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  • Palin to step down as Alaska governor

      • Sarah Palin announced Friday she is stepping down as governor of Alaska at the end of the month, fuelling speculation she could make a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.

  • Roadside bomb kills Canadian soldier in Afghanistan

      • A Canadian soldier was killed Friday in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb that narrowly missed a vehicle carrying the commander of coalition troops in Kandahar.

  • U.S. troops secure key centres in Afghan drive

      • U.S. forces began to secure key centres in Helmand province in Afghanistan on Friday as a major offensive aimed at pushing out the Taliban entered its second day.

  • Honduras top court rejects OAS chief's ultimatum over coup

      • Honduras' Supreme Court rejected an ultimatum on Friday from the head of the Organization of American States to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power or face suspension from the regional body.

  • EU summons Iranian ambassadors in protest move

      • Foreign ministries across the 27-nation European Union bloc have summoned Iranian ambassadors to demand the release of British embassy staff in Tehran.

  • Obama wrong about Putin, spokesman says

      • U.S. President Barack Obama was wrong to suggest Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin remains partially mired in a Cold War mindset, Putin's spokesman said Friday.

  • Ban Ki-moon meeting with jailed Suu Kyi a no go

      • The request by Ban Ki-moon to meet with jailed Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been rejected during what the UN secretary general has called a "very tough" diplomatic mission.

  • Accused Nazi guard Demjanjuk deemed fit for trial

      • German prosecutors have ruled that accused Nazi guard John Demjanjuk is fit to stand trial for allegedly helping to kill 29,000 Jews in 1943.

  • Pakistani helicopter crash kills 26

      • A Pakistani army helicopter crashed in the northwestern tribal region of Orakzai on Friday, killing 26 people on board, military officials said.

  • Air France jet plunged at high speed into Atlantic

      • The pilot of a doomed Air France flight was flying with neither the help of the autopilot nor information about the plane's speed and direction when it slammed into the Atlantic Ocean a month ago, French officials said Thursday.



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