AP - About 3,500 American soldiers are scheduled to leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military announced, as part of the Pentagon's overall reduction in troop strength following last year's "surge."
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3,500 US troops set to leave Iraq in the coming weeks (AP)
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 2:37pm EDT
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Marines ignore Taliban cash crop to not upset Afghan locals (AP)
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 2:35pm EDT
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AP - The Marines of Bravo Company's 1st Platoon sleep beside a grove of poppies. Troops in the 2nd Platoon playfully swat at the heavy opium bulbs while walking through the fields. Afghan laborers scraping the plant's gooey resin smile and wave. -
Palestinian police fight militants in West Bank town; 3 hurt (AP)
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 2:34pm EDT
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AP - Hundreds of Palestinian police came under fire when they deployed in this militant stronghold Tuesday as President Mahmoud Abbas pushed ahead with a U.S.-backed program to assert authority in the West Bank.
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Myanmar cyclone toll climbs to nearly 22,500 (Reuters)
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 2:31pm EDT
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Reuters - Myanmar's military government raised its
death toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to nearly 22,500 with
a further 41,000 missing, nearly all of them from a massive
storm surge that swept into the Irrawaddy delta.
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12 killed in air strikes in north Darfur, aid group says (AP)
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 2:21pm EDT
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AP - The peacekeeping force in Darfur said Tuesday it was still trying to evacuate those wounded in airstrikes two days earlier that an aid group reported left 12 people dead, including six children.
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Hitting age 60, Israel gets nostalgic for the old days (AP)
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 2:11pm EDT
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AP - As Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, Israelis have their gaze set firmly backward.
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Prince Charles begins private visit to Romania (AFP)
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 1:55pm EDT
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AFP - Prince Charles began a four-day private visit to Romania Tuesday, where he is due to visit several villages in Transylvania, in the centre of the country, official sources said.
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Myanmar cyclone death toll soars past 22,000: state radio (AP)
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 1:25pm EDT
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AP - The cyclone death toll soared above 22,000 on Tuesday and more than 41,000 others were missing as foreign countries mobilized to rush in aid after the country's deadliest storm on record, state radio reported.
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Death toll in Amazon rises to 21 in ferryboat sinking (AP)
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 1:10pm EDT
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AP - Rescue workers Tuesday found the bodies of four more passengers of a river boat that sank while ferrying people from a religious festival in northern Brazil. The discovery raises the death toll to 21.
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Chinese president in Japan hoping to further ease frictions (AP)
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 12:35pm EDT
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AP - President Hu Jintao, on the first visit to Japan by a Chinese leader in 10 years, called Tuesday for the Asian giants to improve their often strained relations and as a show of goodwill reportedly offered to lend Tokyo a pair of pandas.
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Australia warns China over visa restrictions (AFP)
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 2:05am EDT
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AFP - China should be aware of the difficulties new visa restrictions could cause for businesses ahead of the Olympics, Australia's foreign minister said on Tuesday.