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Suicide bomber kills 22 in Pakistan Shiite mosque

Published April 5, 2009

ISLAMABAD (AP) âÄî A suicide bomber attacked a crowded Shiite mosque south of the Pakistani capital on Sunday, killing 22 people and wounding dozens more in the latest carnage to hit the U.S.-allied...

Netanyahu pledges to produce peace policy soon

Published April 5, 2009

JERUSALEM (AP) âÄî Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said his government would immediately get to work on Mideast peace issues, promising to present a diplomatic agenda in the...

Palestinian seeks warmer ties on Iraq trip

Published April 5, 2009

BAGHDAD (AP) âÄî Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas won assurances Sunday that Iraqi leaders will protect Palestinians living in Iraq âÄî including thousands stranded in desert refugee...

North Korea watched intently for rocket launch

Published April 3, 2009

North Korea plans to launch what it says is an experimental communications satellite, perhaps as early as Saturday.

Venezuelan police sentenced for 2002 violence

Published April 3, 2009

A Venezuelan court on Friday sentenced nine former police officers to as long as 30 years in prison.

Popular, pro-US Iraqi aims to redraw political map

Published April 3, 2009

The U.S. has urged political cooperation between Sunnis and Shiites, and the goal appears more urgent now as it prepares to leave Iraq by the end of 2011.

Flogging video shakes Pakistan peace accord

Published April 3, 2009

A militant spokesman defended the punishment, fueling a furor that cast more doubt on a creaking peace deal in the Swat valley.

Mexico reports arrest of major drug suspect

Published April 2, 2009

An heir to one of Mexico's most notorious narcotics empires was grabbed by police as he exercised in a city park, officials announced Thursday.

Madonna visit sheds light on Malawi’s poverty

Published April 2, 2009

This is Madonna's third trip to Malawi since 2006, when she started a charity to help the country's poor and orphaned children.

17 die in militant attack on Afghan gov’t building

Published April 1, 2009

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) âÄî Four Taliban suicide bombers disguised in army uniforms detonated a car bomb and stormed a government office Wednesday, killing 13 people. The assault highlighted...