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• Afghan officials: Taliban jailbreak thwarted
... its troops killed five militants in Helmand province on Friday. More than 4,700 people — mostly militants — have died in insurgency-related violence so far this year, according to an Associated Press count of figures provided by Afghan and Western ...
• Gunmen kill 11 in Mexico bar rampage
The body of 40-year-old Miguel Angel Villagomez, owner and editor of La Noticia newspaper in the western state of Michoacan, was found late Thursday near a highway in the neighboring state of Guerrero, police said. He had been shot three times ...
• Iran says it forced down Western plane
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian news reports claimed Tuesday that Iran forced down a Western aircraft that accidentally entered its airspace, then allowed the plane to continue to Afghanistan after questioning its passengers. The state-owned Al-Alam, Iran's ...
• McCain: Suspend mandatory stock sales
Spare investors from being forced to sell their stocks just in time when the market is hurting the most," McCain said to cheers at a western Wisconsin rally. "We have to protect investors, particularly those who are relying on investments for ...
• Bush: ‘We can solve this crisis and we will’
Bush noted that major Western economies were working together in an attempt to stabilize markets and end the spreading panic. "Through these efforts, the world is sending an unmistakable signal. We're in this together and we'll come through this ...