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More than 100 Taliban killed in battles in souther Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - An Afghan official says more than 100 militants have been killed in two separate battles in southern Afghanistan. Daud Ahamdi, the spokesman for Helmand province's governor,...
5 killed in suspected U.S. missile strike on Pakistani town on Afghan border
DERA ISMAIL KHAN - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed five tribesmen in a Pakistani town close to the Afghan border. Saturday's missile strike is the latest in a string of suspected cross-borde...
South Korea expects North Korea to resume nuclear disabling work
SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean official says he expects North Korea to immediately resume work to disable its nuclear reactor after the United States removed the country from a list of states tha...
About 2,500 residents flee chemical leak in western Pennsylvania
PETROLIA, Pa. - A corrosive liquid overflowed from a tank at a chemical plant in western Pennsylvania on Saturday, evaporating into a toxic cloud that snaked along the ground and forced about 2,500 to...
Flaherty reassures Canada about its economic growth after White House meeting
WASHINGTON - Canada's finance minister emerged from a White House meeting with President George W. Bush and officials of the world's top economic powers Saturday and described the atmosphere as grim w...
Alaska ethics investigation hits hardest at Todd, not Sarah Palin
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A month after she became governor, Sarah Palin's staff ushered Alaska's public safety commissioner into her private office. But Palin wasn't there. Her husband, Todd, had called...
Lawyer says jailed O.J. Simpson believes he was 'railroaded'
LOS ANGELES - O.J. Simpson, locked in jail and pondering his future, feels hopeful he will win a new trial on appeal because he believes jury interviews show "he was absolutely railroaded," his lawyer...
Clintons to begin active campaign swing for Obama in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON - When Bill and Hillary Clinton take the stage Sunday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, it will be the launch of an active campaign for their former nemesis Barack Obama in the home stre...
Obama, McCain agree to tone down personal attacks on campaign trail
PHILADELPHIA - Democrat Barack Obama joined John McCain in toning down personal attacks on Saturday while asking voters to have faith in him as the next president. Even as he criticized John McCain...
Hurricane Norbert weakens to Category 1, nears Mexico mainland
PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico - Hurricane Norbert has weakened to a Category 1 storm after it swept across Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula, tearing off roofs and forcing hundreds of people to ...
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