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Clinton urges China's continued investment in US (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 12:08 AM CST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging China to continue investing in United States Treasury bonds and said Sunday that country's continued investment in the U.S. is a recognition that the two countries depend on each other.

US finds 13 civilians died in Afghanistan strike (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2009 12:27 PM CST AP - An operation the American military at first described as a "precision strike" instead killed 13 Afghan civilians and only three militants, the U.S. said Saturday, three days after sending a general to the site to investigate.

44 miners dead, 65 trapped in China mine blast (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 01:14 AM CST AP - A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, killing at least 44 miners and trapping another 65 in the still burning shaft, state media said.

US tests military exit routes out of Iraq (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2009 02:04 PM CST AP - The American military is shipping battlefield equipment through Jordan and Kuwait, testing possible exit routes in advance of a U.S. withdrawal in Iraq, military officials said.

Iran blocks Web sites promoting reformist Khatami (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:39 AM CST AP - Iranian authorities have blocked two Web sites promoting the presidential bid of Mohammed Khatami, reformists said Saturday, in a first sign that powerful hard-liners might seek to thwart his challenge to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June 12 election.

Europe seeks harmony for crisis summit (AFP) Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:58 PM CST AFP - The heads of Europe's biggest economies meet Sunday to try and forge a common position on the global financial crisis despite simmering disagreements over the way forward.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,247 (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2009 08:52 PM CST AP - As of Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at least 4,247 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Chavez sees Fidel twice in surprise Cuba trip (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2009 09:09 PM CST AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has met twice with the ailing 82-year-old Fidel Castro during a surprise 24-hour visit to Cuba.

Sudan's Beshir to visit Egypt for Darfur talks (AFP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 01:23 AM CST AFP - Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir is due in Egypt on Sunday for talks on efforts to end the six-year conflict in Darfur, following a deal between a rebel group and Khartoum.

Pakistan militants say truce could be extended (AFP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 01:23 AM CST AFP - Militants who led a deadly campaign to enforce Islamic law in Pakistan's Swat valley said Sunday they could extend a 10-day ceasefire with the government once sharia law is implemented.

Rebel Australia priest defies sacking: reports (AFP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 12:31 AM CST AFP - A rebel Catholic priest in Australia, who was sacked for blessing gay couples and allowing women to preach, defied his archbishop and led mass on Sunday, media reports said.

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