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Afghan helicopter crash kills 31

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 06:14 PM PDT


KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite unit as the Navy SEALs who killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, as well ...

9 bodies found near schools in 2 Mexican states

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 12:09 AM PDT

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- The dismembered bodies of four young men were dumped near a high school and five young men were found dead near a middle school in two separate incidents in northern Mexico, officials said Saturday.The severed body parts of ...

British teen slain by polar bear in Norway Arctic

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 12:06 AM PDT

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- A polar bear attacked a group of British students camping on a remote Arctic glacier as part of a high-end adventure holiday, killing a 17-year-old boy and injuring four other young people Friday before a trip member fatally shot ...

Somali infant gaining weight

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 06:14 PM PDT


DADAAB, Kenya -- Only 10 days ago, Minhaj Gedi Farah was too weak to cry and his skin crumpled liked thin leather under the pressure of his mother's hands. Now doctors say the severely malnourished 7-month-old appears out of danger of joining the m ...

Rebel forces head to Libya's coastline

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 05:06 PM PDT

BIR AYAD, Libya -- Rebels launched a new offensive Saturday out of their stronghold in Libya's western mountains, battling regime forces in a drive toward the heartland of Moammar Gadhafi's rule on the Mediterranean coast. Opening a new front, the re ...

270,000 Israelis protest high cost of living

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT


JERUSALEM -- At least a quarter of a million Israelis, fed up with the mounting cost of living, poured into the streets of the country's major cities Saturday night to demand that their leaders address their plight -- and proving by their tremendou ...

Group hacks U.S. law enforcement sites

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT


LONDON -- The group known as Anonymous said Saturday it has hacked into some 70 mostly rural law enforcement websites in the United States, a breach that one local police chief said had leaked information about an ongoing investigation.
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