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Updated : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:14:43 GMT
2 US troops die in attack on base in Afghanistan (AP)
AP - Militants exploded a vehicle outside the gates of a U.S. coalition base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, sparking a two-hour gunbattle that ended when American troops called in airstrikes, officials said. Two U.S. troops were killed and four were wounded.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:14:43 GMT
Putin rejects Obama criticism before meeting (Reuters)
Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's charge that he was mired in Cold War thinking, setting the scene for a stormy first meeting at a Moscow summit next week.Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:49:49 GMT
OAS set to suspend Honduras as it renounces charter (Reuters)
Reuters - The Organization of American States prepared to suspend Honduras on Saturday after a caretaker government refused to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya and defiantly renounced the OAS charter in an apparent preemptive move.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:49:39 GMT
Honduras refuses to restore president; snubs OAS (AP)
AP - Honduras' refusal to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya despite an appeal by the top envoy for the Americas has put the impoverished nation on a collision course with the world community that could lead to its isolation.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:25:34 GMT
NKorea test-fires five ballistic missiles: SKorea (AFP)
AFP - North Korea test-fired five ballistic missiles, South Korean officials said, in an apparent message of defiance to the United States on the eve of its Independence Day holiday.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:36:09 GMT
North Korea defies U.S. with new missile launches (Reuters)
Reuters - North Korea fired six ballistic missiles on Saturday, South Korea's defense ministry said, in an act of defiance toward the United States that further stoked regional tensions already high due to its nuclear test in May.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:08:29 GMT
Iranian hardliner calls opposition leader US agent (AP)
AP - A top aide of Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him of committing crimes against the nation in an editorial Saturday.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:57:42 GMT
Palin resignation leaves questions on 2012 run (AP)
AP - Even for a nonconformist, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin defies political logic with her sudden, stunning announcement to leave office more than a year early.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:00:25 GMT
U.S. sounds out Arabs on Israel gestures: diplomats (Reuters)
Reuters - The United States and its Western allies are sounding out Arab governments to see if they might ease sanctions on Israel if it stopped building Jewish settlements on Palestinian territory, diplomats said on Friday.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:43:00 GMT
Palin resigning as Alaska governor in surprise move (Reuters)
Reuters - Sarah Palin, the brash, deeply conservative governor of Alaska who crashed onto the U.S. national political scene last year as the Republican candidate for U.S. vice president, announced abruptly on Friday she was resigning as governor.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:01:33 GMT