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Irreverent Cuban movie promises zombie revolution (AP)
AP - What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a
Karzai announces "peace council" to push Taliban talks (Reuters)
Reuters - An Afghan peace council to pursue talks with the Taliban has been set up, President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, the latest step ...
Many Pakistanis still waiting for flood aid (AP)
AP - Abdul Rehman and his family live under a tree next to a pile of rubble on a newly created island where his house ...
Mexican judge orders drug lord held 40 more days (Reuters)
Reuters - A Mexican judge ordered Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez, believed to be one of the country's top drug bosses, held for 40 more days ...
Karzai to name panel for talks with insurgents (AP)
AP - President Hamid Karzai said Saturday he will name the members of a council next week to pursue peace talks with insurgents willing to ...
German held by U.S. troops planned Europe attacks: report (Reuters)
Reuters - A German Islamist held by U.S. troops in Afghanistan and interrogated since July has revealed details of planned attacks on targets in Germany ...
Shoe, eggs hurled at ex-Brit PM Blair in Dublin (AP)
AP - Anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair on Saturday as he arrived for the first public signing of his fast-selling memoir. ...
Suicide bomber kills 57 at Shiite rally in Pakistan (AFP)
AFP - Anti-terror police were on high alert in Pakistan on Saturday ahead of mass burials for the victims of a suicide bomber who killed ...
Obama outlines steps taken to help middle class (AP)
AP - A healthy economy needs bustling Main Streets and a thriving middle class even more than a healthy stock market, President Barack Obama said ...
Crime adds to misery for Pakistan's flood victims (Reuters)
Reuters - Crime and the sale of donated aid supplies are undermining the aid effort for Pakistan's flood victims. ...
Toll from attack on Pakistani Shiites jumps to 65 (AP)
AP - Pakistani police say the death toll from a suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically ...
Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image (AP)
AP - Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the ...
Bristol Palin tells Leno 'Dancing' choice was easy (AP)
AP - Bristol Palin said she didn't think twice before waltzing into "Dancing with the Stars," though she's barely danced in her life. ...
Bomb kills 54 in Pakistan, Taliban threatens U.S. (Reuters)
Reuters - A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 54 people in the second major ...
Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace (AP)
AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance ...
Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings (AP)
AP - Gov. Jan Brewer rose to national fame defending the state's immigration law and warning of rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, including a ...
S.Korea FM offers resignation over nepotism accusation (AFP)
AFP - South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan on Saturday offered to resign after being accused of nepotism over the controversial hiring of his daughter, ...
BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well (AP)
AP - BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company's ...
Body of son of boxing promoter found in Cascades (AP)
AP - A search helicopter on Friday spotted the body of the son of boxing promoter Bob Arum on a Washington state mountainside, five days ...
9 people killed in New Zealand plane crash (AP)
AP - Nine people have died after a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed Saturday on New Zealand's South Island, police said. ...