Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

PERUGIA, Italy - An American student accused in the stabbing death of her British roommate had a scratch on her neck hours after the killing, a witness testified Saturday at the murder trial in Italy.

KABUL, Afghanistan - President Barack Obama's new envoy to Afghanistan met with the Afghan foreign minister on Saturday, hours ahead of a planned meeting with President Hamid Karzai that comes amid a downturn in U.S.-Afghan relations.

HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's new prime minister on Saturday blamed the arrest of one of his top aides on factions who want to destroy the country's coalition government.

QUETTA, Pakistan - Kidnappers threatened on Friday to kill an American employee of the United Nations within 72 hours and issued a grainy video of the blindfolded captive saying he was "sick and in trouble." A letter accompanying the video delivered to a Pakistani news agency said the hostage, John Solecki, would be killed unless authorities released 141 women it said were being held in Pakistan.

LONDON - Flights resumed but delays plagued London City Airport on Saturday, a day after 71 people escaped serious injury when their plane's front wheel gear collapsed upon landing.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress, handing President Barack Obama a major legislative victory, approved on Friday a $787 billion stimulus bill that aims to rush emergency government spending and tax cuts to a nation in the grip of a severe recession.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed congressional approval of a $787 billion economic stimulus bill as a "major milestone on our road to recovery" and vowed to move swiftly to set the plan in motion.

BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A commuter plane suddenly nosedived and slammed into a home in snowy western New York state late on Thursday, killing all 49 people aboard and one on the ground as it burst into a giant ball of flames.

ROME (Reuters) - The G7 industrial powers, fearing a rise of protectionism, will do all they can to combat recession and avoid distorting free trade on the way, according to a joint statement being prepared for release after talks on Saturday.

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States signaled a willingness on Friday to slow plans for a missile defense shield in eastern Europe if Russia agreed to help stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday offered North Korea a peace treaty, normal ties and aid if it eliminates its nuclear arms program and stressed her desire to work more cooperatively with China.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Peanut Corporation of America sought bankruptcy protection on Friday after a salmonella outbreak traced to one of its plants led to one of the biggest product recalls in U.S. history.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A prominent human rights advocate who documented genocide in Rwanda was among the victims of Thursday's commuter plane crash near Buffalo, associates said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama early Saturday hailed a 787-billion-dollar economic stimulus plan passed by Congress, calling it "a major milestone on our road to recovery."

CLARENCE CENTER, New York, Feb 14, 2009 (AFP) - An ice buildup may have contributed to the crash of a Continental Airlines plane that went down outside of the northern US city of Buffalo, killing 50 people, federal investigators have suggested.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - A suspected US missile strike destroyed a major Taliban training camp in Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 27 mainly Al-Qaeda foreign operatives, security officials said.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of people crowded central Beirut on Saturday to mark the fourth anniversary of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's killing, in a rally seen as a political litmus test ahead of legislative polls.

ROME (AFP) - Group of Seven finance leaders vowed to avoid protectionism as they seek to stabilise the tottering world economy and financial markets, a draft statement of the body said at talks here Saturday.

BUXTON, Australia (AFP) - Survivors made a harrowing return Saturday to a town burnt to ashes in Australia's deadliest bushfires, as police scoured the crime scene in their hunt for suspected arsonists.

HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's new finance minister said Saturday a top opposition figure's arrest showed President Robert Mugabe's party was not ready to work with its former rivals in a freshly sworn in unity government.