A roadside bomb kills at least 19 civilians in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, an official says – a day after devastating bombs killed 59.

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Afghans killed by roadside bomb

Those hackers meant business. A U.S. official says a China-based cyberattack on Gmail, Google’s email client, targeted senior White House employees. The hackers were probably hoping that officials were conducting administration business over their…

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Gmail Hack Targeted White House

Those hackers meant business. A U.S. official says a China-based cyberattack on Gmail, Google’s email client, targeted senior White House employees. The hackers were probably hoping that officials were conducting administration business over their…

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Gmail Hack Targeted White House

A Pakistani official says a tanker carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan exploded in northwestern Pakistan as people were apparently trying to take some of its fuel. At least 15 people died in the explosion.

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Fifteen Killed in NATO Tanker Blast in Pakistan

A senior administration official says President Obama’s speech will kick off a campaign-style effort to rally support for immigration policy overhaul.

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Immigration: An Obama priority

French warplanes shot down a Libyan plane on Thursday, the first one to be brought down since the no-fly zone began. A U.S. official says it was a Libyan G-2/Galeb, a trainer aircraft, and that it may have been attempting to land when it was shot by a…

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French Jets Hit Libyan Plane

An American diplomat has shot and killed two men in Lahore, Pakistan. The consular official shot a motorcycle rider and passenger after the bike pulled up next to his car; the two men were armed, and the official says he acted in self-defense. The…

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U.S. Diplomat Kills Two

Rescuers are finding more bodies near Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano. The death toll has reached 206, and an official says 150 victims burned to death.

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Most volcano victims burned to death

A senior Egyptian official says President Hosni Mubarak will stand for re-election next year despite rumours about his health.

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Egypt’s Mubarak ‘will run again’

Fifa’s top medical official says football at the highest level is being disfigured by “criminality” and “brutality” on the pitch.

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Brutality threatens game – Fifa

A Vatican official says the awarding of a Nobel prize to British IVF pioneer Robert Edwards was “completely out of order”.

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Vatican critical of IVF Nobel win

A US State Department official says there is no evidence in government records that oil firm BP sought the early release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi.

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‘No record’ of BP Lockerbie link

A senior UN official says the systematic rapes of some 300 people over four days in DR Congo “defy belief”, as a preliminary UN report is released.

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DR Congo mass rapes ‘defy belief’

The UK’s top tax official says he is “deeply sorry” over tax-bill changes after his refusal to apologise sparks widespread anger.

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Top tax man apologises over bills

A senior UN official says its peacekeepers failed the victims of mass rape in eastern DR Congo, and says the numbers affected are double the previous estimate.

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UN ‘failed’ DR Congo rape victims