AFP - Girija Prasad Koirala, the former prime minister who brokered Nepal's peace agreement and led a protest movement against his country's autocratic king, died Saturday aged 85.
Reuters - Thousands of Russians rallied against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's government on Saturday in a string of protests fueled by sharp falls in living standards since the economic crisis hit.
AP - Pope Benedict XVI has rebuked Irish bishops for "grave errors of judgment" in handling clerical sex abuse and ordered a Vatican investigation into the Irish church to wipe out the scourge.
AP - A counterterrorism official says police have arrested three Taliban militants and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi.
AFP - Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Mahmudullah hit contrasting half-centuries to help Bangladesh reach 250-5 at tea on the opening day of the second and final Test against England on Saturday.
AFP - Tamim Iqbal hammered a rapid fire 85 before England struck back with two quick wickets in the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Saturday.
AP - In a fresh appeal directly to the Iranian people, President Barack Obama says in an online video that the United States wants more educational and cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
AFP - Team New Zealand took the early honours in the final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy yachting regatta on Saturday, winning the opening race against Italians Mascalzone Latino by 12 seconds.
AP - A three-day strike by British Airways cabin crew affecting thousands of travelers began Saturday after last-ditch talks between the airline's management and union leaders collapsed.
AFP - British and Italian doctors have carried out groundbreaking surgery to rebuild the windpipe of a 10-year-old British boy using stem cells developed within his own body, they said.
AP - China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country's north, delaying some flights at Beijing's international airport and prompting South Korean weather officials to issue a dust warning for Seoul.
AFP - The trial of four Rio Tinto employees next week will be widely watched as a test of whether China is willing to honour committments to foreign investors and be a responsible member of the world community.
AFP - Five people identified as ETA suspects in a surveillance video released in France and Spain are in fact firemen from Spain's Catalonia region who were on holiday, Spanish media said Saturday.
AP - Protesters in more than 1,000 vehicles set off Saturday for a daylong caravan through the streets of the Thai capital, hoping to enlist residents in their "class war" against the government.
AP - A shootout in the northern city of Monterrey killed two suspected drug cartel gunmen and wounded a soldier Friday. Suspected gang members also blocked roads leading out of the city for the second day, in a bold attempt to impede security patrols.
AFP - Thousands of British Airways (BA) cabin crew began a three-day strike on Saturday after last-ditch talks on a dispute over pay and conditions collapsed, leaving thousands of travellers facing chaos.
AFP - The United States condemned Ethiopia's blocking of Voice of America broadcasts, calling the country's accusations of the US radio service "baseless and inflammatory."
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