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Pakistan wants U.S. to share Afghan plans

Published Saturday, November 21, 2009

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan expressed fear Friday that a large increase in foreign troops in Afghanistan could push militants across the border into its territory and called on the U.S. to factor in that concern as part of its new war strategy.Meanwhile, a ... full story

Police shortcomings weaken Afghanistan security

Published Saturday, November 21, 2009

KABUL -- Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home.A strong ... full story

Blasphemy ban in works

Published Friday, November 20, 2009

GENEVA -- Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery -- essentially a b ... full story

2 police officers die in Pakistan blast

Published Friday, November 20, 2009

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A blast early Friday killed two police offers a day after a suicide bomber killed 19 people outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attacks in an onslaught by Islamist militants retaliating against an army offe ... full story

Cross restored to Byzantine glory

Published Saturday, November 21, 2009

VATICAN CITY -- One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection -- a 6th century reliquary containing what is revered as fragments of the cross on which Jesus was crucified -- has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory.The Vatic ... full story

U.S. examines role

Published Saturday, November 21, 2009

The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan government, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.He said the U.S. can exert the ... full story

Afghan president prepares for speech

Published Thursday, November 19, 2009

KABUL -- Under intense pressure to fix his corrupt government, Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought to strike a balance in his second inaugural speech Thursday: answer international demands for reform while appeasing his political allies who returned ... full story

Ship's guards fend off pirates

Published Thursday, November 19, 2009

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Guards aboard the Maersk Alabama used guns and a sound blaster Wednesday to repel the second pirate attack in seven months on the U.S. vessel.A U.S. naval commander hailed the ship's new defenses and family members rejoiced at the M ... full story

Iran refuses to send uranium out of country

Published Thursday, November 19, 2009

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran will not ship its low-enriched uranium out of the country for processing, its foreign minister said Wednesday, once again rejecting a U.N. plan aimed at thwarting any attempt by Tehran to make nuclear weapons.Instead, Foreign Min ... full story

1 conjoined twin talking after separation surgery

Published Thursday, November 19, 2009

MELBOURNE, Australia -- A Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally Thursday after waking from a medically induced coma, the head of the surgery team said.Trishna is already doing well en ... full story

Demands threaten Iraq elections

Published Wednesday, November 18, 2009

BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Kurds threatened Tuesday to boycott national elections, days after the country's Sunni vice president threatened to veto the newly passed election law needed to hold the January vote.Barely a week after the long-delayed legislation ... full story

Obama says climate deal will rally world

Published Wednesday, November 18, 2009

BEIJING -- President Barack Obama, with China's leader at his side, lifted his sights Tuesday for a broad accord at next month's climate conference that he said would lead to immediate action and "rally the world" toward a solution on global warming. ... full story

Twins joined at head successfully separated

Published Tuesday, November 17, 2009

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Twin Bangladeshi girls who were joined at the top of their heads and shared blood vessels and brain tissue were successfully separated Tuesday after 25 hours of delicate surgery, hospital officials said.It is too early to know ... full story

12 Afghans killed in attack on meeting with French

Published Tuesday, November 17, 2009

TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan -- Rockets slammed into a market northeast of Kabul on Monday, killing 12 civilians but missing their presumed target: a meeting between France's top general in Afghanistan and dozens of tribal elders and senior local offici ... full story

Palestinians seek EU support for independence

Published Tuesday, November 17, 2009

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinians asked the European Union on Monday to back their plan to have the U.N. Security Council recognize an independent Palestinian state without Israeli consent.The idea of seeking U.N. intervention has been gaining ... full story

Canada Supreme Court hears media appeal

Published Tuesday, November 17, 2009

OTTAWA -- News blackouts unjustifiably prevented the public from learning why charges were dropped or suspended for some terror suspects, media lawyers told Canada's Supreme Court on Monday.Several media organizations, including The Associated Press ... full story

Kids shipped to colonies to get apology

Published Monday, November 16, 2009

LONDON -- As many as 150,000 poor British children were shipped off to the colonies over three and a half centuries, often taken from struggling families under programs intended to provide them with a new start -- and the Empire with a supply of stur ... full story

Palestinians to appeal to UN

Published Monday, November 16, 2009

JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials said Sunday they are preparing to ask the United Nations to endorse an independent state without Israel's consent because they are losing faith in the peace talks.The idea appeared to be largely symbolic. The U.S., ... full story