MIRANSHAH, Pakistan – Taliban militants in Pakistan's restive tribal area Sunday beheaded three men they accused of spying for US forces stationed across the border in Afghanistan, police said.The bodies of three men were found near Mir Ali town in the North Waziristan tribal district that borders Afghanistan. Notes found with the bodies said the men were killed for spying for the US, tri
In a dark alleyway not far from the bustle and glare of Tokyo's Shibuya district, smoke smelling of scorched starch spirals from a wood-burning stove set in the bed of a small truck.A sonorous ditty coming from a horn on the roof announces the arrival of something that seems oddly ancient in a city that often feels futuristic: the sweet-potato vendor. Until the late 1970s, vendors of all stripes
March 8 is not a day that Chris Broadbent will soon forget.The preceding weekend, gendarmes entered the Village of Hope, a Christian-run orphanage in Morocco's Atlas Mountains where Broadbent, a New Zealand native, worked as a human resources manager, and began questioning children and staff.At first, he and the other foreign workers were assured that the interrogation was routine.But as it dragg
KATMANDU, Nepal – Politicians, diplomats and thousands of supporters lined up for hours at a public stadium Sunday in Nepal's capital to pay respect to Girija Prasad Koirala, the former prime minister remembered for leading efforts to bring democracy to the Himalayan nation.Koirala died Saturday at age 86.His body was taken to the Nepali Congress party headquarters before it arrived at the
U.N chief: Cease all settlement activityU.N chief Ban Ki-moon said Saturday during a visit to Ramallah that Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal, even as a Palestinian teenager was killed in clashes with Israeli troops elsewhere in the West Bank.The death in Nablus of Mohammed Qadus, 16, occurred amid heightened tensions between both sides after announced plans last w
MALMO, Sweden – Marcus Eilenberg is a Swedish Jew whose family roots in Malmo go back to the 19th century.His paternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors who found shelter in this southern Swedish city in 1945.His wife's parents fled to Sweden from communist Poland in the 1960s.Now the 32-year-old law firm associate feels the welcome for Jews is running out, and he is moving to Israel wi
SEOUL – GM Daewoo Auto and Technology, the South Korean unit of General Motors, is recalling more than 58,000 vehicles due to manufacturing defects, government officials said Sunday.The recall affects vehicles sold in South Korea but will be expanded to include those sold abroad, according to GM Daewoo, the country's third largest carmaker.It gave no immediate idea of the size of the forei
A boat made of 12,000 plastic bottles has set sail on a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney to spread awareness about pollution in the world's oceans.Eco-warrior and banking heir David De Rothschild and his crew set out on the appropriately named Plastiki catamaran.Their 11,000 nautical mile journey will go past the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - a sea of waste about five times the size of the UK
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