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Philippine leader's plane makes emergency landing (AP)
AP - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's plane made an emergency landing in Japan on Friday after her husband fell ill on board, officials said.
Amsterdam moves to close a fifth of 'coffee shops' (AP)

AP - Amsterdam will close almost a fifth of its marijuana cafes to comply with a national ban on having them near schools, the mayor said Friday.
Study: Fewer terror attacks in Algeria this year (AP)
AP - Al-Qaida's offshoot in Algeria has carried out fewer terror attacks this year but some of those had a high number of casualties, an academic study said Friday.
Mexico: Former drug czar took cartel money (AP)
AP - Mexico's former drug czar was accused Friday of taking $450,000 from a powerful cartel, the highest-ranking official implicated so far in a corruption scandal over efforts by drug gangs to buy protection from the government.
Myanmar court hands comedian 45-year prison term (AP)

AP - Myanmar's courts continued a crackdown on activists Friday, handing out a 45-year prison sentence to a comedian who went to the delta to help cyclone victims and criticized the junta's slow relief response.
Islamists say they'll fight Somali pirates (AP)

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.
Tibetan exiles debate the future of the movement (AP)
AP - Out of the hundreds of Tibetan leaders who have flocked here for a pivotal summit on Tibet's future, few understand the hardships there better than a recently arrived barley farmer.
Rocket hits Israeli city, Gaza still sealed (AP)

AP - Palestinians fired a rocket at an Israeli city near the Gaza Strip on Friday but caused no casualties, police said, as the Israeli military continued its closure of all crossings into the coastal territory because of ongoing rocket fire.
Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy to protest US pact (AP)

AP - Thousands of followers of a radical Shiite cleric protested a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security deal Friday, burning an effigy of President George W. Bush in the same square where Iraqis beat a toppled Saddam Hussein statue five years ago.
Aussie mayor wins sexist 'award' for inviting ugly women to town (AFP)

AFP - An Australian mayor who invited ugly women to move to his outback mining town, saying even they would find a man there, has won the top "award" for the most sexist public comment of the year.
Sandinistas win most municipal races in Nicaragua (AP)

AP - Nicaragua's ruling Sandinista party won the large majority of municipal races, including the capital Managua, in local elections that have sparked allegations of fraud and violent clashes, authorities announced Thursday.