http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/?track=rss Headlines from Los Angeles Times en ©2008, Los Angeles Times Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/images/standard/lat_logo_inner.gif http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/?track=rss 223 29 Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with RojoSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/286756954/la-fg-lebanon10-2008may10,0,1323502.story The Shiite militia overwhelms Sunni fighters and faces little resistance from Lebanon's U.S.-backed security forces as it sweeps through much of the capital. <br/><br/> BEIRUT -- The Shiite Muslim militia Hezbollah handily took over much of the Lebanese capital today in a dramatic escalation of the movement's months-long confrontation with the government and its supporters, security officials said. <p><a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?a=YnVf21"><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?i=YnVf21" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~4/286756954" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 9 May 2008 09:10:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-lebanon10-2008may10,0,1323502.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/286304579/la-fg-mexico9-2008may09,0,7074614.story The nation's top organized crime officer, Edgar Millan Gomez, is shot dead in his home, the third police killing in a week. Officials blame the Sinaloa drug cartel. <br/><br/> The national coordinator of Mexico's battle against organized crime was slain Thursday by an assassin hiding in his home in what appeared to be the latest revenge killing by one of the country's most notorious drug cartels. <p><a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?a=27uMD4"><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?i=27uMD4" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~4/286304579" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexico9-2008may09,0,7074614.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/286584973/la-fg-israel9-2008may09,0,3404593.story As Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, polls show that internal issues worry the populace as much as the threat of war. <br/><br/> On the eve of Israel's 60th anniversary, its two chief rabbis issued an audacious demand: Cancel the International Bible Quiz for Jewish teenagers, a popular highlight of the annual Independence Day celebration. <p><a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?a=qAv7QO"><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?i=qAv7QO" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~4/286584973" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel9-2008may09,0,3404593.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/286258331/la-fg-putin9-2008may09,0,4772802.story The now ex-president is expected to have an enhanced role as premier, and some wonder who will wield the real power in the Kremlin. <br/><br/> Former President Vladimir Putin was appointed Russia's new prime minister Thursday, securing a new place in power a day after leaving the Kremlin. His appointment was the final stroke in a precisely choreographed transition that allows the former KGB officer to leave the Kremlin without completely relinquishing authority. <p><a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?a=wQr8xP"><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?i=wQr8xP" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~4/286258331" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-putin9-2008may09,0,4772802.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/286479124/la-fg-olmert9-2008may09,0,2871122.story Ehud Olmert says he accepted political donations from Jewish American businessman Morris Talansky. He vows to quit if indicted. <br/><br/> Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday acknowledged receiving regular contributions for years from a Jewish American businessman but denied that any of the money constituted a bribe. <p><a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?a=hAaTBj"><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?i=hAaTBj" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~4/286479124" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-olmert9-2008may09,0,2871122.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/286493966/la-fg-pardon9-2008may09,0,5174069.story U.S.-based Dui Hua asks China to free political prisoners as a goodwill gesture prior to the Beijing Olympics in August. <br/><br/> At a time when China is touting its Olympic mascots, stadiums and hospitality, a San Francisco-based human rights group has suggested that it add one more feature for the Games: the first "Olympic pardon" of political prisoners. <p><a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?a=I8TDtL"><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?i=I8TDtL" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~4/286493966" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pardon9-2008may09,0,5174069.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/286932096/la-et-mexartist9-2008may09,0,7994496.story MEXICO CITY -- Phantoms come, phantoms go. They swirl around Leonora Carrington, a tiny woman of 91 with a tart intellect and a posh British accent, as she sips Earl Grey tea at her kitchen table. They rise like black vapors from the pavement of Avenue Reforma, where a menagerie of Carrington's enigmatic bronzes startle pedestrians and spook passing cars. <p><a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?a=8WwXP7"><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?i=8WwXP7" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~4/286932096" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-et-mexartist9-2008may09,0,7994496.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/286657988/la-fg-shipwreck9-2008may09,0,4272718.story Spain formally laid claim Thursday to a shipwreck that yielded a $500-million treasure, saying it has proof the vessel was Spanish. <p><a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?a=pqlM7y"><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?i=pqlM7y" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~4/286657988" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-shipwreck9-2008may09,0,4272718.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/286921952/la-na-gitmocell9-2008may09,0,4150834.story Human rights groups unveil a touring exhibit to draw attention to conditions at the U.S. detention facility. <br/><br/> Life-size human silhouettes cut from orange cardboard direct passersby at busy Bayfront Park to the latest effort by human rights groups to get the Guantanamo prison for terrorism suspects shut down. <p><a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?a=adLk4w"><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?i=adLk4w" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~4/286921952" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-na-gitmocell9-2008may09,0,4150834.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/286798987/la-fg-iraq9-2008may09,0,3365548.story Militants fired rockets into a British base in Iraq's southern oil town of Basra, killing two contractors and wounding four other civilians, the U.S. military said Thursday. <p><a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?a=7ha7gG"><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~a/latimes/news/nationworld/world?i=7ha7gG" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~4/286798987" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq9-2008may09,0,3365548.story?track=rss