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Army, drug gangs battle in Mexico amid blockades

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:30:45 -0400

A shootout in the northern city of Monterrey killed two suspected drug cartel gunmen and wounded a soldier Friday. Suspected gang members also blocked roads leading out of the city for the second day, in a bold attempt to impede security patrols.

Is that fare? Steep fee to ride with UK's Brown

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:51:50 -0400

Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election - but it's now news organizations, not just the country's government, racking up huge bills to meet the cost of covering the campaign.

Minister: Sierra Leone rattled by disaster hoax

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:00:14 -0400

A top official in Sierra Leone's government said he raced to a town in the country Friday after news reports said at least 200 people had been killed in a mining accident there, only to find out it was a hoax.

Pope's Irish letter faces critical Catholic world

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:33:16 -0400

Pope Benedict XVI addresses Ireland on Saturday in a letter apologizing for the sex abuse scandal here - a message being watched closely by Catholics from Boston to Berlin to see if it also acknowledges decades of Vatican-approved cover-ups.

Push on for Mideast talks despite Jerusalem flap

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:27:25 -0400

With pressure on from global mediators Friday, Israel and the Palestinians appeared likely to resume American-mediated indirect peace talks despite a flap over east Jerusalem construction.

12 wounded in Israeli missile strike in Gaza

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:16:37 -0400

Hamas officials say Israeli aircraft have fired five missiles at Gaza's defunct airport and nearby border tunnels, wounding at least 12 people.

World diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:51:46 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Friday that the United States and Israel have found a way around the worst disagreement the two allies have faced in years while international diplomats set goals for new U.S.-backed peace talks aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state.

'Lawyer' for US missionaries in Haiti is arrested

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:46:07 -0400

A fugitive who once acted as the lawyer for a group of U.S. Baptist missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children was arrested on human-trafficking charges, authorities said Friday.

Google likely to win EU court battle over ads

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:31:06 -0400

Google looks likely to win a European high court battle over how it uses keywords in advertising - but legal experts say the issue is likely to keep rattling the search giant.

Air Canada supports pilot caught in dispute

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:23:24 -0400

Air Canada is standing by a pilot whose co-workers refused to fly with him, fearing he was suicidal and accusing him of threatening to ditch his aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean.