IRAQ: TWO US SOLDIERS KIDNAPPED; 17 BODIES FOUND IN BAGHDAD - 'Give us back our troops'
BAGHDAD (AP): AN IRAQI farmer said yesterday that he saw seven heavily armed gunmen capture two American soldiers during an attack on a road checkpoint south of Baghdad, while United States troops search for their comrades for a second day.
HONDURAS: US visa suspension
TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS (AP): President Manuel Zelaya yesterday said the United States' move to indefinitely suspend appointments for Hondurans to request U.S. visas was "unjust, rude and arbitrary."
SPAIN: Catalans in control
BARCELONA, SPAIN (AP):The wealthy semiautonomous Catalonia region gained sweeping new powers to run its affairs yesterday, as voters approved a blueprint that has inflamed passions around Spain and drawn warnings that the central government could end...
SURINAME: Drug, ammo ring busted
PARAMARIBO (AP): AUTHORITIES IN Suriname have broken up a criminal network that smuggled arms, ammunition and cocaine from Colombia to Europe and the United States, an official said yesterday.
UNITED STATES: Woman chosen to lead Episcopal Church
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters): THE UNITED States Episcopal Church chose Bishop Katharine Schori yesterday as the first woman leader of the 2.3 million-member denomination, a vote likely to produce more controversy in a group already divided...
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