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Al-Qaida in Iraq says it killed US-allied Sunni (AP)
Date : 21 Aug 2008
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - An al-Qaida in Iraq front organization is claiming responsibility for a suicide attack that killed a U.S.-allied Sunni leader read more »
Mexico outraged over corrupt police, kidnappings (AP)
Date : 21 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - After kidnappers in police uniforms set up a fake checkpoint to snatch 14-year-old Fernando Marti off a Mexico City street, h read more »
153 killed in Madrid airline crash (AFP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - A Spanish tourist jet carrying 172 people careened off a Madrid airport runway and broke up in flames on Wednesday, killing read more »
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,145 (AP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - As of Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, at least 4,145 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March read more »
Officials: Deal calls for troop pullback in Iraq (AP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have completed a draft security agreement that would see American troops leave Iraqi cities as soo read more »
Fiery plane crash at Madrid airport kills 153 (AP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A jetliner heading to the popular Canary Islands vacation resort crashed during takeoff Wednesday, turning a wooded area off read more »
US general warns of security gap when Marines leave Afghanistan (AFP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Security gains made in southern Afghanistan could suffer if US Marines are pulled out later this year without replacements, read more »
U.S. stops African refugee program after DNA tests (Reuters)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - The United States has halted a program that united African refugees with relatives in America after DNA testing reveal read more »
4 more foreign activists detained in China (AP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a r read more »
France bans broadcast of TV shows for babies (AP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - France's broadcast authority has banned French channels from marketing TV shows to children under 3 years old, to shield them read more »
China limits use of Olympians' names online (AP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - China has banned the use of its Olympic gold medalists' names as Internet addresses by anyone but the athletes themselves. read more »
In Georgia, Russia digs in as pullback date nears (AP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Russian forces dug trenches and built sentry posts deep inside Georgia on Wednesday, showing few signs they would pull back l read more »
Officials: Pact calls for troop pullback in Iraq (AP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have completed a draft security agreement that would see American troops leave Iraqi cities as soo read more »
149 dead in plane crash at Madrid airport (AP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces We read more »
US, Poland OK missile defense base, riling Moscow (AP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia a mov read more »
12 killed in new Algeria bomb attacks (AFP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Two car bomb attacks in eastern Algeria killed at least 12 people, state radio and a Canadian employer reported Wednesday wi read more »
Beijing bishop urges pope to visit China (AP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The Beijing bishop appointed by China's state-controlled Catholic Church said in an interview Wednesday that he hopes Pope Be read more »
Sudan's president: Darfur genocide 'nonexistent' (AP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Sudan's indicted president denied Wednesday that his regime is orchestrating genocide in the troubled western region of Darfu read more »
Close ally of Colombia's president freed from jail (AP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A former senator close to President Alvaro Uribe was freed from prison on Wednesday, four months after his arrest on charges read more »
Court: Accused Nazi eligible for extradition (AP)
Date : 20 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - An 86-year-old man accused of killing a Jewish teenager in Hungary during World War II can be extradited to Hungary to face c read more »
NZ court gives green light to "boobs on bikes" parade (Reuters)
Date : 18 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - A New Zealand court has allowed a parade of topless porn stars on motor bikes to proceed on the main street of the count read more »
Talks in peril as Philippine troops step up hunt for Muslim rebels (AFP)
Date : 18 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Troops on Tuesday stepped up the manhunt for Muslim separatist rebels after a murderous rampage in the southern Philippines read more »
Australia Aborigines want jobs promised to Pacific (Reuters)
Date : 18 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - Small Pacific nations and East Timor are jostling for inclusion in an Australian plan to ship in seasonal workers from read more »
Egypt wants antiquated taxis off its roads (Reuters)
Date : 18 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - The Egyptian government wants Fawzi Zawar, 49, to give up his taxi. read more »
Chewing gum after surgery may keep you regular (Reuters)
Date : 18 Aug 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - Chewing gum after colon surgery appears to speed up the return of normal bowel function, British researchers said on Mon read more »