Newser - Worldhttp://www.newser.com/2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorMon, 23 Nov 2009 4:10:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74613/4-us-troops-killed-in-afghan-attacks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worFour US troops have been killed in southern and eastern Afghanistan in the last 24 hours. Three were killed by bombs yesterday and today, while a fourth was killed in a firefight. The casualties bring the death toll for the month to 15. October, when 58 US fighters were killed,...http://www.newser.com/story/74613/4-us-troops-killed-in-afghan-attacks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worMon, 23 Nov 2009 3:59:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74585/911-defendants-to-explain-why-they-did-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worThe five men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks will plead not guilty, but only so they have an opportunity to air their grievances against the US. The accused freely admit organizing the devastating terrorist attack, but wish to “explain what happened and why they did it," said a lawyer...http://www.newser.com/story/74585/911-defendants-to-explain-why-they-did-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worMon, 23 Nov 2009 2:52:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74608/call-girl-attacked-after-belusconi-tattle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worA call girl was attacked and threatened after she revealed she slept with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, she reveals in a new book. Soon after she tattled, a mystery car tried to ram Patrizia D'Addario as she drove near her home, she writes. "It was a miracle I survived,...http://www.newser.com/story/74608/call-girl-attacked-after-belusconi-tattle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worMon, 23 Nov 2009 2:33:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74592/first-state-dinner-to-reveal-obama-a-listers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worWashington notables are are still scrambling for an invitation to the White House state dinner tonight in honor of Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh. The event, to be held in a heated tent on the South Lawn, will display who’s truly on Obama’s A-list, and the lobbying for a seat...http://www.newser.com/story/74592/first-state-dinner-to-reveal-obama-a-listers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worMon, 23 Nov 2009 1:42:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74598/israel-hamas-near-deal-for-soldiers-release.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worIsraeli and Hamas officials have confirmed that substantial progress has been made in negotiations for the release of an Israeli soldier captured during the 2006 Gaza war. Israel reportedly approved the release of at least 70 prisoners among the 450 Hamas is seeking for the return of the young staff-sergeant...http://www.newser.com/story/74598/israel-hamas-near-deal-for-soldiers-release.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worMon, 23 Nov 2009 1:18:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74580/windsors-schemed-to-deny-elizabeth-throne.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worWithin a decade of abdicating the throne, the former Edward VIII was plotting a return to power that involved an end run around his niece Elizabeth—better known today as Queen Elizabeth II. A letter the Duke of Windsor wrote in 1946, when his brother and successor King George VI...http://www.newser.com/story/74580/windsors-schemed-to-deny-elizabeth-throne.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worSun, 22 Nov 2009 15:55:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74570/us-backs-afghan-militias-against-taliban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worThe US is actively supporting local militia groups against the Taliban as American and Afghan officials move to encourage a demoralized Afghan population to re-engage in the war, reports Dexter Filkins of the New York Times . Tapping into the militias’ resources could fill the manpower gap as a vacillating White...http://www.newser.com/story/74570/us-backs-afghan-militias-against-taliban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worSun, 22 Nov 2009 9:38:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74568/indonesian-ferry-sinks-kills-25.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worRescuers have saved 243 people from the Indonesian passenger ferry that sank today in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least 25 people, including two children, have died, an official said. An unknown number of passengers were still missing, and search operations were called off after nightfall. A second...http://www.newser.com/story/74568/indonesian-ferry-sinks-kills-25.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worSun, 22 Nov 2009 7:48:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74573/iran-kicks-off-5-days-of-war-games.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worIran today begins large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities, state television reports, adding that the five-day drill will cover a third of the country, including regions that are home to Iran's nuclear facilities. The drill involves both Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, the paramilitary Basij...http://www.newser.com/story/74573/iran-kicks-off-5-days-of-war-games.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worSun, 22 Nov 2009 7:42:32 CST