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Taliban claims attack that killed eight Americans »
The Taliban on Thursday claimed an attack by a suicide bomber on a US base in eastern Afghanistan that killed eight Americans possibly working for the CIA.
Indonesia mourns former president Wahid »
Indonesia prepared Thursday to bury former president Abdurrahman Wahid, a moderate Muslim scholar who courted ties with Israel and staunchly defended the country’s pluralist traditions.
Cambodian ‘jungle woman’ speaking: dad »
Cambodia’s “jungle woman”, whose story gripped the country after she apparently spent 18 years living in a forest, has begun speaking normally, her father said.
Eight Americans, five Canadians slain in Afghanistan »
Eight Americans possibly working for the CIA were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up after sneaking into the gym on a US base in Afghanistan, officials and US media reports said.
Dutch, Nigerians to use full-body scans for flights »
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The Netherlands and Nigeria said on Wednesday they would use full-body scanners at airports after a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound plane by a 23-year-old Nigerian suspect who passed through both countries.
Afghan insurgents kill CIA agents, Canadians »
KABUL (Reuters) – Insurgents intensified their campaign against military targets and U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, killing eight U.S. CIA agents at a base and four Canadian servicemen on patrol and a journalist accompanying them.
Protests over Afghan civilian deaths »
Protesters took to the streets in Afghanistan, shouting “death to Obama” and voicing outrage over civilian deaths during Western military operations.
Philippine ferry sinks, 25 missing »
Twenty-five people are missing after a small inter-island ferry sank in waters just south of the Philippine capital.
25 missing after new Philippine ferry sinking »
Twenty-five people are missing after a small inter-island ferry sank in waters south of the Philippine capital, the coast guard said Sunday, just days after a similar disaster claimed up to 27 lives.
Pacquiao firm on 30-day blood test limit »
Promoters for Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather continued talks Saturday in hopes of reviving a mega-fight that has been scuttled by disagreements over unprecedented blood tests.