World News Desk

• Asian and European Nations Discuss Global Financial Crisis

• Study: Eating Too Much, Too Fast Triples Obesity Risk

• Credit Companies Tighten Standards

• New California Law Promotes Healthier Eating

• India Growing in HIV Infections

• Japan Welcomes New Prime Minister

• Israel’s Next PM?

• China’s Space Walk Success

• British Paganism Alive and Well

• WaMu: Largest Bank Collapse in U.S. History

• Banking Crisis Tops $700 Billion

• Broadband: Is the EU Ready?

• South African President Resigns

• Hurricane Ike’s Multistate Damage

• 9/11: Seven Years Later

• Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Takeover: Cause and Effect

• U.S. Politics: History in the Making

• Ties Increase Between Iran and Germany

• Philippines: Government and Muslim Separatist Clashes Stall Peace Process

• Self-Examination…Re-examined?