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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 11 — Pakistani officials said security forces killed 52 Islamist fighters in the Swat Valley on Monday, as the country’s prime minister told Parliament the army had to take on the Taliban forces in the northwest because “the very existence of the country was at stake.” Read more
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The Mexican Embassy has canceled the mariachis that were booked for its Cinco de Mayo celebration this evening. No margaritas either, just wine. And privately, some partygoers are confessing it seems like folly to attend a crowded, enclosed event with people who might have just returned from Mexico. Read more
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UNITED NATIONS — It was 10:30 p.m. in Kabul, and Shkelquim Sina had just e-mailed his wife goodnight when an explosion ripped through his hotel bedroom, obliterating a wall, scorching nearly half his body and leaving the United Nations weapons expert barely clinging to life. Read more
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BAGHDAD, May 12 — The U.S. military on Tuesday announced that Sgt. John M. Russell, of the 54th Engineer Battalion, has been charged in the shooting that killed five service members at a combat stress clinic here on Monday. Read more
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The speaker of Israel’s parliament accused German-born Pope Benedict on Tuesday of showing detachment from Jewish suffering in the Nazi Holocaust, adding to criticism that has marked his Holy Land pilgrimage. Read more
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KOTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Helicopter-borne Pakistani soldiers swooped into a Taliban stronghold in a remote corner of Swat on Tuesday, as the United Nations urged help for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the fighting. Read more
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Pope Benedict XVI has been visiting sites in Jerusalem holy to Muslims, Jews and Christians on the second day of his visit to the Holy Land. Read more
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Higher unemployment, slow global growth and persistent government intervention in financial markets and companies will become the “new normal” for world economies, the chief executive of top bond fund Pimco said on Tuesday. Read more
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Play Video AP  – U.S. reporter set free from Iranian jail Slideshow:U.S. journalist freed by Iran Play Video Barack Obama Video:LAPD’s SWAT Team Members To Be Honored CBS 2 / KCAL 9 Los Angeles Play Video Barack Obama Video:Pres. Obama talks about playing with Tar Heels KMOV Channel 4 St. Louis AP – US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi smiles [...]
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Vladimir Putin sought to assert his authority as Russia‘s most powerful man yesterday, telling his successor as president that the economic downturn has made his position vulnerable. Read more
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MUNICH (May 11) – Suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk arrived in Germany on Tuesday to face a warrant accusing him of being accessory to the murder of 29,000 Jews and others. The retired Ohio autoworker arrived at about 9:15 a.m. (0715 GMT) aboard a private jet at Munich’s airport from the U.S. The [...]
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Mr Cameron has already warned MPs could face disciplinary action and arrived early at the party’s Westminster headquarters this morning to work out his next step. Read more
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Cuba confirms first case of swine flu 1:40PM Tuesday May 12, 2009 Your Views Should we be worried about swine flu? Have the dangers been overstated? Send us Your Views Read Your Views Register for Your Views Swine Flu Suspected swine flu cases in NZ takes big drop Mexican schools return as swine flu fears [...]
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Relatives of the Srebrenica massacre victims attend the funeral of their family members at the Srebrenica Memorial site during the 10th anniversary of the massacre on July 11, 2005, in Srebrenica, Bosnia Herzegovina. Read more
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The Jordanian monarch tells the Times of London that a lot is hinging on the May 18 meeting between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “All eyes will be looking to Washington,” he said. “If there are no clear signals and no clear directives to all of us, there will [...]
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Just as we learn that another woman has leaped into Lake Michigan after another dog, columnist Jonah Goldberg enters the dogs-and-love fray with a column saying that his dog loves him, darn it. Pet Photo Read more
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3:07am UK, Tuesday May 12, 2009 A US soldier has shot dead five of his fellow troops at an American base in Baghdad, a Pentagon official has said. Scene of the tragedy: [...]
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Quentin Tarantino has admitted that a prequel to Inglourious Basterds is already half-written. Read more
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The German-born pontiff said the cry of the victims “still echoes in our hearts” as he paid his respects during an emotional ceremony at Israel’s national Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem. Read more
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will replace its top general in Afghanistan as President Barack Obama tries to turn around a stalemated war, defense officials said. Read more