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Bomb in market kills 80 in northwestern Pakistan
North West Frontier Province Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain says 200 were wounded in Wednesday’s attack in Peshawar city. The blast coincided with a trip to Pakistan by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Posted: 10 days agoCoyotes maul woman on hike in Canadian park
Two coyotes attacked a Canadian woman while she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries.
Posted: 10 days agoWorld's tiger population declining
The world’s tiger population is declining fast despite efforts to save them, and new strategies are urgently needed to keep the species from dying out, international wildlife experts said Tuesday.
Posted: 10 days agoAIDS experts say Russia needs new HIV strategy
Experts say Russia’s fast growing spread of HIV could be entering a dangerous new phase, doubling in the last eight years, they’re urging officials to adopt more successful strategies which address needle use.
Posted: 10 days agoAfghan president's brother denies getting paid by the CIA
The New York Times recently cited that Ahmed Wali Karzi, the brother of the Afghan president, denied reports that he has received regular payments from the CIA over the past eight years.
Posted: 10 days agoGore: China, US must cooperate on climate change
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said Wednesday that cooperation between China and the U.S., the world’s two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, is crucial to tackling the climate change crisis.
Posted: 17 days agoUN: For 7th year, warming emissions grew again
The industrialized world again in 2007 boosted, rather than reduced, its emissions of global-warming gases, the U.N. reported Wednesday, as international negotiators looked ahead to crucial climate talks in December.
Posted: 17 days agoNiger suspended from regional bloc after controversial election
The African country of Niger has been suspended from a regional group of African states Tuesday after the controversial parliamentary elections.
Posted: 17 days agoUS envoy: Lip service for Mideast peace not enough
The Obama administration’s ambassador to the United Nations told Israelis on Wednesday that it’s not enough just to pay “lip service” to peace and urged the government to immediately relaunch negotiations aimed at creating an independent Palestinian state.
Posted: 17 days agoDiplomats: Iran agrees to draft deal on uranium
Diplomats say the deal would see the country ship out most of its enriched uranium to Russia, stripping Tehran of most of the material it would need to make a nuclear weapon.
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