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Pakistani army vows to oust Taliban militants (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 05:05 PM PDT AP - Pakistan's army vowed Friday to eliminate militants from a northwestern valley but warned that its under-equipped troops face thousands of Taliban extremists who have seized towns, planted bombs made from pressure cookers, and dragooned children to be suicide bombers.

British MPs expense X-rated movies, horse manure (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 02:41 PM PDT AP - It has all the makings of a Monty Python sketch — prim British lawmakers caught in a farce over expense claims for everything from X-rated movies to a bathtub plug.

Hong Kong lifts hotel quarantine where flu found (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - Hong Kong lifted a weeklong quarantine Friday of an upscale hotel where Asia's first swine flu case was traced, allowing 280 guests and workers to end an isolation that was criticized as overkill by some but a medical necessity by authorities.

Brazilians flee flooding, stay in cow pens (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 04:16 PM PDT AP - Brazilians huddled in cow pens converted into emergency shelters Friday, as swollen rivers continue to rise and northern Brazil's worst floods in decades boosted the number of homeless to nearly 300,000. The death toll rose to 39, and coffins started popping out of the soaked earth.

US denies 147 civilians killed in Afghan violence (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 12:39 PM PDT AP - Video of the aftermath of a disputed incident involving American forces and the Taliban shows bloodied bodies of children laid out with other corpses, confirming international Red Cross findings at the two remote villages in western Afghanistan.

Demjanjuk appeals German arrest warrant (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 02:59 PM PDT AP - John Demjanjuk's German attorney on Friday challenged a Munich arrest warrant charging the suspected Nazi death camp guard with 29,000 counts of accessory to murder, in the hope of stopping his deportation from the U.S.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,285 (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 05:16 PM PDT AP - As of Friday, May 8, 2009, at least 4,285 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Angry mob lynches 2 robbery suspects in Ecuador (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 05:05 PM PDT AP - Police say an angry mob dragged two suspected robbers from a police station in Ecuador and burned them to death.

Zimbabwe PM: Get over obsession with Robert Mugabe (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 04:21 PM PDT AP - In an impassioned appeal Friday, Zimbabwe's long-suffering Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called for people to get over their obsession with his longtime enemy, President Robert Mugabe.

Pakistan president sees 'war' against Taliban (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2009 04:52 PM PDT AFP - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari pledged Friday to mount an all-out war against Taliban extremists, pledging to kill the militants in a military offensive.

NZ police retrieve officer's body; siege continues (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 04:36 PM PDT AP - Police set off an explosion early Saturday at the home of a man who has held them at bay for more than two days after allegedly killing a officer.

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