L.A. Times - Asia:
The Afghan Foreign Ministry says a U.N. envoy's demands 'violated respect for Afghanistan's national sovereignty.' A NATO airstrike that killed Afghan soldiers and police threatens to worsen tensions. (Read More)
Los Angeles Times - Top News:
The Foreign Ministry says a U.N. envoy's demands 'violated respect for Afghanistan's national sovereignty.' A NATO airstrike that killed Afghan soldiers and police threatens to worsen tensions. (Read More)
New York Times:
The Afghan Defense Ministry and local officials in Badghis Province said that seven members of the Afghan security forces had been killed in a NATO airstrike the day before.
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New York Times:
A military plane with 11 people on board crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training flight late on Friday, the Defense Ministry said.
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MSNBC.com: South & Central Asia:
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says a NATO airstrike in a western province mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen.
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washingtonpost.com - Metro:
One of the hardest things Ed Donaghy has ever done was leave his ministry as a Catholic priest. For months, he agonized over his conflicting desires to have a family and serve as a priest in the Sacramento Diocese.
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New York Times:
Israel on Friday rejected a United Nations General Assembly vote endorsing a report accusing it of war crimes in Gaza last winter, saying that the resolution did not have “the support of the moral majority.”
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Wall Street Journal:
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- China's Ministry of Commerce launched an anti-dumping investigation into U.S. sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) with engines of 2.0 liters and above, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday. Be (Read More)
Washington Post:
BAGHDAD -- Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell signed a deal with the Iraqi Oil Ministry on Thursday to develop a major field, marking the first foray by a U.S.-led consortium into Iraq's promising but uncertain oil industry. (Read More)
MSNBC.com: Africa:
Zimbabwe's transport ministry says one of the national airline's planes collided with five wild pigs on the runway in the capital during takeoff.
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MSNBC.com: Security:
Francisco Villanueva of the Interior Ministry says the number of cases has gone from 108 in 2004 to 1,024 last year.
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Agile Ministry:
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MSNBC:
From NBC’s Pete WilliamsIn the world's first criminal trial of CIA officials over the practice known as "rendition," an Italian judge today found nearly two-dozen American citizens guilty of kidnapping. The U.S. has used rend (Read More)
LA Times:
Britain's Defense Ministry blames a "rogue" officer, possibly a militant infiltrator, who fled after opening fire. Six other British troops and two Afghans are wounded. (Read More)
MSNBC:
An Afghan policeman shot dead five British soldiers at a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, the defense ministry in London said on Wednesday.
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Wall Street Journal:
Spanish jobless claims continued to spiral higher in October as one of Europe’s worst recessions ground on. Spanish jobless claims rose by 98,906, or 2.7%, to 3.8 million in October from September, the labor ministry said Tue (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Jobless claims in Spain rose by 2.6% in October and 35.1% on an annual basis, the Ministry of Labor and Immigration said on Tuesday. In October, another 98,906 people were added to the overall jobless (Read More)
New York Times:
China has demanded that the Uighurs be returned to China, but the United States has refused because it says they would face persecution there.
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MSNBC.com: World news:
North Korea's Foreign Ministry called on Monday for direct talks with its long-time foe, the United States, and said it was ready to return to stalled six-country nuclear disarmament negotiations. (Read More)
Cornerstone Fellowship Children's Ministry:
Just thought I’d remind the readers of The Zone Children’s Ministry to not forget to set your clocks back before going to bed tonight (October 31). Hope you all have a fun Halloween. If you are reading this on November 1 in t (Read More)