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  • S.Korea to 'act resolutely' against N.Korea - 09/02/2010 02:54PM

    SEOUL (AFP) – South Korea's military vowed Tuesday to "act resolutely" against future provocations after North Korea fired an artillery barrage into waters near the two countries&#... (more)

  • 5 Somalis killed in Mogadishu battle - 09/02/2010 02:54PM

    MOGADISHU, Somalia – An emergency official in Somalia's capital says at least five people have died during a battle between Islamist militants and government forces backed by African Union peace... (more)

  • Greek journalist gunned down in Athens - 09/02/2010 02:53PM

    ATHENS, Greece – Authorities say a Greek journalist has been gunned down outside his home in Athens. Thirty-seven-year-old Sokratis Giolias died after being shot more than 15 times in the capita... (more)

  • Alleged Mossad agent fights extradition to Germany - 09/02/2010 02:52PM

    WARSAW, Poland – A lawyer for Uri Brodsky, an alleged Mossad agent under arrest in Poland, says he has appealed a Polish court's decision to extradite him to Germany. Brodsky is wanted in German... (more)

  • UN to launch appeal for Pakistan flood disaster - 09/02/2010 02:45PM

    SUKKUR, Pakistan (AFP) – The United Nations is launching an appeal to help 13.8 million people hit by floods that have devastated swathes of the country and created one of the world's worst ... (more)

  • Former Canadian PM undergoes brain surgery - 09/02/2010 02:41PM

    MONTREAL – Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien is recovering after successful brain surgery in Montreal. The Jewish General Hospital said Saturday the 76-year-old former Liberal leader ... (more)

  • Indonesian Muslims facing Africa during prayers - 09/02/2010 02:29PM

    JAKARTA, Indonesia – People in the world's most populous Muslim nation have been facing Africa — not Mecca — while praying. Indonesia's highest Islamic body acknowledged Monday it ma... (more)

  • N.Korea holds talks with UN amid military tensions - 09/02/2010 02:28PM

    SEOUL (AFP) – Army officers from North Korea and the US-led United Nations Command held talks Tuesday, amid high tensions on the Korean peninsula following the South's war games and the Nort... (more)

  • UN to launch appeal as Pakistan disaster deepens - 09/02/2010 02:28PM

    SUKKUR, Pakistan (AFP) – The United Nations is launching an appeal to help the millions of people hit by Pakistan's worst ever floods which have cut off swathes of the country and raised fea... (more)

  • South Korea offers North aid, China wants nuclear talks - 09/02/2010 02:13PM

    SEOUL (Reuters) – China pressed regional powers on Tuesday to restart talks on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions, and Seoul offered aid to its destitute neighbor despite a new round of ... (more)

  • Japan issues apology for colonial rule of Korea - 09/02/2010 02:10PM

    TOKYO (AFP) – Japan's government on Tuesday issued an apology for the country's past colonial rule of the Korean peninsula ahead of the August 29 centenary of the annexation. In a statem... (more)

  • WWI troops found in mass grave reburied in France - 09/02/2010 02:01PM

    FROMELLES, France – The remains of last of 250 Australian and British soldiers whose bodies were discovered in a mass grave were being reburied Monday on the 94th anniversary of the bloody World... (more)

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