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Gunmen wound seven in Athens attack

ATHENS (Reuters) - Two gunmen on a motorcycle launched an attack outside a police station in Athens on Tuesday, wounding six Greek police officers and a passer-by, police said.
October 28, 2009, 12:13 pm
Kidnapping puts crisis-bound Honduras on edge

TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - Assailants kidnapped the father of Honduras' acting defense minister Tuesday in a case that immediately took on political overtones amid a bitter, unresolved political crisis.
October 28, 2009, 10:52 am
Bombings push U.S. toll to worst month in Afghan war

KABUL (Reuters) - Eight U.S. troops were killed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday ahead of a run-off presidential election, the NATO-led alliance said, in the deadliest month for U.S. forces since the start of the war eight years ago.
October 28, 2009, 10:51 am
Kidnapping puts Honduras on edge

Assailants have kidnapped the father of Honduras' acting defence minister in a case that immediately took on political overtones amid a political crisis.
October 28, 2009, 10:51 am
Crackdown on expenses for UK MPs: report

British MPs will be banned from claiming mortgage interest payments as part of a sweeping overhaul of their expenses system, reports say.
October 28, 2009, 10:49 am
Six Greek police wounded in attack

Gunmen on a motorcycle have opened fire on a suburban Athens police station with automatic weapons, wounding six police officers, authorities said.
October 28, 2009, 10:48 am
North Korea hereditary succession won't work: defector

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korean efforts to install one of ailing leader Kim Jong-il's sons as a hereditary successor are likely to fail, a senior defector from the communist country said on Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 10:26 am
U.S. sends top team to Honduras

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Time is running out for a solution to the political crisis in Honduras, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday as senior government officials prepared to travel there to try to revive talks.
October 28, 2009, 9:46 am
Case opened against Russian activist

A lawyer for Chechnya's strongman president says a criminal libel case has been opened against one of Russia's most prominent activists, news agencies reported.
October 28, 2009, 9:44 am
"Monsters vs. Aliens" helps DreamWorks profit

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG
posted better-than-expected net quarterly profit on Tuesday,
helped by the release of the "Monsters vs.
October 28, 2009, 9:29 am
Yves Saint Laurent top-earning dead celebrity

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Even after death celebrities
make millions and fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, who
surpassed singer Michael Jackson, was named the top earning
dead celebrity.
October 28, 2009, 9:26 am
Model Naomi Campbell sued over perfume deal

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October 28, 2009, 8:59 am
Bad weather delays NASA rocket flight

Weather delays have forced NASA to postpone by 24 hours the launch of a prototype rocket designed to return astronauts to the Moon, and perhaps one day to Mars.
October 28, 2009, 8:56 am
US team punished for 'strip hockey'

A hockey team was banished from a US ice rink after players engaged in "strip hockey" - shedding a piece of uniform every time a practice shot missed its mark.
October 28, 2009, 8:55 am
NY court rules out UAE as America's Cup venue: Alinghi

MADRID (AFP) - The New York Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the next edition of the America's Cup can not take place in the UAE as planned by Alinghi according to the rules that govern the sailing regatta, the Swiss defender said.
October 28, 2009, 8:48 am
Karadzic 'commander of ethnic cleansing"

The war crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic has gone ahead without him, with prosecutors branding him "supreme commander" of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia.
October 28, 2009, 8:39 am
Bill Gates urges more spending on health

Co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates is touting what he sees as an investment with enormous returns - the money spent to improve health care in poor countries.
October 28, 2009, 8:30 am
Eight more US troops die in Afghanistan

Eight new fatalities have made October the deadliest month yet for US forces in Afghanistan, as President Barack Obama announced a key meeting with army chiefs.
October 28, 2009, 8:22 am
Serena rescues Williams family honour

DOHA (AFP) - Serena Williams's dream of snatching back the world number one spot stayed alive on Tuesday as sister Venus wilted in the heat and humidity of the WTA Championships.
October 28, 2009, 8:20 am
U.S. defence bill would pay Taliban to switch sides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The defence bill President Barack Obama will sign into law on Wednesday contains a new provision that would pay Taliban fighters who renounce the insurgency, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said on Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 8:12 am