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US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record…

July the deadliest month of Afghan war for US

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO announced Friday that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to…

Cambodia claims win in UNESCO tussle over temple

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia declared victory Friday in a diplomatic standoff with Thailand after the U.N. cultural agency…

SKorea cracks down on marriage brokers after death

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Young and poor, the Vietnamese woman jumped at the chance to marry a South Korean introduced to her through a…

Floods ravage NW Pakistan, kill 430 people

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods in northwest…

Officials: Floods kill at least 430 in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 430 on Friday, as rains bloated…

Minority Islamic sect under fire in Indonesia

MANISLOR, Indonesia (AP) — A minority Islamic sect told followers Friday to prepare for war after rock-throwing mobs attacked one of…

Soldiers fire on protesters in Kashmir, 3 killed

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Paramilitary soldiers fired on thousands of demonstrators in Indian Kashmir on Friday, killing three men and…

China says it opposes EU sanctions against Iran

BEIJING (AP) — China said Friday that it opposes the sanctions the European Union is imposing on Iran over its disputed nuclear…

Grenade wounds 1; Thai court frees protest leader

BANGKOK (AP) — A grenade exploded near a Bangkok shopping mall early Friday, wounding one person in the second explosion in a week in…

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