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Dalai Lama to leave Indian hospital after surgery (AP)

Exile Tibetans pray for the health of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, India. Surgeons successfully removed a gallstone from the Dalai Lama on Friday, just days after doctors had cleared the Tibetan spiritual leader during a medical checkup, a spokesman said. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)AP - The Dalai Lama was recovering Monday from surgery to remove gallstones and was likely to leave a New Delhi hospital early this week, a senior aide said.


Tendulkar misses record as India save first cricket Test (AFP)

Australians Matthew Hayden (centre) and Ricky Ponting (left) congratulate team-mate Stuart Clark (right) for dismissing Indian batsman Virender Sehwag in Bangalore on October 13, 2008. Sachin Tendulkar was just 17 runs away from becoming Test cricket's leading scorer as India battled to save the first Test against Australia on Monday.(AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar)AFP - Sachin Tendulkar scored a match-saving 49 to help India avert defeat in the first Test against Australia on Monday, but himself fell short of a world record.


Terry and Cole out of England's Belarus football clash (AFP)

England captain John Terry plays during the friendly against Czech Republic at Wembley Stadium in August. England coach Fabio Capello has suffered a major blow with the news that defenders Terry and Ashley Cole will miss Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Belarus.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - England coach Fabio Capello suffered a major blow on Monday with the news that defenders John Terry and Ashley Cole will miss Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Belarus.


South Korea may expand projects with North Korea (AP)

A South Korean woman reads a newspaper reporting the United States removed North Korea from its terrorism blacklist in Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 12, 2008. North Korea said Sunday it will resume disabling its main nuclear facilities, hours after the United States removed the communist country from a list of states that sponsor terrorism. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - South Korea is considering expanding cross-border projects with North Korea following major progress in an international standoff over the communist country's nuclear program, an official said Monday.


AP IMPACT: Iraq calmer but kidnappings spread (AP)

In this photo provided by Megan von Ackermann, Kirk von Ackermann, a Department of Defense contractor is seen in this family photo, date unknown.  Five years ago, the retired Air Force intelligence officer became the first of 39 Americans to be kidnapped in Iraq. He's still missing and his wife fearing she'll never see him again.    (AP Photo)AP - Five years ago, retired Air Force intelligence officer Kirk von Ackermann became the first of 39 Americans to be kidnapped in Iraq. He's still missing, his wife fearing she'll never see him again.


EU allows top Belarus officials to travel to EU (AP) AP - Diplomats say the European Union has temporarily lifted a travel ban on authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers (AP)

Kimani, a huge bull elephant, can be seen with his collar containing a sim card, Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 in the Ol Pejeta conservancy near Mt. Kenya. Save the Elephants has set up a project where they placed a mobile phone SIM card in an elephants collar, then set up a virtual 'geofence' using a global positioning system that mirrored the conservatory's boundaries. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)AP - The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.


Iraq: Christian businessman killed in Mosul (AP)

A wounded Iraqi police officer is seen outside the Al Kindi hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. The officer was one of two wounded in a roadside bomb attack at an intersection in the mainly Shiite northeastern neighborhood of Ur, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A Christian music store owner was shot to death in Mosul, Iraqi police said Monday — the latest in a series of killings that has caused thousands of members of the religious minority to flee the northern city.


Australia considering formally outlawing Tamil Tigers (AFP)

Australia is considering formally declaring Sri lanka's separatist Tamil Tigers a terrorist group, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Monday, calling for a political solution to the island's civil war.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)AFP - Australia is considering declaring Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tigers a terrorist group, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Monday, while also calling for a political solution to the island's civil war.


China dairy sued over infant's toxic milk death (AP)

In this July 3, 2007, file photo, a worker selects the daily product at the production line at Wahaha's factory in Hangzhou, China. Chinese beverage maker Wahaha Group is considering buying dairy assets from Sanlu Group, the milk maker at the heart of a scandal over milk tainted with an industrial chemical, reports said Monday October 13, 2008.  Wahaha spokesman Shan Qining said he could not confirm the reports citing the company's chairman, Zong Qinghou, as saying he wants to buy a milk powder production line from Sanlu. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, FILE)AP - The family of a baby whose death has been blamed on toxic milk filed suit against one of China's largest dairies Monday, while another dairy ensnared in the scandal said it was a victim of unscrupulous subcontractors.