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150,000 Pakistanis mark 1 year since Bhutto killed (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2008 02:34 AM CST AP - More than 150,000 Pakistanis flocked to the mausoleum of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Saturday after some walked hundreds of miles (kilometers) to offer flowers and kiss her grave on the first anniversary of her assassination.

China targets pirates in groundbreaking mission (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 08:19 PM CST AP - Chinese warships headed toward Somali waters Friday to combat piracy, the first time the communist country has sent ships on a mission that could involve fighting so far beyond its territorial waters.

Police: 13 killed in jailbreak in Ramadi, Iraq (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 07:11 AM CST AP - Four suspected al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents broke out of jail during a riot Friday that killed six police officers and seven prisoners in the western city of Ramadi, police said.

Gazza's son wishes dad would 'go away': report (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 08:42 PM CST AFP - England football legend Paul Gascoigne's 12-year-old son said in comments published Saturday that he thought his dad would likely "die soon" and wished that he would "go away" from the family.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,217 (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 07:24 PM CST AP - As of Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, at least 4,217 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Cruise passenger reported overboard near Cancun (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 09:14 PM CST AP - Three Mexican Navy boats and a helicopter were searching the waters off the Caribbean resort of Cancun on Friday for an American woman who reportedly fell from a cruise ship, authorities said.

Why Guinea's People Welcomed the Coup (Time.com) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 07:00 PM CST Time.com - The impoverished West African nation has fallen so far that even a military takeover can look good

Murali, Vaas jolt Bangladesh (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2008 03:23 AM CST AFP - Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas shared four wickets to rattle Bangladesh on the second day of the opening Test against Sri Lanka here on Saturday.

Australia asked to take Guantanamo Bay inmates: report (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2008 12:52 AM CST Reuters - Australia has been approached by U.S. authorities about taking some of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba when it closes, a report said on Saturday.

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