Q&A: How Are the Taliban Linked to the Ancient Tribe the World Never Quite Conquers?
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Just when NATO forces in Afghanistan thought the Taliban were finally less of a threat, they staged an astonishing comeback Monday when they broke about 488 of their colleagues, mostly fighters and...
French Riot Police Furious Over Ban on Wine During Lunch
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France's infamous riot police are threatening to strike over a new rule forbidding them from drinking wine with lunch, a cherished -- and in many cases legally protected -- French tradition. "Wine...
Expert: Mexican Drug Cartels Infesting US, Even Our National Parks
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Lost in the rhetoric about illegal immigration are new reports that Mexican drug cartels have moved into the United States, gaining a major foothold here that may be the start of a permanent...
How Did Medics Drop British Grandmother Into Icy North Sea?
Police are investigating a bizarre incident at sea involving a 73-year-old British grandmother who took ill on a cruise ship and was accidentally dropped into the sub-zero North Sea by medics trying...
Are US, Other Allies Ignoring Saudi Arabia's Political Prisoners?
Hassan Ammar, AP
The U.S. and European Union are ignoring the fact that Saudi Arabia has arrested more than 160 political dissidents in just two months, Human Rights Watch said in a scathing report today. More than...
Lesson From Ivory Coast: How to Give Birth During a War
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Two weeks ago, Julie Esse, about nine months pregnant, looked as if she could become another tragic footnote in Ivory Coast's bloody conflict. Instead, her story -- with its twist ending -- turned...
'Three Cups of Tea' Author Tries to Shoot Down '60 Minutes' Allegations
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Greg Mortenson, the embattled best-selling author of "Three Cups of Tea," and the board of directors of his charity are fighting back against allegations made by CBS' "60 Minutes" that he made up or...
France to Italy: We Don't Want Your Tunisian Immigrants
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MENTON, France -- Simmering tensions between Italy and France over the influx of thousands of Tunisian immigrants reached the boiling point after French riot police blocked trains carrying North...
Did US Christian Right Know Gbagbo's Other Wife Is Muslim?
Prominent members of the U.S. religious right have trumpeted their support of Ivory Coast's just-captured former president, Laurent Gbagbo -- and some of their rhetoric emphasizes that Gbagbo is an...
Well-Endowed Apollo Statue to Be Re-Erected in France
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NICE, France -- A statue of a naked Apollo, banned here for 22 years because it was thought to be too well-endowed, is coming back in June to mark the first day of summer. The giant marble statue...
Q&A on French Burqa Ban: We Are Not 'Submissive to Men'
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NICE, France -- It's a short bus ride from the glittering resorts on the Mediterranean beaches to another world -- the housing projects in the low-income, mostly Muslim neighborhood on the edge of...
Imprisoned Father of Autistic Boy Called 'the Bravest Man in Saudi Arabia'
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Khaled al-Johani, who teaches religion to elementary school students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is neither a revolutionary nor an activist, according to his brother. But even though no one in the...
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