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US tries saving Taliban talks after Karzai objects
4 hours 38 mins ago
Hopes dimmed for talks aimed at ending the Afghan war when an angry President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended security negotiations with the U.S. and scuttled a peace delegation to the Taliban, sending American officials scrambling to preserve the possibility of dialogue with the militants.
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Militants storm UN compound in Somalia; 20 killed
5 hours 30 mins ago
Seven al-Qaida-linked militants on a suicide mission attacked the U.N. compound Wednesday with a truck bomb and then poured inside, killing at least 13 people before dying in the assault.
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China jails 11 for extremist crimes in Muslim west
22 mins ago
China says it has sentenced 11 people for inciting religious extremism and related crimes in the northwestern Muslim region of Xinjiang.
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China's Xi harks back to Mao in party 'cleanup'
40 mins ago
China's new leader Xi Jinping is commanding wayward Communist Party cadres to purify themselves of corruption, and he's summed it up in a pithy slogan as Mao Zedong might have done: Look in the mirror, take a bath.
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Floods strand pilgrims in India, deaths could rise
1 hour 43 mins ago
Monsoon flooding that has stranded thousands of people and caused landslides in northern India has killed almost 120 people, and the prime minister said the toll could rise substantially.
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Tropical Storm Barry forms off Mexican coast
2 hours 34 mins ago
Tropical Storm Barry formed off Mexico's Gulf Coast on Wednesday, prompting Mexican authorities to ready hundreds of shelters.
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Attackers torch buses at Venezuela university
2 hours 37 mins ago
A group of masked assailants has attacked a leading university in the Venezuelan capital, torching two buses and seriously damaging its rectory building.
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Venezuela: Plane that disappeared in '08 found
2 hours 55 mins ago
Venezuelan authorities say the undersea wreckage of a small plane that disappeared five years ago with 14 people aboard has been found.
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Minn. mother, son accused of stealing gopher feet
A Minnesota mother and her 18-year-old son are accused of stealing nearly $5,000 in frozen gopher feet and selling them for a bounty.
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Politics
US calls out China, Russia over human trafficking
The U.S. accused China and Russia of failing to meet minimum standards in fighting human trafficking, ranking them on a par with North Korea and Syria.
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Health
Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs
If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in ...
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