China and France have agreed to restore high-level contacts, ending a rift that began after French President Nicolas Sarkozy met the Dalai Lama last year. The announcement by the Chinese foreign …
Explosion in Moldova rips pipeline for Russian gas
An explosion Wednesday ripped through a pipeline carrying Russian gas to the Balkans, reducing supplies to the region but causing no injuries, a Moldovan government department said. Full Story …
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G-20 protesters jam downtown London, target banks
Thousands of G-20 protesters jammed downtown London on Wednesday and some tried to storm the Bank of England, pelting police with eggs and fruit and rocking the barricades designed to control them. …
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Suspected U.S. drone fires missile in Pakistan, 12 dead
A pilotless U.S. drone aircraft fired a missile in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 12 people, a security official and residents said. The strike was the first drone attack in the Orakzai …
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EU tells members to get ready for disaster
The EU is pushing the development of a strategy to protect Europe from cyber-attacks and disruptions. Full Story …
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Finally Getting Serious About Heroin in Afghanistan: Is it Too Late?
Finally, the world, from the United States to Iran, is recognizing their own self interest in taking on the opium and heroin traffickers in Afghanistan. Iran, for the first time, seems to understand …
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Two Europeans kidnapped in Yemen
Two Europeans, a man and a woman, were kidnapped by armed tribesmen in a suburb of the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday, tribal sources and an official said. Full Story …
Attack was planned in South Waziristan: Malik
The terrorist attack on the Police Training Centre in Manawan on Monday was planned in South Waziristan, Interior Adviser Rehman Malik told reporters, but he did not rule out foreign involvement. Full …
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Pakistani Taliban claim police academy attac
The commander of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a Pakistani police academy and said the group was planning a terrorist attack on Washington that would …
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Insurgent Threat Shifts in Pakistan
The brazen occupation of a Pakistani police academy Monday by heavily armed gunmen near the eastern mega-city of Lahore was the latest indication that Islamist terrorism, once confined to Pakistan's …