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In Ukraine, much panic and politicking over H1N1 virus
KIEV, UKRAINE -- One night at the height of the panic over what people here call the California flu, as 24-hour news stations tracked a rising death toll and politicians speculated about a mystery lung plague, Ukraine's prime minister rushed to the airport to greet a shipment of Tamiflu as if it...
Rebel conflict heightens humanitarian crisis in Yemen
MAZRAQ, YEMEN -- From his tent made of blankets, Ali al-Majeshri stared at the tarpaulin tents in the refugee camp across the road. Five days before, he and his family had arrived at this wretched patch in a failing nation, driven here by a civil war that overnight had become a regional conflict....
Motion to begin Senate floor debate on health reform likely to pass
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) appears to have secured the 60 votes needed to move an $848 billion health-care reform bill to the Senate floor for debate.
Americans conflicted over Afghanistan war
WINONA, MINN. -- Christina and Jesse Fladmark were married on Flag Day last year at the band shell on the Mississippi River. They chose the spot largely because Jesse, a soldier, draws strength from the nearby war memorial.
Scores killed, trapped in Chinese mine explosion
BEIJING-- A powerful gas explosion at a coal mine in northeastern China has killed at least 42 miners, with 66 more trapped about a third of a mile underground, according to state news media. The accident again highlighted China's notoriously bad record on coal mine accidents, which kill thousand...
Palestinian council to approve continuance of Abbas government
JERUSALEM -- To keep the Palestinian Authority government working after its term expires in January, Palestinians are turning to an unelected group of political insiders instead of holding new elections, according to Palestinian officials and outside analysts.
World Digest: At least 21 killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN
Kuwait-based military contractor wins court delay
A Kuwaiti-owned company indicted in Atlanta this week for alleged fraud in connection with a multibillion-dollar contract to supply food and other products to coalition troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan won a court delay Friday, indicating that it may be planning to fight the case, whether in...
As Singh's visit nears, perceived U.S. missteps worry India
Days before Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to be welcomed in the White House as the first state visitor hosted by President Obama, two perceived missteps by the Obama administration have Indian officials concerned that New Delhi suddenly has been relegated to the second tier of U.S.-Asian...
Iraq War Casualties
Total number of U.S. military deaths since 2003 and names of the U.S. troops killed recently in the Iraq war, as announced by the Pentagon:
H1N1 cases fall in U.S. but could rise with Thanksgiving travel, gatherings
The level of swine flu activity in the United States appears to be declining, although officials are worried about another increase of cases during the Thanksgiving holiday when many people travel and families gather.
Hackers steal electronic data from top climate research center
Hackers broke into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers this week and posted an array of e-mails in which prominent scientists engaged in a blunt discussion of global warming research and disparaged climate-change skeptics.
Digest: $200,000 in grants linked to ACORN
While the Justice Department did not award any direct grants to ACORN between 2002 and 2009, it did fund one group that funneled money to the controversial advocacy group, an inspector general reported Friday in response to a congressional inquiry.
18,000 miles to Washington
Paulo Roberto Vieira stumbled into the Brazilian consulate on L Street NW bedraggled, nearly broke and at the end of his rope.
For a nation with doubts on war, Afghanistan strategy is a conundrum
WINONA, Minn. -- Christina and Jesse Fladmark were married on Flag Day last year at a band shell on the Mississippi River. They chose the spot largely because Jesse, a soldier, draws strength from the nearby war memorial.
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