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Pakistan slams US for killing Taliban leader

Pakistan slams US for killing Taliban leader


Pakistan slams US for killing Taliban leader

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 09:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, new Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, left, is seen with his comrade Waliur Rehman, front center, during his meeting with media in Sararogha of Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. Intelligence officials said Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud was one of three people killed in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani government Saturday accused the U.S. of sabotaging peace talks with domestic Taliban fighters by killing their leader in a drone strike, as the militants began the process of choosing a successor.


Obama to Congress: end 'manufactured crises'

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 03:57 AM PDT

Orange lights illuminate the White House in Washington, DC, October 31, 2013President Barack Obama on Saturday called for an end to "manufactured crises and self-inflicted wounds" as he urged Republicans and Democrats in Congress to approve a new federal budget. Obama spoke a little more than two weeks after the United States scraped through a bitter budget and debt ceiling battle that threatened to send the country into default and forced the 16-day partial federal government shutdown, but only by using stop-gap measures that pushed the battle deadlines forward. Obama said Congress should "pass a budget that cuts things we don't need, and closes wasteful tax loopholes that don't help create jobs, so that we can free up resources for the things that actually do create jobs and growth." In the absence of a budget agreement between Republicans and Democrats, federal spending has been slashed in blunt, massive cuts since March.


NJ police: LAX shooting suspect sent suicidal text

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 11:57 PM PDT

This photo provided by the FBI shows Paul Ciancia, 23. Authorities say Ciancia pulled a semi-automatic rifle from a bag and shot his way past a security checkpoint at the airport, killing a security officer and wounding other people. Ciancia was injured in a shootout and taken into custody, police said. (AP Photo/FBI)The suspect's father called his local police chief around the time of the shooting, police said.


DC on fast track to decriminalizing pot possession

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 08:21 AM PDT

This photo taken Oct. 16, 2013 shows marijuana clone plants that are used to grow medical marijuana displayed under a light, at The Joint, a medical marijuana cooperative in Seattle. It took nearly 15 years after voters approved it for medical marijuana to become available in the District of Columbia, but the next major change to the district's pot laws is on the fast track. The D.C. Council is poised to approve a bill to decriminalize possession of small amounts of pot, and Democratic Mayor Vincent Gray supports it. He could sign the bill into law as early as January. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)WASHINGTON (AP) — It took nearly 15 years after voters approved medical marijuana for it to become available in the District of Columbia, but the next major change to pot laws in the nation's capital is on the fast track.


AP Exclusive: Honduras chief denies death squads

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 07:38 AM PDT

In this July 3, 2012 photo, Honduras Police Chief, Gen. Juan Carlos Bonilla, center, speaks to the press during a news conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The five-star general was accused a decade ago of running deaths squads and today oversees a department suspected of beating, killing and TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — In a capital accustomed to daily bloodshed, the man in charge of law enforcement is as feared as the criminals. Few dare speak his name above a whisper.


Myanmar 'God's Army' twins reunite, seek comrades

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 09:14 AM PDT

This combination of Dec. 6, 1999 and Sept. 26, 2013 photos shows Luther Htoo, left, and his brother Johnny at their jungle camp in Myanmar and 14 years later in western Thailand. When they were kids, the twins were bulletproof and invulnerable to land mines - or so went the story that briefly made them famous as hundreds of guerrillas followed and even worshipped them in the southeastern jungles of Myanmar. Over a decade later, their "God's Army" is no more, and the twins' greatest accomplishment may be that both are still alive. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)SANGKHLABURI, Thailand (AP) — When they were kids, Johnny and Luther Htoo were bulletproof and invulnerable to land mines — or so went the story that briefly made them famous as hundreds of guerrillas followed and even worshipped them in the southeastern jungles of Myanmar. Today, well over a decade later, their "God's Army" is no more, and the twins' greatest accomplishment may be that both are still alive.


NYC subway vigilante Goetz arrested on drug charge

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 08:43 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 16, 1985 file photo, Bernhard Goetz, second from left, is escorted by police as he is taken out of criminal court in New York. Police say Goetz, 65, was nabbed in a sting operation in Union Square on Friday afternoon, Nov. 1, 2013 selling $30 worth of marijuana to an undercover officer. The "subway vigilante" who shot four panhandling youths on a train in 1984 was cleared of attempted murder charges but convicted of weapons charges and spent 250 days in jail. (AP Photo/Rene Perez)NEW YORK (AP) — Subway vigilante Bernie Goetz, who ignited a national furor over racism and gun control after he shot four panhandling youths on a train in the 1980s, has been arrested on drug charges, police said Saturday.


Houston Astrodome sale features turf, lockers

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 10:56 AM PDT

People line up to buy stadium seats at a sale and auction of Houston Astrodome furniture, appliances, Astroturf and staff uniforms on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, at the Reliant Center in Houston. The Astrodome was the world's first multipurpose domed stadium and was once home to the Astros and the Oilers. The stadium has been closed to all events since 2009. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)HOUSTON (AP) — Thousands of people lined up Saturday for the chance to take home a piece of the iconic, but dilapidated Houston Astrodome, once dubbed the "eighth wonder of the world."


In midst of Syrian war, giant Jesus statue arises

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 07:14 AM PDT

This Oct. 14, 2013 photo provided by the St. Paul's and St. George's Foundation shows workers preparing to install a statue of Jesus on Mount Sednaya, Syria. In the midst of a civil war rife with sectarianism, a 12.3-meter (40-foot) tall, bronze statue of Jesus has gone up on a Syrian mountain, apparently under cover of a truce among three factions - Syrian forces, rebels and gunmen in the Christian town of Sednaya. (AP Photo/Samir El-Gadban, St. Paul's and St. George's Foundation)BEIRUT (AP) — In the midst of a conflict rife with sectarianism, a giant bronze statue of Jesus has gone up on a Syrian mountain, apparently under cover of a truce among three factions in the country's civil war.


RFI: 2 French journalists kidnapped in north Mali

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 11:04 AM PDT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Two journalists working for French radio station RFI were kidnapped Saturday in Mali's northern city of Kidal, the station and a Mali military head said.

Who might succeed dead Pakistani Taliban leader

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 10:22 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, right, holds a rocket launcher with his comrades in Sararogha of Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. Intelligence officials said Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud was one of three people killed in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)ISLAMABAD (AP) — A look at the Pakistani Taliban and those being discussed as successors to Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in an U.S. drone strike Friday:


Red Sox hold "rolling rally" to celebrate title

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 08:53 AM PDT

Duck boats line up in Fenway Park in advance of the Boston Red Sox's championship parade in celebration of the baseball team's World Series win, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox are parading from the Green Monster to the Charles River on Saturday to celebrate a most improbable journey.


Pakistani Taliban confirm leader killed by drone

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 06:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, new Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, left, is seen with his comrade Waliur Rehman, front center, during his meeting with media in Sararogha of Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. Intelligence officials said Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud was one of three people killed in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban confirmed the death of their leader in a U.S. drone strike Saturday, a day after he was killed, as the group's leadership council met to begin the process of choosing a successor.


Excerpts from AP interview: Honduras police chief

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 07:43 AM PDT

In this July 24, 2013 photo, Honduras Police Chief, Gen. Juan Carlos Bonilla, speaks to the press in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The five-star general was accused a decade ago of running deaths squads and today oversees a department suspected of beating, killing and TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Five-star Gen. Juan Carlos "El Tigre" Bonilla, spent eight hours talking with The Associated Press about his job heading the National Police in one of the world's most dangerous countries, a force suspected of beating, killing and "disappearing" its detainees. It was his first media interview since 2011.


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