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Pakistan army says 50 suspected militants killed (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 03:58 AM CDT AP - An army spokesman says security forces backed by helicopter gunships and artillery have killed more than 50 suspected militants in volatile northwest Pakistan.

UN focuses on Africa ahead of annual meeting (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2008 09:37 PM CDT AP - African leaders warned Monday that a lingering global financial crisis coupled with the collapse of talks on a world trade agreement could significantly harm the U.N. campaign to improve life for hundreds of millions of the world's poorest.

US allowing first family visits to Afghan prison (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2008 11:34 PM CDT AP - The U.S. military scheduled the first family visits at its Afghanistan detention center Tuesday, allowing the international Red Cross to transport the relatives of prisoners to the main American base at Bagram.

Police say gunman opens fire in Finnish school (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:47 AM CDT AP - Finnish police say the have disarmed a gunman at a school for adults in western Finland after he opened fire on students.

Georgia says it shot down Russian drone (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:17 AM CDT AP - A Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman says Georgian forces have shot down a Russian drone near the breakaway province of South Ossetia.

Gunman arrested after Finnish school shooting: police (AFP) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:44 AM CDT AFP - Police said they had arrested a gunman Tuesday who went on a rampage inside a Finnish school.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,169 (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2008 08:28 PM CDT AP - As of Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, at least 4,169 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Gitmo judge enlists help from 9/11 mastermind (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2008 07:12 PM CDT AP - Confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed offered Monday to help persuade one of his co-defendants to leave his prison cell for a pretrial hearing at Guantanamo Bay.

Kidnappers threaten to kill hostages: Egypt official (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:34 AM CDT Reuters - The kidnappers who seized 19 hostages including European tourists in a remote desert area of Egypt have threatened to kill them if attempts are made to find them by plane, an Egyptian official said on Tuesday.

BA cancels Pakistan flights indefinitely (AFP) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:37 AM CDT AFP - British Airways has "indefinitely" cancelled all flights to the Pakistani capital Islamabad amid security concerns after the bombing of the Marriott hotel, the airline said Tuesday.

400 sheep killed in Australian road crash: police (AFP) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 02:17 AM CDT AFP - Four hundred sheep died in a road accident in Australia, prompting animal rights activists on Tuesday to repeat their call for an end to the long distance transportation of livestock for slaughter.

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