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MARJAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – U.S. Marines leading one of NATO’s biggest offensives against Taliban Islamic militants in Afghanistan are facing fierce resistance in some areas, bogged down by heavy gunfire, snipers and booby traps. Read more
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An investigation has been launched into the rush-hour train collision which killed 18 people outside the Belgian capital, Brussels. Read more
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Play Video Wall Street Video:Buffett Hits the S&P ABC News Play Video Wall Street Video:Disney Dives Deeper: China Watch TheStreet.com Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 10,099.14 -45.05 ^GSPC 1,075.51 -2.96 ^IXIC 2,183.53 +6.12 By AOIFE WHITE, AP Business Writer Aoife White, Ap Business Writer – 15 mins ago BRUSSELS – Greece’s finance minister said a detailed [...]
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Play Video Reuters  – Afghan war scenes Slideshow:Afghanistan Play Video Video:Stray Bomb Kills 12 Civilians In Afghanistan CBS 2 Chicago Play Video Video:Displaced in Afghanistan Reuters AP – U.S. soldiers exchange fire with insurgents as Afghan soldiers run for cover during a firefight with … By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU, Associated Press Writer Alfred De Montesquiou, Associated Press Writer – [...]
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Welsh rugby star Andy Powell was arrested after driving a golf buggy towards a motorway hours after defeating Scotland in a thrilling Six Nations match, sources revealed yesterday. Read more
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Sarah-Jane Hilliard, 21, claimed Grant Bowers, 19, attacked her following a night out. Read more
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The Sundaland clouded leopard, a newly identified and little understood species of big cat in Borneo, has been filmed for the first time. The leopard, a healthy-looking animal a metre long and weighing about 40kg, was caught on video at night at the Dermakot Forest Reserve in Malaysian Borneo’s Sabah state. ”What surprised us [...]
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The news stories that shaped the first decade of the new millennium, from terrorism to natural and humanitarian disasters. (Note: These are not ranked in order of importance.) Read more
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Why the Valentine’s Day party poopers? Valentine’s Day = St. Valentine = not an Islamic holiday. Plus, as an Islamic scholar told the Saudi Gazette, “As Muslims we shouldn’t celebrate a non-Muslim celebration especially this one that encourages immoral relations between unmarried men and women.” So in Saudi Arabia, the religious police — agents of [...]
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Let’s just say Nicolas Sarkozy would jump out of his shoe lifts with pride — but former cruise-ship crooner Silvio Berlusconi nabs the whole love boat: “‘Amour,’ the French word for love, has been voted the most romantic word in the world in a pre-Valentine’s Day survey of language experts. It narrowly beat ‘amore,’ the [...]
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Circa 1967. Some of the more astonishing assertions start at around the 8-minute mark. This nonsense, recall, is what those of us in our 50s and older grew up hearing/assuming. I’m reminded of Monty Python’s classic send-up, “The Mouse Problem.” Read more
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At least 20 people are feared dead after two trains collided head-on in snowy conditions on the outskirts of Brussels. [...]
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DC has announced the art team for its bi-weekly Brightest Day limited series. Read more
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Stephen Harper is to be one of the first heads of government to visit Haiti since last month’s tremor killed some 217,000 people and demolished Port-au-Prince and surrounding villages. Read more
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Those counting heads on the Abel Maldonado confirmation vote /brewing legal battle/lousy way to spend a three-day weekend, will note that there was one Republican member of the Assembly not to back Maldo… Read more
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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The outcome of the Obama administration’s intense lobbying to continue a global terrorist finance tracking program begun under the George W. Bush administration probably will be decided by a hotly contested vote of the European Parliament on Thursday. Read more
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JODHPUR, INDIA — India is investigating whether Pakistan was behind an attack that killed nine people in the western city of Pune ahead of peace talks scheduled for next week, officials said Sunday. Read more
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GENEVA — In an embarrassment to Switzerland’s government, the country’s top court said Wednesday that at least $4.6 million from Swiss bank accounts previously awarded to charities must be returned to the family of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Every day, Pascual Cicenia plays golf on an emerald course that is 18 holes of tropical heaven in the middle of this chaotic city. He doesn’t take it for granted, he said, especially now that President Hugo Chávez has disparaged the sport as an elitist endeavor with few friends in his populist [...]