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No immediate security changes seen over 'undetectable' underwear bomb
Last Updated: 2:54 PM 05/08/12 - The fate of the would-be bomber is unclear, but White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan says the person is "no longer a threat to the American people."
US: CIA thwarts new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot
Last Updated: 4:14 PM 05/07/12 - The would-be suicide bomber was told to buy a ticket on the airliner of his choosing and decide the timing of the attack. It's not immediately clear what happened to the would-be bomber.
Soldiers finish unique mission, return to Fort Gordon
Last Updated: 12:00 PM 04/23/12 - The mission they've just completed is reminiscent of the old Chinese proverb: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Military helicopter crashes in Afghanistan with all-American crew aboard
Last Updated: 6:09 PM 04/19/12 - There was no immediate word on casualties. The crash occurred near a military outpost so the site has been secured.
SKorea says Pyongyang has fired long-range rocket
Last Updated: 8:02 PM 04/12/12 - North Korea had announced it was planning the launch of an observation satellite to celebrate Sunday's centennial of the birth of Kim Il Sung, the country's late founder.
Tsunami alert for Indian Ocean nations after 8.7-magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia
Last Updated: 2:34 PM 04/11/12 - Indonesian authorities said they believed that a tsunami would hit their shores after a massive earthquake struck waters off the country Wednesday, triggering widespread panic as residents along coastlines fled to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles.
Wife defends soldier accused in Afghan rampage
Last Updated: 3:08 PM 03/26/12 - Bales says her husband had no nightmares or any other signs of PTSD, and says she didn't ask him about the accusations when she spoke to him on the phone.
US soldier to be charged with 17 counts of murder in civillian killings
Last Updated: 8:29 PM 03/22/12 - The 38-year-old soldier allegedly gunned down nine Afghan children and eight adults as they slept in their homes in two southern villages.
Police official says suspect in French school killing spree is dead
Last Updated: 1:44 PM 03/22/12 - Claude Gueant says the suspect, who claims links to al-Qaida, jumped after police entered the apartment and found him holed up in the bathroom.
Strong earthquake shakes northern Japan
Last Updated: 3:12 PM 03/14/12 - The epicenter was about 146 miles (235 kilometers) south of Kushiro, Japan, on Hokkaido, Japan's northern island. It was a relatively shallow 16 miles (26 kilometers) from the ocean floor.
Afghan delegation attacked at site of US killings
Last Updated: 11:37 AM 03/13/12 - A U.S. soldier has been detained in connection with Sunday's shooting rampage that left 16 civilians dead in the villages of Balandi and Alkozai in Panjwai district of Kandahar province.
Obama: Afghan shooting is 'heartbreaking'
Last Updated: 5:07 PM 03/12/12 - A U.S. staff sergeant is accused of wandering off his base to two nearby villages and shooting them in the middle of the night.
Japan marks somber anniversary of disaster
Last Updated: 1:16 PM 03/12/12 - The tsunami also knocked out the vital cooling systems at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, causing meltdowns at three reactors and spewing radiation into the air.
U.S. soldier detained in Afghan shooting spree
Last Updated: 1:15 PM 03/12/12 - A U.S. service member came out of his base in southern Afghanistan on Sunday and started shooting Afghan civilians, the provincial governor said.
2 NATO troops killed, riots over Quran burning in Afghanistan escalate
Last Updated: 1:57 PM 02/23/12 - An Afghan official says two protesters have died in an exchange of gunfire during a riot outside an American base in eastern Afghanistan that also wounded two NATO troops.
UPDATE: Obama sends letter of apology after Quran burning
Last Updated: 11:29 AM 02/23/12 - According to the statement, Obama wrote: "The error was inadvertent; I assure you that we will take the appropriate steps to avoid any recurrence, to include holding accountable those responsible."
Marie Colvin, war reporter, dies in Syria
Last Updated: 11:31 AM 02/22/12 - Colvin was known for focusing on the plight of women and children in wartime. In an interview with the BBC Tuesday, she vividly recounted the death of an infant in Syria.
Divers in Italy report finding 4 more ship bodies
Last Updated: 5:07 PM 02/22/12 - The Concordia struck a reef near the Tuscan island of Giglio on Jan. 13 and capsized. Seventeen bodies from the ship have been found and 15 others listed as still missing.
Kidnappers free 2 Americans, Egyptian guide
Last Updated: 4:30 PM 02/03/12 - The three were seized Friday from a minivan that was returning them from the monastery to the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.
More than 70 dead in violence, stampede at Egyptian soccer match
Last Updated: 8:40 PM 02/01/12 - State TV reports the casualty toll, citing a health ministry official. A medic at the local morgue gave the same figures, and said some of the dead were security officers.
Secret hostage rescue played out during State of the Union
Last Updated: 2:56 PM 01/25/12 - Obama had learned shortly before last night's speech that American aid worker Jessica Buchanan and the Danish man, Poul Thisted, were safely in U.S. military hands.
Julian Assange says he's launching TV chat show
Last Updated: 11:38 AM 01/24/12 - WikiLeaks referred queries about the series to the hitherto obscure Quick Roll Productions, whose website appears to have been created only about two weeks ago.
Van der Sloot faces possible 30 year sentence after pleading guilty in Peru killing
Last Updated: 7:26 PM 01/11/12 - In a confession, he had said he killed her in a fit of rage after she discovered on his laptop that he'd been linked to the Holloway disappearance.
Ga. student accused of spying has no regrets
Last Updated: 2:15 PM 01/06/12 - He said on June 12, Egyptian authorities burst into his hostel and arrested him. He was released in October as part of a prisoner swap.
Iraq sees second big wave of attacks since US troop pullout
Last Updated: 7:03 PM 01/05/12 - Hours later, a suicide attack hit pilgrims heading to the Shiite holy city of Karbala, killing 48 people.
10,000 American troops pulled out of Afghanistan
Last Updated: 1:46 PM 12/22/11 - The drawdown is the first step in the U.S. military's plan to wind down the war, transition security to Afghan forces and end the combat role for international troops by the end of 2014.
European Union restricts sale of execution drugs
Last Updated: 3:41 PM 12/20/11 - The move comes under pressure from death penalty opponents and months after Britain said in April it would block the export of three lethal injection drugs to the U.S.
Officials: US weighs NKorea policy after Kim death
Last Updated: 1:42 PM 12/19/11 - The White House said it was in constant contact with allies South Korea and Japan, but it offered no substantive comment on the implications of Kim's death.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, 69, has died
Last Updated: 10:15 AM 12/19/11 - Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69.
Defense Secretary comments on Marines defiling Taliban corpses
Last Updated: 6:30 PM 01/12/12 - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is branding as "utterly despicable" a video purporting to show four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters.
US proposes unmanned border crossing with Mexico
Last Updated: 6:04 PM 12/11/11 - A public comment period runs through Dec. 27 on the estimated $2.3 million project, which has support from both countries.
Special Ops commander defends night raids in Afghanistan
Last Updated: 5:57 PM 12/11/11 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called for an end to the raids, saying they violate privacy and treat too many civilians as if they were insurgents.
UPDATE: Strong quake shakes from Mexico City to Acapulco
Last Updated: 5:36 PM 12/11/11 - Officials say there are at least three people dead but no reports of widespread damage from a 6.5-magnitude earthquake in Mexico's western Guerrero state.
US billionaire gives Holocaust center $25 million
Last Updated: 1:22 PM 12/07/11 - Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev said Wednesday the gift would give a tremendous boost to educational programs that have become vital to "preserving the memory of the Holocaust."
Obama, Clinton to the world: Stop gay discrimination
Last Updated: 4:32 PM 12/06/11 - President Barack Obama today told the State Department and other agencies to make sure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote those rights.
Clashes continue between police, protesters in Russia
Last Updated: 4:31 PM 12/06/11 - Russian news agencies say about 200 were arrested at a similar attempt to hold an unsanctioned rally in St. Petersburg, and another 25 were arrested in a southern city.
Pakistan-based militants claim responsibility for deadly attacks on Afghan Shiites
Last Updated: 6:51 PM 12/06/11 - A man claiming to represent a Sunni militant group known for its ruthlessness called various media outlets in Pakistan to claim responsibility for the Kabul bombing.
Biden: US troop exit marks new beginning with Iraq
Last Updated: 12:59 PM 11/30/11 - Biden says Iraq's development "will bring stability to the region" -- and he says that's the "sole interest" the United States has in Iraq.
US finds reassurance in Egypt's peaceful voting
Last Updated: 12:26 PM 11/30/11 - The praise comes as early returns suggest the Muslim Brotherhood and more hardline Islamic parties are faring well in the voting.
Long lines to vote in landmark Egyptian parliamentary elections
Last Updated: 4:28 PM 11/28/11 - Some voters brought their children along, saying they want them to learn how to exercise their rights in a democracy.
Protesters reject choice of Mubarak-era prime minister
Last Updated: 2:50 PM 11/25/11 - More than 100,000 people packed into the square today for the biggest demonstration since the current showdown with Egypt's military leaders began.
International criticism of Egypt's rulers mounts
Last Updated: 7:49 PM 11/23/11 - The United States and the U.N. secretary general have expressed concern over the use of violence against mostly peaceful protesters.
Egyptian activist's nude blog post sparks outrage
Last Updated: 1:45 PM 11/17/11 - Most women in Egypt's Muslim majority wear the headscarf, and even those who don't rarely wear clothes exposing the arms or legs in public.
Dozens detained after Greek police clash with rioters
Last Updated: 1:44 PM 11/17/11 - Today's demonstration was the first test of public sentiment for the new coalition government of Lucas Papademos.
Norway hit by major data-theft attack
Last Updated: 1:42 PM 11/17/11 - Spokesman Kjetil Berg Veire said Thursday that the coordinated attacks seem to have been carried out by more than one person.
Pakistani officials: Suspected US missiles kill 16
Last Updated: 2:11 PM 11/16/11 - The U.S. does not acknowledge the CIA-run drone program in Pakistan publicly, but officials have said privately that the strikes have killed many senior al-Qaida and Taliban commanders.
Karzai tells Afghan elders that US partnership needs to include end of NATO night raids
Last Updated: 2:09 PM 11/16/11 - The elders are considering the terms of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan over the coming years.
International Space Station gets 3 new tenants
Last Updated: 2:05 PM 11/16/11 - The three newcomers were greeted with hugs and handshakes from the current crew, who have been at the station since June and are due to return to Earth next week.
6 pirates on trial in Paris, a first in France
Last Updated: 5:09 PM 11/15/11 - The trial is being held to judge alleged pirates, who have made a lucrative business of capturing foreign vessels around the Gulf of Aden and elsewhere.
US firm: 3-9 trillion cubic feet of gas off Cyprus
Last Updated: 5:08 PM 11/15/11 - The deposit lies about 185 kilometers off the Mediterranean island's south coast.