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NKorea off US blacklist after nuke inspection deal (AP)

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney speaks at a news conference on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in Washington. North Korea has agreed to all U.S. nuclear inspection demands and the Bush administration responded by removing the communist country from a terrorism blacklist. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - After North Korea relented on nuclear inspection demands, the U.S. on Saturday erased from a terrorism blacklist the communist country President Bush once branded part of an "axis of evil."


Hurricane Norbert slams into Mexico's Baja coast (AP)

This image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Norbert taken at 3:30 a.m. EDT Saturday Oct. 11, 2008. As of 5 a.m. EDT, the hurricane's center was located about 90 miles (145km) south of Cabo San Lazaro. Officials from the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Norbert became better organized and has re-strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane early Saturday with winds of 115 mph (185 kph). The center says Norbert could even strengthen a little more before making landfall along the southwestern coast of Baja California later Saturday morning.  (AP Photo/NOAA)AP - Hurricane Norbert has roared into Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula with torrential rains and screaming winds.


Zimbabwe's president claims key ministries (AP)

In this Sept, 15, 2008 file photo, Arthur Mutmbara, deputy prime minster of Zimbabwe, left, Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai, new prime minster of Zimbabwe and Thabo Mbeki, South African president join hands at the signing of the power sharing deal  ceremony in Harare.  Mugabe, locked in a standoff with the opposition in power-sharing talks went ahead Saturday, Oct. 11, and laid claim to all key ministries in a bid to retain his iron grip on the struggling southern African nation. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)AP - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, locked in a standoff with the opposition in power-sharing talks, went ahead Saturday and laid claim to all key ministries as he tries to retain his iron grip on the struggling southern African nation.


U.S. drones fire two missiles into Pakistani region (Reuters) Reuters - Suspected U.S. drones fired two missile Saturday into Pakistan's North Waziristan, a tribal region on the Afghan border regarded as a safe haven for al Qaeda and Taliban militants, a Reuters witness said.
Scotland draw a blank against Norway in World Cup qualification (AFP)

Norway's Morten Gamst Pedersen (L) challenges Scotland's Scott Brown during their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier football match at Hampden Park, in Glasgow, Scotland. Scotland's World Cup qualification on Saturday hung in the balance after a goalless draw against Norway at Hampden.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Scotland's World Cup qualification on Saturday hung in the balance after a goalless draw against Norway at Hampden.


African Union chief in DR Congo in bid to end army, rebel clashes (AFP)

African Union chief Jean Ping, seen here in August 2008, met Saturday in Kinshasa with officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo to try and bring an end to fighting in the country's east between the army and rebel forces.(AFP/File)AFP - African Union chief Jean Ping met Saturday in Kinshasa with officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo to try and bring an end to fighting in the country's east between the army and rebel forces.


US enemies in Mideast gloat over financial crisis (AP) AP - America's opponents in the Middle East are gloating over the financial meltdown in the United States, painting it as divine retribution for past misdeeds against Muslims and the last gasps of a dying empire.
Strong quake shakes Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico (AP) AP - A strong earthquake jolted people awake Saturday in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and nearby Puerto Rico. There were no immediate reports of damages.
Under Bush, US influence in Latin America wanes (AP)

This Sept. 30, 2008 file photo shows, from left to right, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, join their hands during a photo opportunity during a multilateral summit in Manaus, northern Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)AP - In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America for the first time since the Cold War. It is already getting a warm welcome from some in a region where the influence of the United States is in decline.


Austrian rightist leader Joerg Haider dead at 58 (AP)

This Aug. 9, 2008, file photo shows Joerg Haider, top candidate of the Alliance for the future of Austria, BZOE, for Sunday's national elections in Austria in Klagenfurt. Haider died in a car accident early Saturday morning Oct. 11, 2008 in the south of the country  police said. Haider, 58, was governor of Carinthia and leader of the far-right Alliance for the Future of Austria at the time of his death.  (AP Photo/Gert Eggenberger, file)AP - Austrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric at times sounded sympathetic to the Nazis and contemptuous of Jews and led to months of international isolation for the Alpine republic, died Saturday in a car accident. He was 58.