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Taliban: Deadly Kandahar bombings a 'warning' to NATO forces planning new offensive in south
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Deadly bomb attacks in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar were a warning to NATO's top general that the Taliban are ready for a coming offensive in their heartland, the insur...
Israeli leader urges calm after new rebuke from Washington
JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister tried to play down a serious diplomatic dispute with the United States on Sunday, urging calm after another stern rebuke from Washington over plans to build 1,600 n...
Storm leaves US Northeast soggy, windblown and dark; more than 500,000 without power at peak
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Utility crews pushed through fallen trees and windblown debris to reach downed power lines Sunday, working to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses...
Official: Pakistani jets pound Taliban hide-outs near Afghan border, killing 9 insurgents
a series of Taliban hide-outs near the Afghan border, killing nine insurgents. Rasheed Khan says the hide-outs were in the village of Mero Bak, in the Lower Orakzai tribal region. He says one of...
Strong earthquake hits off eastern coast of central Japan, rattles buildings in Tokyo
TOKYO - A strong earthquake hit off the eastern coast of central Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including the crowded Tokyo capital. There were no immediat...
Kandahar governor demands more Afghan forces, NATO help after 12 explosions kill dozens
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security around Afghanistan's largest southern city Sunday after a series of explosions killed dozens of people in the Taliban h...
French vote in regional elections seen by many as judgment on Sarkozy
PARIS - France was electing new regional governments Sunday in a vote that is seen by many as a referendum on President Nicolas Sarkozy's past 2 1/2 years in power. Leftists are riding high into th...
Chavez says Internet should be regulated, urges legal crackdown on Venezuelan Web site
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet on Saturday while demanding authorities crack down on a critical news Web site that he accused of spreading ...
Strong earthquake rocks central Japan
TOKYO - A strong earthquake has hit central Japan, rattling buildings in the crowded Tokyo capital. The Japan Meteorological Agency estimates the quake had a magnitude of 6.6. It hit at 0808 GMT...
Leaders of anti-government protesters demand Thai govt dissolves Parliament within 24 hours
BANGKOK, Thailand - Leaders of tens of thousands of protesters who swarmed into Bangkok from Thailand's rural areas Sunday threatened mass street demonstrations if the government didn't respond to the...
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