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Israeli Cabinet prepares for cease-fire vote (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:07 AM CST AP - Israeli aircraft pounded 50 Hamas positions early Saturday, keeping pressure on the Islamic militant group as the country's top leaders prepared for a crucial vote on whether to end Israel's punishing three-week-long campaign against Gaza's rulers.

Bomb kills 2 Afghans, wounds 5 US troops in Kabul (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:07 AM CST AP - A suicide car bomb attack Saturday on a heavily guarded road between the German Embassy and a U.S. military base in the Afghan capital killed two Afghan civilians and wounded five U.S. troops, officials said.

Rights group: Thai navy abandoned migrants at sea (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 12:01 AM CST AP - Thailand's navy abandoned hundreds of illegal migrants on a barge in the Indian Ocean where about 300 desperate people with little food and water later drowned, a refugees' advocacy group said.

Kidnapped Red Cross staff in Philippines are alive (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 02:23 AM CST AP - The Red Cross said Saturday that three workers who were kidnapped on a restive southern Philippine island were still alive.

N. Korea: Priority to build up nuclear deterrent (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 01:23 AM CST AP - North Korea said Saturday its priority is to build up its "nuclear deterrent force" to protect itself and not to normalize diplomatic ties with the United States.

Miliband leaves Pakistan after talks with army chief (AFP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 02:25 AM CST AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband has left Islamabad after holding talks with Pakistan's army chief during a visit aimed at defusing tensions with India after the Mumbai attacks, according to officials.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,227 (AP) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 08:52 PM CST AP - As of Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, at least 4,227 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Mexico: Alleged drug hit men using 'Jackass' logo (AP) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 08:23 PM CST AP - Soldiers in Tijuana have detained three suspected drug assassins with uniforms featuring a skull above crossed crutches, apparently patterned after the logo of the "Jackass" television show and movies.

UN intends to establish Somalia peacekeeping force (AP) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 08:31 PM CST AP - The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday expressing its intention to establish a U.N. peacekeeping force in Somalia, but putting off a decision for several months in order to assess the volatile situation in the Horn of Africa nation.

Pakistani Taliban force girls' schools to close (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:06 AM CST Reuters - Taliban militants have banned female education in northwest Pakistan valley of Swat, depriving more than 40,000 girls of schooling while holding security forces at bay, officials said Saturday.

Australia grants asylum to Afghan, Iranian refugees: official (AFP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 12:16 AM CST AFP - Australia has granted asylum to 28 people from Afghanistan and Iran, in the first such move since relaxing tough rules on asylum seekers, a senior official said.

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