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Official: 3 aide workers kidnapped in Kenya
AP – Sat Jul 18, 1:59 am ETNAIROBI, Kenya – Gunmen have seized three foreign aid workers in northern Kenya and taken them across the border into Somalia, a security official said Saturday. Full Story »
Iraq government faces claims of prisoner abuse
AP – Sat Jul 18, 12:08 am ET- Indonesia suspects fugitive terrorist in bombings AP – 48 mins ago
- Pakistani jets kill 9 militants in northwest AP – Sat Jul 18, 2:16 am ET
- A Hard-Line Sequel to the Case of the Pregnant Nine-Year Old Time.com – Sat Jul 18, 1:25 am ET
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Hijacked German cargo ship released off Somalia
AP – 29 mins ago
AFP/File BERLIN - The German Foreign Ministry says Somali pirates who captured a German-owned cargo ship in May in the Gulf of Aden have released it and the crew is unharmed. Full Story »
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Hamas makes feature film about slain militant
AP – 47 mins agoGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The Gaza movie premiere drew an exclusive crowd with local celebrities posing for jostling photographers — and that's pretty much where the similarities end between Hollywood and the fledgling film industry of Gaza's Hamas rulers. Full Story »
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US anti-drug force flies last flight from Ecuador
AP – Fri Jul 17, 10:37 pm ETQUITO, Ecuador - A U.S. anti-narcotics force flew its last surveillance mission from Ecuador's Pacific Coast on Friday. Full Story »
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Post-coup Mauritania election begins
AP – 2 hrs 1 min ago
AP NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - A former military general who ousted this Islamic nation's first freely elected president is vying to become its legitimate ruler in elections Saturday to return power to civilian rule. Full Story »
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French aid agency wants probe of Sri Lanka deaths
AP – 16 mins ago
AFP COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A French aid agency is demanding an international investigation into the massacre of 17 of its workers in Sri Lanka three years ago, after a government inquiry reportedly failed to identify the killers. Full Story »
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Canada inflation negative, first time since 1994
Reuters – Fri Jul 17, 7:16 am ETOTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate turned negative in June for the first time since November 1994 and fell to the lowest level in more than half a century on a slide in energy prices, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Full Story »
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Ken Loach takes Israel stance down under
AFP – Fri Jul 17, 11:42 pm ET
AFP/File MELBOURNE (AFP) - Filmmaker and activist Ken Loach has moved to withdraw his work from Melbourne's International Film Festival in protest against partial sponsorship from Israel, a report said Saturday. Full Story »
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U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan tests McChrystal's new order
McClatchy Newspapers – Fri Jul 17, 5:49 pm ETKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An airstrike that Afghan officials allege killed at least four civilians Wednesday is the first test of a new U.S. directive that American troops let Taliban fighters flee if civilian lives are at risk. Full Story »
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UN worker's killing underscores Pakistani refugees' dilemma
The Christian Science Monitor – Thu Jul 16, 5:00 am ETPeshawar and Mardan, Pakistan - For the millions of displaced Pakistanis trying to gauge whether to head home, the messages Thursday were deeply mixed. Full Story »
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Nicaragua: Where Every Day is Christmas
Time.com – Sat Jul 18, 1:25 am ETThe Sandinista government wants to keep the impoverished country constantly festive but the tinsel does provide critics with unflattering metaphors Full Story »
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US fighter jet crashes in Afghanistan; 2 crew dead
AP – 2 hrs 25 mins ago
AP KABUL - A U.S. military F-15E fighter jet crashed in central Afghanistan early Saturday, killing two crew members, officials said. Full Story »
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Powerful Iranian cleric says country in crisis
AP – Fri Jul 17, 11:29 pm ET
AP TEHRAN, Iran - In a sign of endurance for Iran's protest movement, demonstrators clashed with police Friday as one of the nation's most powerful clerics challenged the supreme leader during Muslim prayers, saying country was in crisis in the wake of a disputed election. Full Story »
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Clinton cites US errors on pollution
AP – 30 mins agoU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton opened a three-day visit to India on Saturday by urging India not to repeat American mistakes in contributing to global pollution, and she passionately defended U.S. demands for help in fighting terrorism. Full Story »
U.S. News
Cronkite remembered as 'honorable' and 'an icon'
AP – 1 hr 11 mins agoThe death of Walter Cronkite elicited tributes from colleagues, presidents past and present, world-famous astronauts and those who hoped in vain to fill his empty anchor chair, all honoring the avuncular face of TV journalism who became the "most trusted man in America." Full Story »
Opinion
India-Pakistan rapprochement? Terrorists, beware.
The Christian Science Monitor – Fri Jul 17, 5:00 am ETThis week's sit-down between the prime ministers of Pakistan and India may not have removed mountains of suspicion and hostility between these two rivals, but their meeting may have leveled a few foothills. Full Story »
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