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  • Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander

    AP – Sat Nov 7, 8:47 am ET  Sent 556 times
    U.S.Navy Cmdr. Hung Ba Le is seen in front of  his ship USS Lassen,... AP

    DANANG, Vietnam - On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming — as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer. Full Story »

  • W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback

    AP – Sun Nov 8, 2:11 am ET  Sent 330 times
    In this Aug. 1, 2009 photo, a giraffe from Africa's most endangered... AP

    KOURE, Niger - A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil. Full Story »

  • Ida now a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds

    AP – 17 mins ago  Sent 175 times
    A man watches the waves crash in the resort area of Cancun, Mexico,... AP

    MIAMI - Hurricane Ida strengthened to a Category 2 storm on Sunday, and a hurricane watch was extended to the Florida Panhandle as Ida made its way across the Gulf of Mexico. Full Story »

  • Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling

    AP – 2 hrs 37 mins ago  Sent 130 times
    FILE - This Nov. 12, 1989 file photo shows Berliners celebrating... AP

    BERLIN - Twenty years ago Monday, they danced atop the Berlin Wall, feet thudding on the cold concrete, arms raised in victory, hands clasped in friendship and giddy hope. Full Story »

  • Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa

    AP – 2 hrs 9 mins ago  Sent 127 times
    Chinese Prime minister Wen Jiabao looks on during a presser at... AP

    SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - China's premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in new low interest loans to African nations over three years, offering the beleaguered continent sorely needed cash while dismissing criticism that Beijing's motives in Africa are far from altruistic. Full Story »

  • Shooting reveals tensions over Muslims in the military

    McClatchy Newspapers – Fri Nov 6, 8:59 pm ET  Sent 110 times
    Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities... Reuters

    WASHINGTON — The killings of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, by an Army psychiatrist who also was a Muslim set off a rancorous debate Friday that once again spotlighted the fear among Muslims in America that they'll be collectively found guilty for the actions of one man. Full Story »

  • Bruni-Sarkozy tells of 8 years in psychoanalysis

    AP – Sat Nov 7, 12:33 pm ET  Sent 100 times
    French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy,... AP

    PARIS - During her years as a top model, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave psychoanalysis nary a thought. Full Story »

  • Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban

    AP – Sat Nov 7, 7:36 am ET  Sent 93 times
    A model takes to the catwalk with a creation by Pakistani designer... Reuters

    KARACHI, Pakistan - Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders — and tattoos — exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts. Full Story »

  • Fuel convoy hit in eastern Afghanistan

    AP – Sun Nov 8, 4:33 am ET  Sent 65 times
    Veterans attend the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the... AP

    KABUL - An Afghan police official says at least two private security guards have been wounded and two fuel tankers set on fire in eastern Afghanistan when militants attacked a supply convoy for NATO forces. Full Story »

  • To defang Taliban, some look to private schools

    AP – Sun Nov 8, 2:36 am ET  Sent 59 times
    In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children leave... AP

    QUTBAL, Pakistan - The schoolhouse is so tiny that dozens of pupils have to sit outdoors. They're lucky if their teachers have more than a basic education. And the chanting of math equations and Quranic verses gets so loud that the children have a hard time hearing themselves. Full Story »

  • Afghan vows to keep corrupt officials out of govt

    AP – 2 hrs 17 mins ago  Sent 53 times
    An Afghan army soldier gestures next to a burning fuel truck... AP

    KABUL - The embattled Afghan president pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration — a demand made by Washington and its international partners as they ponder sending more troops to confront the Taliban and shore up his government. Full Story »

  • Pakistan bomb kills anti-Taliban mayor, 11 others

    AP – 40 mins ago  Sent 36 times
    Injured victims of a suicide bombing are treated at a local hospital... AP

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday in a market in northwest Pakistan crowded with shoppers ahead of a Muslim holiday, killing 12 people, including a mayor who once supported but had turned against the Taliban, officials said. Full Story »

  • Giant dominoes form tribute to Berlin Wall's fall

    AP – Sat Nov 7, 2:45 pm ET  Sent 35 times
    Dominoes stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany,... AP

    BERLIN - Massive colorful dominoes painted by German students were placed Saturday along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three decades. Full Story »

  • Dalai Lama visits town near Tibet, angering China

    AP – 2 hrs 35 mins ago  Sent 31 times

    TAWANG, India - Joyous Buddhist pilgrims welcomed the Dalai Lama back Sunday to the Himalayan town he first set foot in five decades ago while fleeing Chinese rule in his native Tibet — a rare trip close to his homeland that has angered Beijing. Full Story »

  • Iran lawmakers: No shipment of uranium abroad

    AP – Sat Nov 7, 6:18 am ET  Sent 30 times
    Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during his interview... AP

    TEHRAN, Iran - Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether. Full Story »

  • Zelaya-Micheletti Honduras Deal Risks Trouble for Obama

    Time.com – Fri Nov 6, 10:20 am ET  Sent 27 times

    As rival claimants on the presidency remain at odds over what they've 
agreed, the U.S. risks being seen in the region as having accepted a coup Full Story »

  • Queen leads Britain's ceremony for war dead

    AP – 1 hr 10 mins ago  Sent 22 times
    Britain's Queen Elizabeth II stands in front of poppy wreaths... AP

    LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II led Britain's annual ceremony for the country's war dead Sunday, honoring them with a moment of silence as the military reported that more than 200 British soldiers have been killed in combat in Afghanistan. Full Story »

  • Berlin guard: Opening wall `terrible' but right

    AP – Sun Nov 8, 6:44 am ET  Sent 15 times

    BERLIN - Harald Jaeger was a loyal East German border guard — respected and trusted to command a crossing point to the west on Berlin's Bornholmer Strasse. Full Story »

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