Top US intel chief in Afghan leaving for new post
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 25 mins agoAP - The top U.S. and NATO intelligence officer in Afghanistan, Maj. Gen. Michael Flynn, is moving to a senior intelligence job in Washington, two defense officials said Thursday.
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Suicide attack in Russia kills 17, wounds over 130
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 29 mins agoAP - A suicide car bomber hit a central market in southern Russia on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 130 in one of the North Caucasus region's worst attacks in years, officials said.
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China's Great (Quantum) Leap Forward
(Time.com)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 33 mins agoTime.com - While China has been showing off its new hardware, a potentially more important military advancement has gone largely unnoticed -- a major breakthrough in quantum teleportation
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Afghans protest Quran burning plan, torch US flag
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 42 mins agoAP - Hundreds of angry Afghans burned a U.S. flag and chanted "Death to the Christians" on Thursday to protest plans by a small American church to torch copies of the Muslim holy book on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
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Iran says to free one American detainee
(Reuters)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 42 mins agoReuters - Iran will release on Saturday one of three detained American citizens accused of espionage, an official told Reuters on Thursday.
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U.S. Marines take back pirate-held ship off Somalia
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 1 hour agoAP - U.S. Marine commandos stormed a pirate-held cargo ship off the Somalia coast Thursday, reclaiming control and taking nine prisoners without firing a shot in the first such boarding raid by the international anti-piracy flotilla, U.S. Navy officials said.
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Iran to free 1 of 3 Americans in holiday clemency
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 1 hour agoAP - Iran said it will free one of three Americans jailed for more than a year on Saturday in a clemency to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
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Chinese blind activist lawyer released from prison
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 2 hours agoAP - Blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng returned home Thursday after a four-year prison stint to find that very little had changed — he was cut off from communication, monitored by security agents, his family still harassed and intimidated.
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Dynasty speculation on North Korea's founding day
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 5 hours agoAP - North Korea celebrated its 62nd anniversary Thursday with odes to supreme leader Kim Jong Il and pilgrimages to his late father's statue amid hints that a political meeting believed aimed at promoting his son as successor is imminent.
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China: Japan trial of boat captain will harm ties
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 6 hours agoAP - Japan will damage its relations with China if it decides to prosecute the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that collided with Japanese patrol vessels near disputed islands, Beijing warned Thursday.
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Philippines says police might have shot hostages
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 6 hours agoAP - Some victims in a botched hostage rescue of a tourist bus in the Philippines may have been hit by police fire, the nation's top law enforcement official said Thursday.
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Philippines says police may have shot some hostages
(AFP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 6 hours agoAFP - Philippine investigators admitted for the first time Thursday that police may have shot some of the tourists in a bungled operation that left eight Hong Kong residents dead on a bus in Manila.
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4th missile strike in Pakistan in 24 hrs kills 5
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 8 hours agoAP - A suspected American missile strike killed five alleged militants in northwestern Pakistan early Thursday, an intelligence official said, the fourth such attack on suspected insurgent targets there in 24 hours.
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Afghan Cleric Uses Koran Burning for Political Gain
(Time.com)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 10 hours agoTime.com - Whether or not the Koran burning happens in Gainesville on Saturday, a religious conservative in Kabul is already using the event to propel his political ambitions
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3rd Mexican mayor in month slain by hit men
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 12 hours agoAP - The third Mexican mayor in a month was slain by suspected drug gang hitmen on the same day the U.S. secretary of state raised hackles in Mexico by saying the country is "looking more and more like Colombia looked 20 years ago."
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South Korea imposes independent sanctions on Iran
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 15 hours agoAP - South Korea said it will ban many financial dealings with Iran and impose other penalties as part of a U.S.-led campaign to enforce sanctions against the country over its disputed nuclear enrichment program.
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Weary of drug war, Mexico debates legalization
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 21 hours agoMcClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY — A debate about legalizing marijuana and possibly other drugs — once a taboo suggestion — is percolating in Mexico, a national exhausted by runaway violence and a deadly drug war.
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Israel Tal, father of the 'Merkava' tank dies
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 22 hours agoAP - Israel Tal, a decorated war hero and the creator of Israel's renowned "Merkava" tank, died in the Israeli town of Rehovot on Wednesday. He was age 86, according to the military announcement.
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Muslims see Quran burning as threat to God's word
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 22 hours agoAP - The Quran is the most sacred object in the daily lives of Muslims and burning it would be considered an offense against God.
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Gang in Mexico massacre tries to silence investigation
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 22 hours agoMcClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY — The criminal gang behind the slaying of 72 migrants late last month is suspected of killing those close to the case in an attempt to shut down further investigation.
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