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U.S. troop kills Afghan guard at base in northern Afghanistan
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KABUL — At least five Afghan police officers and two civilians were killed Sunday when a car bomb was detonated outside the main police headquarters in Kandahar, officials said. Another 19 people, six of them police officers, were...
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Greece holds crucial talks over EU bailout plan terms
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Greek PM Lucas Papademos is set to meet the party leaders of his coalition to try and win support for a proposed 130bn euros ($171bn; £108bn) EU rescue. Mr Papademos wants their backing for reforms demanded by the...
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Fox News Projects Romney Winner of Nevada Caucuses
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Kuwait PM Resigns After Opposition Election Surge
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Kuwait's caretaker prime minister has stepped down to clear the way for a new government after parliamentary elections dominated by hard-line Islamists and other opposition groups. The official Kuwait News Agency says the Gulf nation's emir accepted the...
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India court drops fraud charges for minister
AlJazeera
An Indian judge has thrown out a petition to prosecute Palaniappan Chidambaram, the country's home minister, for signing off on part of a telecom scandal that may have cost the government as much as $36bn in lost revenue....
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Syria: UN veto gives Assad licence to kill - opposition
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Russia and China have handed Syria's government a "licence to kill", say opposition activists, after the two countries vetoed a UN resolution. The Syrian National Council, an opposition umbrella group, urged Moscow and Beijing to change their minds....
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Report: North Korea using old, US-made drones
FOX News
North Korea's hard-line communist regime is using old US-made target drones to develop unmanned attack aircraft, South Korea intelligence sources said Sunday."North Korea recently bought several US MQM-107D Streakers from a Middle Eastern nation that appears to be...
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US, Australian filmmakers for National Geographic die in helicopter crash
MSNBC
SYDNEY — Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said Sunday.Police said an Australian helicopter pilot and his American passenger died...
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Egypt: Can't Influence Democracy Groups Probe
ABC News
Egypt's foreign minister insisted Sunday that the government can't intervene in an investigation of foreign-funded pro-democracy organizations that is straining ties with the United States, but underlined Cairo's commitment to the relationship with Washington. Mohammed Amr spoke at...
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Prince William flies first Falklands sortie for RAF stint
MSNBC
LONDON — Britain's Prince William took to the skies over the Falkland Islands on Saturday on his first sortie as a Royal Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, British media reported.His deployment that began earlier this week come amid...