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UN: Afghan civilian deaths a record high in 2008
Feb 17 2009, AP

The number of Afghan civilians killed in armed conflict surged to a record 2,118 people last year as the Afghan war turned increasingly bloody, the U.N. said in a new report Tuesday.

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Fired aide to Sen. Boxer sentenced for child porn
AP, Alexandria
A former high-level aide to Sen. Barbara Boxer has been sentenced to five years in prison on child pornography charges.
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Iraq insists on US leaving cities by June 30
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Iraq’s government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that...
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Israel dispatches envoys to soften hawkish image
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Israel dispatched top officials to the U.S. and Europe on Monday in a diplomatic offensive aimed at softening the hawkish image of Prime Minister Benjamin...
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Egypt's Christians see bias in pig slaughter
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The Egyptian government is using swine flu as an excuse to get rid of tens of thousands of pigs raised by garbage collectors who live amid the refuse in Cairo slums....
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Yemeni soldier killed in clashes in troubled south
AP, San'a
Armed protesters in Yemen’s troubled south ambushed a military camp Monday, killing one soldier, an official said, as fighting between the government and...
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Iran supreme leader rebukes president over powers
AP, Tehran
Iran’s supreme leader publicly rebuked the president over his removal of a top official, a rare show of discontent with the hard-line Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by the...
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Vatican plays down differences before Israel trip
AP, Jerusalem
The Vatican’s representative to the Holy Land is playing down the controversies that could mar a visit next week by Pope Benedict XVI.
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Journalist group: US reporter hospitalized in Iran
AP, Cairo
Reporters Without Borders says the American journalist on a hunger strike for two weeks to protest her imprisonment in Iran was briefly hospitalized after she...
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Obama outreach to Muslims worries Israelis
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A solid majority of Jewish Israelis worry that President Barack Obama’s outreach to the Arab and Muslim world will come at their expense, a new poll showed...
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Iraq: No extension of US pullback date from cities
AP, Baghdad
The Iraqi government says the June 30 deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from urban areas in Iraq is “non-extendable.”
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Fears of Yemen turning into another Afghanistan
AP, San'a
The cave tucked in the remote Saudi mountains near the Yemeni border was clearly a way station for Islamic militants, Saudi police say, pointing to the stock of guns...
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Former Israeli premier faces prostate cancer
AP, Jerusalem
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will undergo prostate cancer surgery in the US in the coming weeks.
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Irate pig farmers clash with police in Egypt
AP, Cairo
Egyptian police and armored cars charged into a crowd of a 1,000 irate pig farmers armed with stones and bottles, leaving 12 people injured as residents of a Cairo slum...
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Jordan hotel owner agonizes over what to feed pope
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A Jordanian hotel owner preparing a lunch for the pope spent five weeks coming up with a choice of five menus for the upcoming visit and is still agonizing over what...
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Iraqi Sunni fighters detained for past attacks
AP, Baghdad
Iraqi and U.S. forces have arrested three leading members of a Sunni militia on suspicion of carrying out attacks _ including downing an American military helicopter _...
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Iranian presidential candidate would work with US
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An Iranian presidential candidate who is wanted by Interpol in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina said Sunday he is willing to cooperate with the U.S. on...
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Iran: US journalist's case will get fair review
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Iran’s foreign minister assured his visiting Japanese counterpart that the case of an American journalist imprisoned in Tehran for allegedly spying for the United...
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Iraqi soldier kills 2 US soldiers, wounds 3
AP, Baghdad
An Iraqi soldier opened fire on a U.S. military team Saturday, killing two American soldiers and wounding three, the U.S. military said, in an attack that could sharpen...
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US-born academic named Israeli ambassador to US
AP, Jerusalem
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Iran hangs woman convicted of murder as a minor
AP, Tehran
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US soldier dies in noncombat incident in Iraq
AP, Baghdad
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US military: 1 Marine dies in noncombat incident
AP, Baghdad
The U.S. military says an American Marine has died as a result of a noncombat related incident in Iraq’s western Anbar province.
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AP count: Iraqi deaths hover near lowest level
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US Marine dies in Iraq's Anbar province
AP, Baghdad
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US soldier dies on combat patrol in Baghdad
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AP, Kabul
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AP, Baghdad
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In this photo obtained by The Associated Press from the strike site in Herat province, Afghans dig graves for the victims who the villagers said were killed in an airstrike, in Gozara district of Herat province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday,..

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