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Pakistan targets suspected Mumbai attackers (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:39 AM CST AP - Security forces raided a camp used by militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks and arrested more than a dozen people in Pakistan's first known response to the assault, militants and an intelligence official said Monday.

9/11 suspects face Gitmo court, victims' families (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 01:34 AM CST AP - The confessed architect of the Sept. 11 attacks and four alleged co-conspirators are to appear before a military judge Monday, even as the first U.S. war-crimes trials since World War II teeter on the edge of extinction.

Taliban chief: More fighting to come (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:34 AM CST AP - The Taliban's fugitive leader, Mullah Omar, promised more violence over the next year even as the U.S. plans to deploy thousands more troops in hopes of turning around the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.

Indian minister denies calling Pakistani president (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 10:33 PM CST AP - Pakistani authorities said that during the attacks by gunmen on Mumbai they put their air force on high alert after their president received a "threatening" late-night call that they say came straight from the Indian government.

More protests planned in Greece in wake of riots (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:54 AM CST AP - Police are bracing for possible new violence at planned demonstrations to protest the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Greece.

HSBC sets up £1bln fund for small businesses (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:25 AM CST AFP - HSBC has set up a one-billion-pound fund to help small- and medium-sized businesses in Britain get access to credit during the global financial crisis, the bank has said.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,209 (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 06:48 PM CST AP - As of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008, at least 4,209 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Gov't pulls witness in Gitmo case against Canadian (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 08:04 PM CST AP - Military prosecutors have withdrawn a government witness in an upcoming Guantanamo war-crimes trial to conceal evidence of "abuse and mistreatment" of the defendant, his Pentagon-appointed lawyer alleged Sunday.

Congo rebels unhappy at government's wide talks invite (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:24 AM CST Reuters - Eastern Congo rebels in Nairobi for U.N.-brokered peace talks with the government said on Monday they were not prepared to sit down with other insurgent groups.

Envoys see tough haggling ahead with North Korea (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:33 AM CST Reuters - A top U.S. envoy predicted tough talks on North Korea's nuclear activities on Monday as a fresh round of negotiations over a disarmament-for-aid deal began with the Bush administration readying to leave office.

Qantas chief says BA merger not assured (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:06 AM CST AFP - Qantas on Monday said that a proposed merger with British Airways was not guaranteed and could stumble over the European carrier's merger talks with a Spanish airline and its pension fund liabilities.

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