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U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, the commanding general of III Corps and Fort Hood, provides details of an attack at the installation by a lone gunman to members of the media outside the main entrance of Fort Hood, Texas, Nov. 6, 2009.

photo: US Army / Michael Heckman

Fort Hood massacre accused has hospital hearing
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The army psychiatrist charged over the Fort Hood army base massacre in Texas has had his first court hearing - in a hospital room where he is recovering. A military magistrate ruled that Major Nidal Hasan must remain for now in the military hospital at San Antonio. He faces 13 counts of murder over the 5 November shootings at...

Rescuers stands at the smoke tunnel which lead into the site of a gas explosion at the Xinxing mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang province, China, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009.

photo: AP / Andy Wong

China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87
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The official Xinhua News Agency says another 21 people are still trapped underground Sunday after the pre-dawn blast a day earlier at the state-run Xinxing mine in Heilongjiang province near the border with Russia. The massive explosion cut power in the mine as well as ventilation and communication links, hampering the efforts of more than 300...

In this photo released by the Spanish defence ministry Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009, crew members of the Spanish trawler Alakrana are seen on deck in a photo taken Wednesday Nov. 17, 2009 off Somalia.

photo: AP / Spanish Defense Ministry

Freed Spanish sailors return home
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The Spanish crew of a boat hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean have returned to Madrid, more than six weeks after they were captured. The 16 crew members arrived in Spain on Saturday, where they were greeted by family members, four days after their release. The crew had first travelled to the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, where they...

Internally displaced Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils react as they hear the announcement of the opening of all camps for the displaced in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.

photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena

Sri Lanka pledges to free all civilians displaced by war
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Ishara Kodikara I AFP VAVUNIYA: Sri Lanka said Saturday it would grant free movement to the remaining war-displaced civilians held in internment camps, meeting a key demand of the international community. The government also reiterated it would...

People shout as they demonstrate against President Daniel Ortega's government in the streets of Managua, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.

photo: AP / Miguel Alvarez

Thousands throng rival Nicaraguan rallies, Ortega backers mass
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MANAGUA--Thousands of pro- and anti-government protesters took to the streets of Nicaragua's capital Saturday, protesting and backing President Daniel Ortega's bid to remain in power. Chanting "Democracy yes, dictatorship no!" Ortega opponents numbered at 50,000 by organizers marched peacefully in Managua against his controversial re-election...

U.S. Marine Cpl. Nick Gonzales, from Tolleson, Ariz., of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, goes on patrol at the Western OP, a small patrol base, in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009.

photo: AP / Brennan Linsley

Barack Obama finalises Afghanistan troop surge
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Barack Obama is expected to announce his long-delayed plans for a troop surge in Afghanistan next week with a promise of between 3,000 and 7,000 extra troops from Nato allies - including Britain, so as to stop this looking like America's war. An announcement by the US president is anticipated before the meeting of Nato defence...

A photo reproduction of pictures made available by the Italian Police, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, showing two men identified as 60-year-old Mohammad Yaqub Janjua, left, and his son,

photo: AP / Felice Calabro

Italy Arrests 2 In Mumbai Attack Probe
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Police Say Pakistani Father, Son Operating Money Transfer Office Provided Support for Last Year's Terror Attack in India Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Police images of two men identified as Mohammad Yaqub Janjua, 60 (left), and his son, Aamer Yaqub Janjua, 31, both of Pakistan, were arrested November 21, 2009 in an early morning raid in...

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks during a news conference on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

photo: AP / Alex Brandon

Senate Resumes Debate on Key Health-Care Vote
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By GREG HITT and JANET ADAMY WASHINGTON—Debate resumed Saturday in the Senate over health-care legislation, as the chamber moved toward an evening vote on whether to bring the bill to the floor. The vote will be the first test in the full Senate for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who unveiled his bill Wednesday night and needs 60 votes to...

A Sri Lankan army soldier stands guard next to a fence, as internally displaced civilians look on in the background at a camp for displaced in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.

photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees
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MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday. Some 300,000 war refugees were forced into the camps after fleeing the final months of the...

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak delivers his speech during the World Summit on Food Security, at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters, in Rome, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009.

photo: AP / Ettore Ferrari, Pool

Mubarak vows not to tolerate attacks on Egyptians
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CAIRO - President Hosni Mubarak entered Egypt's bitter soccer row with Algeria on Saturday, vowing in a televised speech that attacks on Egyptians abroad will not be tolerated. Mubarak did not mention Algeria by name in his previously scheduled address to parliament, but it was clear he was referring to the fierce soccer rivalry that boiled over...