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- Air strike kills 7 in west Afghanistan, official says
Category: World News
Publish Date: 09-05-2008 01:46 AM -0700
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Seven people, including two children, were killed in an air strike in western Afghanistan on Friday that was aimed at the house of a Taliban commander, a district...[more]
- Suspected U.S. drone attack kills 5 in Pakistan
Category: World News
Publish Date: 09-05-2008 01:45 AM -0700
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Five Islamist militants were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a suspected U.S. drone in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, in a stepped up campaign against...[more]
- Unpopular Japan PM scores with parting shot
Category: World News
Publish Date: 09-05-2008 01:43 AM -0700
TOKYO (Reuters) - Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was unpopular with voters but T-shirts printed with his huffy parting shot are now a hit.
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- Angolans vote in first election in 16 years
Category: World News
Publish Date: 09-05-2008 01:29 AM -0700
LUANDA (Reuters) - Angolans voted on Friday for the first time in 16 years in a parliamentary election expected to extend the ruling party's hold of more than three decades in the booming oil-rich...[more]
- Rescuers can't get aid to Haiti city
Category: World News
Publish Date: 09-05-2008 01:16 AM -0700
The convoy rumbled out of the U.N. base toward a starving and seething city Thursday, carrying some of the first aid since Tropical Storm Hanna killed 137 Haitians and drowned Gonaives three days ago[more]
- John McCain vows to 'shake up Washington'
Category: World News
Publish Date: 09-05-2008 01:03 AM -0700
John McCain has told Republican convention delegates that he accepts the GOP presidential nomination and vowed to "shake up Washington." Earlier, Republicans made Sarah Palin their first female VP...[more]
- Syria floats proposal for Israel talks
Category: World News
Publish Date: 09-05-2008 12:28 AM -0700
The Syrian government has put forward a six-point proposal outlining goals for furthering indirect talks with Israel, a senior Syrian government official said Thursday.
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- Australia swears in first woman governor-general
Category: World News
Publish Date: 09-05-2008 12:03 AM -0700
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's 25th governor-general was sworn into office as the representative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Friday, with republicans holding out little hope that Australia...[more]
- Afghan President Karzai visits scene of deadly American-led raid
Category: World News
Publish Date: 09-05-2008 12:00 AM -0700
He assures villagers that those responsible for civilian deaths will be punished. His government and the U.S. military continue to differ over the toll in the Aug. 22 strike....[more]
- Dick Cheney visits Georgia, assails Russia
Category: World News
Publish Date: 09-05-2008 12:00 AM -0700
The U.S. vice president, appearing with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, pledges continued U.S. support for reconstruction.
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