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• Small gains made in Mideast peace talks
  3 Sep 2010 at 12:52am
  Israelis and Palestinians have embarked on another round of peace talks an outcome that Middle East experts said is about as good as it gets ...

  
  

  
  
• Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash
  3 Sep 2010 at 10:27am
  An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometers) in the ...

  
  

  
  
• Fidel Castro dusts off military uniform
  3 Sep 2010 at 11:22am
  Fidel Castro dusted off his military fatigues for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a Communist ...

  
  

  
  
• Police say attacks on Pakistani minorities kill 44
  3 Sep 2010 at 10:04am
  Suicide bombings targeting religious minorities killed at least 44 people in Pakistan on Friday, sharply driving up the toll of sectarian assaults ...

  
  

  
  
• U.S., S. Korea to hold further naval drills
  3 Sep 2010 at 8:14am
  South Korea and the United States will hold joint anti-submarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, officials said Friday, ...

  
  

  
  
• Gates visits U.S. forces in southern Afghanistan
  3 Sep 2010 at 3:25am
  As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations ...

  
  

  
  
• Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near border
  3 Sep 2010 at 12:22am
  Soldiers killed 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has seen a surge in ...

  
  

  
  
• New test may 'revolutionize TB care,' diagnosing
  2 Sep 2010 at 2:06pm
  Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether ...

  
  

  
  
• Book says Nazi hunter Wiesenthal worked for Mossad
  2 Sep 2010 at 12:31pm
  Renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal worked for Israel's Mossad spy agency, providing information on war criminals and Germans working in Arab ...

  
  

  
  
• Marine general says Taliban drug trade faltering
  2 Sep 2010 at 12:10pm
  A Marine two-star general says the Taliban is experiencing a serious cash flow problem after losing an estimated half of its annual revenue from ...

  
  

  
  
• Gen. Petraeus calls relationship with Karzai sound
  2 Sep 2010 at 1:10pm
  The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan says the sometimes strained relationship between the U.S. and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is ...

  
  

  
  
• European Central Bank leaves interest rates on hold again
  2 Sep 2010 at 7:53am
  The European Central Bank has left interest rates at 1% for the 16th consecutive month as a still-uncertain global outlook clouds optimism about ...

  
  

  
  
• 2 U.S. troops, dozens of Afghan insurgents killed
  2 Sep 2010 at 10:13am
  Two American troops died in fighting in Afghanistan on Thursday, while NATO and local officials said coalition and Afghan forces killed dozens ...

  
  

  
  
• Tony Blair's book offers insights on alliances
  2 Sep 2010 at 1:52am
  The alliance between George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair was tight, but Blair says that may never have occurred without 9/11. ...

  
  

  
  
• Pakistan militants bomb procession, kill 35 despite floods
  2 Sep 2010 at 1:28am
  The triple bombing of a religious procession in Pakistan adds to the strains on a government already struggling with devastating floods and shows ...