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Military unveils memorial for slain journalist at Kandahar Airfield
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A memorial for the first Canadian reporter killed in Afghanistan will now greet every journalist working out of the Kandahar military base. The military unveiled a plaque Sa...
Serbia police detain 9 ex-paramilitaries accused of war crimes in Kosovo
The Serbian war crimes prosecutor's office says police have detained nine ex-paramilitary fighters over the killing of some 200 civilians during Kosovo's war. Prosecutor Bruno Vekaric says altogeth...
Thousands of anti-government protesters converge on Thai capital
BANGKOK, Thailand - Thousands of red-shirted anti-government demonstrators converged on the Thai capital from the north and northeast Saturday, vowing to oust the government in a mass do-or-die displa...
Police say suicide attack at security checkpoint kills 10 people in northwest Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A suicide attacker set off a bomb at a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 52, officials and a doctor said, underscorin...
Kazakhstan flooding death toll rises to 30 as recovery efforts pick up pace
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - The death toll from a massive flood that devastated a village in southern Kazakhstan has risen to 30, officials said Saturday. A dam at a reservoir in the eastern Almaty region...
China's legislative advisory body: Keep economy stable and steady
BEIJING - China's top parliamentary adviser said Saturday that keeping the economy stable and steady must remain the government's biggest priority this year. Jia Qinglin, the Communist Party's No. ...
Report: North Korea to rejoin six-nation nuclear talks early next month
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea plans to head back to the bargaining table early next month for talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program, a news report said Saturday. The North, believed ...
California molester's release from prison thwarted by federal case filed in Florida
LOS ANGELES - The feared release of a convicted child molester from a California prison was thwarted Friday by 11th-hour federal charges involving child porn and a woman's allegations that he bought h...
US avoids anti-abortion schism at meeting on women's equality - unlike 2005
A U.N. meeting to assess progress in advancing the fight for women's equality that ended Friday had a dramatically different slant than a similar session held five years ago: This time, the United Sta...
Roadside bomb kills 6 civilians in central Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - A remote-controlled bomb killed six Afghan civilians Saturday as they travelled in a central province, an official said. Insurgents detonated the explosives planted in a road a...
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