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U.N. evacuates hundreds of staff from Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Thursday it would temporarily evacuate hundreds of its international staff from Afghanistan due to deteriorating security, a sharp blow for Western efforts to stabilize the country.
November 5, 2009, 7:16 pm
U.S. soldier dies in drug attack in Mexico strip bar

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Gunmen with automatic weapons burst into a Mexican strip club on the U.S. border, opened fire on patrons and killed six people including an American soldier, the army said on Wednesday.
November 5, 2009, 6:13 pm
News Corp, Time Warner helped by movies, cable

* Time Warner, News Corp raise outlooks, beat profit views
November 5, 2009, 5:47 pm
Neighbours 'smelt bodies' in murder case

Neighbours of alleged US serial killer Anthony Sowell apparently complained about a foul smell for years, but many believed it was coming from a sausage shop.
November 5, 2009, 5:14 pm
EU minister says Cuban "gestures" needed on rights

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba needs to make "gestures" on human rights if it wants the European Union to treat it like most other nations, an EU official said on Wednesday at the end of a three-day trip to Cuba.
November 5, 2009, 5:05 pm
U.N. to pull 600 foreign staff from Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Thursday it would start evacuating hundreds of its international staff from Afghanistan after an attack by Taliban militants last month killed five foreign staff.
November 5, 2009, 4:56 pm
Kidnapper in Dugard case was 'low risk'

California has released a scathing report into the Jaycee Dugard kidnap, saying a catalogue of mistakes allowed the convicted rapist to walk free for years.
November 5, 2009, 4:55 pm
World first as swine flu found in US cat

US vets say a household cat has tested positive for swine flu - the first known case in the world of the new pandemic strain spreading to the feline population.
November 5, 2009, 4:47 pm
U.N. to pull 600 foreign staff from Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Thursday it would relocate or evacuate more than half of its foreign staff in Afghanistan, following an attack by Taliban militants in which five foreign U.N. staff were killed in the capital in October.
November 5, 2009, 4:46 pm
U.N. to pull out 900 staff from Afghanistan - source

KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations will evacuate 900 of its international staff from Afghanistan starting Thursday, citing security concerns, a U.N. source in Kabul said.
November 5, 2009, 4:29 pm
Militants die in US strike in Pakistan

At least four militants have been killed in a US drone missile strike in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, officials say.
November 5, 2009, 4:16 pm
California watchdog blasts officials in kidnap case

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California parole officials failed to properly supervise the rapist accused of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard and missed "numerous" clues during her 18 years of captivity, a prison watchdog said in a report released on Wednesday.
November 5, 2009, 3:18 pm
Top Indonesia law enforcers to resign over scandal

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Two senior Indonesian law enforcement officials will resign, police and government officials said on Thursday, following a public outcry over a suspected plot to undermine the country's anti-corruption agency.
November 5, 2009, 3:09 pm
Australian trade deficit climbs 12pc

Official figures for September show Australia recorded its fifth monthly trade deficit, which reached $1.85 billion.
ABC - November 5, 2009, 2:39 pm
CIA spy lashes out after conviction

A CIA spy sentenced to five years in an Italian prison for her role in a kidnapping plot admitted she "broke the law" but felt abandoned by her superiors.
November 5, 2009, 2:29 pm
Iraq surge may be war model: US admiral

The top US military officer has held out the possibility of a draw-down of American forces from Afghanistan, citing the troop "surge" in Iraq as a model.
November 5, 2009, 2:17 pm
U.S. urges Karzai to make corruption arrests

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States wants Afghan President Hamid Karzai to arrest and prosecute corrupt government officials and take other concrete measures to shore up his legitimacy, the top U.S. military officer said on Wednesday, suggesting such steps were key to a troop increase.
November 5, 2009, 2:15 pm
Gunmen fire on bus in south Philippines

Gunmen have opened fire on a commuter bus in the restive southern Philippines, have killed two and wounded eight passengers, authorities say.
November 5, 2009, 1:53 pm
Men rule in polygamist sect, court hears

Women in a polygamist sect were taught that their fathers or husbands and the sect's prophet had the right to direct their lives, a former member has testified.
November 5, 2009, 1:43 pm
Tropical storm Ida could trigger Nicaragua mudslides

MANAGUA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Ida strengthened off the coast of Nicaragua on Wednesday as heavy rains forced a Caribbean island to evacuate and the Central American nation, fearing devastating mudslides, was put on hurricane watch.
November 5, 2009, 1:40 pm