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US official: Virtually all US forces in Afghanistan coming under NATO command

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:43:27 +0000

BRUSSELS, Belgium - A major reorganization of allied forces in Afghanistan will centralize both American and other foreign troops under the direct command of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the senior U.S. a...

Mom says jogger killed by small plane on US beach was looking forward to daughters birthday

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:43:32 +0000

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - A father of two in town on business was jogging on the beach and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing, o...

Kidnapped American was among 4 US citizens to die in Haiti since earthquake

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:43:33 +0000

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The U.S. Embassy says a kidnapped person was among four U.S. citizens killed in Haiti since the Jan. 12 earthquake. The U.S. State Department expanded its travel warning for...

Clashes sweep through east Jerusalem; US envoy cancels visit as diplomatic feud deepens

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:43:23 +0000

JERUSALEM - Hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem set tires and garbage bins ablaze on Tuesday and hurled rocks at Israeli riot police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. The heavies...

Video shows militants training at camp in western Indonesia that was raided last week

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:43:30 +0000

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - From the safety of a forest camp, a commander of a new Indonesian militant group looks into a camera and ridicules the notorious extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah: They are not ...

Investigations implicate scores of Mexican police in killings, kidnappings

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:43:33 +0000

MEXICO CITY - Scores of police officers - including the entire department of one town - have been detained in Mexican probes of killings and kidnappings. Mayor Alfredo Osorio of the Gulf coast town...

Puerto Rico oversees production of 'super yuca', aims to feed the hungry in Africa

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:43:34 +0000

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Scientists in Puerto Rico said Tuesday they are helping to create a "super yuca," a nutritionally charged tuber they hope will feed malnourished people in Africa. They are m...

Wife of conservative Supreme Court justice involved in Tea Party movement

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:11:44 +0000

WASHINGTON - United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas once raised eyebrows when he performed a wedding ceremony for conservative superstar Rush Limbaugh in the judge's Virginia home. Six...

Iraqi prime minister's bloc accuses election official of manipulating votes, calls for recount

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:12:09 +0000

BAGHDAD - The coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has accused an election official of manipulating vote counts from the country's parliamentary elections and called for a recount, a candidate from ...

Obama's pick for ambassador to Syria promises 'straight talk' about support of militant groups

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:00:27 +0000

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's choice to be the first U.S. ambassador to Syria in five years went before a Senate committee Tuesday and said Syria remains a supporter of terrorist groups. Ro...

Internet video calls for Muslims to use 'the sword and the spear' on Christians in Nigeria

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:00:31 +0000

LAGOS, Nigeria - A video posted on a militant Web site calls for Muslims in Nigeria to use "the sword and the spear" to rise up against Christians in Africa's most populous nation, according to a tran...

Iranian police guard against any demonstrations during bonfire night; no reports of clashes

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:00:26 +0000

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian riot police and militiamen fanned out around Tehran on Tuesday in a major show of force during a national festival that authorities feared could re-ignite anti-government protes...

China and Japan help defeat proposal boosting shark conservation efforts at UN meeting

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:00:30 +0000

DOHA, Qatar - China, Japan and Russia have helped defeat a proposal at U.N. wildlife trade meeting that would have boosted conservation efforts for sharks. The nonbinding measure called for increas...

Volunteers along rising Red River fill more sandbags, build dikes to prepare for flood waters

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:00:37 +0000

FARGO, N.D. - Volunteers in North Dakota were in flood-fighting mode again Tuesday filling sandbags while contractors constructed clay levees along the fast-rising Red River to help protect nearby hom...

PepsiCo to stop selling sugary drinks from schools worldwide by 2012

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:06:29 +0000

NEW YORK - PepsiCo plans to remove sugary drinks from schools worldwide, following the success of programs in the U.S. aimed at cutting down on childhood obesity. The company said Tuesday it will r...