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U.S. draws England for first Cup game

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:30:37 EST

The gods of soccer smiled upon the United States for once on Friday, giving the Americans one of the most fortunate draws imaginable for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, SI.com writer Grant Wahl says.

107 slave laborers freed in Mexico City

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:36:01 EST

Mexican authorities have freed 107 indigenous people who officials say were being held as slave laborers in a Mexico City factory disguised as a drug rehabilitation center.

Fire kills 20 at disco in Indonesia

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:33:45 EST

A fire at a karaoke bar and discotheque in Medan, in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, killed at least 20 people Friday night, according to a hospital.

White House OKs expanding CIA drone program in Pakistan

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:20:34 EST

The White House has authorized an expansion of the CIA's program to attack suspected al Qaeda and Taliban operatives in Pakistan along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border with missiles shot from pilotless planes, a U.S. official confirms.

Pakistan mosque attack kills at least 36

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:28:50 EST

Four militants armed with guns and grenades stormed a Pakistani mosque in Rawalpindi frequented by active and retired military personnel, killing dozens of people Friday, authorities said.

New Afghan push takes aim at militants

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:47:06 EST

More than 1,000 troops have started a big push against insurgents in a militant stronghold of southern Afghanistan, the U.S. Marines said Friday.

Clinton: We don't intend to cut and run from Afghanistan

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:36:31 EST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rejected suggestions Friday that the Obama administration plans to abruptly cut and run from Afghanistan.

Five get death sentences in China riots

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:08:32 EST

Five more people have been sentenced to death for their roles in riots that killed about 200 in western China in July, state-run media reported.

Verdict expected in Knox sex murder trial

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:56:58 EST

An Italian jury has begun deliberations in the trial of U.S. student Amanda Knox and her ex- boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. Both are charged in the killing of Meredith Kercher.

Philippines massacre suspect's home searched

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:17:11 EST

The investigation into the massacre of nearly five dozen people in the Philippines broadened, as security forces on Friday searched the home of Andal Ampatuan Jr., according to Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner Jr. of the Philippine army.