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Soldier who fled to Canada to avoid Iraq duty to plead guilty to desertion

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:17:54 +0000

FORT CARSON, Colo. - A U.S. soldier who fled to Canada in 2005 to avoid going to Iraq plans to plead guilty Friday to a reduced charge. Authorities in Fort Carson, Colo., say 25-year-old Pte. Robin...

5.9-magnitude earthquake kills 1, destroys homes in southern China

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:10:42 +0000

BEIJING - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted southern China near the border with Myanmar today, killing a woman - one day after another quake damaged homes in the same area. The official Xinhua news...

Russia halts military co-operation with NATO amid East-West tension over Georgia

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:10:40 +0000

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Russia has halted all military co-operation with NATO in the latest sign of East-West tension over the conflict with Georgia, the alliance said Thursday. Alliance spokeswoman Ca...

Three Canadian soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan killed by IED, one injured

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:21:19 +0000

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Three Canadian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan by an improvised explosive device as a "much more aggressive" insurgency exacted another deadly toll on NATO soldiers in...

Experts piecing together final moments of Spanish air crash that killed 153

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:36:16 +0000

MADRID, Spain - The jetliner that crashed in Madrid abandoned a first takeoff attempt because of an air gauge that showed overheating, but experts said it was unlikely the gauge was a factor in the ac...

16-year-old dies after being shot in high school cafeteria in Knoxville, Tenn.

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:32 +0000

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A 16-year-old student has died after being shot in a high school cafeteria in Knoxville, Tenn.. Police say the shooting occurred at Central High School shortly after 8 a.m. Thurs...

Twin suicide bombings at Pakistan arms complex; 59 killed, 70 wounded

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:18 +0000

WAH, Pakistan - Taliban suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates of Pakistan's main weapons complex outside the capital of Islamabad on Thursday, killing 59 people and wounding 70 amid growing ...

Shippers seek UN action after 3 ships hijacked in a single day off Somalia

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:22 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Shipping officials are calling for UN action after pirates seized three ships Thursday off the coast of Somalia. Noel Choong of the International Maritime Bureau calls the ...

Three Canadian soldiers killed by improvised explosive device in Afghanistan

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:29 +0000

KANDAHAR - Three Canadian soldiers have been killed in Zhari district in Afghanistan by an improvised explosive device. One soldier was also seriously injured after the device detonated near their ...

Senior Russian diplomat says Russia reconsidering co-operation with NATO

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:20 +0000

MOSCOW - A senior Russian diplomat says Moscow is reconsidering its co-operation with NATO. The Interfax news agency quotes Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko as saying the Kremlin wants to ...

McCain, Obama agree told hold 3 presidential debates this fall

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:24 +0000

WASHINGTON - John McCain and Barack Obama have agreed to hold three presidential debates and one vice-presidential debate this fall. The announcement of the debates was made Thursday in a joint sta...

British court backs release of alleged Guantanamo 'torture' documents

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:44:30 +0000

LONDON - A British court has given Foreign Secretary David Miliband a week to reconsider his decision to withhold secret documents that could prove that a man held in Guantanamo Bay was tortured. T...

Russian court delays Khodorkovsky parole decision

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:44:32 +0000

CHITA, Russia - Jailed Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky told a Siberian court at the start of his parole hearing Thursday that he does not plan to return to the oil industry, where he made his fort...

Mass. principal in pregnancy pact has new job at Catholic elementary school

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:20:33 +0000

GLOUCESTER, Mass. - The former principal of a Massachusetts high school who told Time magazine there was a pact among some students to get pregnant now has a new job. Joseph Sullivan resigned last ...

Taliban claims responsibility for attack at Pakistani arms factory; 50 dead

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:45:43 +0000

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates of Pakistan's main weapons complex outside the capital of Islamabad on Thursday, killing 50 people and wounding more than 100....