149 dead in plane crash at Madrid airport
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 149 people on board, officials said....
Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite....
Musharraf unwinds, but could face court
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Ousted from Pakistan's presidency, Pervez Musharraf has been unwinding with friends and admirers and on the tennis court. He's building a roomy farmhouse on the edge of the capital....
Russians dig in as pullback drags on in Georgia
SACHKHERE, Georgia (AP) -- Russian forces on Wednesday built a sentry post just 30 miles from the Georgian capital, appearing to dig in to positions deep inside Georgia despite pledges to pull back to areas mandated by a cease-fire signed by both countries....
2 Chinese protesters ordered to year in labor camp
BEIJING (AP) -- Two elderly Chinese women who applied during the Olympic Games to protest the loss of their homes have been ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday, as more foreign activists were detained....
Officials say US, Iraq finish draft security deal
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have finished work on a draft security agreement that would see all American troops leave Iraqi cities by June 30 and the rest of the country by the end of 2011, Iraqi officials said Wednesday....
Far from Beijing, Chinese transfixed by Olympics
DONGTAI, China (AP) -- Perched on a stool beside a roadside fruit stand piled high with melons and pears in farming country north of Shanghai, Meng Zhoucui conceded she's not a big sports fan....
Sri Lankan troops break through rebel defenses
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- The Sri Lankan military says it has broken through the Tamil Tigers' defenses in recent weeks, ending a prolonged stalemate and stirring predictions of an imminent rebel defeat after 25 years of civil war....
Missile strike reported in northwest Pakistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- Missiles destroyed a suspected militant hide-out near the Afghan border Wednesday where foreign insurgents were known to frequent, killing at least five people, Pakistani officials said....
Twin car bombings hit Algerian hotel, barracks
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- Twin car bombings rocked a hotel and military headquarters in the Algerian town of Bouira on Wednesday, killing 11 people a day after a suicide bombing in a neighboring region killed 43, official media and witnesses said....
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