Today's Headlines

• Iran blames U.S., Israel in killing of scientist
• Western, Afghan troops fire during demonstration
• China unveils anti-missile test after Taiwan sale
• Yemen starts talks with kidnappers, violence flares
• Blair vowed military support if Iraq diplomacy failed
• Nigerian president ends silence, says recovering
• Iraqi forces seize explosives, arrest 25 in raids
• Four Saudi soldiers killed near Yemen frontier: report
• Iraq invasion had no legal backing: Dutch report
• Fewer free countries in 2009: Freedom House