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Obama visits Western Wall
JERUSALEM - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama paid a predawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism on Thursday, bowing his head in prayer at the Western Wall. Obama placed a small note...
After 60 years, black officers in U.S. military rare
WASHINGTON - Blacks have made great strides in the military since it was integrated 60 years ago, but they still struggle to gain a foothold in the higher ranks, where less than six per cent of U.S. g...
Convicted killers in Texas, Mississippi, put to death
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Texas executed a man Wednesday who was convicted of killing a woman and her child, while Mississippi put to death a man who took part in the fatal beating of another man. Derric...
U.S. lawmakers chide attorney general on press freedom
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers chided Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday for claiming national security concerns in opposing legislation that would allow reporters to protect the identities of conf...
Powerful earthquake hits Japan and leaves dozens of people injured
TOKYO - A powerful earthquake has struck off the northern Japanese coast, injuring at least 91 people, triggering landslides and cutting power to thousands of people. Japan's Meteorological Agency ...
Hurricane Dolly blows ashore on South Padre Island in Texas; levees hold
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Hurricane Dolly slammed into the South Texas coast Wednesday with punishing rain and winds of 160 km/h, blowing down signs, peeling off roofs and knocking out power to thousands b...
Karadzic's capture signals big shift for Serbia, away from nationalism
BELGRADE, Serbia - Just a few months ago, thugs outraged at Kosovo's independence set part of the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade on fire, and ultranationalists prepared to seize power. But this week's ca...
Karadzic's secret life as a fugitive enthralls his fellow Serbs
BELGRADE, Serbia - Radovan Karadzic sent word he plans to defend himself against UN genocide charges, but his fellow Serbs were more enthralled with details that emerged Wednesday about his secret lif...
Venezuela, Belarus sign oil deal; Chavez hails resistance to U.S. imperialism
MINSK, Belarus - Venezuela signed over three more oil fields to a joint venture with Belarus on Wednesday, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declaring that the two countries were strongly united i...
Pentagon to recommend more troops for Afghanistan, official says
WASHINGTON - A senior Pentagon official says top military leaders are expected soon to recommend to Defence Secretary Robert Gates which additional U.S. troops could be sent to Afghanistan over the ne...
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