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Coup declared in Guinea after dictator's death (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2008 12:31 AM CST AP - A military group seized control of the airwaves in mineral-rich Guinea and declared a coup Tuesday after the death of the West African country's dictator, one of the continent's last strongmen.

Bethlehem adapts to life in shadow of Israeli wall (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2008 01:58 AM CST AP - Claire Anastas' house is surrounded on three sides by a gray cement wall. Israel's separation barrier has forced the family to close its car repair business because customers can no longer get there.

NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2008 02:27 AM CST AP - Militant fire has killed a NATO soldier in eastern Afghanistan where U.S. troops operate.

Pakistan: Car bomb kills 1 near border with India (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2008 02:57 AM CST AP - Suspected Islamist militants detonated a car bomb in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing one woman and wounding four other people, police said.

Militants barrage Israel with mortars, rockets (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2008 01:23 AM CST AP - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip bombarded southern Israel with mortars and rockets early Wednesday, burdening diplomatic efforts to revive a truce that expired over the weekend.

Officers Club collapses, but most stores are sold (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2008 02:56 AM CST AP - The majority of The Officers Club's menswear stores were sold on Wednesday, a day after the company went into administration. The deal will save more than 900 jobs, but adds yet another name to the growing list of British shops that have failed to survive the financial downturn.

2 Hamas militants killed in Gaza blast (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2008 11:31 PM CST AP - Hamas says two of its fighters have been killed in a blast in the southern Gaza Strip.

8 bodies found in plastic bags in southern Mexico (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2008 11:06 PM CST AP - Eight bodies were found stuffed in plastic garbage bags and dumped on a rural road near the Guatemalan border in an area plagued by drug violence, authorities in southern Chiapas state said Tuesday.

Zimbabwe activist to appear in court on Mugabe plot charge (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2008 02:35 AM CST Reuters - A former Zimbabwean newscaster and nine other opposition activists are expected to appear in court on Wednesday on charges of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe's government, state media reported.

Chinese engineer wounded in Pakistan gun attack: police (AFP) Posted: 24 Dec 2008 03:11 AM CST AFP - Gunmen in restive northwest Pakistan opened fire on a Chinese engineer in a crowded market on Wednesday, leaving him in serious condition, police said.

Chinese tainted milk scandal company bankrupt (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2008 02:58 AM CST AP - A Chinese court has declared bankrupt the company at the center of a scandal over tainted milk — blamed for killing six children and sickening almost 300,000 more, one of the company's owners said Wednesday.

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