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Military says 4 Gaza tunnels targeted by Israel (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 01:35 AM CST AP - The Israeli military says its warplanes have attacked four smuggling tunnels and a weapons depot in Gaza.

Bomb attack at Pakistan police checkpoint kills 7 (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 12:58 AM CST AP - Assailants threw a bomb at a police checkpoint in eastern Pakistan before dawn Saturday, killing seven officers, police said.

Russia allows transit of U.S. military supplies to Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 12:58 AM CST AP - Russia granted transit rights Friday to non-lethal U.S. military supplies headed to Afghanistan but only after apparently pressuring a former Soviet state to close an air base leased to the Americans.

Head of Chinese insurer arrested on bribery charge (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 06:14 PM CST AP - The general manager of China's state-owned trade insurance company has been arrested on charges he took bribes and caused heavy losses by abusing his position, a state news agency reported Friday.

At least 3 homes destroyed in Australia fires (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 01:01 AM CST AP - Raging wildfires destroyed at least three houses and a golf club in Australia on Saturday, as extreme conditions fueled fires and fear across the country's southeast and crews battled scores of blazes.

Details emerge on Thatcher 'froggy golliwog' slur (AFP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 09:16 PM CST AFP - Carol Thatcher, the daughter of former PM Margaret Thatcher, called a French tennis star a "froggy golliwog guy", a BBC presenter said Saturday, in the first full account of how a sensitive race row flared.

US soldier dies in northern Iraq (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 12:35 AM CST AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of a noncombat-related injury near the northern Iraqi city of Balad Ruz.

Mexico voodoo promo gets new partner, Blockbuster (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 08:46 PM CST AP - After Radioshack dropped out, a Mexican newspaper has found a new U.S. corporate sponsor to help put a voodoo hex on the U.S. national soccer team — and end Mexico's decade-long losing streak.

US investigates death of diplomat in Ethiopia (AFP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 05:24 PM CST AFP - The United States said Friday it is investigating the "suspicious" death of one of its diplomats at the US embassy in Addis Ababa.

Sri Lanka: Red Cross urges safe passage for sick (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 01:27 AM CST AP - Hundreds of sick and wounded people are stranded in a makeshift hospital in war-wracked northern Sri Lanka, the Red Cross said Saturday as it urged the government and Tamil Tiger rebels to let the patients out of the conflict zone.

Fires rage, floodwaters rise in Australian extremes (AFP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 01:02 AM CST AFP - Intense wildfires raged out of control Saturday as southeastern Australia sweltered through a record heatwave, while floodwaters in the country's sodden north continued to rise.

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