Friday, May 14, 2010


Local residents and relatives gather around the bodies of people killed in an overnight raid by NATO forces, at Surkh Rod, Afghanistan, Friday, May 14, 2010.
photo: AP / Rahmat Gul
Protesters Say NATO Attack Killed Afghan Civilians
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Filed at 8:32 a.m. ET KABUL (AP) -- Hundreds of protesters brandished sticks, threw stones and burned an American flag Friday in easternAfghanistan as they accused NATO forces of killing civilians in an overnight raid, but the alliance said eight insurgents were killed in the attack. More than 500 people poured into the streets in the Surkh Rod...
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An anti-government demonstrator holds a Thai national flag against Thai soldiers at a main street in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 14, 2010.
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Aquino: No oath before Philippine chief justice read more
Leading Presidential candidate Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, gestures during a news conference at a funeral parlor in Tarlac city, Tarlac province in northern Philippines Friday, May 14, 2010.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippines' president-apparent Benigno Aquino III refused Friday to take an oath of office before the new chief justice, alleging impropriety in the appointment by the outgoing president in the dying days of her term....
photo: AP / Bullit Marquez
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Indonesia foils plot to kill president: police read more
File - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono gestures as he delivers a speech at his residence in Cikeas in the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, July 25, 2009.
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JAKARTA (AFP) – Indonesian police said Friday they had foiled a plot by militants to kill President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and foreigners in an attack during an independence day celebration on August 17. "They planned to target...
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Philippines' Aquino reaches out to defeated rival read more
Leading Presidential candidate Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III smiles as he is escorted for a news conference at a funeral parlor in Tarlac city, Tarlac province in northern Philippines Friday May 14, 2010.
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TARLAC, Philippines (AFP) – Benigno Aquino made overtures Friday to one of his defeated rivals in the Philippine presidential election as part of efforts to win control of parliament. Aquino's Liberal Party will not have majority of seats...
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This photograph taken in Ravenna, Italy in July 2008 shows the British registered tanker St. James Park. Pirates seized the British-flagged chemical tanker St James Park and a Panamanian-flagged carrier off Somalia's coast and were holding 45 crew members Tuesday Dec. 29, 2009, a maritime official said.
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