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Suicide attack kills 8 at CIA base near Pakistan border »
A suicide bomber has infiltrated a CIA base in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least eight Americans in what is believed to be the deadliest single attack on US intelligence personnel in the eight-year-long war and one of the deadliest in the agency’s history.
Gamblers seek visions via vultures »
It’s a tiny organ that, the superstition goes, holds the secrets of the future.
Indonesia mourns charismatic and unpredictable ex-president »
History is likely to judge Mr Wahid’s controversial 21 months in power kindly.
Iran kidnapped Briton to hide aid money trail »
A British computer expert and his four bodyguards kidnapped in Iraq in 2007 were seized in an operation masterminded by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
Iran link to 2007 kidnap of Britons in Iraq: reports »
A British computer expert and his four bodyguards kidnapped in Iraq in 2007 were seized in an operation masterminded by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, media reported Thursday.
F1 king, Status Quo honoured in Britain »
Formula One world champion Jenson Button and two original members of veteran rock band Status Quo have been recognised in the British New Year’s Honours List.
Yeltsin’s widow urged husband not to resign: report »
As President Boris Yeltsin taped the speech announcing his shock New Year’s Eve resignation 10 years ago, his wife urged him to postpone, the late Russian leader’s widow said in an interview published Wednesday.
Nadal in ‘a little bit’ worse shape »
Spain’s world number two Rafael Nadal says he will start the 2010 tennis season in “a little bit” worse shape than he did last season.
UK hostage in Iraq freed after two years »
A British man abducted by Iraqi militants and held hostage for two and a half years has been freed, alive and remarkably well, the British government says.
Iceland approves new Icesave deal »
Iceland’s parliament narrowly backs a deal to repay British and Dutch governments over the collapse of the Icesave bank.