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Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces

Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces

KABUL -- U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country's west. [Full Story]

  • Russia's Medvedev: Sanctions against Iran possible

    Russia's Medvedev: Sanctions against Iran possible

    MOSCOW -- Russia could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program, President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday.


  • UN: About 200 staff to be pulled from Afghanistan

    UN: About 200 staff to be pulled from Afghanistan

    KABUL -- The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly how many.


  • Medvedev: Arms control deal with US can be reached

    Medvedev: Arms control deal with US can be reached

    MOSCOW -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says that Moscow and Washington can sign a new nuclear arms control deal before year's end.


  • Pakistan: 12 militants killed in offensive

    Pakistan: 12 militants killed in offensive

    ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan.


  • Peres calls on Palestinian leader not to quit

    Peres calls on Palestinian leader not to quit

    TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israel's president on Saturday called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a public commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier.


  • TAM: Jet forced to return to JFK

    TAM: Jet forced to return to JFK

    RIO DE JANEIRO -- TAM Airlines says one of its jets took off from New York's JFK airport but was forced to return 20 minutes into the flight because of a mechanical problem.


  • British PM calls for talks on finance levy

    British PM calls for talks on finance levy

    ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for serious consideration of a levy on financial activity to help insure the banking system from another crisis.


  • Yemen rebels say Saudi bombardments hit stronghold

    SAN'A, Yemen -- Saudi warplanes and artillery bombarded a Shiite rebel stronghold in northern Yemen Saturday for a third straight day, according to the rebel fighters, and Yemen's president vowed to wipe out the insurrection.


  • Saudi won't bar hajj pilgrims over swine flu fears

    Saudi won't bar hajj pilgrims over swine flu fears

    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not bar anyone considered high-risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year, though he urged countries where pilgrims set out from to take precautions.


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