LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week, indicating Islamist militants are stepping up violence after a period of relative calm....
34 min ago By BABAR DOGAR and MUNIR AHMED |
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BAGHDAD (AP) -- The Iraqi prime minister's bloc says it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government after preliminary election results showed it winning in at least two southern provinces....
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BEIJING (AP) -- Eleven rare Siberian tigers, starving and kept in small cages, have died at a cash-strapped zoo in China, heightening concerns about conditions at wildlife facilities in the country, where activists say profiteering off the carcasses of endangered species sometimes drives over-breeding....
1 hr ago By ALEXA OLESEN |
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TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK, Kenya (AP) -- Tracking the wounded elephant to its death bed was easy for the ranger. Hit by a poison arrow, the huge mammal could only drag its hind leg, creating a wide gash across the bush....
2 hr ago By JASON STRAZIUSO |
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Calling on Chileans to dry their tears and get to work to rebuild the nation, Sebastian Pinera is already setting an example....
2 hr ago By MICHAEL WARREN |
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel is moving to amend the country's planning procedures on sensitive political decisions following an embarrassing diplomatic flap during a visit this week by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a Cabinet minister said Friday....
2 hr ago By MATTI FRIEDMAN |
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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Germany's top bishop has informed Pope Benedict XVI about cases of clerical sex abuse in the pontiff's native Germany and said the pope encouraged him to pursue the truth and assist the victims....
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Alfred de Montesquiou, an Associated Press correspondent embedded with U.S. Marines in the battle for the Afghan town of Marjah, was able to observe some of the lessons of the fighting and hear from the officers in command how they are being absorbed....
2 hr ago By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU |
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BRUSSELS (AP) -- Russia's envoy to NATO has sharply criticized the alliance's shift away from fighting drug trafficking in Afghanistan, saying the resulting surge in heroin smuggling is endangering Russia's national security....
4 hrs ago By SLOBODAN LEKIC |
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BANGKOK (AP) -- Anti-government protesters massed around Thailand on Friday ahead of a march they hope will paralyze the capital and force Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to call new elections. Authorities mobilized 50,000 security officers and set up checkpoints around Bangkok....
12 min ago By THANYARAT DOKSONE |
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