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- Shooting hurts U.S. ties with Afghans
- More details emerge about alleged Afghan gunman
- One of Libya's top criminals arrested
- Dozens killed by blasts in Syria
- Convicted Nazi death camp guard dies at 91
- Creator of energy drink Red Bull dies
- Vatican launches criminal probe into leaks
- U.S. threatens to revoke aid if N.Korea launches rocket
- AU Somalia force to take command of Kenyan troops
- American captured by Shiite militia released
- 5 die in Sweden plane crash
| Shooting hurts U.S. ties with Afghans Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:24 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- The massacre of 16 Afghan civilians was a dagger to the U.S.-led coalition's hearts and minds campaign, which was already in decline after 10 years of war. Coalition forces will still help bolster the Afghan government and se ... |
| More details emerge about alleged Afghan gunman Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:23 PM PDT LAKE TAPPS, Wash. -- On a winding road of wood-frame homes tucked amid towering trees, Robert Bales was the father who joined his two young children for playtime in the yard, a career soldier who greeted neighbors warmly but was guarded when talkin ... |
| One of Libya's top criminals arrested Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:24 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- Mauritania on Saturday arrested Moammar Ghadafi's former intelligence chief, accused of attacking civilians during the uprising in Libya last year and the 1989 bombing of a French airliner. The International Criminal Court, France ... |
| Dozens killed by blasts in Syria Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:23 PM PDT DAMASCUS, Syria -- Two suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in near-simultaneous attacks on heavily guarded intelligence and security buildings in the Syrian capital Damascus Saturday, killing at least 27 people. There have been a ... |
| Convicted Nazi death camp guard dies at 91 Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:23 PM PDT BERLIN -- John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name -- a legal battle that had not yet ended when he died Saturday at age 91 -- made him one of t ... |
| Creator of energy drink Red Bull dies Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:23 PM PDT BANGKOK -- Chaleo Yoovidhya, the self-made Thai billionaire who introduced the world to "energy drinks" and co-founded the globally popular Red Bull brand, has died. He was in his 80s.Chaleo died of natural causes in Bangkok on Saturday, according to ... |
| Vatican launches criminal probe into leaks Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:25 PM PDT VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican has launched an internal, criminal investigation into the leaks of confidential documents that alleged corruption and financial mismanagement and exposed power struggles among Holy See officials, a Vatican prelate said S ... |
| U.S. threatens to revoke aid if N.Korea launches rocket Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:25 PM PDT PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korea plans to blast a satellite into space next month to mark the centenary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il Sung, which the U.S. quickly called a "deal-breaker" for a new agreement where the U.S. would exchange ... |
| AU Somalia force to take command of Kenyan troops Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:22 PM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya -- The African Union's peacekeeping force in Somalia will soon take command of Kenyan troops in the war-torn Horn of Africa nation, a Kenyan military official said Saturday.Col. Cyrus Oguna, who is in charge of Kenyan troops in Somalia ... |
| American captured by Shiite militia released Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:22 PM PDT BAGHDAD -- Wearing a U.S. Army uniform and flanked by Iraqi lawmakers, an American citizen announced Saturday that he was being released from more than nine months of imprisonment by a Shiite militia that for years targeted U.S. troops. The man di ... |
| Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:22 PM PDT STOCKHOLM -- Police called off the search for survivors of a plane crash Saturday after discovering body parts on the site where the Norwegian military cargo aircraft slammed into Sweden's highest mountain.There were five people -- all Norwegians -- ... |
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