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Afghanistan hits back at U.N. and foreign criticism

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:42:00 GMT

Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next cabinet, less than a week into his new term.

U.S. Army gunman's act "impossible": grandfather

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:17:00 GMT

Reuters - AL-BIREH, West Bank (Reuters) - The grandfather of a U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it impossible to believe his grandson had committed the act.

U.S. jobless rate surges to 10.2 percent

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:45:00 GMT

Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent last month, a 26-1/2-year high, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount.

Iran says over 100 people detained at anti-U.S. rally

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:47:00 GMT

Reuters - TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

Russian military plane crashes in Pacific, 11 missing

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:42:00 GMT

Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian military plane with 11 people on board crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training flight late on Friday, the Defense Ministry said.

One killed, 5 injured in Orlando shooting

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:29:00 GMT

Reuters - ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - An ex-employee of an engineering consulting firm who was laid off in 2007 opened fire at his former workplace in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, killing one person and wounding five others, police said.

Lebanon's Hariri set to announce unity government

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:46:00 GMT

Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government in the next two days after clinching a deal with the opposition on its make-up, politicians from both sides said on Saturday.

Bin Laden videotape not new, monitoring site says

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A videotape of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released on Friday is the Pashto-language version of a tape first released several months ago, said IntelCenter, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring firm.