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Afghan police are weak link in security force

KABUL (AP) — Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious…

US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit

BEIJING (AP) — Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to…

Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attack

MUMBAI, India (AP) — The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes…

Pakistan demands US share Afghan blueprint

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan expressed fear Friday that a large increase in foreign troops in Afghanistan could push militants across the…

Suicide bomber kills 16 in western Afghanistan

KABUL (AP) — A suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan,…

Police say Afghan lawmaker survives bombing

KABUL (AP) — Afghan police say Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, a parliamentarian and powerful former warlord, has narrowly escaped an assassination…

Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of kids

NEW DELHI (AP) — Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment…

Top SKorean model found hanged in Paris apartment

PARIS (AP) — A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found hanged in…

20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer

EDITOR'S NOTE — The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of…

Rebel blast derails train in India, killing 2

PATNA, India (AP) — A passenger train derailed after Maoist rebels blew up a key track in eastern India, killing two people and…

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