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- U.S. soldier kills 16 Afghan civilians
- Japan looks for closure one year after disasters
- UN calls for cease-fire in Syria crisis
- Egypt acquits doctor for 'virginity testing'
- Afghan president: American kills 16 in shooting
- Japan marks 1 year since disaster
| U.S. soldier kills 16 Afghan civilians Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT BALANDI, Afghanistan -- Moving from house to house, a U.S. Army sergeant opened fire Sunday on Afghan villagers as they slept, killing 16 people -- mostly women and children -- in an attack that reignited fury at the U.S. presence following a wave ... |
| Japan looks for closure one year after disasters Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:01 PM PDT RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan -- For 70-year-old Toshiko Murakami, memories of the terrifying earthquake and tsunami that destroyed much of her seaside town and swept away her sister brought fresh tears Sunday, exactly a year after the disaster. "My sister ... |
| UN calls for cease-fire in Syria crisis Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT BEIRUT -- An international push to end Syria's conflict stalled Sunday as U.N. envoy Kofi Annan left Damascus without a cease-fire and President Bashar Assad's forces pounded opposition areas and clashed with rebels throughout the country. Western ... |
| Egypt acquits doctor for 'virginity testing' Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:01 PM PDT CAIRO -- An Egyptian military tribunal on Sunday acquitted an army doctor of a charge of public obscenity filed by a protester who claimed she was forced to undergo a virginity test while in detention.The court denied the humiliating tests even took ... |
| Afghan president: American kills 16 in shooting Posted: 11 Mar 2012 03:09 AM PDT BALANDI, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai said a U.S. service member killed 16 people -- nine of them children and three women -- in a shooting spree Sunday that he condemned as "an assassination."Karzai demanded an explanation from the United S ... |
| Japan marks 1 year since disaster Posted: 11 Mar 2012 04:18 PM PDT RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan -- With moments of silence and prayers, Japan on Sunday was remembering the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation one year ago, killing just over 19,000 people and unleashing the world's worst nuclear crisis in ... |
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