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• With Iran and its allies in mind, Israel builds up air, sea arsenals
  JERUSALEM - With new anti-missile systems and submarines that can carry nuclear weapons, Israel is readying a new generation of armaments designed to defend itself against distant Iran as well as Iranian-backed militias on its borders.
  
• Israel offers pause in West Bank building
  The move, aimed at getting peace talks restarted, was supported by the U.S. but rejected by the Palestinians.
  
• Iraq: Attacks raise fear that death squads have returned
  Killers in the guise of the security forces once terrorized Iraq. Are they back or are attacks meant to fuel violence?
  
• Downpour, flu worries complicate the hajj
  JIDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site in Mecca on Wednesday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions -- umbrellas and face masks -- as the opening of the annual hajj was burdened by torrential rains and fears of the H1N1 flu.
  
• Leaders of Iran, Venezuela declare solidarity against U.S.
  CARACAS, VENEZUELA - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought to expand Tehran's influence in Latin America and deepen his alliance with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a visit Wednesday to Caracas.
  
• Obama prepares to spell out how 'to finish the job' in Afghanistan
  The president is expected to present his endgame for Afghanistan in a speech on Tuesday night.
  
• Milk farmer and salesman executed in China scandal
  Beijing looks to send message with severe punishment.
  
• Icebergs ahoy! Alert goes out south of New Zealand
  WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
  
• Ex-UK ambassador to US to testify at Iraq Inquiry
  Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raised the issue of Iraq with the U.K. hours after the Sept. 11 attacks, Britain's former ambassador told an inquiry into the Iraq war Thursday.
  
• Freed foreign journalists arrive in Kenya
  Two foreign journalists freed after 15 months in captivity in Somalia arrived in neighboring Kenya Thursday.
  
• Mumbai commemorates anniversary of attacks
  Black-clad commandos rappelled down a building and Mumbai's police showed off their new gear Thursday in what was intended as a reassuring display of force a year after a terror attack across the city killed 166 people.
  
• International court seeks to open Kenya probe
  The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he has asked judges for permission to open an investigation into post-election violence that left more than 1,000 people dead in Kenya.
  
• Patrols and turkey in Afghan war zone
  Thanksgiving Day for soldiers in this valley ringed by towering snowy peaks began with a 6-mile (10-kilometer) slog to aid village schools without desks and windows, and promises to end with five, once scrawny local turkeys soldiers have been fattening up for the past month.
  
• Large fire hits SE London; 310 people evacuated
  A fierce fire cut through apartment blocks and a construction site in southeast London early Thursday, spreading across a road and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people.
  
• Experts: Nigerian pirates may be extending reach
  A bloody pirate attack off Benin's coast is raising concerns that Nigerian pirates — operating on the opposite side of Africa from Somali pirates — are extending their reach and shows that the waters off West Africa are almost equally dangerous, a maritime expert said.
  
• Irish await report on Dublin priests' child abuse
  The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland faced another day of recriminations Thursday as the government prepared to publish an investigation into why child abuse by Dublin priests went unchecked for decades.
  
• Iraqi PM: election dispute poses risks to security
  Iraq's prime minister on Thursday warned that a dispute over an election law likely to delay a January vote was a threat to national security, but said there was no need for American troops to delay their withdrawal timetable because of the standoff.
  
• Patrols and turkey in Afghan war zone
  Thanksgiving Day for soldiers in this valley ringed by towering snowy peaks began with a 6-mile (10-kilometer) slog to aid village schools without desks and windows, and promises to end with five, once scrawny local turkeys soldiers have been fattening up for the past month.
  
• Palestinians urge US to raise pressure on Israel
  Palestinians appealed to the United States on Thursday to raise pressure on Israel, saying an Israeli plan to halt new construction in the West Bank was insincere.
  
• SKorea confirms some 5,000 wartime executions
  South Korean soldiers and police executed nearly 5,000 citizens during the early months of the 1950-53 Korean War, fearing they could collaborate with invading North Korean troops, a government commission said Thursday.
  
• Large fire hits SE London; 310 people evacuated
  A fire has torn through several apartment blocks in southeast London.
  
• Iraqi PM: election dispute poses risks to security
  Iraq's prime minister on Thursday warned that a dispute over an election law likely to delay a January vote was a threat to national security, but said there was no need for American troops to delay their withdrawal timetable because of the standoff.
  
• New spy charge against jailed Iranian-American
  Iran brought new espionage charges against an Iranian-American scholar who was already convicted of spying and sentenced to 15 years in prison in the country's crackdown following disputed presidential elections, a human rights group said Thursday.
  
• German military's inspector general removed
  The German military's top official was removed Thursday for failing to properly pass on information to political leaders about a September airstrike in Afghanistan in which civilians were killed, the new defense minister said.
  
• Massive UK treasure haul valued at $5.4 million
  The British Museum says a massive haul of Anglo-Saxon gold found this summer by an unemployed amateur treasure-hunter has been valued at 3.285 million pounds ($5.435 million).
  

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