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More than 100 Taliban killed in battles in souther Afghanistan

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:38:52 +0000

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,...

About 2,500 residents flee chemical leak in western Pennsylvania

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:38:01 +0000

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...

5 killed in suspected U.S. missile strike on Pakistani town on Afghan border

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:37:52 +0000

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

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:38:03 +0000

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...

Alaska ethics investigation hits hardest at Todd, not Sarah Palin

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:46:28 +0000

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...

Flaherty reassures Canada about its economic growth after White House meeting

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:46:26 +0000

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...

Reform Party endorses McCain, saying it's a badge of honour for him

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:16:05 +0000

ALBANY, N.Y. - Calling him the true reformer in the presidential contest, members of Reform Party USA endorsed Senator John McCain for president Saturday. Party chairman Frank MacKay said represent...

Lawyer says jailed O.J. Simpson believes he was 'railroaded'

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:15:59 +0000

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

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:16:03 +0000

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

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:15:57 +0000

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

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:16:01 +0000

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 ...

Mexico offers reward in Chihuahua bar massacre investigation

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:20:49 +0000

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Mexican officials are offering a reward of $37,000 US for the capture of gunmen who killed 11 people in a northern city bar. Unknown assailants walked into the Rio Rosas bar...

Counting cards: Columbia University collection includes 6,356 decks

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:20:52 +0000

NEW YORK - The collection spans 50 countries and four centuries and touches on subjects ranging from beer marketing to 19th-century Portuguese politics. Columbia University has a collection of play...

Billy Graham released from hospital, day after fall at home

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:20:44 +0000

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Evangelist Billy Graham was released from the hospital Saturday, sore and bruised but not seriously injured, after he tripped and fell over one of his dogs at his North Carolina home...

Japanese businessman in murder plot hangs himself in Los Angeles jail

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:20:51 +0000

LOS ANGELES - A Japanese businessman charged with plotting the murder of his wife in Los Angeles 27 years ago hanged himself with his shirt in a jail cell only hours after arriving to face trial, poli...