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Blasts Kill Seven in Northeast India

Associated Press GAUHATI, India -- Suspected militants set off two bombs outside a police station in India's restive northeast on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding more than 50, police said. Five people died instantly...

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NYT: Officials see hope in anti-Taliban militias

U.S. officials see hope in anti-Taliban militias The rise of these groups spurs optimism of a large-scale tribal rebellion Members of a Pakistani private tribal militia, known locally as a Lashkar, brandish their weapons vowing...

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General: Canada Halted Prison Moves More Than Once

Canadian General Says Afghan Prison Transfers Halted More Than Once Over Safety Concerns (AP) HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) - Canada's top general said Sunday the transfer of prisoners to Afghan authorities has been halted more...

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Police identify Chinese man as Saipan gunman

BEIJING, Nov. 23 -- The gunman who killed at least four people and wounded nine others in a shooting rampage on the Pacific island of Saipan on Friday has been identified as 42-year-old Li Zhongren of China, foreign media...

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Iraq PM Ramps Up Attacks On Baathists Before Vote

Iraqi Prime Minister Steps Up Attacks On Baathists Before Vote, Stoking Tensions With Sunnis (AP) BAGHDAD (AP) - A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and...

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Algeria Court Acquits 2 Former Guantanamo Inmates

Lawyer: Court Acquits 2 Former Guantanamo Inmates Returned To Algeria To Face Terror Charge (AP) ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - An Algerian court on Sunday acquitted two former detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who were returned home...

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Japan leans towards buying F-35 fighter jet: media

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's defense ministry is moving toward selecting Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 jet as the mainstay of its next-generation fighter force, Kyodo news agency reported on Monday, citing ministry sources.

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Pakistani military kills 29 militants

Officials: Militants, including commander, killed when they attacked military base in Loesam Officials: Air strikes in northern portion of Orakzai agency destroy militant hideouts Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani troops...

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Army chief: 550 troops died in Swat fight

MINGORA, Pakistan, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- The campaign to rid Pakistan's Swat Valley of Taliban militants has cost the lives of 550 soldiers, the Army chief of staff says. Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, speaking Saturday in Swat's...

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Ex-FBI agent who watched JFK autopsy reflects on death - USATODAY.com

President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, ride in a motorcade moments before the president was fatally shot on November 22, 1963. By Glenn Miller, The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press Jim Sibert has answered the...

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