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10 Taliban killed while planting bomb
9 hours ago
 AP - Gunmen in a dangerous part of southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker, while a roadside bomb militants were planting detonated prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, officials said Saturday.
Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages
6 hours ago
 AP - Colombian military intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a media crew flew to the jungle aboard a white helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap.
Iran: Nuclear program remains unchanged
4 hours ago
 AP - An Iranian government spokesman says the country's nuclear program remains unchanged, indicating that Tehran has no plans to stop enriching uranium.
Pakistan halts assault on militants
27 minutes ago
 AP - Pakistani security forces have halted an operation against militants in the country's volatile northwest to try negotiating peace through tribal elders, officials said Saturday.
Federer won't be fazed by go-slow Rafa
14 minutes ago
 AFP - Roger Federer won't be knocked out of his confident stride by Rafael Nadal in Sunday's Wimbledon final even if the Spaniard embarks on a Centre Court go-slow.
Officials: Blast kills 5 in Yemen
4 hours ago
AP - Local officials in a northern Yemeni town say an explosion at the main post office building has killed at least five people.
Mexico sees anti-drug aid for police
10 hours ago
AP - Mexico's president says he plans to use the recently approved package of U.S. anti-drug aid to improve the country's police force.
Film seen to show Zimbabwe vote rigged
22 minutes ago
 Reuters - A film secretly taken by a Zimbabwe
prison guard and smuggled out of the country shows the extent
of the rigging that took place for the June 27 presidential
run-off vote, the Guardian said on Saturday.
Sangkkara bats for Asian supremacy in cricket
22 minutes ago
 AFP - Sri Lanka's wicket-keeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara Saturday said Asia leads international cricket as the financial hub and custodian of the game which has pioneered unprecedented globalisation.
Pope faces lack of faith in Australia: survey
34 hours ago
 AFP - Australia is one of the least religious nations in the western world, research showed Friday, as the country prepares to host Pope Benedict XVI and Catholic World Youth Day celebrations this month.
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