Gillian Gibbons was sentenced to 15 days in jail and deportation after her class called a teddy bear Muhammad.

Musharraf Defends Actions After Taking Oath
Pervez Musharraf was sworn in as a civilian president today, a day after giving up his post as army chief.

World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Governor Off the Hook in Press Case
The Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Mario Marin of Puebla State did not violate the rights of a journalist, Lydia Cacho, when he had her briefly jailed on slander charges that were later dropped.

World Briefing | Europe: Vatican City: Invitation to Muslim Scholars
Pope Benedict XVI has thanked 138 Muslim scholars for an October letter to Christian leaders in which they urged better relations between the faiths and he has invited them for meetings in Vatican City, the Vatican said.

China Explains Decision to Block U.S. Ships
The move was in retaliation against the Bush administration s proposed upgrading of Taiwan s Patriot anti-missile batteries, Chinese state media said today.

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Bombs Found Near Home of Politician in Baghdad
The house of the prominent Sunni, Adnan al-Dulaimi, a leader of the Iraqi Consensus Front, is in Adel, an affluent Sunni-majority neighborhood in Baghdad.

Iraq Lacks Plan on the Return of Refugees, Military Says
American military officials said the Iraqi government had yet to develop a plan to absorb an influx of refugees returning to Baghdad and prevent it from setting off a new round of violence.

World Briefing | Asia: China: U.S. Navy Snub Not a Misunderstanding
The Foreign Ministry said China withdrew permission for the United States aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk to visit Hong Kong last week because of the Bush administration s proposal to sell antimissile upgrades to Taiwan, and not as a result of a misunderstanding, as the White House characterized it earlier.

1,000 Police Enforce Uneasy Peace in Paris Suburb
The first thing everyone mentions is the helicopters and the probing searchlights that have kept the residents of a heavily immigrant suburb of Paris awake over the last four nights.

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