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N. Korea says it successfully tested nukes

By Burt Herman · Tuesday, Oct. 10,2006 8:53 a.m.

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea faced global condemnation and calls for harsh sanctions Monday after it announced that it had set off an atomic weapon underground, a test that thrusts the secretive communist state into the elite club of nuclear-armed nations.

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South Korean nominated as next U.N. secretary-general

By Edie Lederer · Monday, Oct. 9,2006 10:25 p.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- South Korea's foreign minister was officially nominated Monday as the next U.N. secretary-general, and he pledged to work to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis hours after the communist regime announced it had tested a nuclear weapon.

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N. Korea says test of nuke was successful

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 9,2006 12:12 a.m.

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Monday it has performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test. The country's official Korean Central News Agency said the test was performed successfully, and there was no radioactive leakage from the site.

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Oil discovered in Uganda

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Oct. 8,2006 10:50 p.m.

KAMPALA, Uganda -- Oil has been discovered in western Uganda after years of exploration, its president announced Sunday, saying he expected production to begin in 2009.

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NATO chief: Afghans might shift to support Taliban

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Oct. 8,2006 10:48 p.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO's top commander in Afghanistan warned on Sunday that a majority of Afghans would likely switch their allegiance to resurgent Taliban militants if their lives show no visible improvements in the next six months.

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Around the World

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Oct. 5,2006 10:37 p.m.

Oil prices rise on reported cuts; U.N. to discuss Iran sanctions; S. Korea, Russia try to stop N. Korea; Amish gather, pray at girls' funerals

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Congressional Republicans in trouble

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Oct. 5,2006 10:31 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The House ethics committee approved four dozen subpoenas for documents and testimony Thursday, launching an investigation of a congressional page sex scandal that has imperiled Republican prospects in next month's elections.

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Federal probe intensifies over e-mails

Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 10:46 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department ordered House officials to "preserve all records" related to disgraced Rep. Mark Foley's electronic correspondence with teenagers, intensifying an investigation into a scandal rocking Republicans five weeks before midterm elections.

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Rice pledges better conditions in West Bank

Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 10:46 p.m.

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday the United States is "very concerned" about the plight of the Palestinians and pledged to improve living conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

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Iraqi police brigade linked to death squads

Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 10:45 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi authorities have taken a brigade of up to 700 policemen out of service and put members under investigation for "possible complicity" with death squads following a mass kidnapping earlier this week, the U.S. military said Wednesday.

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Mosquito-borne diseases hit India

By Nirmala George · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 10:42 p.m.

NEW DELHI -- Health officials struggled Wednesday to cope with outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases in northern and southern India that have killed at least 87 people and overwhelmed hospitals and clinics.

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