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Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland
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.
EUROPE
Food aid sent in to suffering Georgian area
A convoy of badly needed food aid for beleaguered Georgians rumbled through a Russian checkpoint Wednesday, waved through by soldiers who themselves showed no signs of fulfilling t...(7:15 AM EST)
ASIA/PACIFIC
Sarkozy visits Kabul after French soldiers killed
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited a military chapel in Kabul on Wednesday where the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in battle lay before they were to be flown home.(7:29 AM EST)
MIDEAST/AFRICA
Twin car bombings hit Algerian hotel, barracks
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 kill...(6:09 AM EST)
MIDEAST/AFRICA
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora visits Iraq
Lebanon's prime minister traveled to Baghdad on Wednesday in only the third such visit by a top Arab leader since the U.S.-led invasion five and a half years ago.(6:25 AM EST)
ASIA/PACIFIC
NKorea vows to boost 'war deterrent'
North Korea stepped up criticism of ongoing U.S.-South Korea military exercises, warning Wednesday that it would boost its "war deterrent"--a euphemism for its nuclear programs.(6:28 AM EST)
ASIA/PACIFIC
Pirates seize Malaysian tanker off Somalia's coast
Armed pirates seized a Malaysian palm oil tanker with 39 crew off the coast of Somalia--the fourth hijacking in a month, a global maritime watchdog said Wednesday.(Aug 20)
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