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- Afghan militants kill 10 French, strike at US base
(AP)
AP - Insurgents mounted two of the biggest attacks in years on Western forces in Afghanistan, killing 10 French soldiers in a mountain ambush and then sending a squad of suicide bombers in a failed assault early Tuesday on a U.S. base near the Pakistan border.
- Russia moves toward pullback but shows strength
(AP)
AP - Russia took the first steps toward a troop pullback from Georgia on Tuesday but at the same time paraded blindfolded and bound Georgian prisoners on armored vehicles and seized four U.S. Humvees.
- Pirates seize Malaysian tanker off Somalia’s coast
(AP)
AP - Armed pirates have seized a Malaysian tanker carrying palm oil and more than 20 crew members in the Gulf of Eden off the coast of Somalia, the fourth such hijacking in a month, a global maritime watchdog said Wednesday.
- Rice to sign missile defense deal with Poland
(AP)
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans Wednesday to sign a deal to build a U.S. missile defense base on Polish soil, an agreement that has already prompted an infuriated Russia to threaten its former Soviet satellite.
- Post-Olympic clamp on Muslim Xinjiang possible
(AP)
AP - As police with riot clubs patrolled nearby, a merchant whispered that he feared a sweeping crackdown in China’s northwestern Muslim region once the Olympic spotlight fades.
- London airports should be sold on competition grounds: watchdog
(AFP)
AFP - Britain’s Competition Commission on Wednesday recommended the sale of three airports, two in London and one in Scotland, that are operated by Spanish-owned group BAA, owing to the company’s dominance.
- Israel shuts Gaza crossings after rocket attack
(AP)
AP - Israel has closed its cargo crossings with the Gaza Strip following a Palestinian rocket attack on southern Israel that violated a truce.
- Paraguayan president installs new police chief
(AP)
AP - Paraguay’s new president is replacing the nation’s police commander four days into the new administration.
- Double bombing in Algeria kills 11
(Reuters)
Reuters - A double bombing in Algeria killed at
least 11 people on Wednesday a day after an attack that killed
43 people at a military academy, the Algerian press agency APS
said quoting the Interior Ministry.
- China limits use of Olympians’ names online
(AP)
AP - China has banned the use of its Olympic gold medalists’ names as Internet addresses by anyone but the athletes themselves.
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