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Yahoo! News: World News


Police: Suicide bombing kills 75 in NW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 02:48 PM PST

A Pakistani police officer mans a checkpoint as the sun sets marking the end of the year on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed vehicle in a crowd of people watching a volleyball tournament Friday in northwest Pakistan, killing 75 people in the deadliest attack in the country in more than two months.


Pakistan Taliban says it carried out CIA attack (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 12:44 PM PST

AP - The Pakistani Taliban claimed Friday that they used a turncoat CIA operative to carry out a suicide bombing that killed seven American CIA employees in Afghanistan as revenge for a top militant leader's death in a U.S. missile strike.

Iraqis outraged as Blackwater case thrown out (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 01:44 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 25, 2007 file photo, an Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a car destroyed by a Blackwater security detail in al-Nisoor Square in Baghdad, Iraq. A federal judge dismissed all charges Thursday Dec. 31, 2009 against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a crowded Baghdad intersection in 2007. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - Iraqis seeking justice for 17 people shot dead at a Baghdad intersection responded with bitterness and outrage Friday at a U.S. judge's decision to throw out a case against a Blackwater security team accused in the killings.


Pirate cash suspected cause of Kenya property boom (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 12:47 PM PST

AP - Property prices in Nairobi are soaring, and Somali pirates are getting the blame.

British hostage held in Iran after Iraq kidnapping (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 09:57 AM PST

Gen. David Petraeus, the leading American general who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, speaks with reporters in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. Gen. Petraeus, who used to be the top American commander in Iraq, says the upcoming Iraq election in March is of 'enormous importance' to the country's future, but warned of violence leading up to it. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - A British computer programmer seized in Iraq was held in Iran for at least part of his captivity, the U.S. general who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan said on Friday.


On the Trail of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:40 AM PST

Time.com - A tiny town in the high altitudes of Bolivia wants tourists to explore the mystery of the legendary duo's demise. But you'll have to rough it.

Danish police stop attack on cartoonist (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 05:26 PM PST

AP - Denmark's intelligence service says police have foiled an attempt to kill cartoonist Kurt Westergaard — the artist who drew cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, causing outrage in the Muslim world.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews make rare visit to Gaza (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:24 AM PST

Ultra-Orthodox anti-Zionist Jewish men demonstrate with Palestinian and International activists during a protest calling for the end of the blockade on Gaza  in Beit Hanoun, near the Erez Crossing between Gaza Strip and Israel, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. Hundreds of demonstrators rallied on opposite sides of a border crossing between Israel and Gaza on Thursday to protest the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of the seaside territory. Israel and Egypt imposed a strict blockade on Gaza after the Islamic militant group Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - A small group of ultra-Orthodox Jews were preparing Friday to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath in Gaza, in an unlikely show of support for Palestinians in the Hamas-run coastal territory.


Mudslide kills 19 people in Brazil island resort (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 03:49 PM PST

A damaged inn is seen after a mudslide in Ilha Grande, an island off the city of Angra dos Reis near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. A rain-soaked hillside collapsed on three houses and an upscale lodge after New Year celebrations, killing at least 15 people, according to Brazilian authorities. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - A rain-soaked slab of hillside collapsed on three houses and an upscale waterfront lodge after New Year celebrations on an island resort in this city near Rio de Janeiro, killing at least 19 people, authorities said. Another mudslide elsewhere in the city killed 11.


Under-pressure South Africa set to change (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 08:59 AM PST

South African bowler Makhaya Ntini is pictured in action in March 2009. South Africa are set to make at least one change in their team as they go into a crucial third Test against England.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - South Africa are set to make at least one change in their team as they go into a crucial third Test against England, starting on Sunday.


Somali pirates seize Indonesian chemical tanker (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 04:36 PM PST

Somali pirates seized an Indonesian chemical tanker Friday with 24 crew members in the Gulf of Aden, a maritime watchdog reported.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Somali pirates seized an Indonesian chemical tanker Friday with 24 crew members in the Gulf of Aden, maritime watchdog bodies reported.


Blast kills 5 Canadians in southern Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 07:09 PM PST

Reuters - Four Canadian soldiers and a Canadian journalist were killed when their armored vehicle was hit by a bomb in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, the Canadian Defense Ministry said.

Australian breakthrough may save Tasmanian devils (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 09:52 PM PST

Two Tasmanian devils are seen in captivity as part of a breeding project at the Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park in Taranna. Australian researchers have cracked the genetic origin of the deadly cancer that is threatening to wipe out the devils, raising hopes that the animal's future is safe.(AFP/File/Anoek de Groot)AFP - Australian researchers have cracked the genetic origin of the deadly cancer that is threatening to wipe out Tasmanian devils, raising hopes Friday that the animal's future is safe.


Peacemaking in the Mideast: Obama's Year of Missteps (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:40 AM PST

Time.com - The Israelis weren't prepared to go as far as Washington demanded; the Palestinians wouldn't settle for anything less

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