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11 killed in Pakistan bomb, anti-Taliban head dies

AFP South Asian Edition 4 hours ago

A suicide car bomber struck near a local mayor's house in Pakistan's Peshawar city Sunday, killing 11 people including the one-time rebel backer turned anti-Taliban crusader, police said. The bomber also wounded 36 people outside a property of Mayor Abdul Malik on ...

Netanyahu heads to US hoping for Obama meet

AFP Global Edition 4 hours ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Washington on Sunday to address a Jewish gathering and hoping to meet President Barack Obama amid a delicate time in US efforts to restart Middle East peace talks. Although officials in the hawkish premier's office ...

Saudis take mountain from Yemen rebels

AP News 4 hours ago

Saudi prince says his country takes control of mountain away from Yemeni rebels Saudi Arabian forces have taken control of a mountain straddling the border with Yemen and cleared it of Shiite rebels, in five days of fighting that saw three soldiers ...

Health Care Overhaul Obama

AP News 4 hours ago

President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, about health care reform after addressing the House Democratic Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) Copyright 2009 AP News

Taiwan, China to sign financial agreement: report

AFP Global Edition 5 hours ago

Taiwan is expected to forge an agreement on financial cooperation with China "soon", in yet another sign of evolving ties between the two former bitter rivals, it was reported Sunday. A senior Taiwanese official in charge of relations with China said over ...

Thailand protecting 'dignity' in Cambodia spat: PM

AFP Asian Edition 5 hours ago

Thailand's prime minister Sunday defended his actions in an ongoing spat with Cambodia over Phnom Penh's job offer to a fugitive former Thai premier, saying he had to protect the country's dignity. "All the government has done is for dignity of the ...

Thousands of Japanese protest U.S. base plan

Reuters US Online Report Top News 5 hours ago

GINOWAN, Japan (Reuters) - Thousands of Japanese gathered in sweltering heat on the southern island of Okinawa on Sunday to demand that a U.S. Marine base be moved out of the region, days ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama. The ...

G20 Finance Minister's Meeting Continues

Getty Images 5 hours ago

ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 07: US Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner and British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling attend the G20 finance ministers family photograph on November 7, 2009 in St Andrews, Scotland. G20 finance ministers have gathered in ...

Mayor among 10 killed in Pakistan suicide bomb

AFP South Asian Edition 6 hours ago

At least 10 people including a local mayor were killed and 20 others wounded Sunday when a suicide bomber blew up a car in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city, officials and police said. "The suicide bomber came in a car and exploded it ...

10 people killed in Pakistan car bomb: official

AFP South Asian Edition 6 hours ago

At least 10 people were killed and 20 others wounded Sunday when a suicide bomber blew up a car outside the home of a local mayor in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city, an official said. "The toll is 10 dead and 20 injured," ...

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