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‘Iranian weapons used against U.S. troops’

Panetta urges Iraq’s decision on whether it wants American soldiers to stayBAGHDAD (AP) ― A blunt and frustrated U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta expressed exasperation Monday with Iraqi indecision on whether it wants U.S. troops to stay next year. He threatened stronger U.S. action to stop Iranian-supplied weapons from killing Americans as they prepare to depart.To reinforce the message of con

World News July 12, 2011

Brown was victim of phone-hacks: report

British police under scrutiny as scandal grows biggerLONDON (AFP) ― British lawmakers were to grill police chiefs Tuesday amid reports that royalty and ex-prime minister Gordon Brown were targeted in a phone-hacking scandal that felled Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World.Four past and present senior Scotland Yard officers were due to appear before a home affairs committee as the scandal spiraled an

World News July 12, 2011

Julian Assange back in court to fight extradition

LONDON (AP) ― WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was due back in court Tuesday for the latest installation of his fight against extradition to Sweden, where the 40-year-old Australian is accused of rape and molestation.Assange’s disclosures of classified U.S. documents has infuriated the Pentagon, embarrassed State Department diplomats and energized critics of American foreign policy, but allegation

World News July 12, 2011

Julian Assange back in court to fight extradition

U.N. says Somalia drought is worst humanitarian crisis

DADAAB, Kenya (AP) ― The head of the U.N. refugee agency said Sunday that drought-ridden Somalia is the “worst humanitarian disaster” in the world after meeting with refugees who endured unspeakable hardship to reach the world’s largest refugee camp.The Kenyan camp, Dadaab, is overflowing with tens of thousands of newly arrived refugees forced into the camp by the parched landscape in the region w

World News July 11, 2011

U.N. says Somalia drought is worst humanitarian crisis

U.S. urges Yemen’s president to step aside

White House says assistance will flow to Yemen once power transfer is completeSANAA (AP) ― Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh must “expeditiously” sign a deal that would have him transfer power to his vice president and step down, the White House counterterrorism chief told Saleh in a meeting at a hospital where the Yemeni leader is being treated for serious injuries.It was the strongest and most

World News July 11, 2011

U.S. urges Yemen’s president to step aside

Murdoch fights to keep deal alive amid hacking scandal

LONDON (AFP) ― Media baron Rupert Murdoch Monday fought to keep his bid for satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting alive after reports that his top executives were aware of the widespread phone-hacking which felled News of the World.Murdoch flew into London to take personal charge of the scandal that caused the demise of the 168-year-old British tabloid as calls mounted for the government

World News July 11, 2011

U.S. decides to suspend military aid to Pakistan

Washington holds back $800 million citing discontent with its partner’s support in war against terrorismWASHINGTON (AP) ― The Obama administration’s decision to suspend $800 million in aid to the Pakistan’s military signals a tougher U.S. line with a critical but sometimes unreliable partner in the fight against terrorism.President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, William Daley, said in a broadcast

World News July 11, 2011

U.S. decides to suspend military aid to Pakistan

NATO hits Libyan missile launchers

TRIPOLI (AP) ― NATO warplanes on Saturday struck a missile launching position that Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi’s forces used to target the civilians in western Libya, the alliance said in a statement.Government troops used the missile site outside the rebel-held port city of Misrata to fire indiscriminately on civilians in the area, NATO said.Since the uprising against Gadhafi’s 42-year rule brok

World News July 10, 2011

Georgian photographer confesses he spied for Russia

TBILISI (AP) ― The personal photographer to the Georgian president was shown on television Saturday confessing to supplying a colleague with secret information that was then sent to a Russian secret service.Irakli Gedenidze confessed to giving another photographer, Zurab Kurtsikidze of the European Pressphoto Agency, details of the president’s itinerary, motorcade route and offices for unspecified

World News July 10, 2011

Growing phone hacking scandal sickens U.K.

Rupert Murdoch depicted by a demonstrator (left) and Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International, which publishes the News of the World tabloid. (AP-Yonhap News)More potential victims uncovered, including terror, murder victimsLONDON (AP) ― Britain’s phone hacking scandal intensified Wednesday as the scope of tabloid intrusion into private voice mails became clearer: murder victims, terr

World News July 7, 2011

Growing phone hacking scandal sickens U.K.

Diplomats: Security Council to talk Syria nukes

VIENNA (AP) ― The U.N. Security Council plans to meet next week to discuss what to do about Syria’s refusal to cooperate with an investigation of its alleged secret nuclear activities, diplomats told the Associated Press on Monday.The move comes just weeks after the International Atomic Energy Agency referred it the council. The closed session could result in anything from debate to sanctions of t

World News July 5, 2011

China’s ...growth may be slowing down

China’s non-manufacturing industries expanded at the slowest pace in four months in June, adding to concerns that efforts to tame inflation are curbing growth in the world’s second-biggest economy.A purchasing managers’ index dropped to 57 from 61.9 in May, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said on its website yesterday. A reading above 50 indicates an expansion. China’s economic gr

World Business July 4, 2011

Clinton: Gadhafi threats won’t deter NATO mission

MADRID (AP) ― The U.S. and Spain said Saturday they won’t let Moammar Gadhafi’s threats of retaliatory attacks in Europe deter their mission to protect Libyan civilians and force him to leave power after four decades of often unpredictable and sometimes violent rule.“Instead of issuing threats, he should be putting the well-being and interests of his own people first,” U.S. Secretary of State Hill

World News July 3, 2011

Clinton: Gadhafi threats won’t deter NATO mission

U.S. unveils retooled plan to hunt al-Qaida

Washington vows to carry out more drone strikes and special operations than battlesWASHINGTON (AP) ― The United States will push ahead with more targeted drone strikes and special operations raids and fewer costly land battles like Iraq and Afghanistan in the continuing war against al-Qaida, according to a new national counterterrorism strategy unveiled Wednesday.The doctrine, two years in the mak

World News June 30, 2011

U.S. unveils retooled plan to hunt al-Qaida

At least 10 killed in Taliban’s Kabul hotel attack

NATO helicopters end 5-hour siege against armed suicide bombersKABUL (AFP) ― Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a top Kabul hotel, sparking a five-hour battle with Afghan commandos backed by a NATO helicopter in an assault that left at least 10 people dead Wednesday.Red tracer bullets arced through the night sky around the hilltop Inter-Continental Hotel, whose faded grandeur frequently p

World News June 29, 2011

At least 10 killed in Taliban’s Kabul hotel attack

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