Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap-world-news.html en-en Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:25:00 +0800 5 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap-world-news.html http://sg.yimg.com/i/sg/mastheads/ma_nws_1.gif 30 140 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080719/twl-us-iraq-ef375f8.html /ap/20080719/r_t_ap_wl_us/twl-us-iraq-ef375f8 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:25:00 +0800 President Bush has agreed to set a "general time horizon" for deeper U.S. troop cuts in Iraq, the White House said Friday, a dramatic shift from his once-ironclad unwillingness to talk about any kind of deadlines or timetables. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080719/twl-south-africa-mandela-s-90th-1be00ca.html /ap/20080719/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-south-africa-mandela-s-90th-1be00ca Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:20:00 +0800 Nelson Mandela sat beaming in a yellow armchair, his legs propped up on a large stool and covered with a pale yellow blanket. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080719/twl-arabs-sudan-dilemma-1be00ca.html /ap/20080719/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-arabs-sudan-dilemma-1be00ca_2 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:24:00 +0800 Arab foreign ministers are expected to discuss a proposal Saturday calling on Sudan's president to hand over two Darfur war crimes suspects to an international tribunal in an effort to fend off the longtime leader's own prosecution on genocide charges, Arab diplomats said. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080719/twl-cambodia-temple-dispute-1be00ca.html /ap/20080719/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-cambodia-temple-dispute-1be00ca_1 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:17:00 +0800 A Cambodian general said Friday that his troops and Thai soldiers engaged in a tense armed confrontation when Cambodian monks sought to celebrate Buddhist lent near a temple in a disputed border area. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080719/twl-saudi-interfaith-conference-1be00ca.html /ap/20080719/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-saudi-interfaith-conference-1be00ca_1 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:55:00 +0800 Saudi Arabia won praise Friday for taking a leading role in an interfaith conference, with participants saying it was another sign the conservative Muslim kingdom is opening up. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080719/twl-chavez-s-oil-new-hampshire-1be00ca.html /ap/20080719/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-chavez-s-oil-new-hampshire-1be00ca_1 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:47:00 +0800 Two years ago, New Hampshire refused to accept heating oil from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the pro-Castro U.S. critic who once called President Bush "the devil." But with fuel prices rising, well, free oil is free oil. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080719/twl-spain-nazi-guards-1be00ca.html /ap/20080719/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-spain-nazi-guards-1be00ca_1 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:34:00 +0800 Spain's National Court agreed Friday to review evidence in a lawsuit filed against four alleged former Nazi concentration camp guards. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080719/twl-italy-fingerprinting-gypsies-1be00ca.html /ap/20080719/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-italy-fingerprinting-gypsies-1be00ca_1 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:27:00 +0800 City officials and Italian Red Cross workers began a census of Rome's Gypsy population but said Friday that they will not participate in a national push to fingerprint all Gypsies unless they encounter someone suspected of a crime. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080719/twl-apnewsalert-1be00ca.html /ap/20080719/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-apnewsalert-1be00ca_1 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:13:00 +0800 PARIS (AP) _ French group Action Against Hunger says 2 workers kidnapped in Afghanistan AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080719/twl-drug-bandits-torture-1be00ca.html /ap/20080719/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-drug-bandits-torture-1be00ca_1 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:02:00 +0800 They bound their victims with duct tape, beat them and held guns to their heads. AP