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Dozens Die in Bomb Attacks in Northeast India

Posted: November 1st, 2008, 3:10am EDT by By HARI KUMAR and ALAN COWELL

A series of apparently synchronized explosions tore through four towns in the troubled state of Assam in northeastern India, killing at least 74 people.
A Warning, a Blast, a Fight to Save an Afghan Life

Posted: November 1st, 2008, 2:58am EDT by By C. J. CHIVERS

In an isolated outpost in Afghanistan, it was up to an American Army doctor and a team of trauma medics to keep Jamaludin, a wounded Afghan, alive.
Fears on Animal Feed Widen China’s Food Inquiry

Posted: November 1st, 2008, 2:10am EDT by By DAVID BARBOZA

There are growing signs that melamine has leached into the nation’s animal feed supplies, posing health risks to consumers throughout the world.
World Briefing | Africa: Sudan: Chinese Oil Worker Found

Posted: November 1st, 2008, 1:32am EDT by By REUTERS

A Chinese oil worker has been found alive after being held for almost two weeks by kidnappers, the Chinese Embassy in Khartoum said.
World Briefing | Asia: Malaysia: Ex-Aide Freed in Killing

Posted: November 1st, 2008, 1:32am EDT by By REUTERS

A Malaysian judge freed a former senior aide to Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak who had been charged with abetting two police officers in the murder of a model.
Missile Attacks, Apparently by U.S., Kill 27 in Pakistan, Including Qaeda Operative

Posted: November 1st, 2008, 1:26am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The missile attacks have taken place amid American frustration at what U.S. officials view as Pakistan’s failure to curb Islamist extremists.
Japan Fires General Who Said a U.S. ‘Trap’ Led to the Pearl Harbor Attack

Posted: November 1st, 2008, 1:25am EDT by By NORIMITSU ONISHI

A high-ranking Japanese military official was dismissed for writing an essay stating that the United States had ensnared Japan into World War II.