http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wosu/news/ wosu NewsRoom: World en-us Public Interactive newsroom.NewsRSS via Rome 30 http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wosu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312712&sectionID=3 BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese leaders are close to a deal on the formation of a national unity government as stipulated in an agreement that ended the country's political crisis, political sources said on Saturday. Reuters Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:52:08 GMT wosu http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wosu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312770&sectionID=3 SAPPORO, Japan (Reuters) - Several thousand people rallied on Saturday on the streets of central Sapporo, Japan, to protest against a Group of Eight summit due to start next week at a luxury hotel a two-hour drive away. Reuters Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:08:07 GMT wosu http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wosu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312710&sectionID=3 KABUL (Reuters) - Two gunmen shot dead an Afghan parliamentarian near his residence in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Reuters Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:52:07 GMT wosu http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wosu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312771&sectionID=3 BEIRUT (Reuters) - A London-based Syrian human rights group said on Saturday that Syrian security forces had shot dead dozens of prisoners during a riot at a military jail near Damascus. Reuters Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:08:10 GMT wosu http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wosu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312774&sectionID=3 TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran vowed on Saturday to pursue its uranium enrichment program, a day after delivering its response to an incentives package by world powers trying to curb its nuclear ambitions. Reuters Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:30:08 GMT wosu http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wosu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312752&sectionID=3 SANAA (Reuters) - At least four people were killed in an explosion near a postal office in the northern province of Saada in Yemen, a local official said on Saturday. Reuters Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:52:08 GMT wosu http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wosu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312751&sectionID=3 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Georgia's breakaway region Abkhazia said on Saturday Tbilisi had planned to take the area over by military force earlier this year but failed in its mission, Russian agencies reported. Reuters Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:08:14 GMT wosu http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wosu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312691&sectionID=3 SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police said they expect about 35,000 to gather on Saturday for a protest against a U.S. beef import deal and the polices of the new president, whose government has faced a crisis due to the weeks of street rallies. Reuters Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:52:12 GMT wosu http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wosu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312750&sectionID=3 PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday said it was "not reasonable" to gather the Group of Eight (G8) leaders at an annual summit without the participation of strong emerging countries such as China and India. Reuters Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:08:09 GMT wosu http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wosu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1312732&sectionID=3 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A key regional party in India said on Saturday it backed the government over a controversial nuclear energy agreement with the United States, easing concerns the pact could trigger early elections. Reuters Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:30:09 GMT wosu