Clashes between Afghan militants, Taliban leave at least 50 dead

Clashes between Afghan militants, Taliban leave at least 50 dead


Clashes between Afghan militants, Taliban leave at least 50 dead

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 12:24 PM PST

KABUL -- Fierce weekend fighting in the north of Afghanistan between Taliban forces and another militant Islamist group has left an estimated 50 people dead, and the clashes were continuing late Sunday night, according to reports from the area.


American Qaeda Operative Arrested in Pakistan

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 12:44 PM PST

Pakistani officials said Sunday that an important Qaeda operative who is a U.S. citizen had been arrested, but his identity was not immediately clear.


Have Your Say

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 06:07 AM PST

How bad are things in Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain?


Man charged with murdering girl

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 12:41 PM PST

A 19-year-old man is charged with the murder of a 16-year-old girl whose body was found near a block of flats in north London.


Palestinian Sees Lesson Translating an Israeli’s Work

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 07:30 PM PST

In memory of a son killed in a terrorist attack, a Palestinian lawyer paid for an Arabic translation of the autobiography of Israel's most prominent author and dove, Amos Oz.


Guinea sets presidential poll date

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 12:21 PM PST

Election called for June 27, following last year's military coup.


US al-Qaeda spokesman 'arrested'

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 12:49 PM PST

A US-born spokesman for al-Qaeda has been arrested in Karachi, according to Pakistani security officials.


Icelanders reject government's push to reimburse Britain, Netherlands $5.3 billion

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 11:52 AM PST

LONDON -- Icelanders this weekend resoundingly rejected a plan to reimburse overseas depositors after the failure of an online Icelandic bank, a rare public referendum on the repayment of a foreign liability that could fuel further concerns over debt problems in Europe.



Patience urged in Iraq vote count

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 11:36 AM PST

Electoral commission appeals for time to determine results in parliamentary election.


Pakistan arrests al-Qaeda spokesman

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 11:58 AM PST

Officials say American born Adam Gadahn has been captured in Karachi.


Pakistanis "arrest American al Qaeda spokesman"

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 12:19 PM PST

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistani security agents have arrested an American al Qaeda spokesman wanted in the United States on a treason charge, Pakistani security officials said on Sunday.


Official: U.S. al Qaeda spokesman seized

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 10:57 AM PST

Adam Gadahn, an American spokesman for al Qaeda, has been arrested in Pakistan, a senior Pakistani government official source told CNN.


Attack in Nigeria kills more than 100

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 10:33 AM PST

More than 100 people were dead after an attack on a predominantly Christian group in central Nigeria, officials told CNN on Sunday.


UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 12:30 PM PST

A British soldier from A Company 4 Rifles dies in a firefight in Afghanistan, as a soldier killed on Friday is named.


Explorer Ranulph Fiennes in crash

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 11:07 AM PST

Adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes is taken to hospital "dazed and bloodied" after a car crash in Greater Manchester.


Reports in Pakistan Say U.S.-Born Qaeda Militant Arrested

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 12:03 PM PST

Pakistani officials have told The Associated Press that authorities have arrested the American-born spokesman for Al Qaeda, Adam Gadahn, in the city of Karachi.


Chilean aftermath

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 09:06 AM PST

Counting the cost of the earthquake on the economy


Dissident threat

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 09:03 PM PST

Minister reflects on battle both sides of the Irish border


Iranian president: 9/11 was 'big lie'

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 08:44 AM PST

Two days before his official trip to Afghanistan, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a "big lie" intended to pave the way for the invasion of a war-torn nation, according to Iranian state media.


Karzai visits site of anti-Taliban push

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 09:10 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai made an unannounced visit to Marjah on Sunday to see the gains made after a massive military offensive by Afghan and international troops to wrest control of the southern city from the Taliban.


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