World News Australia http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/ Top WTO negotiators are headed for make-or-break talks, with progress needed to avert another ignominious collapse to broker a new global free-trade pact. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/clock_ticks_down_on_stalled_wto_talks_552697 China has unveiled its largest team of 639 athletes for the Beijing Olympics, a squad many expect will dislodge the US from the top of the medal standings. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_names_639_athletes_for_beijing_552698 Dateline video journalist takes out both TV and overall journalism prizes in under-26 category. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/sophie_mcneill_named_walkley_young_australian_journalist_of_the_year_552695 The US has warned Burma's military rulers they must cooperate with UN mediator Ibrahim Gambari or face increased pressure from the Security Council. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/us_warns_burma_to_cooperate_with_un_552696 Several unknown insects which became extinct long before dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth have been discovered in pieces of 110-million-year-old amber.
IN DEPTH: More Science and Technology stories http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/unknown_insects_found_in_ancient_amber_552693 Republican presidential candidate John McCain is to hold talks with the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, on Friday. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/mccain_to_meet_dalai_lama_for_talks_552692 A majority of Americans believe Democratic candidate Barack Obama will win the US presidential election against Republican hopeful John McCain in November. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/most_americans_believe_obama_will_win_552691 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party has lost a key by-election in the Scottish constituency of Glasgow East, according to results. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/uk_labour_loses_crucial_byelection_552690 At least 30 hungry bears have trapped a group of geologists at their remote survey site in Russia's Far East after killing two of their co-workers last week.
More off-beat stories http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/mine_workers_trapped_by_hungry_bears_552687 A Moroccan prisoner released from Guantanamo in 2004 was Osama bin Laden's top bodyguard, according to testimony in the trial of another alleged bodyguard. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/bin_ladens_bodyguard_released_by_us_552689