http://enews.earthlink.net/channel/news/int International News Supplied by AP en-us (c) 2009 EarthLink Networks Inc. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:58:13 PST Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:03:51 PST 5 http://enews.earthlink.net/article/int?guid=20091107/4af50ce0_3426_1335020091107-1607343037 KOURE, Niger - A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:58:13 PST 20091107/4af50ce0_3426_1335020091107-1607343037 By TODD PITMAN (Associated Press Writer) Associated Press http://enews.earthlink.net/article/int?guid=20091107/4af50ce0_3421_13345200911071094330423 KABUL - NATO and Afghan authorities were investigating Saturday whether an airstrike during the intensive search for two missing U.S. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:47:26 PST 20091107/4af50ce0_3421_13345200911071094330423 By ELENA BECATOROS (Associated Press Writer) Associated Press http://enews.earthlink.net/article/int?guid=20091107/4af50ce0_3421_1334520091107-479971645 KABUL - Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:18:15 PST 20091107/4af50ce0_3421_1334520091107-479971645 By HEIDI VOGT (Associated Press Writer) Associated Press http://enews.earthlink.net/article/int?guid=20091107/4af50ce0_3422_13346200911071458002927 ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - Britain called for consideration of a global tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis, and urged world finance officials meeting Saturday in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:04 PST 20091107/4af50ce0_3422_13346200911071458002927 By JANE WARDELL (AP Business Writer) Associated Press http://enews.earthlink.net/article/int?guid=20091107/4af50ce0_3426_1335020091107-783320791 DANANG, Vietnam - On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:47:32 PST 20091107/4af50ce0_3426_1335020091107-783320791 By BEN STOCKING (Associated Press Writer) Associated Press