AP - Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan's northwest on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence between pro-government tribal militias and insurgents.
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Officials: 16 killed in clashes in NW Pakistan (AP)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 3:28am EDT
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Honduras refuses to restore president; snubs OAS (AP)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 3:25am EDT
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AP - Honduras' refusal to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya despite an appeal by the top envoy for the Americas has put the impoverished nation on a collision course with the world community that could lead to its isolation.
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Gunmen kill nine Chechen police in Russia's Ingushetia (Reuters)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 3:25am EDT
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Reuters - Nine Chechen police officers were killed Saturday in the Russian republic of Ingushetia after gunmen opened fire on their convoy, Russia's Interfax news agency reported, citing the republic's interior ministry. -
2 US troops killed in Afghanistan blast, 4 injured (AP)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 3:25am EDT
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AP - A blast outside a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan killed two American troops and wounded four others Saturday, a military spokesman said.
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Iranian hardliner calls opposition leader US agent (AP)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 3:21am EDT
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AP - A top aide of Iran's supreme leader has called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him of committing crimes against the nation.
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SKorea says NKorea fires 5 missiles off east coast (AP)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 2:58am EDT
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AP - South Korea says North Korea has fired a fifth missile off its eastern coast.
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Myanmar denies UN chief's request to see Suu Kyi (AP)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 2:26am EDT
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AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday he was "deeply disappointed" after Myanmar's military ruler rejected his second and final request to meet jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Australia welcomes its first new-born elephant (AFP)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 2:17am EDT
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AFP - Australia has welcomed the first elephant ever born in the country with the arrival of a 100-kilogram (220.4-pound) male calf at a Sydney zoo, according to keepers.
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Honduras Braces for a Protracted Fight (Time.com)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 1:15am EDT
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Time.com - Despite a looming deadline, nobody expects a political crisis symptomatic of the brittleness of Central American democracy to resolve any time soon -
Does the E.U.'s Airline Blacklist Make Flying Safer? (Time.com)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 1:15am EDT
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Time.com - In the wake of the Yemenia Airways crash that killed 152 on Tuesday, the E.U. considers putting the airline on its safety standards blacklist. But will that keep air travelers safe in the skies?