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MANILA, Philippines – Dozens of gunmen abducted and fatally shot at least 21 people in the southern Philippines on Monday — a massacre that appeared related to local politics.

PARACHINAR, Pakistan – Pakistan's army killed 18 Islamist militants in a northwestern region Monday, part of an escalating campaign against insurgents intent on toppling the U.S.-allied government.

HANGU, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces backed by tanks and artillery attacked Taliban positions in the northwest of the country, killing 22 militants, a senior police official on Monday.

  India challenges Western data linking climate change, Himalayan melt Rama Lakshmi Washington Post November 22, 2009   NEW DELHI — As countries around the world prepare to flex their negotiating muscles at next month’s climate-change summit in Copenhagen, India has begun to question the Western model of computing global warming statistics.   Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh released a report last ...

  Israel wants law of war changed RON BOUSSO AFP October 21, 2009 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his government to draw up proposals to amend the international laws of war after a damning UN report on its war in Gaza. The security cabinet did not, however, on Tuesday discuss calls made by ministers for an internal investigation into ...

Military says action is retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire

Mubarak says settlement activity threatens to anger the Muslim world

Homemade device fails to go off as politicians warn of threat from diehards

  Rothschild/Warburg Mouthpiece ADL Mouths Off Text size   David Kramer LRC Blog November 18, 2009   As more and more Americans are awakening to the truth about what is going on in this country as far as our corrupt monetary system (central banking/fractional reserve banking/fiat currency) is concerned, the Banksters who implemented this system and  make the most money from ...

Pakistani father, son allegedly provided logistical support for terror assault

Nation's mining industry is the world's most dangerous

LIMA, Peru – Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists.

LONDON – European stock markets rose Friday despite a drop in Asia as investors recouped some of the previous day's hefty losses ahead of a key speech from European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet.

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands – A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan Friday, killing four people and wounding six others before fatally shooting himself, officials said.

MIR ALI, Pakistan – A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least eight militants Friday in northwestern Pakistan, officials said, the second attack this week in an area believed to hold many insurgents who fled from an army offensive elsewhere in the Afghan border region.

KABUL – A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 16 people, including two children and a policeman, and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, officials said.

President wraps up 8-day Asia trip with much goodwill but few agreements

Karzai vows to crack down on corruption at closely watched inauguration

More than 50 million have been immunized so far, health minister says

Obama, South Korea's Lee want to ‘open the path to a new future’