Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP: Top InternationalGet the latest AP: Top International articles from seattlepi.com.3 US soldiers charged with murder in Iraq deaths- September 17, 2008 FRANKFURT, Germany -- The U.S. Army has charged three soldiers with murder for their role in the killing of Iraqis last year.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103ap_eu_iraq_soldiers_charged.html?source=rss Israeli ruling party choosing new leader- September 17, 2008 JERUSALEM -- Israel's popular foreign minister faced off against a former military chief on Wednesday in the leadership race for the ruling Kadima party - an election that could determine the country's next prime minister.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107ap_ml_israel_politics.html?source=rss 'Post-Olympic era' off to a rocky start in China- September 17, 2008 BEIJING -- The Olympic flame is out, the smog is back, and traffic again clogs the roads.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104ap_as_china_post_olympic_era.html?source=rss 6,200 Chinese babies ill, 3 die from tainted milk- September 17, 2008 BEIJING -- The government was dispatching thousands of inspectors to monitor producers as officials reported Wednesday that the number of babies sick from tainted milk formula had climbed dramatically to nearly 6,200 from 1,200 a day earlier.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104ap_as_china_baby_formula_recall.html?source=rss 16 dead in car bomb, ambush at US Embassy in Yemen- September 17, 2008 SAN'A, Yemen -- Attackers armed with automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and at least one suicide car bomb assaulted the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday. Sixteen people were killed, including six assailants, officials said.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107ap_ml_yemen_us_embassy.html?source=rss Zimbabwe deal's key items to take effect in Oct.- September 17, 2008 HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Key aspects of Zimbabwe's power-sharing deal will not take effect until next month when parliament meets and makes the necessary constitutional changes, a senior aide to President Robert Mugabe was quoted as saying Wednesday.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1105ap_af_zimbabwe.html?source=rss Mexican grenade attack shows no one is safe- September 17, 2008 MORELIA, Mexico -- Lighting candles and leaving flowers, Mexicans erected makeshift altars Wednesday on the stone walkways where grenades ripped through crowds of Independence Day revelers in this colonial city.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1102ap_lt_mexico_explosion.html?source=rss Gates expresses regret for civilian deaths- September 17, 2008 KABUL, Afghanistan -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday expressed "personal regret" for recent U.S. airstrikes that killed Afghan civilians, and pledged more accurate targeting in future.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1152ap_as_us_afghanistan.html?source=rss Suspected US missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan- September 17, 2008 DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least six people Wednesday, hours after the top U.S. military officer told Pakistani leaders that America respected Pakistan's sovereignty amid a furor over American strikes into Pakistan's northwest.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104ap_as_pakistan.html?source=rss Deposed Thai leader's in-law elected new Thai PM- September 17, 2008 BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thai lawmakers on Wednesday turned to the brother-in-law of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra to be the new prime minister, setting up a showdown with protesters determined to tear down his political legacy.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104ap_as_thailand_political_unrest.html?source=rss |