list USATODAY.com World - Top Stories http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/default.htm USATODAY.com World - Top Stories (USA TODAY) en-us Copyright 2009, USATODAY.com, USA TODAY Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:30:18 GMT USATODAY.com World - Top Stories 142 18 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/default.htm http://images.usatoday.com/_common/_images/usatodaycom_135x20.gif Troops, Taliban race to build up local Afghan governments http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomWorld-TopStories/~3/WzxqlwpdilA/2009-12-21-afghanistan-local-troops_N.htm Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:41:59 GMT The governor of this remote district in southern Afghanistan has employees he can't afford to pay, a school he struggles to staff ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ybWzantZiMaECt17HvqUWmcSFBg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ybWzantZiMaECt17HvqUWmcSFBg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ybWzantZiMaECt17HvqUWmcSFBg/1/da"><img 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height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-12-21-Darfur_N.htm?csp=34 Mexico City to approve gay marriage http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomWorld-TopStories/~3/WBT1F2KELWs/2009-12-21-Mexico-gay-marriage_N.htm Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:50:31 GMT Mexico City lawmakers have become the first in Latin America to legalize gay marriage. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mlbRlG5ReNJveuXpAW21gh8N2YU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mlbRlG5ReNJveuXpAW21gh8N2YU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mlbRlG5ReNJveuXpAW21gh8N2YU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mlbRlG5ReNJveuXpAW21gh8N2YU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomWorld-TopStories/~4/WBT1F2KELWs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-12-21-Mexico-gay-marriage_N.htm?csp=34 Official: Russia, U.S. arms deal likely early 2010 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomWorld-TopStories/~3/iTQ4knUjC4c/2009-12-21-Russia-US_N.htm Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:42:32 GMT Russia's top military officer says that Moscow and Washington are likely to sign a new nuclear arms control deal early next year. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WTWwku-rUk4-wlZaMsesp6OtCOI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WTWwku-rUk4-wlZaMsesp6OtCOI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WTWwku-rUk4-wlZaMsesp6OtCOI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WTWwku-rUk4-wlZaMsesp6OtCOI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomWorld-TopStories/~4/iTQ4knUjC4c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-12-21-Russia-US_N.htm?csp=34 Pope says visit to Holocaust memorial 'upsetting' http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomWorld-TopStories/~3/A61dBt37HDs/2009-12-21-Pope_N.htm Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:20:19 GMT Pope Benedict XVI on Monday described a visit to Israel's Holocaust memorial as a disturbing encounter with hatred, days after ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/R3u7kTGPT9ey23KLLgjjmI7jJlk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/R3u7kTGPT9ey23KLLgjjmI7jJlk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/R3u7kTGPT9ey23KLLgjjmI7jJlk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/R3u7kTGPT9ey23KLLgjjmI7jJlk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomWorld-TopStories/~4/A61dBt37HDs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-12-21-Pope_N.htm?csp=34 WTO: China unfairly restricting American products http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomWorld-TopStories/~3/EZg2vTvbTKg/2009-12-21-China_N.htm Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:49:35 GMT The World Trade Organization's top arbitrators upheld a ruling that China is illegally restricting imports of U.S. music, films ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_hPimKkvyD9nsfBbTCZzhF6PijI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_hPimKkvyD9nsfBbTCZzhF6PijI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_hPimKkvyD9nsfBbTCZzhF6PijI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_hPimKkvyD9nsfBbTCZzhF6PijI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomWorld-TopStories/~4/EZg2vTvbTKg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-12-21-China_N.htm?csp=34 Israel: First Jesus-era house found in Nazareth http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomWorld-TopStories/~3/qPLAv0xQh0g/2009-12-21-jesus-house-nazareth_N.htm Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:29:21 GMT Days before Christmas, Israeli archaeologists on Monday unveiled what they said were the remains of the first dwelling in Nazareth ... <p><a 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