http://www.cbc.ca/world/ News feeds provided by Newslookup.com en Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:00 EDT http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/03/palin-alaska-steps-down070309.html Sarah Palin announced Friday she is stepping down as governor of Alaska at the end of the month, fuelling speculation she could make a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/03/soldier-afghanistan.html A Canadian soldier was killed Friday in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb that narrowly missed a vehicle carrying the commander of coalition troops in Kandahar. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/03/afghanistan-strike-sword-us-offensive421.html U.S. forces began to secure key centres in Helmand province in Afghanistan on Friday as a major offensive aimed at pushing out the Taliban entered its second day. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/03/honduras-coup-oas070309.html Honduras' Supreme Court rejected an ultimatum on Friday from the head of the Organization of American States to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power or face suspension from the regional body. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/03/british-embassy-iran236.html Foreign ministries across the 27-nation European Union bloc have summoned Iranian ambassadors to demand the release of British embassy staff in Tehran. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/03/london-fire.html Six people, including a three-week-old baby, were killed and 30 people had to be rescued when fire ripped through a high-rise apartment building in London on Friday, British emergency services said. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/03/athens-bomb-mcdonalds236.html A time bomb exploded outside a McDonald's restaurant in central Athens early Friday, causing extensive damage in what Greek authorities suspect was an attack by resurgent far-left terrorists. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/03/obama-putin-interview145.html U.S. President Barack Obama was wrong to suggest Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin remains partially mired in a Cold War mindset, Putin's spokesman said Friday. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/03/un-ban-suu-kyi-burma637.html The request by Ban Ki-moon to meet with jailed Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been rejected during what the UN secretary general has called a "very tough" diplomatic mission. more http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/03/world-markets462.html Most Asian markets fell Friday as a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report signalled more pain ahead for the world's largest economy. more