Shoe, eggs hurled at ex-Brit PM Blair in Dublin
By JOHN HEANEY
Associated Press Writer
DUBLIN (AP) -- Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday as Tony Blair held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in the Irish capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books ...
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Karzai to name panel for talks with insurgents
By AMIR SHAH
Associated Press Writer
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- President Hamid Karzai said Saturday he will name the members of a council next week to pursue peace talks with insurgents willing to renounce violence, honor the Afghan constitution ...
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Many Pakistanis still waiting for flood aid
By RAVI NESSMAN
Associated Press Writer
DAIRA DINPANAH, Pakistan (AP) -- Abdul Rehman and his family live under a tree next to a pile of rubble on a newly created island where his house used to be.
In the month since his home was destroyed in the ...
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French bid to ban veils worries allies, tourists
By ELAINE GANLEY
Associated Press Writer
PARIS (AP) -- Protests in Pakistan, al-Qaida warnings, skittish Muslim tourists: France's plan to do away with burqa-style veils is already reverberating far beyond its borders.
A bill to outlaw face v ...
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Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake
By ROB GRIFFITH
Associated Press Writer
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) -- Chimneys and walls crumbled to the ground, roads cracked in half and residents were knocked off their feet as a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked New Zealand's S ...
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Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites
By ABDUL SATTAR and ISHTIAQ MAHSUD
Associated Press Writers
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan. The assault sharply drove up the ...
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