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at 3:12 on February 9, 2010, EDT.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Torrential rain and flooding in southern Afghanistan have claimed at least six lives and left thousands homeless.
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at 8:51 on February 9, 2010, EDT.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Avalanches roared down a mountain pass north of Afghanistan's capital, killing at least 28 people and leaving hundreds more stranded in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, officials said Tuesday.
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at 12:52 on February 8, 2010, EDT.
BEIJING - The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed were instead repackaged.
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at 12:27 on February 8, 2010, EDT.
LAHORE, Pakistan - Authorities arrested six suspected Taliban militants with a suicide vest and hand grenades allegedly on their way Monday to attack a five-star hotel and kill Americans in Pakistan's cultural capital, said police.
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at 18:55 on February 8, 2010, EDT.
CAIRO, Egypt - The No. 2 leader of Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood and two other top figures were arrested by police Monday in a dawn sweep targeting members of the nation's most powerful opposition group.
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at 21:10 on February 8, 2010, EDT.
NEW YORK - A graphic designer accused of surreptitiously killing a series of his girlfriend's cats pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated animal cruelty, ending an eerie case in which authorities said the unsuspecting woman kept replacing her dying pets.
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at 12:28 on February 8, 2010, EDT.
BEIJING - A bus collided with a sport utility vehicle Monday and plunged down a mountain ravine in southern China, killing seven people and injuring 50, state media reported.
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at 11:29 on February 7, 2010, EDT.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The old mullah fingers the orange and red beads as a visitor looks over a sheet of paper he has been handed.
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at 15:43 on February 7, 2010, EDT.
WASHINGTON - Residents of the U.S. capital and Mid-Atlantic states Sunday began digging out through piles of wet, heavy snow in below-freezing temperatures while power crews tried to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes and clear streets for the commute on Monday.
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at 7:57 on February 9, 2010, EDT.
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level Tuesday over the vociferous objections of the U.S. and its allies who fear the process could eventually be used to give the Islamic republic nuclear weapons.
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