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NATO probes report of Afghan civilian deaths

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:57:18 EST

NATO is investigating a report by Afghan authorities that an airstrike by coalition forces killed eight children in Kapisa province this week, it said Friday.

Attorney: Pakistani court gives spy agency ultimatum

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:12:31 EST

Pakistan's Supreme Court gave the country's secretive and powerful spy agency a midnight deadline to hand over seven detainees who were allegedly arrested without due process and injured while in its custody, a lawyer representing several of the detainees told CNN Friday.

Violence erupts as Greece ponders terms for new bailout

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:37:46 EST

Hooded youths tossed stones and police fired stun grenades Friday in front of the Greek Parliament as lawmakers faced tough new conditions they must meet before euro zone finance ministers will give them billions of desperately needed euros to bail out the debt-ridden country.

Singapore court: 4 suspects can be extradited to U.S.

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:46:44 EST

A Singapore court ruled Friday that four people can be extradited to the United States to face conspiracy charges after electronic components from a U.S. company were smuggled to Iran and ended up in explosives in Iraq.

Human rights group calls for Iraq to end executions

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:33:38 EST

A human rights group expressed alarm Thursday at the pace of executions in Iraq and called for Iraqi authorities to abolish the practice.

19 killed in Kashmir bus accident

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:08:09 EST

At least 19 people died when a bus plunged down a gorge Friday in a mountainous region of Kashmir, authorities said.

Volcano erupts in Indonesia, hurling ash cloud into the sky

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:33:27 EST

A restless volcano in northern Indonesia erupted Friday, spewing clouds of ash as high as 2 kilometers into the sky, the country's National Disaster Management Agency said.

Mexican army seizes 15 tons of methamphetamine

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:46:48 EST

The Mexican army has seized more than 15 tons of methamphetamine from a clandestine laboratory in a remote area of the state of Jalisco, west of the capital, the country's Secretary of National Defense said Thursday.

Bet on Olympics? This way, it's OK

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:06:00 EST

There are few topics in sport more taboo than betting. Ask baseball's Pete Rose.

Who is Anonymous?

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:28:01 EST

There's been a lot of news over the past few days about the hacker collective Anonymous. Last Friday, the group claimed to have posted an internal FBI conference call discussing investigations into Anonymous and the FBI acknowledged the call was intended to be private. This week, Anonymous posted e-mails that it claims are from an adviser to the Syrian president, suggesting how Bashar al-Assad could downplay violence in the country when he was interviewed by Barbara Walters last summer.