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Rice Heads To India After Attacks
President George W. Bush dispatched Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to New Delhi in support of India following the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 200 people, including six Americans.
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Airlines Flee Bangkok Airport
Airlines were flying dozens of empty planes out of Bangkok's international airport Monday as authorities struggled to clear it of protesters to reopen international links and move 100,000 travelers stranded by the crisis, the airport said.
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India's Top Security Official Resigns
With corpses still being pulled from a once-besieged hotel, India's top security official resigned as the government struggled under growing accusations of security failures following terror attacks that killed 174 people.
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U.S. Fears Pakistan Role In India Attacks
U.S. officials are worried about a possible surge in violence between India and Pakistan after the bloody attacks in Mumbai that killed at least 195 people, including six Americans.
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Explosions Injure 51 In Thai Protests
At least 51 anti-government protesters were wounded in several explosions early Sunday, raising fears of widening confrontations in a standoff that has strangled Thailand's economy and shut down its airports.
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Anne Frank's Friend Recalls Intense Girl
Anne Frank's status as a symbol of the Holocaust has overshadowed the reality of a girl eager to discover the world around her, a close childhood friend said.
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Death Toll Rises In Iraq Mosque Bombing
A suicide bomber struck Shiite worshippers Friday at a mosque run by followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, killing at least 12 people.
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Commandos End India's 60-Hour Terror Siege
A 60-hour terror rampage across India's financial capital ended Saturday when commandos killed the last three gunmen holed up in a luxury hotel engulfed in flames. At least 195 people died.
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OPEC Adjourns With No New Price Increase
OPEC ended a hastily convened meeting in Cairo Saturday without announcing new output cuts, despite the steep drop in crude prices and the threat it poses to member governments' national budgets.
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300 Dead In Nigeria Religious Clashes
Mobs burned homes, churches and mosques Saturday in a second day of riots, as the death toll rose to more than 300 in the worst sectarian violence in Africa's most populous nation in years.
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Americans Among Dead In India Chaos
At least three Americans are confirmed among the scores of people killed in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. A Brooklyn-based rabbi and his Israeli wife and a Virginia man and his 13-year-old daughter were all confirmed dead.
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Somali Pirates Blitz LiberianTanker
Somali pirates have hijacked a chemical tanker with dozens of Indian crew members and two British security guards on board, two diplomatic sources said.
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Mumbai Hotel Siege Thwarted
Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that left more than 150 people dead and rocked the nation.
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Endeavor Crew Says 'Bye To Space Station
Seven astronauts piled into space shuttle Endeavour for the return trip to Earth after eating Thanksgiving dinner, leaving their counterparts at the international space station like relatives parting ways from a holiday visit.
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Intel Sparse On Mumbai Attack Group
Spy agencies around the world had little warning of the terrorist attack in Mumbai, which bore some al Qaeda hallmarks but appears unlikely to be linked to the group's core leadership, global intelligence officials said.
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India Terror Siege Drags On At Hotel
A fresh battle rages at the luxury Taj Mahal hotel as commandos fired grenades at that Mumbai landmark while other forces ended a siege at another five-star hotel. Meanwhile, commandos found the bodies of five hostages inside a Jewish center.
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Iraqi Pols Approve U.S. Troop Pact
The Iraqi parliament has approved a security pact with the United States that allows American troops to stay in the country for three more years.
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"The Gun Shots Were Following Us"
Witnesses recalled the madness and mayhem that took place as gunmen terrorized the Indian city of Mumbai, killing more than 100 people, wounding hundreds more and taking dozens of hostages.
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Mumbai Attack Amps Pakistan-India Tensions
Pakistan warned India against accusing of it links to the Mumbai terror attacks, saying doing so would "destroy all the goodwill" between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
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Thailand To Negotiate In Airport Protest
Thailand's government backed off Friday from its threat to forcibly remove protesters occupying Bangkok's two airports in their campaign to oust the prime minister, saying police would avoid violence and attempt to negotiate.
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