World News Desk
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Chatter: What we're hearing
Need to know: A suicide bomber on a bicycle attacked a major Pakistani air base on Friday, killing seven people. The strike was one of three bombings in northwest Pakistan that killed 24 people and wounded at least 28 as the army pushed a seven-day offensive deeper into Al Qaeda and Taliban territory close to the Afghan border. For top reporting and beautiful photography, delve into the AP coverage.
Want to know: NATO nations acknowledged Friday that their operation in Afghanistan is not working and agreed they need a new approach to seize the initiative from the Taliban, Al Qaeda and their backers.
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, has secretly invited South Korea's President to a summit meeting in Pyongyang, in a further sign of his regime's new drive to engage with the outside world, The Times reported.
Dull but important: Iran's government said late Friday that it saw a U.N.-brokered deal to export much of its enriched uranium "in a favourable light", but asked for a few days' extension of a U.N. deadline to make up its mind.
Just because: South African traditional leaders plan to perform ritual animal slaughters to bless stadiums for the 2010 World Cup tournament ahead of the start of the showcase event next June, they said on Friday.
A new mobile phone charger that will work with any handset has been approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations body, with expected positive results for the environment.
Talk about battle of the bulge... A BBC natural history crew has filmed the "humpback whale heat run", where 15m long, 40-tonne male whales fight it out to mate with even larger females.
Wacky: A weekly BBC video spot features a fake snowball fight in Paris, one Russian's lucky day as he escapes being flattened by a bus ... by inches, and a jeans wearing competition in Japan.
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