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GAZA STRIP Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel.
Cash is typically used for farm machinery, canals, schools, clinics, stadiums Afghan opium addicts squat in the bombed-out ruins of the former Russian Cultural Center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Oct. 2. May 4: Fighting the...
David Obey Calls for War Tax on Wealthy Updated 12:52 p.m. ET Rep. David Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat and the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, is the latest lawmaker to call for a new tax aimed at the rich to pay...
The White House estimate is twice the Pentagon's. Some see politics at play. As President Obama measures the potential burden of a new war strategy in Afghanistan, his administration is struggling to come up with even the most...
CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel has softened its terms for a prisoner swap with Hamas and the two are nearing a deal to exchange hundreds of jailed Palestinians for an Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip, officials said on Monday.
Iraqi Maj. Gen. Qassem Atta watches a video showing an alleged confession, aired in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday. Iraqi officials air videos showing alleged confessions by Baath Party members Men in videos say they helped in...
The man named as Israel's new ambassador to Egypt is the son of a spy who had been sentenced to death in Lebanon but was eventually part of a prisoner swap, a foreign ministry official said on Monday. The nomination of Yitzhak...
Cambodian court hears closing arguments in Khmer Rouge prison chief case Kaing Guek Eav faces war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture charges Prosecutors say Kaing, known as Duch, oversaw killing of more than 15,000 Duch...
RIYADH (Reuters) - More than two million Muslims gather this week for the annual haj pilgrimage to Islam's holy city of Mecca, where Saudi authorities hope to minimize spread of the H1N1 virus and prevent any political...
NEW DELHI, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Pakistani-based militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba has no interest in expanding its recruitment beyond the region of Kashmir, a spokesman said. U.S. authorities charged David Headley and Tahawwur Hussain...
