AP - A radical Islamic group in Somalia said Friday it will fight the pirates holding a Saudi supertanker loaded with $100 million worth of crude oil.

AP - Israeli police say Palestinian militants have fired a rocket at an Israeli town near the Gaza Strip. No casualties have been reported.

Madonna and film director Guy Ritchie are scheduled to get a preliminary decree of divorce at the High Court in London on Friday.

AP - Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a preliminary decree of divorce Friday.

Israeli police say Palestinian militants have fired a rocket at an Israeli town near the Gaza Strip. No casualties have been reported.

The show-business marriage that began in a Scottish castle came to an end in a drab London courtroom Friday as Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a preliminary decree of divorce.

AP - China launched a new verbal attack on the Dalai Lama's drive for Tibetan autonomy on Friday, vowing not to compromise with leaders of the Tibetan exile community meeting to debate the future of their movement.

Russia?s lower parliamentary house gave final approval to a bill extending the presidential term to six years.

More than 10,000 supporters of Moktada al-Sadr gathered to protest the Iraqi plan to sign the security agreement.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 21 -- Thousands of followers of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demonstrated Friday against an agreement that would extend the U.S. military presence in Iraq, shouting "America out!" and burning an effigy of President Bush.

The New York Times is reporting Hillary Clinton has decided to accept the position of secretary of state.

A blast killed at least eight mourners at the funeral of a Shiite cleric in northwestern Pakistan who was gunned down hours earlier, police said. At least 28 were wounded.

Long associated with the Dalai Lama and his ?middle way,? the exile movement has reached a crossroads.

Children die of malnutrition in Haiti, victims of food crisis worsened by storms

AP - Police say a blast at the funeral of a Shiite Muslim cleric has killed at least six people in northwestern Pakistan.

The lower house of Russia's parliament has given final approval to a bill extending the presidential term from four to six years.

The five-year-old teetered on broomstick legs; he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a four-year-old girl hung from a strap attached to a scale, her wide eyes lifeless, her emaciated arms dangling weakly.

A secret court in Myanmar sentenced popular comedian and activist Zarganar to 45 years prison on Friday.

AP - Armed men shot and killed a 20-year-old woman Friday at a refugee camp in an area of eastern Congo where thousands of displaced people live in constant fear, caught between soldiers and rebels, U.N. officials said Friday.