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Ministry: NATO airstrike kills Afghan soldiers
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen.
New Nov 07, 2009 | 4:45 am
US: More foreign troops certain in new Afghan plan
A top Pentagon official says President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan will be certain to include reinforcements of foreign troops.
New Nov 07, 2009 | 4:45 am
Afghan Defense Ministry says mistaken NATO airstrike kills 4 Afghan soldiers, 3 police.
New Nov 07, 2009 | 4:35 am
Pakistan: 12 militants killed in offensive
Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan.
New Nov 07, 2009 | 4:30 am
Madagascar political rivals reach government deal
Madagascar's political rivals have agreed on posts within a transitional government that will hold power until next year's elections.
New Nov 07, 2009 | 4:30 am
Pa. locals, Flight 93 families united by history
Esther Heymann was overflowing with grief for her stepdaughter. Standing in a blustery snow, overlooking the empty field where Flight 93 had crashed a couple of years earlier, she couldn't stop crying.
New Nov 07, 2009 | 4:30 am
2 tickets win UK's largest lottery payout
European lottery officials say two British ticketholders have shared a jackpot of 90 million pounds ($150 million) _ the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the United Kingdom.
New Nov 07, 2009 | 4:25 am
Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban
Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with her shoulders _ and tattoos _ exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts.
New Nov 07, 2009 | 4:20 am
Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line
Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.
New Nov 07, 2009 | 4:15 am
Police: Fla. shooting suspect was angry at company
Employees at an engineering firm recognized their former co-worker when he drew a handgun from under his shirt, police said, and shot his first victim dead in the reception area. He then walked into the office and unloaded several more rounds, wounding five other employees at the company …
New Nov 07, 2009 | 4:15 am
Fort Hood, community mourn shooting victims
A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.
New Nov 07, 2009 | 4:15 am
Obama to meet Myanmar, other ASEAN leaders
President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.
New Nov 07, 2009 | 4:15 am
Island village hit by suspected swine flu
Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island _ prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.
New Nov 07, 2009 | 4:00 am
Ida returns to tropical storm strength
Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph (72 kph), as it swirls in the Caribbean on a track that could bring it to the U.S. Gulf Coast next week.
New Nov 07, 2009 | 4:00 am
Iran lawmaker: No shipment of uranium abroad
A top Iranian lawmaker has rejected the possibility of Iran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment.
New Nov 07, 2009 | 3:55 am
Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph, as it swirls in the Caribbean.
Nov 07, 2009 | 3:30 am
Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander
On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming _ as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.
Nov 07, 2009 | 3:15 am
Fort victims had different reasons for enlisting
The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a wo…
Nov 07, 2009 | 2:55 am
After immigrant killed in NY, others tell of abuse
The high school buddies who trolled the streets looking for Hispanics to attack called it "beaner hopping."
Nov 07, 2009 | 2:45 am
