative of his working for the government had just been killed by insurgents at a voting bureau during the Afghan presidential election in August.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
    French make slow gains in contested Afghan valley AP - Mon Nov 9, 1:12 PM ET

    COMBAT OUTPOST ROCCO, Afghanistan - Shortly before nightfall, an Afghan farmer slipped into this NATO outpost with a bag of ammunition and gear he'd collected from nearby Taliban positions. It turned out not to be much: pieces of 82-millimeter mortar guns and some combat food rations.

  8. FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2009 file photo, workers weld pipes during a connection ceremony for a new pipeline between Minsk, Vilniaus, Kaunas and Kaliningrad at Lithuanian Northwest Sakiai, about 200km northwest of Vilnius, Lithuania. Russia's Gazprom saw its earnings halved in the first six months of the year due to lower natural gas prices and sinking demand in Europe, while overall debt jumped nearly a third, the company reported Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (AP photo/Liusjenas Kulbis, file)
    Oil falls below $79 as Ida drops to tropical storm AP - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago

    SINGAPORE - Oil prices fell below $79 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as a storm threatening oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico weakened and investors eyed a volatile dollar.

  9. German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin during the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. World leaders joined more than 100,000 revellers Monday for emotional celebrations 20 years after the Berlin Wall's fall and called for a new transatlantic push against threats to global peace.(AFP/DDP/Michael Kappeler)
    Thousands cheer 20 years since fall of Berlin Wall AP - Mon Nov 9, 9:30 PM ET

    BERLIN - Ulrich Sauff and his wife stared at the mammoth domino pieces marking the path where the Berlin Wall once stood and reminisced about life in the barrier's shadow.

  10. Landslide kills 39 in southern India AP - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago

    NEW DELHI - A landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 39 people, an official said Tuesday.

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  1. L-R: Chris Rapp, Sarah Shourd's brother, Shannon Bauer, Shane Bauer's sister, and Alex Fattal, Joshua Fattal's brother give an interview in New York in August 2009. Iran charged three Americans it captured in July near the border with Iraq with espionage on Monday, prompting Washington to demand the release of what it says are innocent hikers.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)
    Iran accuses 3 detained Americans of espionage AP - Mon Nov 9, 9:30 PM ET

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran accused three detained Americans of spying Monday, signaling Tehran intends to put them on trial. It drew a sharp U.S. response that the charges are baseless because the hikers strayed across the border from Iraq.

  2. 9 executed over China's deadly ethnic riots AP - Mon Nov 9, 12:54 PM ET

    BEIJING - China has executed nine men, including eight from the Muslim Uighur minority, for crimes committed during July riots that killed 200 people in far western Xinjiang region. The men are the first to be put to death for the country's worst ethnic violence in decades.

  3. Interactive graphic on the Berlin Wall which was, for 28 years until its fall 20 years ago on November 9, 1989, the symbol of a Cold War which split the world politically into East and West.(AFP iactiv)
    Why the Berlin Wall Came Down: Reagan's Role, Diplomacy Time.com - Mon Nov 9, 2:15 PM ET

    'Tear Down This Wall': Reagan's Speech That Ended the Cold War

  4. Some of the seven suspected Somali pirates are guarded by Kenyan security officers as they arrived at the port's police station in Mombasa, Kenya, Monday Nov. 9, 2009. The seven suspected pirates arrived at the port of Mombasa on board a German frigate MV Karlsruhe after they were arrested in Indian Ocean waters as they attempted to hijack a French fishing vessel. EU Naval Force said that seven pirates its forces arrested after an attack late last month on a French fishing vessel had been transferred to Kenyan authority for prosecution 'in accordance with the agreement between the EU and Kenya. (AP Photo)
    Somali pirates hit oil tanker in long-range attack AP - Mon Nov 9, 1:19 PM ET

    NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali pirates attacked an oil tanker and fired automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades Monday farther out at sea than any previous assault, suggesting that pirate capabilities are growing as they increase activity off East Africa.

  5. Navies of 2 Koreas exchange fire AP - 48 minutes ago

    SEOUL, South Korea - The two Koreas briefly exchanged naval fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, with a North Korean ship suffering heavy damage before retreating, South Korean military officials said.

  6. Map showing the border region between Iraq and Iran where three US hikers were captured by Iranian authorities in July after straying across the border from Iraqi Kurdistan.(AFP graphic/Martin Megino/Gal/Js)
    Iran still wants nuke talks with world powers AP - Mon Nov 9, 10:03 AM ET

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran still wants talks with world powers over fuel supplies to a Tehran nuclear reactor — despite the country's apparent rejection of a U.N. plan to curb Iran's enriched uranium stockpile.

  7. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a news conference at the foreign ministry in Berlin November 9, 2009, during day-long celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. REUTERS/Christian Charisius
    Thousands cheer 20 years since fall of Berlin Wall AP - Mon Nov 9, 9:30 PM ET

    BERLIN - Ulrich Sauff and his wife stared at the mammoth domino pieces marking the path where the Berlin Wall once stood and reminisced about life in the barrier's shadow.

  8. A resident walks through strong rain and wind as Tropical Storm Ida approaches, in Gulfport, Mississippi, November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
    Weaker Ida soaks U.S. Gulf Coast, hits oil supply Reuters - 47 minutes ago

    MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - A weakening Tropical Storm Ida brought drenching rain to the U.S. Gulf Coast as it slowly approached shore on Tuesday after shutting down almost 30 percent of Gulf energy production.

  9. A school boy joins hundreds of Palestinians gathering in the West Bank city of Ramallah to express support for president Mahmud Abbas (portrait), days after he said he would not seek re-election in January. Abbas said on Monday he was "very close" to reaching a peace agreement with Israel before a new right-wing government assumed power at the end of March.(AFP/Abbas Momani)
    Abbas says was 'very close' to peace agreement with Israel AFP - Mon Nov 9, 1:04 PM ET

    RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Monday he was "very close" to reaching a peace agreement with Israel before a new right-wing government assumed power at the end of March.

  10. FILE - A worker fixes the display of Kraft Food's Oreo cookies at a Market in Palo Alto, Calif., in this file photo dated Monday, July 28, 2008. Shares in British chocolate maker Cadbury PLC edged higher on Monday Nov. 9, 2009, as a deadline loomed for Kraft Foods Inc. to make a formal takeover offer for the candy maker, or under British takeover rules Kraft will be prohibited from making a new offer for six months. Cadbury has already spurned a $16.7 billion cash-and-stock offer from Kraft. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, FILE)
    Cadbury rejects Kraft bid AP - Mon Nov 9, 11:02 AM ET

    LONDON - British candy maker Cadbury PLC rejected a renewed 9.8 billion pound ($16.4 billion) hostile bid from Kraft Foods Inc. on Monday after the U.S. company refused to sweeten a previous offer.

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