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WWII anything but history for Poland
On a sand swept stretch of Afghanistan, a high-ranking Polish general put his country’s mission there into perspective.
Dying former ‘Manson family’ member up for parole
A former "Manson family" member who stabbed actress Sharon Tate to death more than 40 years ago and is now terminally ill faces her 13th parole hearing on Wednesday. Susan Atkins, 61, has terminal brain cancer. As of earlier this year, she was paralyzed over 85 percent of her body and could not sit up in bed or be moved into a wheelchair, according to a Web site maintained by her husband and attorney, James Whitehouse.
Fiji suspended from Commonwealth
Fiji has been suspended from the Commonwealth after its military rulers failed to respond to a demand to restore democracy in the Pacific island nation, the organization said Tuesday. “This is an announcement I make with deep regret — it is a step the Commonwealth is now obliged to take, and one that it takes in sorrow,” Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma, said in a statement. The 53-nation group gave Fiji’s leadership a September 1 deadline to announce democratic elections for next year.
California wildfire roars across 100,000-plus acres
Weary firefighters labored into the early Tuesday, hacking away at bone-dry tree limbs and laying down fire retardant as they tried to beat back a 6-day-old blaze in Southern California.
Analysis: Why are the U.S., allies still in Afghanistan?
The U.S.-led war against the Taliban in Afghanistan has been a tough slog, a nearly eight-year conflict replete with gloom. Lately a lot of the news from Afghanistan seems particularly grim for the United States and its allies
The Battle in Uganda Over Female Condoms
On the surface, it seems like a fine idea; reproductive rights groups certainly think so.
Jon will always love Kate, but is in love with Hailey
Jon Gosselin says that, while it was over between him and wife Kate last October, he did try counseling in an effort to save their 10-year union. “I worked on my marriage,” the reality star, 32, told PEOPLE outside his Pennsylvania home on Wednesday. “I went to therapy.
Life imitates art as gunmen attack crew of Afghan war movie
When David Whitney traveled to Pakistan to shoot his film about a man forced to flee Afghanistan after falling foul of the Taliban he didn’t expect fiction to turn into reality. But that’s exactly what happened three weeks into shooting political thriller “Kandahar Break” in late 2008
Four dead in Turkish train crash
Four people were killed and five were seriously injured in a train crash in Turkey, Turkish State Railways announced Thursday.