WNC Times

AP - A man who told Mexican authorities he ordered the March killing of a U.S. Consulate worker in Mexico has been extradited to the U.S. and appeared in a federal court in Texas, the San Antonio Express-News reported.

AFP - The United States has no intention of pulling out heavy equipment and weapons from Iraq through Turkey, the country's top commander said Saturday.

AFP - A US drone strike on Saturday killed eight militants including three foreign fighters in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, security officials said.

AFP - Samuel Eto'o scored twice as Cameroon won in Mauritius Saturday and Rabah Saadane quit as Algeria coach after a home draw with Tanzania when the 2012 African Nations Cup qualifiers kicked off.

AFP - A long range penalty goal by fullback Kurtley Beale with the last kick of the match enabled Australia to defeat South Africa 41-39 in a thrilling Tri Nations match on Saturday.

AFP - UN rights officials investigating Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla wrapped up their hearings in Jordan on Saturday after interviewing a total of 30 witnesses, one of the flotilla organisers said.

AP - As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, two Associated Press Television News cameramen, one Sunni and the other Shiite, talk about what it has been like to live through and record the war. The accounts are translated and edited.

AFP - Three hot air balloonists will set off from Nancy in eastern France on Sunday in a bid to reach England, and retrace a route only ever travelled by a French woman adventurer a century ago.