25 Taliban die, wounded in Afghanistan

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops clashed with and called in airstrikes on Taliban militants in western Afghanistan, killing and wounding more than 25 insurgents, an Afghan official said Tuesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/reuters/brand/SIG=pd7i95;_ylt=ArpRFht2CjiIV40K9BwXobRn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMTFqaXBkBHNlYwNwcnZkbGluaw--/*http://www.reuters.com Read Full Story
Obama: Iraq now needs a political solution

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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Tuesday that security in Iraq has improved and that the United States urgently needs to turn its attention to Afghanistan.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/reuters/brand/SIG=pd7i95;_ylt=ArpRFht2CjiIV40K9BwXobRn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMTFqaXBkBHNlYwNwcnZkbGluaw--/*http://www.reuters.com Read Full Story
Palestinian attacks using construction truck

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JERUSALEM (AP) A Palestinian attacker turned a construction truck into a fearsome weapon in downtown Jerusalem just hours before Barack Obama's visit Tuesday, ramming a bus, overturning a car and injuring five people before he was shot dead.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/reuters/brand/SIG=pd7i95;_ylt=ArpRFht2CjiIV40K9BwXobRn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMTFqaXBkBHNlYwNwcnZkbGluaw--/*http://www.reuters.com Read Full Story
Iraq: Prime minister not backing Obama timetables on combat troop pullout
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BAGHDAD (AP) Iraq's government spokesman says Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is not personally endorsing any specific timeframe for possible U.S. troops withdrawals. The statement Sunday came in response to an article by Germany's Der Spiegel magazine that quoted al-Maliki as favoring the 16-month withdrawal window proposed by U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama, who is scheduled to visit Iraq. The spokesman says al-Maliki's views were misunderstood by Der Spiegel and that the prime... Read Full Story
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Obama meets with Karzai, a leader he's criticized
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has chided for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/reuters/brand/SIG=pd7i95;_ylt=ArpRFht2CjiIV40K9BwXobRn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMTFqaXBkBHNlYwNwcnZkbGluaw--/*http://www.reuters.com Read Full Story
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British leader urges end to settlement building

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BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called on Israel to stop settlement construction.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/reuters/brand/SIG=pd7i95;_ylt=ArpRFht2CjiIV40K9BwXobRn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMTFqaXBkBHNlYwNwcnZkbGluaw--/*http://www.reuters.com Read Full Story
Crane collapses at Houston refinery, killing 4

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HOUSTON (AP) Hitting the ground with enough force to lift a worker off the ground, one of the nation's largest mobile cranes collapsed at a Houston oil refinery, killing four workers and injuring seven others.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/reuters/brand/SIG=pd7i95;_ylt=ArpRFht2CjiIV40K9BwXobRn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMTFqaXBkBHNlYwNwcnZkbGluaw--/*http://www.reuters.com Read Full Story
Beijing begins massive Olympic shutdown

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BEIJING (AP) Beijing's Olympic shutdown begins Sunday, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital's gray shroud of pollution just three weeks ahead of the games.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/reuters/brand/SIG=pd7i95;_ylt=ArpRFht2CjiIV40K9BwXobRn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMTFqaXBkBHNlYwNwcnZkbGluaw--/*http://www.reuters.com Read Full Story
Obama visits Afghanistan to tour war zone

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, the first stop on a campaign-season tour of war zones, a spokesman said.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/reuters/brand/SIG=pd7i95;_ylt=ArpRFht2CjiIV40K9BwXobRn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMTFqaXBkBHNlYwNwcnZkbGluaw--/*http://www.reuters.com Read Full Story
Pope apologizes for clergy sex abuse in Australia
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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) Pope Benedict XVI used some of the strongest language yet in his apology Saturday for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Roman Catholic clergy, but his words were just more of the same for the victims.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/reuters/brand/SIG=pd7i95;_ylt=ArpRFht2CjiIV40K9BwXobRn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMTFqaXBkBHNlYwNwcnZkbGluaw--/*http://www.reuters.com Read Full Story
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