Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites
By ABDUL SATTAR and ISHTIAQ MAHSUD
Associated Press Writers
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan. The assault sharply drove up the ...
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Typhoon kills 5 South Koreans
By SANGWON YOON
Associated Press Writer
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The death toll from Typhoon Kompasu, which battered the Korean peninsula with strong winds and heavy rains, rose to five in South Korea, an official said Friday.
The typhoon struck Seoul the day ...
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Calderon: Violence price worth paying in drug war
By ALEXANDRA OLSON
Associated Press Writer
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- President Felipe Calderon tried to rally frustrated Mexicans behind his increasingly bloody drug war Thursday, saying he knows violence has surged under his watch, but arguing that ...
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Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks
By IBRAHIM BARZAK AND JOSEF FEDERMAN
Associated Press Writers
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the questi ...
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EU urges China to cooperate in sanctions on Iran
By GILLIAN WONG
Associated Press Writer
BEIJING (AP) -- The European Union said Thursday it expects China to support tough sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear program and not let its companies move into the Middle Eastern country's ...
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Afghan president says airstrike killed civilians
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
Associated Press Writer
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- NATO said an airstrike in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed about a dozen insurgents, but President Hamid Karzai said the victims were campaign workers seeking votes ...
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