Archive for November 18th, 2009

Suspected US drone strike kills 3 in Pakistan (AP)

Written by on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 in 366255.

US mechanics load a missile onto a Predator drone. Suspected US missiles on Thursday killed five militants in Pakistan's Al-Qaeda-infested tribal belt, where the army said it killed 28 militants in fierce fighting with homegrown Taliban.(AFP/US Air Froce/File/Sabrina Johnson)AP – Missiles fired from a suspected U.S. drone killed three militants Thursday in Pakistan’s lawless tribal area along the Afghan border, intelligence officials said.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

US envoy to visit North Korea on December 8 (AFP)

Written by on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 in 518462.

President Barack Obama has announced he will send US envoy Stephen Bosworth, pictured, to North Korea for direct talks on December 8, naming a date for the mission for the first time.(AFP/File/Jo Yong-Hak)AFP – President Barack Obama announced Thursday he would send US envoy Stephen Bosworth to North Korea for direct talks on December 8, naming a date for the mission for the first time.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

U.S. official says mammograms policy unchanged (Reuters)

Written by on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 in 366271.

Reuters – U.S. health officials distanced themselves Wednesday from controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend against routine mammograms for healthy women in their 40s and said federal policy on screening mammograms had not changed.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back



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