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What's this NEW YORK (AFP) - President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday disputed Washington's version of a NATO-Pakistani military encounter that highlighted growing tension between the allies in the US-led war on terror. The incident occurred as Pakistan's ...

DETROIT - A film critic who entered the United States without declaring thousands of dollars in a cigar box is getting some money back. Federal prosecutors have agreed to return $5,880 to Elvis Mitchell, nearly half the $12,000 seized by border agents in ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Pakistani soldiers fired at American reconnaissance helicopters that were escorting Afghan and U.S. ground troops along the volatile border Thursday, sparking a ground battle between the American and Pakistani soldiers, officials ...

KABUL - Pakistani troops fired at American reconnaissance helicopters patrolling the Afghan-Pakistan border Thursday, heightening tensions as the U.S. steps up cross-border operations in a region known as a haven for the Taliban and al-Qaida. Pakistan's ...

U.S. and Pakistani troops exchanged fire Thursday along the Pakistani-Afghan border minutes after the Pakistani military fired shots at two American helicopters that were providing cover for the troops, a U.S. military spokesman said. The U.S. Army ...

Washington, Sept. 25: Pakistani and American ground troops exchanged fire along the border with Afghanistan today after the Pakistanis shot at two American helicopters. The two OH-58 Kiowa reconnaissance helicopters were not damaged and no casualties ...

a Pakistani military unit fired warning shots at two U.S. Army helicopters that allegedly flew into Pakistani territory. U.S. officials deny a border incursion took place. It's the latest in a string of tense moments tied to stepped-up American efforts ...

KABUL, Afghanistan - American and Pakistani troops traded gunfire during a five-minute skirmish Thursday on the Afghan-Pakistan border that began when Pakistani forces fired on two American helicopters, a U.S. military official said. U.S. forces ...

A Canadian man who spent 10 years under the supervision of mental health authorities after fatally shooting a television sportscaster in 1995 has been sentenced to two years in prison for assaulting a U.S. border agent in Buffalo, N.Y., last November. A ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani troops fired at American reconnaissance helicopters patrolling the Afghan-Pakistan border Thursday, heightening tensions as the U.S. steps up cross-border operations in a region known as a haven for Taliban and al Qaeda ...

U.S. and Pakistani ground troops traded gunfire during a bloodless, five-minute skirmish on the Afghan-Pakistan border, U.S. military officials said Thursday.U.S. Central Command spokesman Rear Adm. Greg Smith confirmed that the exchange began when ...

KABUL A U.S. military official says American and Pakistani troops traded gunfire during a five-minute skirmish on the Afghan-Pakistan border. The official says the exchange began when Pakistani forces fired on two American helicopters escorting Afghan ...

By William Fisher NEW YORK, Sep 25 (IPS) - A woman who was denied asylum in the U.S. despite her fears that she would suffer additional female genital mutilation if she was deported to her native Mali has been given a second chance.Attorney General ...

WASHINGTON The committee found that 'the vote tally of 212 yeas and 216 nays that was finally announced was incorrect. It is either 215 yeas and 213 nays, which would have reflected the tally at the time the chair prematurely announced the result, or 211 ...

By Patrick Thibodeau A federal lawsuit pitting H-1B opponents against the Bush administration is hinging on one question: Do tech workers have a right to challenge the federal government in court over its visa policies? Critics of the H-1B program have ...

By Patrick Thibodeau A federal lawsuit pitting H-1B opponents against the Bush administration is hinging on one question: Do tech workers have a right to challenge the federal government in court over its visa policies? Critics of the H-1B program have ...

PHOENIX The culprits behind so-called 'virtual kidnappings' typically strike when illegal immigrants make the three- to four-day journey through the remote desert, where they are cut off from communicating with family members. Relatives are told to cough ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Pakistani troops fired on U.S. helicopters which had crossed into Pakistan from Afghanistan on Thursday, the Pakistani military said. In a conflicting version of the incident, the U.S. military denied the aircraft had flown into ...

Pakistani troops fired at American reconnaissance helicopters patrolling along the Afghan-Pakistan border on Thursday, but there was no damage to aircraft or crew, officials said. 'They were U.S. helicopters,' Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told ...

In addition to the bad mortgages that are under consideration for purchase in any financial rescue programs, there are reports of requests being made to add bad student loans to the program. Under these circumstances, in order to slow rise in student ...