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• Austrian politician Haider dies in car crash
In 1999, Haider received 27 percent of the vote in national elections as leader of the Freedom Party. The party's subsequent inclusion in the government led to months of European Union sanctions over Haider's statements, which were seen as anti ...
• Gunmen kill 11 in Mexico bar rampage
Chihuahua state has seen hundreds of murders this year as the government attempts to crack down on warring drug cartels. On Aug. 16, gunmen killed 13 people, including a 1-year-old child, at a dance hall in Creel, a picturesque town along a canyon ...
• Government warns of higher winter heat costs
WASHINGTON - Although global oil prices have plummeted, the cost of heating your home this winter will be a lot more expensive, especially for households that depend on fuel oil, the Energy Department predicted Tuesday. Households that use fuel oil ...
• Thai police arrest key protest leader
Thai police arrested a key leader of a month-long protest inside Bangkok's Government House compound on Sunday, but the detained anti-government figure urged his supporters not to quit. In a short letter read out on the People's Alliance for ...
• Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal area
KHAR, Pakistan - Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in an insurgency-wracked tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban fighters. The government said it was expelling all Afghan refugees ...