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Ministry: NATO airstrike kills Afghan soldiers

KABUL -- Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen. [Full Story]

UN: About 200 staff to be pulled from Afghanistan
KABUL -- The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly how many. [full story]
Pakistan models defy Taliban with 1st fashion week
KARACHI, Pakistan -- Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders -- and tattoos -- exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts. [full story]
Iran lawmakers: No shipment of uranium abroad
TEHRAN, Iran -- Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether. [full story]
US tourist dies 'car surfing' in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town. [full story]
Pakistan: 12 militants killed in offensive
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan. [full story]
Russia's Medvedev: Sanctions against Iran possible
MOSCOW -- Russia could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program, President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday. [full story]
Ida drenches Central America, might approach US
MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Former Hurricane Ida drenched Central America as a tropical depression Friday and forecasters said it had some chance of regaining force and heading toward the United States. [full story]
In Europe, an orderly approach to swine flu shots
LONDON -- In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it. [full story]
Canada plans Afghan withdrawal
TORONTO -- Canada has begun preparations to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in 2011. [full story]