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  • Robert Gates meets troops in Afghanistan

    Robert Gates meets troops in Afghanistan

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in the south of Afghanistan after touching down on Friday.

  • Man arrested after package found in luggage in Miami

    Man arrested after package found in luggage in Miami

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    Miami police swooped on the main airport on Friday when screeners detected a suspicious article in a checked bag.

  • Mexican shootout kills dozens of people

    Mexican shootout kills dozens of people

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    25 or more people have died in a gunfight between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug gang members near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey.

  • Abbas and Netanyahu on cordial terms at peace talks

    Abbas and Netanyahu on cordial terms at peace talks

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is time to finalize a deal on the Middle East peace process.

  • Afghanistan outraged at civilian deaths in airstrike

    Afghanistan outraged at civilian deaths in airstrike

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack which killed 10 parliamentary campaign workers and injured two others including a candidate.

  • US general says Taliban is strapped for cash

    US general says Taliban is strapped for cash

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    A US general has revealed the Taliban in Afghanistan are very short of money with their drug labs and supply routes under pressure from US troops.

  • Muslims asked to commit money to Pakistan

    Muslims asked to commit money to Pakistan

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    The relief effort in the area hit by floods in Pakistan may be helped by a new request for Muslims to tithe for the aid effort.

  • Stephen Hawking says the universe created itself

    Stephen Hawking says the universe created itself

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    A new book written by famous British physicist, Stephen Hawking, claims that God did not create the universe and the "big bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics.

  • Fuel tanker aground in Canadian waters

    Fuel tanker aground in Canadian waters

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    A fuel tanker is aground on a sandbar in Canada’s far north.

  • Three killed in small plane crash in California

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    Three people were killed in a small plane crash Thursday in a lagoon in the US state of California, authorities said.

  • Another oil rig catches fire in Gulf waters

    Another oil rig catches fire in Gulf waters

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    Another Gulf coast rig has caught fire, causing the United States Coast Guard to scramble into action.

  • Israeli girl hurt in car stoning

    Israeli girl hurt in car stoning

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    A twelve-year-old girl, riding in a car which was driving through Tapuach Junction in the West Bank, has been hit with a stone which came through the window.

  • Many dead after  horrific attack in Lahore, Pakistan

    Many dead after horrific attack in Lahore, Pakistan

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    Another 250 were wounded in the first major attack since huge floods devastated the country more than a month ago.

  • Abbas says peace will come if settlements stop

    Abbas says peace will come if settlements stop

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met in a meeting promoted by Washington.

  • Migrants abducted in northern Mexico

    Migrants abducted in northern Mexico

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    Mexican authorities are searching for migrants they believe have been kidnapped in north Mexico.

  • Zeta-Jones says husband should have been diagnosed earlier

    Zeta-Jones says husband should have been diagnosed earlier

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    Catherine Zeta-Jones has been angered by a medical diagnosis of her husband, Michael Douglas, in which he was told he has stage four cancer of the throat.

  • Explosives used to put down Australian whale

    Explosives used to put down Australian whale

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    Authorities in Western Australia have used a large amount of explosives to blow up a live whale.

  • Light plane crash kills two in Austria

    Uzbekistan News.Net

    A small aircraft crashed in Austria Thursday afternoon, killing the pilot and only passenger, police said.

  • Odd 'rash' of Pampers woes

    New York Post

    Two agencies investigating claims that Procter & Gamble Co.'s Pampers Dry Max gave children severe diaper rash reported yesterday that they have found no cause linking the diapers to rashes. The U...

  • Acid-attack gal's brave face

    New York Post

    PORTLAND, Ore. -- Bethany Storro had just bought a pair of sunglasses and was celebrating a new job when a woman walked up to her with a cup and said, "Hey, pretty girl, do you want to drink this?" Th...

  • Another side of Bob Dylan

    New York Post

    COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Forty new paintings by Bob Dylan go on show this weekend in Denmark, but museum-goers will hardly find "Blowin' in the Wind," or references to other famous lyrics in the picture...

  • The Bronx is burning in 5-hr. blaze

    New York Post

    This terrifying Bronx inferno raged for more than five hours -- and destroyed a row of businesses -- before New York's Bravest could get it under control. The six-alarm blaze appeared to begin at Spic...

  • Stamp honors Mother Teresa

    New York Post

    WASHINGTON -- Mother Teresa is being recognized for her humanitarian work with the issuance of a new US postage stamp. The 44-cent stamp showing a portrait of the Roman Catholic nun is being released ...

  • Rapper T.I. meth bust

    New York Post

    WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Grammy-winning rapper T.I. was arrested along with his wife on suspicion of possessing methamphetamines, five months after the hip-hop star finished a prison stint on weapons...

  • Eater 'racks' up win

    New York Post

    SPARKS, Nev. -- Talk about pigging out: Joey Chestnut ate his way to another ribs-eating title in Nevada. The 26-year-old San Jose, Calif., man ate 8 pounds of pork ribs in 12 minutes to win the Best ...

  • Let's give this guy a hand!

    New York Post

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels "fantastic" and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands. Richard Edwards, of Edmond, Okla., made his first appearance y...

  • 'I don't care about these people'

    New York Post

    That's when an officer shot the gunman, James Lee, in the lobby of the building in Silver Spring, just outside the nation's capital. None of the hostages were hurt. "For most of the time, the hostages...

  • Outrage over Charger chick's whining over crushed vehicle

    New York Post

    Give us a brake! A whining New Jersey woman's gripe that her precious sports car was destroyed by a suicidal man's 40-story fall triggered a venomous outpouring from his friends, neighbors and fellow ...

  • Ladies' night a big bar boost

    New York Post

    The courts upheld ladies' night and New Yorkers say the feeling's right. Charging female patrons less is a good idea, say bartenders and customers. "The [appellate court] judges made a good decision,"...

  • Gang war behind 'toon-kid shooting

    New York Post

    An escalating turf war between bloodthirsty street gangs nearly claimed the life of a 10-year-old Brooklyn boy who was hit by a bullet that flew through his window while he was innocently watching car...

  • Coffey: I'm the 'nerd' who never did drugs

    New York Post

    Attorney-general hopeful Sean Coffey is scared that a secret from deep in his past will blow his chance to get the job. "This may cost me the Democratic nomination: I have never used drugs," he joked ...

  • Nassau GOP bites the ballot

    New York Post

    A Republican political appointee with the Nassau County Board of Elections ended up disenfranchising her own party when she failed to include the GOP in the instructions sent out to 900,000 voters on ...

  • Cancel order for auction

    New York Post

    Chew on that, Capital One. The Cipriani restaurant empire -- currently in a nasty legal battle with its creditor, Capital One Bank -- was granted an injunction yesterday that halted a public auction o...

  • Hurricane Earl barrels toward Long Island

    New York Post

    Hamptonites thought they'd be preparing for the end of summer -- instead, they're preparing for the end of the world. Hurricane hysteria gripped the East End yesterday as Hurricane Earl barreled up th...

  • 'Jerusalem Day paves the way for Israel's collapse'

    Jerusalem Post

    Iranians celebrated International Jerusalem Day on Friday, the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, with rallies against the "Israeli occupation of Palestinian land by Israel" being held a...

  • EGYPT: Brotherhood Struggles Against Shut Doors

    IPS

    CAIRO, Sep 3, 2010 (IPS) - As Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood gears up to contest November parliamentary elections, some analysts note the relatively few gains made by the Brotherhood- led opposition ove...

  • Hurricane Earl brushes North Carolina

    Channel News Asia

    KITTY HAWK, North Carolina : Hurricane Earl bore down on North Carolina early Friday, promising to lash a vast stretch of the US East Coast with tropical storm force winds, heavy rain and dangerous su...

  • Mideast leaders to hold bimonthly peace talks

    Channel News Asia

    WASHINGTON : Israeli and Palestinian leaders have cleared the first hurdle in what promises to be difficult negotiations, vowing to try to settle core differences within a year and meet every two week...

  • 4 killed in Russian forest fires

    New Zealand Herald

    Russia's emergencies ministry says forest fires in the country's south have killed four people. Forest fires plagued much of Russia during this summer's unusual wave of withering heat and drought and...

  • Arrest after Miami airport evacuation

    New Zealand Herald

    US federal officials say a passenger has been taken into custody after screeners detected something suspicious in a checked bag at Miami International Airport. Police evacuated four of six concourses...

  • Mentally ill mother sentenced

    New Zealand Herald

    A Perth woman who killed her seven-month-old twins by placing them in a bathtub full of water has been sentenced to three years in custody to be served in a psychiatric institution. Rita Ariyaratnam,...

  • Assange says rape probe a 'legal circus'

    New Zealand Herald

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has called a Swedish investigation into rape and molestation allegations against him a "legal circus". Assange, who is Australian, has denied the allegations, and sai...

  • Hamas among tricky issues in Mideast talks

    New Zealand Herald

    To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas - the Islamic militant group that c...

  • Powerful, enormous Earl bearing down on East Coast

    CNN

    Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina (CNN) -- A weakened Hurricane Earl brushed North Carolina's Outer Banks overnight as residents along the Eastern seaboard braced for a stormy Friday.

  • Hostage taker smuggled immigrant

    CNN

    (CNN) -- The gunman who held three people hostage at the Discovery Channel headquarters was once convicted of smuggling an illegal immigrant into the country from Mexico.

  • Did U.N. know of mass rapes earlier?

    CNN

    Goma, Congo (CNN) -- The United Nations appears to have been aware of rape by rebels in eastern Congo earlier than it originally said it was, according to an internal e-mail and a humanitarian bulleti...

  • Bomb scare empties Miami airport

    CNN

    Miami, Florida (CNN) -- Miami International Airport reopened early Friday morning after a passenger was detained and a suspicious item was spotted, airport officials said.

  • Indonesia volcano erupts again

    C News

    A man covers himself with a blanket as he stops to look at the Mount Sinabung volcano shortly after it erupted in Indonesia's North Sumatra province September 3, 2010. (Reuters) SURBAKTI - An Indone...

  • Fugitive Asil Nadir at Old Bailey

    BBC

    Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir has arrived at the Old Bailey for his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges. The businessman, who has evaded trial since 1993, flew back from Cyprus to face fra...

  • Four Killed In Fires In Southern Russia

    Sky News

    Strong winds have stoked fires to cause widespread damage in 20 villages in the regions of Volgograd and Saratov, officials said. Russian President