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Thai army sends troops to help police keep peace - Added 19 minutes ago

The Thai military is sending unarmed troops to help keep the peace in the capital Bangkok after a day of violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters. Army spokesman Col. Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the...

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Kenyan airport official says American author of book slamming Barack Obama is being deported. ...

3 win Nobel for subatomic physics research - Added 1 hour ago

Two Japanese citizens and a Japanese-born American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries in the world of subatomic physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday. American Yoichiro...

Sri Lanka: international probe called into killing - Added 1 hour ago

Sri Lanka's top opposition party called Tuesday for an international investigation into a bomb attack the previous day that killed a popular former army general and 26 others. Retired Maj. Gen. Janaka Perera, who was a...

Russia: Arms sales to Venezuela are defensive - Added 1 hour ago

Russia's foreign minister says the country's arms sales to Venezuela are meant for defensive purposes. Russia has stepped up ties with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and is sending a naval squadron to Venezuela for...

US: 43 militants killed in southern Afghanistan - Added 1 hour ago

U.S. and Afghan troops clashed and called airstrikes on a group of insurgents in southern Afghanistan, killing 43 militants, the U.S. military said Tuesday. The militants ambushed the U.S.-Afghan force with sniper fire...

EU eyes raising guarantee on private saving - Added 2 hours ago

An emergency meeting of European Union finance ministers debated raising guarantees for private savings across the 27-nation bloc on Tuesday in an attempt at a coordinated response to the global financial crisis. ...

Russia's Jerusalem land claim worries Israelis - Added 2 hours ago

The Russians are coming to downtown Jerusalem, reclaiming ownership of a landmark with the approval of the Israeli government, just as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visits Moscow to try to iron out serious policy...

Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physics - Added 2 hours ago

Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation: _ 2008: U.S. citizen Yoichiro Nambu and Japanese researchers Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa for work on...

Official: Germany plans to extend Afghan mission - Added 2 hours ago

Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet voted Tuesday to extend Germany's military mission in Afghanistan for 14 months, a German official said. The decision keeps the German military in Afghanistan until after next year's...

Car explodes in Bangkok, killing 1 - Added 2 hours ago

One man has died in a car explosion in the Thai capital of Bangkok that occurred amid anti-government riots. Police Col. Somchai Choiklin says authorities suspect the explosion Tuesday was caused by a bomb "because the...

Thousands march in Romania to protest low salaries - Added 2 hours ago

Some 7,000 workers and trade unionists have marched around the Romanian parliament to demand higher salaries and better working conditions. Whistling and jeering workers from sectors ranging from education to...

Copenhagen airport to build new terminal - Added 2 hours ago

Copenhagen Airports will build a new 200 million kroner ($26.4 million) terminal for low-cost airlines. The operator of Copenhagen's international airport said Tuesday the terminal dubbed CPH Swift will be ready by...

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US coalition says its forces killed 43 militants during a battle in southern Afghanistan. ...

Unwelcome Afghans quit Pakistan battle zone - Added 2 hours ago

Afghan refugees were flowing over the border from a Pakistani battle zone Tuesday after officials accused them of links with Taliban militants and ordered them out, police said. Pakistani authorities have told Afghans...

Rescuers search Tibet rubble after quake kills 10 - Added 2 hours ago

Rescuers rushed tents, food and water to villagers in Tibet on Tuesday after an earthquake and scores of aftershocks rattled the capital and surrounding areas, killing at least 10 people and collapsing hundreds of...

Nigerian conflict a warning for Big Oil in Iraq - Added 2 hours ago

Recurrent violence in oil-rich parts of Nigeria may provide a sobering lesson for oil companies hoping to work in Iraq _ a place that is much more dangerous despite the fact that attacks are at their lowest level in...

Show of force: Putin the judo black belt on DVD - Added 2 hours ago

Vladimir Putin is out on video as a judo expert. Russian media have already shown Prime Minister Putin at the wheel of massive racing truck, shirtless on a fishing excursion and tracking a tiger through the Siberian...

US author of anti-Obama book detained in Kenya - Added 2 hours ago

The American author of a best-selling book attacking Barack Obama is being detained in Kenya because he does not have a work permit, a senior immigration official said Tuesday. Jerome Corsi, who wrote "The Obama...

US, NKorea seek compromise in nuclear deadlock - Added 2 hours ago

The United States and North Korea are being flexible in their effort to reach a compromise to resolve the dispute in the North's nuclear disarmament process, South Korea's foreign minister said Tuesday. The North...

US soldier killed in Iraq - Added 2 hours ago

The U.S. military says an American soldier has been fatally shot by an al-Qaida in Iraq extremist. An Iraqi policeman was also killed in the fighting. The military says the fatalities occurred in the early hours of the...

Somali pirate says ransom reduced to $8 million - Added 2 hours ago

A Somali pirate on a hijacked cargo ship transporting tanks reduced the ransom Tuesday to $8 million (euro5.87 million), but it was unclear if he was speaking officially for the bandits holding the Ukrainian vessel. A...

Iran opposes US-Iraq security deal - Added 3 hours ago

A top Iranian military official on Tuesday urged Iraq to reject a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security deal, calling the agreement a "disgrace." Gen. Masoud Jazayeri's comments came as Iraq's parliamentary speaker arrived in...

Turkish jets bomb Kurdish targets in Iraq, Turkey - Added 3 hours ago

Turkish warplanes bombed suspected Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq and southeast Turkey on Tuesday, in new air strikes responding to an attack that killed 17 soldiers at a military outpost four days ago. It...

Iraq's FM: 'Bold' decisions needed on bases deal - Added 3 hours ago

The U.S. and Iraq are close to a deal to keep U.S. troops in this country next year but it will take "bold political decisions" to overcome the final hurdles, Iraq's foreign minister said Tuesday. Foreign Minister...

China says US arms sale to Taiwan harms ties - Added 3 hours ago

A planned multibillion dollar U.S. arms sale to Taiwan threatens China's national security and has cast a pall over military relations between Beijing and Washington, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The sale...

Tropical Storm Marco closing in on Mexico's coast - Added 3 hours ago

Tropical Storm Marco was closing in on Mexico's coast early Tuesday and threatened to hit with near-hurricane strength winds later in the day. Marco was a small tropical storm with winds extending out only up to 15...

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Iraq's foreign minister says "bold political decisions" needed to finalize US bases deal. ...

Authorities lift curfew in Indian Kashmir - Added 4 hours ago

Schools, businesses and government offices reopened Tuesday and vehicles were back on the streets in Indian Kashmir as authorities lifted a two-day curfew in the troubled Himalayan region. Government forces removed...

Verdict for British sex trial in Dubai next week - Added 4 hours ago

Dubai court documents say that a verdict in the trial of a British couple accused of having sex on a beach will be pronounced next week. The Dubai court records say that Tuesday's session was postponed until Oct. 16...

Sumo wrestlers on trial in training mate's death - Added 4 hours ago

Three sumo wrestlers and a former instructor went on trial Tuesday for allegedly beating a younger wrestler to death during training last year. Seventeen-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan, whose real name was Takashi Saito,...

Thai deputy prime minister resigns - Added 5 hours ago

A Thai official says Deputy Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh has tendered his resignation to take responsibility for violent clashes outside Parliament between police and protesters. Chavalit resigned Tuesday after...

Armed man releases his hostages in Guatemala City - Added 6 hours ago

An armed man in a jealous rage took 42 hostages in a Guatemala City call center on Monday and released them unharmed and turned himself to police after a five-hour standoff, police said. National Police spokesman...

Malaysia bids to try Anwar case in higher court - Added 7 hours ago

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim slammed a government bid to move his sodomy trial from a lower court to the High Court, saying Tuesday that he fears he will end up facing a biased judge. Anwar has been...

Free breakfast on menu for Cambodia school kids - Added 7 hours ago

The U.N. food agency is resuming free breakfasts for hundreds of thousands of poor Cambodian schoolchildren after securing new funds for a program suspended due to high food prices, the agency said Tuesday. Under the...

VI lawyers claim media pressure led to arrests - Added 10 hours ago

Lawyers for three U.S. Virgin Islands men accused of beating and stabbing to death a 21-year-old Pennsylvania man argued Monday that media pressure pushed prosecutors to pin their clients with false charges. The three...

China vows overhaul of "chaotic" milk industry - Added 10 hours ago

China's Cabinet vowed a complete overhaul of the scandal-ridden dairy industry Monday, pledging to inspect every link from the farm to the dinner table to try to restore public trust in Chinese-made food products. In...

UN chief wants new look at UN Georgia mission - Added 12 hours ago

The U.N. mission monitoring a cease-fire between Georgia and the separatist Abkhazia region should be extended for four months to explore whether to continue U.N. involvement following the Georgian-Russian war, the U.N....

Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia - Added 12 hours ago

A former Taliban ambassador said Monday that the hard-line militants sat with Afghan officials and Saudi King Abdullah over an important religious meal in Saudi Arabia late last month as the insurgency raged back home. ...

Lebanon, US set up joint military commission - Added 14 hours ago

The United States and Lebanon on Monday set up a joint military commission to bolster military cooperation _ a move that follows the first visit by the newly elected Lebanese president to Washington. The development...

Nobels awarded for AIDS, cancer virus research - Added 14 hours ago

Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention in showing a viral cause for cervical cancer shared the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for breakthroughs that have led to lifesaving...

Hamas lawmakers: Abbas term ends in January - Added 15 hours ago

Hamas will cease to recognize Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian president after Jan. 8 and replace him with one of its own leaders, according to a resolution approved by the Islamic movement's legislators Monday. The Hamas...

Bad connection caused atom smasher shutdown - Added 15 hours ago

A bad electrical connection likely caused the malfunction that sidelined the world's largest atom smasher days after it was launched with great fanfare, a senior scientist said Monday. The fault was probably a poor...

Israeli "Big Brother" shuts down for Yom Kippur - Added 15 hours ago

The television show "Big Brother" will confront a new reality in Israel Wednesday evening with the start of Yom Kippur. As Israel comes to a standstill to mark the most solemn day on the Jewish calendar, producers of...

Canada bus beheading suspect fit to stand trial - Added 16 hours ago

A man accused of beheading and cannibalizing a fellow bus passenger in Canada has been declared fit to stand trial, his lawyer said Monday. A judge had ordered Vince Weiguang Li to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to...

Israel's Olmert brings security concerns to Russia - Added 16 hours ago

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert came to Moscow on Monday aiming to focus on Russian arms sales to Israel's enemies at meetings Russia hopes will bolster its image as a Middle East peacemaker. Olmert's trip will...

Mortar rounds hit market in Somalia, 17 killed - Added 16 hours ago

Mortar rounds slammed into a market in Somalia's capital on Monday, killing at least 17 people, after a failed insurgent attack on the presidential palace. Also Monday, a remote-controlled land mine killed a Somali...

Major gunrunning and graft trial opens in Paris - Added 17 hours ago

The son of a former French president, an Israeli-Russian billionaire and a tycoon with ties to Arizona's jet set were among the headliners Monday as 42 defendants went on trial in Paris, accused in a worldwide web of...

Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal region - Added 17 hours ago

Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in an insurgency-wracked tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban fighters. The government said it was expelling all...

Palestinians sue for money over settlement - Added 17 hours ago

Five Palestinians are suing the Israeli government for $430,000 because Jewish settlers seized their West Bank land for an unauthorized outpost. The lawsuit accuses the state of "helping the thieves by its actions and...