New Afghan war commander vows to spare civilians

BRUSSELS (AFP) – US General David Petraeus , the new Afghan war commander, pledged Thursday to give his forces the firepower to fight the Taliban but insisted that sparing civilian lives remained his priority. "There are concerns among the ranks of some of our troops on the ground that some of the …

YAHOO! · July 01, 2010, 5:00 AM (PST)

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Court allows Charles Taylor’s prosecutors to summon model Naomi Campbell on "blood diamond"

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Naomi Campbell and actress Mia Farrow will be summoned to testify at former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s war crimes trial, addressing allegations Taylor gave the supermodel an uncut diamond at a South African reception in 1997. The Special Court for Sierra …

Baltimore Sun · July 01, 2010, 2:44 AM (PST)

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Metsos Sought by Cyprus After Jumping Bail in U.S. Spy Probe

July 1 (Bloomberg) — Cyprus’s police asked the public for help locating a Canadian man who jumped bail to avoid extradition to the U.S. on charges he was part of a Russian espionage ring. Robert Christopher Metsos, 54, failed to check in at a Cyprus police station yesterday and authorities say …

BusinessWeek · July 01, 2010, 3:20 AM (PST)

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Deadly new militant group emerges in Pakistan to avenge army assault on Red Mosque 3 years ago

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) – Pakistani authorities now believe a dangerous new militant group, out to avenge a deadly army assault on a mosque in Islamabad three years ago, has carried out several major bombings in the capital previously blamed on the Taliban. The emergence of the Ghazi Force was …

FOX News · July 01, 2010, 4:24 AM (PST)

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San Jose Mercury News

NATO says district Afghan Taliban chief arrested

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan and international troops captured a Taliban district chief in a four-hour gun battle in the southern province of Helmand, NATO said Thursday. In northern Afghanistan, four rockets slammed into a base housing about 120 South Korean construction and security personnel in …

Washington Post · July 01, 2010, 2:51 AM (PST)

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Terror Chief Defends Targeting Rebel US Cleric

ASPEN, Colo. — A top counterterrorism official on Wednesday defended the government’s right to target U.S. citizens perceived as terror threats for capture or killing, citing the example of the renegade al-Qaida-linked cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Michael Leiter, director of the National …

Denver Channel · July 01, 2010, 4:53 AM (PST)

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China welcomes Gates visit at appropriate time

BEIJING (AP) — China said Thursday that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is welcome to visit at an appropriate time, just weeks after it rejected a proposed trip by him. The official Xinhua News Agency quoted the deputy chief of staff of the People’s Liberation Army as saying Gates was welcome …

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Time

Free show by Jimmy Buffett along Alabama coast

GULF SHORES, Ala. — Oil weary residents on Alabama’s coast got a boost from Jimmy Buffett, who put on an impromptu free show at his sister’s restaurant Wednesday evening, bringing in hundreds of fans. He sang crowd favorites including "Fins," "Pascagoula Run" and "Volcano" during a more than two …

Times Union · July 01, 2010, 4:46 AM (PST)

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Washington Post

Hamas founder’s son granted asylum in San Diego

Federal attorneys cleared the way Wednesday for the son of Hamas’ cofounder and security chief to remain in the United States after immigration officials had spent three years opposing his request for political asylum. Mosab Hassan Yousef fought deportation because he feared retaliation from the …

San Diego Union-Tribune · June 30, 2010, 10:19 PM (PST)

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Beaver County Times

Strong earthquake hits southern Mexico, killing one

MEXICO CITY – A strong earthquake rattled southern Mexico early Wednesday, killing at least one man who was crushed beneath a rafter that fell from his roof. The magnitude-6.2 quake was felt as far north as Mexico City, where people fled homes and hotels in their pajamas. City officials reported …

WRAL · July 01, 2010, 12:35 AM (PST)

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