China mine explosion death toll reaches 87

4 hours ago

Reuters: International News: HEGANG, China (Reuters) - The death toll from China's latest coal mine disaster reached 87 as hopes dimmed on Sunday that more survivors would be found a day after a gas blast at a colliery in the country's far northeast. (Read More)

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Iran to hold war games to protect atom plants

16 hours ago

Reuters: TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games on Sunday to help protect its nuclear facilities against any attack, a senior commander said. . (Read More)

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U.S. to drop charges against one Blackwater guard

1 day ago

Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department prosecutors asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the charges against one of five Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in a 2007 shooting (Read More)

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Somalia to join child rights pact, only U.S. outside

1 day ago

Reuters: GENEVA (Reuters) - Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact, UNICEF said Friday. . (Read More)

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Oprah Winfrey says ending TV show "feels right"

1 day ago

Reuters: CHICAGO (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey said on Friday that she will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it "feels right in her bones" after 25 years, and urged her viewers not to believe rumors of why she's quitting. . (Read More)

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U.S. missile strike kills 8 in Pakistan

1 day ago

Reuters: PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Eight Islamist militants were killed in a U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan on Friday, officials said, after three policemen were killed in a bomb blast. . (Read More)

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Suicide bomber kills seven in Afghanistan

1 day ago

Reuters: HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a senior police official in a crowded area in southwest Afghanistan Friday, killing the official and six others, a provincial police chief said. . (Read More)

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Newsman Lou Dobbs mulls run for White House, Senate

2 days ago

Reuters: PHOENIX (Reuters) - A week after abruptly quitting his longtime job as a CNN television news host and commentator, Lou Dobbs said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible runs for the White House or U.S (Read More)

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Suicide bomber kills 18 in Pakistan's Peshawar

2 days ago

Reuters: Source: Reuters * Bomber detonated device when challenged by guards * Country united against terrorism, says PM * U.S. drone kills four in North Waziristan By Faris Ali PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 19 (Reuters) - ... (Read More)

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Topics: Pakistan, News, People

Karzai to take oath, future of Afghan war at stake

3 days ago

Reuters: KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is to be sworn into office for a second full term on Thursday as he struggles to rebuild a tarnished reputation and convince the West he is still a credible partner after eight (Read More)

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U.S. wants Karzai to use speech for concrete steps

4 days ago

Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies want Afghan President Hamid Karzai to use Thursday's inauguration speech to announce concrete steps to fight corruption and govern better, U.S. (Read More)

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Public divided on troop increase in Afghanistan: poll

4 days ago

Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of Americans expressed confidence U.S. President Barack Obama's new Afghanistan strategy will succeed, but they are divided over how many more U.S. troops to send there, according to a Washin (Read More)

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Israel angers U.S. by approving new West Bank homes

4 days ago

Reuters: JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel triggered a fresh rift with Washington over settlement building on Tuesday by approving the building of 900 homes for Jews on West Bank land it occupied in a 1967 war and annexed to its Jerusalem (Read More)

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Iran revelation could mean more secret sites: IAEA

5 days ago

Reuters: VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran's belated revelation of a second uranium enrichment site raises concern about possible further secret nuclear sites in the country, according to a U.N. nuclear watchdog report on Monday obtained by Reu (Read More)

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Rocket attack kills five Afghan civilians

5 days ago

Reuters: KABUL (Reuters) - Five civilians were killed and 28 wounded when Taliban insurgents fired three rockets into a busy market in northeastern Afghanistan Monday, Afghan police said. . (Read More)

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U.S. raises Pakistan pressure: report; bomber kills 4

5 days ago

Reuters: ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United States has stepped up pressure on Pakistan to expand its fight against Taliban and al Qaeda militants, the New York Times reported on Monday, as a suicide bomber killed four people in the late (Read More)

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Iran says nuclear rights non-negotiable: report

5 days ago

Reuters: TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday the country's nuclear rights were not negotiable, the student news agency ISNA reported. . (Read More)

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Sex infections still growing in U.S., says CDC

5 days ago

Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American squeamishness about talking about sex has helped keep common sexually transmitted infections far too common, especially among vulnerable teens, U.S. researchers reported Monday. . (Read More)

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Blast in Pakistan's Peshawar kills policeman

7 days ago

Reuters: PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected suicide car-bomber set off explosives near a police checkpost in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Saturday, killing a policeman and wounding 15 people, police said. . (Read More)

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Ft Hood shooter failings to be held to account: Obama

7 days ago

Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday he would hold to account those who missed warning signs that could have prevented a shooting rampage on a Texas army base earlier this month that killed 13 p (Read More)

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