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Bernanke Endorses Additional Stimulus Effort US Central Bank chief says 'targeted' measures can help ease impact of economic slowdown Major European Markets Follow Asian Lead, Move Higher   Analysts say financial institutions growing less wary of lending to each other, freeing up credit for consumers Taliban Claims Responsibility for Killing Female Aid Worker   Officials say woman working for Christian charity, SERVE Afghanistan, was shot dead Monday morning as she walked to her job in suburban Kabul US Diplomat Meets Pakistani Leader in Peshawar US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher meets with various officials to press for the government to do more to combat terrorism Obama, McCain Campaign in Crucial States as Election Nears Democratic candidate Barack Obama is campaigning in Florida while Republican  candidate John McCain is campaigning in the closely contested Midwestern state of Missouri Abbas Criticizes Israeli Response to Attack on Palestinian Farmers Palestinian president says Israel's failure to protect the harvest means it is not serious about a peace deal Opposition Boycotts Southern African Summit on Zimbabwe   Morgan Tsvangirai will not attend Monday's regional summit on Zimbabwe's political impasse because he could not get necessary travel documents Sudan Blames Rebels for Kidnapping Chinese Oil Workers   Gunmen kidnapped 9 employees of the China National Petroleum Corporation on Saturday at the Block-4 oil field, which straddles the border between northern Sudan and the semi-autonomous South, and lies to the east of the Darfur region Red Cross Says Media Reports Mainly Negative News About Africa Spokesman for International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says there are many positive indications that the African economy is getting stronger and governments are becoming more accountable Experts Warn of China Health Time Bomb Chronic diseases claimed 74 percent of all 2005 deaths, up from 47 percent in 1973 E-mail: Forward this E-mail Click here to unsubscribe from the VOA Daily World News Summary If you have questions about this E-mail newsletter send an e-mail to: voanews@voanews.com