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- Red Cross in Syria fails to evacuate 2 journalists
- Pakistan calls on Taliban for talks
- Protests spread in Afghanistan
- Murdoch launches new Sunday paper
- Texas legislators urge Iraq to buy U.S. rice
| Red Cross in Syria fails to evacuate 2 journalists Posted: 24 Feb 2012 04:19 PM PST BEIRUT -- A Red Cross team evacuated 27 people from a besieged neighborhood in the Syrian city of Homs on Friday but apparently failed to get out two wounded Western journalists and the bodies of two others killed by government rockets.The Internatio ... |
| Pakistan calls on Taliban for talks Posted: 24 Feb 2012 04:18 PM PST ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan publicly called on the Taliban for the first time Friday to engage the Afghan government in U.S.-backed peace talks, a potentially significant move that could help pave the way for a settlement to end the decade-long war. Isl ... |
| Protests spread in Afghanistan Posted: 24 Feb 2012 04:18 PM PST KABUL, Afghanistan -- The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan called on his troops to resist any urge to avenge the death of two American soldiers killed in riots over the burning of Qurans at a U.S. base, even as renewed protests Friday claimed at l ... |
| Murdoch launches new Sunday paper Posted: 24 Feb 2012 04:18 PM PST LONDON -- The challenge for Rupert Murdoch's new Sunday tabloid: Keep the scoops, drop the sleaze.News Corp.'s The Sun on Sunday launches this weekend, promising the same irreverent attitude that has kept The Sun tabloid at the top of the British new ... |
| Texas legislators urge Iraq to buy U.S. rice Posted: 24 Feb 2012 04:19 PM PST HOUSTON -- Congress members from the largest rice-growing states are urging Iraq to resume buying U.S. long-grain rice, saying the country's "unreasonable" quality standards put American farmers at a competitive disadvantage. The Associated Press ... |
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