AFP - Wire stories http://www.afp.com/english/ The News / wire stories en Copyright 2008, Agence France-Presse 2008-07-27T09:36:34Z Agence France-Presse AFP 2000-01-01T00:00+00:00 4 hourly AFP.com http://www.afp.com/english/imgs/logo.gif http://www.afp.com Agence France-Presse Indian leaders appeal for calm after attacks http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.f3740ab9f9850388b7211c1696f6dd27.571.html AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) - Indian leaders issued appeals for calm Sunday after a wave of bombings killed 38 people and left 100 injured in the religiously-tense western city of Ahmedabad. 2008-07-27T05:23+00:00 Cambodian voters poised to extend Hun Sen's rule http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.ef09e3154ba3775bc751342ba8292746.01.html PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodians looked set to extend Prime Minister Hun Sen's 23-year rule in elections Sunday, after a campaign overshadowed by a tense military standoff in a border dispute with Thailand. 2008-07-27T04:58+00:00 Obama returns to face McCain music over missed GI visit http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.48a37caae2b442617a93f7062cd0855e.341.html CHICAGO (AFP) - White House hopeful Barack Obama was back in the United States Sunday after a triumphant foreign trip, facing a new assault from Republican rival John McCain over his cancelled visit to wounded US troops in Germany. 2008-07-27T07:25+00:00 Qantas jet probe focuses on exploding oxygen cylinders http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.48a37caae2b442617a93f7062cd0855e.11.html SYDNEY (AFP) - Air safety investigators said Sunday that an exploding oxygen cylinder may have been to blame for tearing a huge hole in an Australian Qantas jumbo jet in mid-air, nearly causing a disaster. 2008-07-27T06:57+00:00 More may be needed to clear Beijing smog, official says http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.cf6856404010dcf18407761643c8aaba.2b1.html BEIJING (AFP) - Olympic host city Beijing was blanketed in smog Sunday, as a senior Chinese environmental official warned more measures might be needed to clear the capital's air for the Games. 2008-07-27T07:11+00:00 Key players look to bolster consensus at WTO talks http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.f3740ab9f9850388b7211c1696f6dd27.541.html GENEVA, (AFP) - Top negotiators will seek Sunday to firm up emerging signs of consensus on a new global trade pact but with every sign marathon talks here will spill into another week. 2008-07-27T04:22+00:00 German carrier Lufthansa faces strike during peak holiday season http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.cf6856404010dcf18407761643c8aaba.51.html BERLIN, (AFP) - Lufthansa, the biggest German airline, faces a tumultuous strike during its busiest season after members of the German trade union Verdi voted to press demands for pay raises. 2008-07-27T04:58+00:00