Pakistan officials: Suspected US strikes kill 12

By ISHTIAQ MASHUD, Ishtiaq Mashud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – Two suspected U.S. missile strikes Friday on villages close to the border with Afghanistan killed at least 12 people, most of them militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. American forces recently ramped up cross-border operations against Taliban and al-Qaida militants in Pakistan’s border zone with Afghanistan — a [...]

US general in Afghanistan wants more troops ASAP

The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that he needs more troops and other aid “as quickly as possible” in a counterinsurgency battle that could get worse before it gets better. Gen. David McKiernan said it will take more than adding troops to stabilize Afghanistan — including efforts to strengthen the Afghan government, improve [...]

Medvedev says Russia to leave areas of Georgia

STRELNA, Russia - President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia will fulfill its promise to withdraw troops from areas of Georgia outside two separatist regions. Medvedev spoke to reporters after European Union monitors began patrolling Georgian territory Wednesday. Russian troops allowed some of them into a buffer zone around the breakaway region of South Ossetia despite earlier warnings [...]

Iran urged to end ’secretive’ nuclear ways

VIENNA, Austria (AP) — A six-year probe has not ruled out the possibility that Iran may be running clandestine nuclear programs, the chief United Nations nuclear inspector said Monday, urging the country to end its secretive ways. Europe also urged Iran to fully cooperate with a U.N probe that is trying to assess its past and [...]

Ahmadinejad: ‘American empire’ nearing its end

(CNN) — In a blistering speech before the United Nations General Assembly, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed “a few bullying powers” for creating the world’s problems and said the “American empire in the world is reaching the end of its road.” And while he insisted Iran’s nuclear activities are peaceful, Ahmadinejad blamed the same powers [...]

Al-Qaida, Pakistani Taliban eyed in Marriott bomb

By ZARAR KHAN, Associated Press Writer ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Rescuers pulled more bodies from the shell of the truck-bombed Marriott Hotel in Pakistan’s capital Sunday, pushing the death toll from one of the country’s worst terrorist strikes to 53, including the Czech ambassador and two Americans. The five-story hotel, a favorite spot for foreigners and the Pakistani [...]

At 81, Japanese vet makes rare return to Iwo Jima

By JOSEPH COLEMAN IWO JIMA, Japan - The tunnels of Iwo Jima snake deep beneath the volcanic rock and soil, their entrances camouflaged by a dense tangle of vines and tall grasses. In their stifling heat, Tsuruji Akikusa suffered months of hunger and thirst. The bodies of dead comrades lay around him. His closest buddy blew himself [...]

China milk scandal claims victim outside mainland

By SCOTT McDONALD BEIJING - A Hong Kong toddler has developed a kidney stone after drinking Chinese milk — the first reported victim outside the mainland affected by a widening scandal over a toxic chemical found in baby formula and other Chinese dairy products. More than 6,200 infants have become sick and four babies have died in [...]

Huge suicide blast at hotel in Pakistan capital - MSNBC

NBC News and news services updated 2:55 p.m. ET Sept. 20, 2008 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A huge suicide truck bomb devastated the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan’s capital Saturday, killing at least 40 people and engulfing the building in flames in a sickening reminder of the threat in a country vital to the U.S.-led war on [...]

Street clashes erupt in Germany

Left-wing protesters set fire to barricades in clashes with police Thousands of left-wing demonstrators gathered to protest against an extreme right-wing rally have clashed with police in the Germany city of Cologne. Police said about 3,000 protesters threw stones at officers, while some tried to steal their weapons. Violence erupted after the protesters tried to halt [...]

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