NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to
New Delhi on Tuesday hoping to ease tension between India and
Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks and put at risk
U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the region.
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NEW YORK - U.S. automakers sharpened their pleas for a
government lifeline on Tuesday and car companies around the
world cut costs and production as the global economic crisis
continued to ravage the industry.
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BAGHDAD - Bombs killed 14 people across Iraq on Tuesday,
police said, including a child hit by a blast outside his
primary school in the north of the country.
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BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat was banned
from politics for five years and his party disbanded on Tuesday,
spurring jubilant anti-government protesters to end their
blockades of Bangkok's airports.
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OTTAWA - Canada's minority Conservative government may seek
the temporary suspension of Parliament to stop opposition
parties from voting it out and taking power, an aide to Prime
Minister Stephen Harper said on Tuesday.
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CHICAGO - President-elect Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to
help state governors cope with a deepening recession and asked
for their help in crafting a huge stimulus package to create
jobs and tackle the crumbling economy.
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DULUTH - The state of Georgia voted in a run-off election
for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday that will help decide whether
Democrats gain a big enough majority in the chamber to more
easily pass their legislation agenda.
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BRUSSELS - NATO agreed on Tuesday to gradually resume
contacts with Russia suspended after Moscow's intervention in
Georgia, and put off a decision on putting Ukraine and Georgia
on formal membership tracks.
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HARARE - The death toll from Zimbabwe's worst recorded
cholera epidemic has risen to nearly 500, the World Health
Organisation said on Tuesday, in a sign of the rapidly deepening
crisis.
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GAZA - An Israeli air strike killed two Palestinian youths
on Tuesday in the southern Gaza Strip, where mortar bombs were
earlier launched at Israel, local residents and hospital
officials said.
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TOKYO - The top U.S. negotiator for multilateral talks on
ending Pyongyang's nuclear programme said on Tuesday he saw a
way forward at the next meeting, but details on verification
must still be clarified.
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