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US military: 10 militants killed in Afghan raids (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 02:34 AM CST AP - A raid by U.S. coalition troops in eastern Afghanistan killed five al-Qaida associated fighters and detained eight others, including a militant leader, the U.S. military said in a statement Sunday. Two U.S. troops were wounded in a suicide attack in the west.

4 Gaza militants killed in retaliatory airstrike (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 02:23 AM CST AP - An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinian militants launching mortars at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian officials said, just hours after another group of militants struck Israel in a separate rocket attack.

Truck halt on Pakistan pass could dent US supply (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 01:41 AM CST AP - Pakistan temporarily suspended oil tankers and trucks with sealed containers from using a key passage into Afghanistan, an official said Sunday, a move that will likely impact supplies heading to U.S. and NATO troops.

Iraq's Cabinet to vote on security pact with US (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 11:07 PM CST AP - Iraq's Cabinet will vote Sunday on a security pact with Washington that would keep U.S. forces in the country for another three years, a major step in efforts to balance Iraqi demands for national sovereignty with the security concerns of the two allies.

Pirates seize cargo ship with 23 crew off Somalia (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 02:50 AM CST AP - Gunmen have hijacked a cargo ship with 23 crew off the coast of Somalia, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Sunday, as Somali pirates freed another vessel after being paid a ransom.

French Socialists fail to agree on new leader (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 02:07 AM CST AFP - France's opposition Socialists failed to agree on a new leader and a platform, leaving the party more divided than ever as a congress drew to a close on Sunday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,200 (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 07:32 PM CST AP - As of Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at least 4,200 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Doctors lead Tijuana march against violence (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 10:02 PM CST AP - More than 1,500 demonstrators marched through the violence-plagued border city of Tijuana on Saturday to protest the current of killings and kidnappings.

Somali Islamists publicly whip dancers (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 02:38 AM CST AP - A spokesman for a Somali Islamic group says they have publicly whipped 32 tradional dancers because it is "Un-Islamic" for men and women to dance together.

23 missing as bridge collapses in Indian Kashmir (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 03:00 AM CST AP - A bridge under construction over an icy Himalayan river in Indian-controlled Kashmir collapsed Sunday, leaving at least 23 workers missing and feared dead, police said.

New NZ government will have Maori ministers (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 11:53 PM CST AP - The party representing New Zealand's indigenous Maori people will get its first Cabinet posts under a multiparty deal Prime Minister-elect John Key signed Sunday to form a center-right minority government.

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