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US military: 2 American pilots die in Iraq

The Associated Press | Today at 12:46 a.m.

The U.S. military says two American pilots have died in a helicopter crash in Iraq.

  • Taliban prisoners on hunger strike in Kandahar

    The Associated Press | Today at 2:26 a.m.

    About 350 Taliban prisoners are on a hunger strike at a prison in Kandahar and a delegation from the Ministry of Justice is going to the lockup in southern Afghanistan to investigate their complaints.

  • Report: NKorea's Kim has 6 special luxury trains

    The Associated Press | Today at 2:36 a.m.

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Il - known for shunning air travel - has six luxurious special trains equipped with conference rooms, bedrooms and high-tech communication facilities, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday.

  • Fighting the odds to keep Indian tongues alive

    By FRANK BAJAK, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 8 at 11:06 p.m.

    In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class.

  • Binge drinking kills 3rd China official this year

    The Associated Press | Today at 2:11 a.m.

    A Communist Party official in China has died from excessive drinking, the third such alcohol poisoning case that highlights the problems of a drinking culture connected with government and business work, an official newspaper reported Monday.

  • Rain-triggered landslides kill 14 in Indonesia

    By ALI KOTARUMALOS, Associated Press Writer | Today at 2:46 a.m.

    Torrential rains triggered a series of landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 residents and burying many more, a local official said Monday.

  • Asian markets track US higher after jobs report

    By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA, Associated Press Writer | Today at 12:26 a.m.

    Asian stock markets rose Monday as investors took a surprisingly weak U.S. jobs report as a sign that interest rates in the world's largest economy will stay low longer than expected.

  • Police say suicide bomber kills 3 in Pakistan

    By RIAZ KHAN, Associated Press Writer | Today at 1:16 a.m.

    A suicide bomber in a rickshaw detonated his explosives near a group of policemen in northwest Pakistan's main city of Peshawar, killing three people Monday, police said.

  • British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan

    The Associated Press | Nov. 8 at 3:31 a.m.

    Britain's Defense Ministry says a British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan.

  • Clinton: Berlin Wall festivities not just a party

    By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 8 at 4:21 p.m.

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Europeans and Americans on Sunday to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against new global threats.

  • China sends panda expert to Taiwan to aid breeding

    The Associated Press | Nov. 8 at 3:01 a.m.

    Nothing like a little time apart to rekindle the affections that could lead to a baby panda.

  • Oil prices near $79 on US hurricane, weaker dollar

    By ALEX KENNEDY, Associated Press Writer | Today at 2:26 a.m.

    Oil prices climbed toward $79 a barrel Monday in Asia as Hurricane Ida threatened oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa

    By TAREK EL-TABLAWY, AP Business Writer | Nov. 8 at 10:56 a.m.

    China's premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in new low interest loans to African nations over three years, offering the beleaguered continent sorely needed cash while dismissing criticism that Beijing's motives in Africa are far from altruistic.

  • Homeland chief warns against anti-Muslim backlash

    The Associated Press | Nov. 8 at 5:46 a.m.

    U.S. Homeland Security officials are working with groups around United States to head off any possible anti-Muslim backlash following the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas, the agency's chief said Sunday.

  • Pope Benedict honors Paul VI in Italian birthplace

    The Associated Press | Nov. 8 at 10:21 a.m.

    Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal.

  • Highlights of Obama's trip to Asia

    The Associated Press | Today at 2:41 a.m.

    A day-by-day look at President Barack Obama's weeklong trip to Asia:

  • Swiss open probe of al-Qaida nuke physicist case

    By BALZ BRUPPACHER and ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS, Associated Press Writers | Nov. 8 at 9:11 a.m.

    Switzerland has opened its own investigation into the case of a nuclear physicist France suspected of al-Qaida links, an official said Sunday.

  • Pakistani gov't pressured on post-offensive plan

    By NAHAL TOOSI, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 8 at 12:21 p.m.

    As Pakistan's army plows ahead with its offensive in South Waziristan, its success is at risk because the government has yet to come up with a plan to run and rebuild the lawless territory so that the Taliban and al-Qaida don't re-emerge.

  • AP interview: Pablo Escobar's son asks forgiveness

    By FRANK BAJAK and VIVIAN SEQUERA, Associated Press Writers | Nov. 8 at 2:06 p.m.

    After notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed, the son who many thought would succeed him fled Colombia, assumed a new identity and lived a low-profile life as an architect in Argentina.

  • New fair targets France's 260,000 annual divorces

    By JENNY BARCHFIELD, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 8 at 3:01 p.m.

    The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital's first divorce fair.

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