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• Pakistan militants attack US Christian aid group, killing six

  Los Angeles Times | All of the dead were Pakistanis employed by World Vision, which has been helping victims of a devastating 2005 earthquake in the country's north. By Alex Rodriguez and Zulfiqar Ali Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan, and Peshawar, Pakistan -- Militants ...

• Swedish artist: cartoon murder plot 'low-tech'

  The Associated Press | STOCKHOLM — A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog said Wednesday he has no regrets and believes the suspects in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals. Lars Vilks, who has faced numerous ...

• Dalai Lama: China aims to annihilate Buddhism

  The Associated Press | DHARMSALA, India — The Dalai Lama lashed out at China on Wednesday, accusing it of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet and rebuffing all his efforts to reach a compromise over the disputed Himalayan region. China shot back, accusing the Tibetan ...

• PA cancels ceremony honoring leader of 1978 terror attack in Israel

  Ha'aretz | By Reuters The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of a ceremony to honor the woman who led a 1978 hijacking of a civilian bus in Israel that left 35 people dead. The cancellation of the ceremony planned for Thursday coincided ...

• Dalai Lama Expresses 'Little Hope' for Progress With China on Tibetan Issue

  Voice of America | Photo: AP Tibet's exiled spiritual leader is expressing frustration in his latest assessment of the situation in his homeland. The Dalai Lama's statement came on the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule. ...

• Gunmen kill 6 in Western aid agency raid in Pakistan

  Reuters | OGHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants stormed an office of a US-based, Christian aid agency in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six Pakistani aid workers after singling them out and then blowing up the building. ...

• Are peace talks doomed to fail before they start?

  Ha'aretz | After more than a year in which both Obama and Netanyahu have been in office, the truly minuscule movement of resuming indirect peace talks is currently the only achievement on the peace front. Whose fault is this? ...