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Zimbabwe cargo plane crashes at Shanghai's airport, killing 3
A Zimbabwe cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Saturday from Shanghai's main international airport, killing three crew members, a government official said.
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Officials: 22 dead in Russia train derailment
An express train carrying hundreds of passengers from Moscow to St. Petersburg derailed late Friday, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens of others, emergency officials said.
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Sri Lanka's presidential poll set for Jan. 26
Sri Lankan elections officials said Friday that the nation would hold early presidential elections on Jan.
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Key anti-Taliban figure assassinated, military kills 15 in new operation in northwest Pakistan
A key anti-Taliban tribal leader was assassinated Friday in a roadside bombing, the latest in a series of attacks against pro-government militias in the Afghan border area of northwestern Pakistan.
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Karzai renews call on Taliban to lay down weapons
Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban and other extremist groups Friday to lay down their weapons and participate in rebuilding the battered country, as part of reconciliation efforts he has said will be his main objective during his second term.
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Obama wants Nato allies to send 10,000 more troops to Afghanistan
"WASHINGTON a ' The United States is scrambling to coax NATO allies to send 10,000 additional troops to Afghanistan as part of President Obama a TMs strategy for the region.
US soldiers in Afghanistan seeking a slice of home eat Thanksgiving turkeys they raised
As daylight faded and the winter cold set in, soldiers huddled inside a crude wooden hut to tuck into Thanksgiving turkeys the unit itself had fattened and to give thanks for having survived a year of combat in Afghanistan.
Attorney says dinner crashers shouldn't need him
"They just went to a party. They didn't do anything wrong," Paul Morrison, a Virginia attorney who has represented Michaele and Tareq Salahi in the past, told The Associated Press .
SKorea confirms some 5,000 wartime executions
South Korean soldiers and police executed nearly 5,000 citizens during the early months of the 1950-53 Korean War, fearing they could collaborate with invading North Korean troops, a government commission said Thursday.
German army head quits over Afghanistan bombing
Wolfgang Schneiderhan quits as defence ministry accused of withholding information about civilian casualties in Nato bombing Inspector General Wolfgang Schneiderhan in Kunduz, Afghanistan, earlier this month.
China announces plan to boost energy efficiency
S.Korea, U.S. agree to strengthen maritime safety
Gunmen linked to Philippines massacre arrested
Indian official demands for U.S. lift on American technology transfer to India
Rare, heavy rains soak pilgrims in Islam's hajj
Treasury 'squeezed defence budget'
A former head of MI6 has launched an attack on the Government for its financing and handling of the military campaign in Afghanistan.
Obama to plead US case at global warming summit
Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenhouse gases at next month's Copenhagen climate summit, insisting America is ready to tackle global warming despite intense disagreement in Congress.
NKorea's Kim Jong Il meets China defence chief, says bilateral ties 'unbreakable'
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il says ties with China are "unbreakable" and has called for increased co-operation between the communist nations amid international pressure on Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament talks.
the Canadian Press Stephen Harper says action is taken whenever hard evidence is presented.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper moved Tuesday to calm the political storm surrounding the handover of Afghan prisoners, vowing to release all "legally available" documents related to the matter.
Pakistan charges 7 suspects in Mumbai attacks
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