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An Afghan bird seller prompts a bird to whistle back as he waits ...
Oct 30th, 2009
(AP) - An Afghan bird seller prompts a bird to whistle back as he waits for customers at the bird market in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) -
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A Taliban suicide car bomber and five heavily armed gunmen attacked an international aid group's guest house in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing two guards and setting off an hours-long battle with security forces in an upscale Kabul neighborhood, authorities said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Wind energy is frequently touted as a clean, green source of energy that can reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain's domestic spy agency, though investigators say it would have been nearly impossible to predict that the men were on the verge of a brutal killing. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100, which had raced to its highest level in nearly 13 years this week, fell sharply for the second straight session on Friday as a decline at major bank HSBC hit the market. Some traders felt the pull-back could accelerate in June although many still believed the stock market's longer-term rising... [Full Article]
By Ian Chua SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Wednesday following a positive lead from Wall Street with Japan's Nikkei reaching a 5-1/2 year high, while the yen took a defensive stance ahead of the outcome of the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) policy meeting. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.2 percent, r... [Full Article]