AL-BIREH, West Bank, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — The grandfather of a U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it impossible to believe his grandson had committed the act. ... > full story
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Tropical storm Ida regained strength off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Saturday and spun north toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it could again become a hurricane. ... > full story
ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Britain threw its weight on Saturday behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts but failed to make much progress on securing a G20 deal to meet the cost of climate change. ... > full story
TEGUCIGALPA, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Honduras' ousted president and de facto leader gave signs they would try again on Saturday to form a unity government to guide the country out of a four-month crisis after the process collapsed a day earlier. ... > full story
BEIRUT, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government to include Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in the next few days, politicians said on Saturday. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. ... > full story
KABUL, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday. ... > full story
KABUL, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next cabinet, less than a week into his new term. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — A Russian military plane with 11 people on board crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training flight late on Friday, the Defense Ministry said. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2009 (Reuters) — A videotape of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released on Friday is the Pashto-language version of a tape released several months ago, said IntelCenter, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring firm. ... > full story
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