International News

	Gates: More US forces for Afghan vote Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he would like to see significant numbers of U.S. forces go into Afghanistan before planned national elections there next year.
	Pope pondering change to Mass liturgy A high-ranking Vatican official says Pope Benedict XVI is considering introducing a change to the Mass liturgy.
	US renews appeal to Iran on missing American The State Department has renewed an appeal to Iran for information about a former FBI agent, Floridian Robert Levinson, who went missing in Iranian territory 20 months ago.
	Mexican former drug czar took cartel money Officials say Mexico's former drug czar took $450,000 to leak information to a powerful cartel.
	Anti-AIDS official: HIV spreading fast in Russia Russia's anti-AIDS coordinator says the number of registered HIV cases is growing 10 percent a year despite increased government funding.
	Save the Children renews call to help The non-profit group Save the Children is distributing a letter signed by 31 Nobel Peace Prize recipients that seeks help for millions of children trapped in war zones around the world.
	Shiites in Baghdad protest planned US-Iraq pact Thousands of protesters have converged on a central square in Baghdad for a mass prayer called by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in protest of a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact.
	Russian presidential term extension bill approved The lower house of Russia's parliament has given its final approval to a bill extending the presidential term from four to six years.
	UN extends European Union force in Bosnia The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the European Union's peacekeeping force in Bosnia for another year.
	U.N. approves sanctions on Somali pirates The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to impose sanctions on pirates, arms smugglers, and perpetrators of instability in Somalia.