Karzai tells world not to abandon Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters): The world must remain engaged in Afghanistan until the country manages to stand on its own feet or "terrorists" will strike again, President Hamid Karzai warned yesterday. The Taliban and allies such as the al-Qaida network have stepped...
25 die in explosion, politicians deadlocked
BAGHDAD,(Reuters):A car bomb in a busy Baghdad market killed 25 people and wounded 60 yesterday, while Parliament adjourned without any action on constitutional reforms aimed at stopping sectarian violence. The bombing at a popular outdoor market in southwestern Amil...
Thousands bid Rev Falwell farewell
Lynchburg, Va. Thousands of mourners attended the funeral yesterday of the Rev. Jerry Falwell, the folksy evangelist who built the Moral Majority into a conservative Christian empire that influenced national politics.
Bomb kills five and injures 60
ANKARA (Reuters):A bomb outside a crowded shopping mall in Turkey's capital Ankara killed five people and injured at least 60 yesterday, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said. "We have seen a vicious, ruthless terror attack at Ankara's busiest time,"...
Britain demands Russia hand over polonium suspect
LONDON, (Reuters): British prosecutors accused an ex-KGB agent yesterday of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polo-nium and demanded his extradition, setting London and Moscow on a diplomatic collision course....
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