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• Official: 3,000 Christians flee Iraq's Mosul
BAGHDAD - Hundreds of terrified Christian families have fled Mosul to escape extremist attacks that have increased despite months of U.S. and Iraqi military operations to secure the northern Iraqi city, political and religious officials said Saturday ...
• Pentagon: China cancels some military contacts
Global markets voted on America's $700 billion bailout plan Monday, and if market indices are a benchmark, there was widespread pessimism. Ned Colt reports from London. WASHINGTON - China has canceled some military contacts with the Pentagon as a ...
• Military: Suicide bomber kills 27 in Sri Lanka
Oct. 3: Pakistan is struggling to maintain power in the Taliban stronghold of Bajour, where 8,000 Pakistani soldiers have been locked in battle for the past two months. NBC's Richard Engel reports. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A suspected rebel suicide ...
• U.S. removes N. Korea from terror list
The photos were taken during a visit to a military unit and shown on Pyongyang's Korean Central Television. It was unclear when they were taken. North Korea, along with Iran and Iraq, was branded as part of an "axis of evil" by Bush after the Sept ...
• NATO agrees on Afghan drug role for military
BUDAPEST, Hungary - NATO defense ministers Friday authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to $100 million a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters. "With regard to counter-narcotics ... ISAF can ...