Congolese soldiers looted villages, reportedly raping women and ransacking homes, late Monday and early Tuesday, U.N. officials said, as the prospect of a sustained ceasefire between government troops and rebel soldiers continued to fade. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?a=BAN3At"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?i=BAN3At" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=uCj1N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=uCj1N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=J8TRN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=J8TRN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=2LJHn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=2LJHn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=FMPLN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=FMPLN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=HYYyn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=HYYyn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/450161510" height="1" width="1"/Read more

Jerusalem residents headed to the polls Tuesday in a mayoral election that may decide if the city will be a secular or religious municipality in the future. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?a=EnqG3K"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?i=EnqG3K" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=30kTN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=30kTN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=s6CFN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=s6CFN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=fCMhn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=fCMhn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=kJtUN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=kJtUN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=7fZMn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=7fZMn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/449851260" height="1" width="1"/Read more

Pakistan-based militants launched back-to-back assaults on convoys carrying food and military supplies in a mountain pass in northwest Pakistan, officials said Tuesday. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?a=OCqY9l"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?i=OCqY9l" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=ZqqjN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=ZqqjN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=tcIiN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=tcIiN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=a8Z4n"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=a8Z4n" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=wqJTN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=wqJTN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=qMKYn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=qMKYn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/449513466" height="1" width="1"/Read more

Iranian authorities have released an American-born graduate student on bail after holding her in prison for nearly a month, an Amnesty International spokeswoman said Tuesday. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?a=iWV944"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?i=iWV944" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=u72MN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=u72MN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=Onz1N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=Onz1N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=PAagn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=PAagn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=won5N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=won5N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=FPrpn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=FPrpn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/449851262" height="1" width="1"/Read more

President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is reviewing hundreds of President Bush's executive orders, and Obama could reverse some of the most controversial measures shortly after taking office, his transition co-chair said. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?a=zRlOmX"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?i=zRlOmX" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=j9p3N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=j9p3N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=2sNzN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=2sNzN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=n3UNn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=n3UNn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=OE7iN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=OE7iN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=qAknn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=qAknn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/449851261" height="1" width="1"/Read more

Turnout for the international tourism industry's most important event is at a record high this year as the sector struggles to cope with the unprecedented financial crisis sweeping the world. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?a=qVjlQr"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?i=qVjlQr" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=ZhSEN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=ZhSEN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=DmUzN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=DmUzN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=5QeYn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=5QeYn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=3UK9N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=3UK9N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=iXnhn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=iXnhn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/449851264" height="1" width="1"/Read more

Solemn ceremonies of remembrance are being held around the world to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of what was intended to be the "war to end all wars." France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Britain's Prince Charles attended an event in northern France close to where 300,000 men were slaughtered in the Battle of Verdun. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?a=xLqZcQ"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?i=xLqZcQ" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=lcm1N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=lcm1N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=zRTPN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=zRTPN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=8XAVn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=8XAVn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=bpXUN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=bpXUN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=bTNRn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=bTNRn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/449408663" height="1" width="1"/Read more

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BAGHDAD (AP) -- Ten Iraqi insurgent groups have agreed to escalate attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces to derail the proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, an Internet monitoring service said Tuesday....Read more

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Secular businessman Nir Barkat took a commanding lead early Wednesday against a powerful ultra-Orthodox Jewish leader in Jerusalem's mayoral race, a contest that again exposed the deep divide between religious and secular Israelis....Read more

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea says it will ban South Koreans from crossing the border for joint projects beginning next month, accusing its neighbor of seeking confrontation....Read more

NEW YORK (AP) -- Taliban insurgents battling the U.S.-backed Afghan government urged President-elect Barack Obama to change course in U.S. foreign policy and withdraw American troops from both Afghanistan and Iraq, an Internet monitoring service said Tuesday....Read more

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A court sentenced a Sydney woman Wednesday to 22 months periodic detention for what she said was the mercy killing of her longtime partner, an Alzheimer's sufferer who had been rejected for a legal euthanasia in Switzerland....Read more

CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) -- Police hunted Tuesday for 27 farmworkers who were kidnapped in northwestern Mexico by dozens of heavily armed men wearing military-style uniforms....Read more

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- Four Dominicans have been charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly helping to organize an illegal boat trip to Puerto Rico that ended in the deaths of 29 migrants....Read more

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council moved closer Tuesday to approving 3,000 reinforcements for its overstretched peacekeeping force in Congo, as the U.N. chief called for a cease-fire to protect "at least 100,000 refugees" cut off by fighting in rebel-held areas....Read more

GOMA, Congo (AP) -- Hundreds of Congolese soldiers rampaged through several villages in eastern Congo, raping women and pillaging homes as they pulled back ahead of a feared rebel advance, the U.N. reported Tuesday....Read more

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) -- Nicaragua's main opposition party said local elections swept by President Daniel Ortega's leftist Sandinistas were fraudulent and on Tuesday demanded an international review of the results....Read more

BEIJING (AP) -- A moderate magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck northwestern China on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said....Read more

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- A Taiwanese court ordered former President Chen Shui-bian held on corruption charges Wednesday, an ignominious decision for a man who won acclaim for standing up to China with pro-independence policies....Read more

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Suspected Taliban fighters hijacked trucks carrying Humvees and other supplies for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan, authorities said Tuesday after a brazen attack near the Khyber Pass that underscored the militants' grip across key mountain strongholds....Read more

LONDON (AP) -- British and U.S. officials urged other NATO members Tuesday to send more troops to Afghanistan, saying the alliance's success there required a more equal sharing of the war burden....Read more

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- President Robert Mugabe's police broke up anti-government demonstrations across Zimbabwe on Tuesday, arresting some people and beating up others, according to the opposition....Read more