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Officials: 3 killed in missile strike in Pakistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- A suspected U.S. missile strike killed five tribesmen in a Pakistani town close to the Afghan border, the latest in a series of attacks in a region where top al-Qaida leaders are believed to be living, two intelligence officials said. (Updated 8:02 p.m. PT)
Kashmir shuts down in protest as Indian PM visits
SRINAGAR, India -- Shops, businesses and schools were shut in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Saturday to protest a visit by the Indian prime minister who inaugurated the first train line in the disputed Himalayan region. (Updated 6:59 p.m. PT)
Mazda says no decision on sale of Ford's stake
TOKYO -- Mazda denied Saturday that a decision had been made by troubled Ford Motor Co. to sell its stake in the Japanese automaker, but didn't rule out a possible deal. (Updated 11:17 a.m. PT)
Mazda says no decision on sale of Ford's stake
TOKYO -- Mazda denied Saturday that a decision had been made by troubled Ford Motor Co. to sell its stake in the Japanese automaker, but didn't rule out a possible deal. (Updated 11:17 a.m. PT)
Russian space chief reassures US partners
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- The ongoing global economic turmoil and increasingly strained ties between Moscow and Washington will not stand in the way of further space exploration, Russia's space agency chief said Saturday. (Updated 8:57 a.m. PT)
Supporters of Thai government rally near Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thousands of supporters of Thailand's ruling coalition gathered Saturday on the outskirts of Bangkok in a show of strength, two days ahead of a planned major protest by a group hoping to topple the elected government. (Updated 6:46 a.m. PT)
US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard. (Updated 4:14 a.m. PT)
North Korea releases pictures of Kim Jong Il
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea released pictures of leader Kim Jong Il on Saturday for the first time in nearly two months, showing the reclusive ruler looking generally well despite reports he recently underwent brain surgery. (Updated 4:11 a.m. PT)
Aide: Dalai Lama to be released from hospital soon
NEW DELHI -- The Dalai Lama is likely to be discharged from the hospital in the next few days, a senior aide said Saturday, a day after surgeons removed gallstones from the Tibetan spiritual leader. (Updated 4:04 a.m. PT)
Afghan intel says attack on Afghan prison thwarted
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's intelligence service said Saturday it broke up a Taliban plot to attack the country's most notorious prison with a wave of suicide bombers, while the government named a new interior minister to lead the country's fledgling police. (Updated 3:04 a.m. PT)
Additional headlines:
- Official: Greek tanker hijacked near Somalia
- Indian army works to rescue boy trapped in well
 | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2008 |
- Lawyer appeals for freedom of Myanmar's Suu Kyi
- India to get first female Roman Catholic saint
- Crane collapses on Chinese kindergarten, killing 5
- Nepal struggling to identify plane crash victims
- Hearing for alleged Russian arms dealer continues
- Vietnam to try journalists for corruption stories
- NATO: Troops can target Afghan drug operations
- Beijing to ban half its cars during high pollution
| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008 |
- Smoke detected at Japanese nuclear complex
- Maldives leader faces runoff in 1st free election
- 10,000 Chinese children still sick from milk
- NKorea warns South against provoking warfare
- Scandal forces reform in China dairy industry
- North Korea prepares to restart nuclear facility
- China says it won't torture Guantanamo detainees
- Foreigner-free Japan hotels want to stay that way
- US: 21 militants killed in southern Afghanistan
- China opposes Peace Prize for rights activist
- Sri Lankan Cabinet minister escapes suicide blast
- Sri Lankan minister escapes suicide blast unhurt
- China: 200 villagers sickened by arsenic in water
- Police: Blast in Pakistan's capital wounds 9
- Protesters reported beaten, detained in China
- Chinese herbal injection suspended after 3 deaths
- 10,000 Chinese children still sick from milk
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