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AP - 2 hours , 17 minutes ago
Bomb attacks and a firefight killed four U.S. troops in 24 hours in Afghanistan, the military said Monday, adding to the growing toll as NATO and the U.S. consider whether to send more forces to the war.
 
  • Mom: Son in coma heard everything for 23 years
    AP - 2 hours , 2 minutes ago
    A mother says her son has emerged from what doctors thought was a vegetative state to say he was fully conscious for 23 years but could not respond because he was paralyzed.
  • Kangaroo tries to drown dog, attacks owner
    AP - 5 hours , 19 minutes ago
    A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs.
  • Amended Iraqi election law still angers Sunnis
    AP - 1 hour , 14 minutes ago
    Iraq's parliament amended the country's vetoed election law on Monday with a version that failed to appease Sunni Arabs, who fear they are being marginalized.
  • Big Bang atom smasher sends beams in 2 directions
    AP - 2 hours , 54 minutes ago
    The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said.
  • Attack on election convoy kills 21 Filipinos
    AP - 4 hours , 11 minutes ago
    Dozens of gunmen hijacked a convoy carrying journalists, and family and supporters of a candidate for provincial governor, killing at least 21 of the travelers Monday in the southern Philippines' worst political violence in years.
  • China activist who spoke out on quake gets 3 years
    AP - 1 hour , 36 minutes ago
    A veteran dissident was sentenced Monday to three years in prison after casting a spotlight on poorly built schools that collapsed during China's massive earthquake last year, killing thousands of children -- an apparent government attempt to squelch such information.
  • Brazil: World should engage, not isolate Iran
    AP - 1 hour , 43 minutes ago
    Engaging, not isolating Iran is the way to push for peace and stability in the Middle East, said Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva as he headed into private talks Monday with his increasingly alienated Iranian counterpart.
  • Israel, Hamas near swap of prisoners for soldier
    AP - 1 hour , 54 minutes ago
    Israel and Hamas are close to a deal to swap 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held for more than three years by the Islamic militant group, a Palestinian familiar with the talks said Monday.
  • France shows off cutting-edge navy ship in Russia
    AP - 3 hours , 27 minutes ago
    A cutting-edge French warship sailed into St. Petersburg Monday to show off its capabilities to potential buyers in the Russian navy, whose pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighboring countries.
  • Woman found 25 hours after Indonesia ferry sank
    AP - 4 hours , 37 minutes ago
    Rescuers plucked a woman from choppy waters Monday, some 25 hours after she jumped from a crowded ferry that sank in a storm off Indonesia's Sumatra island. At least 29 people drowned, and 20 others were missing.
  • Romania's president, rival in runoff election
    AP - 5 hours , 35 minutes ago
    Romania's centrist president will face a socialist former foreign minister in a Dec. 6 runoff election, partial results showed Monday, in a race key to helping the country emerge from a political and economic crisis.
  • Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites
    AP - 17 hours , 32 minutes ago
    Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military strike by Israel.
  • Egypt's media stoked soccer fan anger with Algeria
    AP - 22 hours , 51 minutes ago
    Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence.
  • Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo
    AP - 23 hours , 56 minutes ago
    A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.
  • Iraq PM ramps up attacks on Baathists before vote
    AP - 1 day , 1 minute ago
    A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections.
  • Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit
    AP - 1 day , 27 minutes ago
    Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials said Sunday.
  • Iran releases ex-official on bail in mass trial
    AP - 1 day , 1 hour ago
    Iran released a former vice president on a $700,000 bail Sunday after his lawyer said he had been sentenced to six years in prison in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the post-election unrest.
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