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Shuffle adds to U.S. troubles in Afghanistan

Apr 28, 2011
Baathists quit over Syria’s crackdown

Apr 28, 2011
U.N. fails to agree on condemning Syria

Apr 28, 2011

UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― The deeply divided U.N. Security Council failed to agree on a European and U.S.-backed statement condemning Syrian violence against peaceful protesters on Wednesday, with Russia...
Violent storms smack Southern U.S., kill at least 85

Apr 28, 2011

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (AP) -- Fierce storms obliterated large swaths of land from Mississippi to Georgia, wiping out homes and businesses, causing a nuclear power plant to use backup generators and ev...
Obama releases birth document, decries silliness

Apr 28, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama has produced his detailed birth certificate from Hawaii, hoping to clamp off a resurrection of claims he was born outside the United States and declaring the ...
Hamas, Fatah reach unity deal

Apr 28, 2011

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) ― Rival Palestinian groups said they reached an agreement Wednesday on reuniting their governments in the West Bank and Gaza after years of bitter infighting that weakened ...
'Weirdos' camp on London streets for royal wedding

Apr 28, 2011

People camping infront of Westminster Abbey (Yonhap News) LONDON, (AFP) - An elite band of Diana fanatics, knitting grandmothers and self-confessed "weirdo" students camped out Tuesday opposite West...
Russia backs tougher rules after Chernobyl

Apr 27, 2011

Yanukovych renews calls for funding for new containment shell over reactor KIEV (AP) ― Tough new guidelines could help prevent accidents like the massive Chernobyl meltdown, Russia’s president insis...
Obama steps up campaign against high fuel costs

Apr 27, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday stepped up his campaign over politically damaging high gasoline prices, calling on Congress to eliminate $4 billion dollars in subsidies to oil...
NATO hit on headquarters squeezes Gadhafi

Apr 26, 2011

Libyan spokesman denounces bombing as failed assassination attempt TRIPOLI (AP) ― The latest NATO airstrike on Moammar Gadhafi’s compound that reduced parts of it to a smoldering ruin steps up press...
Weight loss gone wrong

Apr 26, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR: A 30-year-old man spent RM80,000 on a weight loss programme but ended up having 30 open wounds, with one as big as a fist, around his waistline. The man, who only wanted to be known as...
Taliban tunnel more than 480 out of Afghan prison

Apr 26, 2011

An Afghan policemen takes a look at the opening of tunnel at the main prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan which prisoners escaped through Monday, April 25, 2011. Taliban insurgents dug a more than 1,050-...
Termites eat up millions in Indian bank

Apr 26, 2011

Police in India are investigating a case where 10 million rupees ($222,000) were reportedly missing after a raid. Those who broke into the steel chest at the bank were not human but termites. Accord...
Yemen’s Saleh left with room for movement

Apr 25, 2011
At least 500 dead in Nigeria election riots

Apr 25, 2011

BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) ― At least 500 people died in religious rioting that followed Nigeria’s presidential election, a civil rights group said Sunday, as volatile state gubernatorial elections loom th...