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Pakistani Authorities Search for Escaped Prisoners

Posted April 16th, 2012 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
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Authorities in northwest Pakistan are looking for more than 300 inmates who escaped from a prison after Taliban militants raided the facility on Sunday. Four senior officials at the prison in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province were suspended Monday after about 150 insurgents, armed with guns and rocket-propelled grenades, stormed the prison, freeing 388 prisoners. The Taliban claimed […]

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Pentagon: Haqqani Network Behind 18-Hour Afghan Assault

Posted April 16th, 2012 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
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The Pentagon says the militant Haqqani network, based in Pakistan, is likely behind the coordinated attacks carried out throughout Afghanistan. Nearly 18 hours of fighting in the capital and parts of three provinces ended early Monday, when Afghan troops backed by NATO helicopters attacked a building in Kabul where the last militants were hiding. Witnesses […]

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UN Security Council Condemns N. Korean Rocket Launch

Posted April 16th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
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The U.N. Security Council issued a statement Monday strongly condemning North Korea for its attempted launch of a long range rocket last week. The resolution calls Friday’s launch “a serious violation of existing Security Council resolutions” aimed halting Pyongyang’s use of ballistic missile technology. It also says the failed launch caused “grave security concerns” across […]

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Guinea-Bissau Coup Leaders Close Air, Sea Borders

Posted April 16th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
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Leaders of last week’s coup in Guinea-Bissau have closed the country’s air and sea borders amid rising pressure on them to give up power. It is not yet clear if the closure announced Monday will affect a delegation from the West African regional bloc ECOWAS. The group is expected in Bissau to meet with the […]

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UN Security Council Condemns N. Korean Rocket Launch

Posted April 16th, 2012 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
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The U.N. Security Council issued a statement Monday strongly condemning North Korea for its attempted launch of a long range rocket last week. The resolution calls Thursday’s launch “a serious violation of existing Security Council resolutions” aimed halting Pyongyang’s use of ballistic missile technology. It also says the failed launch caused “grave security concerns” across […]

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Spain Sees 2nd Recession Since 2009

Posted April 16th, 2012 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
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Spain says its economy has likely slipped back into its second recession since 2009, raising new fears that it eventually might need an international bailout. Official statistics will not be available until a later date, but Spain’s economic minister, Luis de Guindos, told the El Mundo newspaper that the country’s economy likely shrank in the […]

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Hundreds Still At Large After Pakistan Prison Break

Posted April 16th, 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
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Authorities in northwest Pakistan are looking for more than 300 inmates who escaped from a prison after hundreds of Taliban militants raided the facility on Sunday. Four senior officials at the prison in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province were suspended Monday after about 150 insurgents, armed with guns and rocket-propelled grenades, stormed the prison, freeing more than 380 […]

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Syrian Clashes Continue as UN Monitors Begin Mission

Posted April 16th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
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An advance team of six United Nations observers will begin monitoring a shaky cease-fire in Syria, as activists said government troops continue to shell rebel neighborhoods in the opposition stronghold, Homs. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Monday that security forces also shot dead two people in the central city of Hama when […]

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Guinea-Bissau Coup Leaders Close Air, Sea Borders

Posted April 16th, 2012 at 9:15 am (UTC-5)
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Leaders of last week’s coup in Guinea-Bissau have closed the country’s air and sea borders amid rising pressure on them to give up power. It is not yet clear if the closure announced Monday will affect a delegation from the West African regional bloc ECOWAS. The group is expected in Bissau to meet with the […]

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Karzai Sees Intelligence ‘Failure’ in Taliban Attacks

Posted April 16th, 2012 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says extremist fighters carried out coordinated attacks across Afghanistan due to a “failure” of intelligence services – especially by NATO, but also by his country. Nearly 18 hours of fighting in the capital and parts of three provinces ended early Monday, when Afghan troops backed by NATO helicopters attacked a building […]

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