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NKorea readies military parade for national day - Added 44 minutes ago

North Korea is preparing to stage a military parade Tuesday to mark the communist state's 60th anniversary this week, an official said. The planned show of might comes after South Korea said the North has begun...

Video shows dead Afghan children after US raid - Added 44 minutes ago

The bodies of several children lay dead in two videos that show the aftermath of a U.S.-led operation the Afghan government and U.N. say killed 90 civilians. The video obtained Monday, apparently taken by a cell phone,...

Sarkozy in Moscow talks, pushes for EU monitors - Added 59 minutes ago

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday pressed Moscow to honor its pledge to withdraw troops from Georgia, while Russian soldiers prevented international aid convoys from visiting Georgian villages in a tense zone...

Marines turn Afghan town over to British, Afghans - Added 1 hour ago

U.S. Marines who took back a key town in southern Afghanistan from Taliban militants in an operation earlier this year turned over responsibility for the area to British and Afghan forces on Monday. The 24th Marine...

So far only 1 China quake orphan adopted - Added 1 hour ago

Only one orphan has been adopted in the four months since a devastating earthquake in Sichuan province left some 90,000 people dead or missing, government officials and state media said Monday. The 10-year-old boy is...

Ike flooding kills 58 more in rain-soaked Haiti - Added 1 hour ago

Hurricane Ike's torrential rains swelled rivers across Haiti and sent floodwaters gushing into homes in the dead of night in one eastern town, killing at least 58 people. Flooding also collapsed a bridge that had been...

Russia to send naval squadron, planes to Venezuela - Added 1 hour ago

Russia said Monday it will send a naval squadron and anti-submarine patrol planes to Venezuela this year for a joint military exercise in the Caribbean, a deployment that comes amid increasingly tense relations with the...

Cooking show adds to Thailand PM's troubles - Added 2 hours ago

Thailand's prime minister defended himself Monday against accusations he violated the constitution by hosting a televised cooking show while in office, potentially the most damaging of a line of troubles confronting...

Landslide in China kills 26, destroys warehouse - Added 2 hours ago

A landslide triggered by heavy rain killed at least 26 people in northern China on Monday, while an unknown number of others remained trapped, a state news agency reported. The flow of mud and rocks in Shanxi province...

Suspected US missile strike in Pakistan kills 9 - Added 2 hours ago

Missiles from a suspected U.S. drone aircraft struck a house and seminary linked to a key Taliban commander on Monday, killing at least nine people, officials and witnesses said. The explosions occurred in a village in...

Ike ebbs to Category 3 hurricane nearing Cuba - Added 3 hours ago

Xinhua News Agency says at least 26 people are dead after a mud-rock flow in northern China. ...

Death toll in Egypt rock slide at 47 - Added 3 hours ago

The death toll from a devastating rock slide that buried a shanty town rose to 47 on Monday, a security official said as recovery efforts switched to high gear after days of delay. The death toll was expected to climb...

Democrats lose seats in Hong Kong polls - Added 3 hours ago

Hong Kong's pro-democracy politicians lost several legislative seats according to final election results announced Monday, but held onto their veto power over major legislation as they push for greater political...

Spain: Street violence after immigrant's death - Added 4 hours ago

African immigrants clashed with Spanish police in a second night of violence triggered by the killing of a Senegalese man in an apparent drug dispute, the Interior Ministry said Monday. Four demonstrators were arrested...

Britain mops up after storms and floods kill 6 - Added 4 hours ago

Parts of Britain are mopping up after a weekend of storms and flooding that has been blamed for six deaths. Flooding struck large areas of Wales and western and northern England after one of the wettest Augusts on...

Indian flood victims to spend 6 months in camps - Added 5 hours ago

Hundreds of thousands of Indian flood refugees are likely to spend six months in state-run relief camps while authorities rebuild homes, roads and river embankments in the flood-ravaged north, officials said Monday. ...

US, Vietnam open annual Agent Orange meetings - Added 6 hours ago

The U.S. and Vietnam on Monday opened their third round of annual talks on ways to limit the environmental effects of Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant the U.S. sprayed extensively during the Vietnam War. Officials and...

3 ships thwart attacks by pirates off Somalia - Added 6 hours ago

Pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked three vessels off Somalia's coast but failed to hijack them because of quick action by crew members, a maritime official said Monday. A Chinese cargo ship, a...

Nepal nabs 5 in bombing of vice president's home - Added 6 hours ago

Police have arrested five men on suspicion of bombing the home of Nepal's vice president last month, officials said Monday. Police official Upendra Aryal said authorities were still searching for three more suspects...

6 Afghan civilians killed in explosion - Added 6 hours ago

A roadside blast in southern Afghanistan killed six civilians Monday, and a Canadian soldier died in another explosion in the same region, officials said. The six civilians, including a woman and a child, died when...

Russian sumo wrestlers expelled for marijuana - Added 7 hours ago

Two popular Russian sumo wrestlers were slapped with lifetime bans from Japan's ancient national sport for allegedly using marijuana and the head of the Japan Sumo Association resigned Monday to take responsibility for...

Malaysia lawmakers fly to Taiwan amid uncertainty - Added 7 hours ago

Dozens of Malaysian ruling coalition lawmakers traveled abroad together Monday amid jitters about opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's threat to recruit enough defectors from the government to seize power by next week. ...

Chinese protester freed after Olympics detention - Added 7 hours ago

A Chinese woman detained for a month after protesting about being evicted from her home ahead of the Olympics has been freed, the woman and her son said Monday. Zhang Wei said she was released on Saturday on condition...

6.5 quake shakes sea floor near Vanuatu - Added 8 hours ago

A strong earthquake has rocked the sea floor off the coast of the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu, but there are no immediate reports of injury or damage. The magnitude-6.5 quake struck at 2:03 p.m. local time Monday...

Blasts reported in Pakistan's troubled northwest - Added 9 hours ago

Pakistan's military says several explosions have rocked the Miran Shah area in Pakistan's troubled northwest, injuring at least 12 people. An intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the...

Taiwan "hero" said to have sordid past in Reunion - Added 10 hours ago

A Taiwanese fisherman who claimed to have been stranded on an Indian Ocean island for 27 years turned out to be a convicted killer and sex offender instead of a skillful survivor, a Taiwanese newspaper reported Monday. ...

Vietnam discovers mass grave of communist soldiers - Added 10 hours ago

A military official says authorities in Vietnam's Central Highlands have discovered a mass grave containing 22 sets of remains of communist soldiers killed during the Vietnam War. Lieut. Col. Nguyen Tien Lam of the...

Landslides leave 30 dead or missing in Philippines - Added 10 hours ago

Two landslides triggered by heavy rains buried more than 20 houses in a remote gold-mining village in the southern Philippines, leaving at least 11 people dead and 19 others missing, officials said Monday. Small stone...

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,155 - Added 12 hours ago

As of Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, at least 4,155 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians...

A look at death toll from Atlantic storms - Added 12 hours ago

A look at deaths so far from the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season: Six of 10 named storms so far this Atlantic hurricane season have caused deaths, mostly due to floods and mudslides: _ Arthur: 5 in Belize; 2 in...

US re-examines Afghan civilian deaths from attack - Added 13 hours ago

The U.S. military said Sunday it has new evidence about civilian casualties from an American attack that Afghanistan says killed scores of women and children and it is sending a senior officer to the country to review...

Chavez opponents call state media coverage unfair - Added 13 hours ago

In speech after speech, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stares at the television camera and unleashes a hail of colorful insults against his opponents. "Oligarchs," "fascists," "mafia bosses" and "coup mongers" are...

Democrats retain veto power in Hong Kong election - Added 14 hours ago

Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp has won more than a third of seats in legislative elections, retaining its veto power over major legislation. Results announced Monday show the opposition has claimed at least 22 of 60...

Venezuela, Russia may hold joint naval exercises - Added 17 hours ago

President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuelan and Russian ships could soon hold joint naval exercises in the Caribbean _ a move that would likely raise concerns in Washington. "Russia's naval fleet is welcome...

Egypt rock slide toll rises to 32 - Added 18 hours ago

Hopes diminished Sunday for finding survivors among hundreds of people believed trapped beneath massive boulders that destroyed an impoverished neighborhood on Cairo's outskirts, killing at least 32 people, including...

CERN fires up new atom smasher to near Big Bang - Added 19 hours ago

It has been called an Alice in Wonderland investigation into the makeup of the universe _ or dangerous tampering with nature that could spell doomsday. Whatever the case, the most powerful atom-smasher ever built comes...

Georgian president vows to reclaim 2 provinces - Added 19 hours ago

On the eve of a European Union shuttle mission to convince Russia to pull its troops back to prewar positions, Georgia's president vowed Sunday to regain control of two breakaway provinces with the help of "the rest of...

Canada's prime minister calls early election - Added 19 hours ago

Canada's prime minister on Sunday triggered an early election, dissolving Parliament in a bid to bolster his party's grip on power in a vote next month that will be the country's third national ballot in four years. ...

Iraqi parliament faces urgent national issues - Added 20 hours ago

Iraqi lawmakers end their summer break this week facing urgent tasks of approving a new election law and signing off on a still-unfinished security pact with the U.S. _ key steps in laying the foundation for a lasting...

Sarkozy: unlikely diplomat in Russia-Georgia fight - Added 20 hours ago

He's not known for his diplomatic graces, but blunt-talking French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks like Europe's best bet for making peace between Russia and Georgia. Paris, unlike Washington, can claim to be an...

Israel police: Indict Olmert on corruption charges - Added 20 hours ago

Israel's police recommended Sunday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should be indicted in a string of corruption cases, according to an official document. The police statement said they want to indict Olmert in affairs...

Vast model ship armada on display in Germany - Added 21 hours ago

For Peter Tamm, the passion that launched a thousand ships _ and Hamburg's newest museum along the port city's old docks _ began with a gift from his mother in 1934. "A 500-gross tonnage coaster from the North...

Health chiefs battle to bring back Iraqi doctors - Added 21 hours ago

A kidney specialist who fled Iraq's bombings, kidnappings and sectarian killings 20 months ago has reported back to work at his Baghdad hospital _ one of some 800 doctors who have returned over the summer. Doctors are...

China's new prosperity fuels fitness craze - Added 21 hours ago

Several days a week, Wu Ruiyao hits the gym, where she sweats on a treadmill, tones her abs in a group exercise or stretches under the guidance of a personal trainer. The 90-minute workout is routine to Wu, a...

50,000 villagers in flooded India refuse to leave - Added 22 hours ago

At least 50,000 people in India have refused to abandon their homes in flood-ravaged northern Indian despite pleas by authorities to evacuate, an official said Sunday. Newspaper advertisements also urged thousands of...

Pakistan suicide blast death toll reaches 35 - Added 23 hours ago

The death toll in a massive suicide blast in Pakistan's militant-plagued northwest reached 35, officials said Sunday, as the country prepared for Benazir Bhutto's widower to take over as president. The attack Saturday...

Israel's government puts off evacuation discussion - Added 1 day ago

Israel's government on Sunday postponed discussion of landmark legislation that would pay Jewish settlers to leave their homes in the West Bank, but said it would take up the matter next week. At the opening of the...

Police: Bombs explode at Afghan police HQ, 6 dead - Added 1 day ago

Two suicide attackers detonated bombs inside the police headquarters in Afghanistan's second-largest city Sunday, killing six policemen, officials said. The bombers attacked Gen. Abdul Raziq, a border police commander,...

India jubilant over nuclear trade waiver - Added 1 day ago

India's government and business groups were jubilant Sunday over a hard-won endorsement from nations that supply nuclear material and technology, a decision that paves the way for a landmark civil nuclear energy accord...

Unknown powder sent to US diplomats in Pakistan - Added 1 day ago

Two American diplomatic outposts in Pakistan received envelopes containing an unknown white powder last week, sparking a security scare, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said Sunday. Tests are being conducted on the substance,...