Kabul bombing kills American and wounds NATO troops
A Taliban attacker on a suicide fashion strapped with grenades killed an American woman in Kabul and wounded three NATO soldiers and others on a busy shopping street. Jamie Michalsky, 23, formerly with the Army Reserves, was among the dead, with family confirming her service and visit to Afghanistan for a medical translation assignment. The blast followed a security crackdown ahead of presidential elections won by Hamid Karzai's interim government.
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Kosovo Serbs boycott general election in Kosovo province
In Kosovo a large Serb minority largely abstained from Saturday's general elections amid fears of violence and distrust while Albanians pushed for independence. The vote determines a 120 seat assembly under UN and NATO oversight with Serbs reserved for ten seats. Preliminary results expected Monday and final results a week later.
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EU unveils graphic anti smoking campaign across packs
EU officials in Brussels launched a graphic anti smoking campaign urging member governments to require tobacco packs to carry shocking pictures. The 42 images include a cancerous neck growth and a drooping cigarette implying impotence, aiming to shock consumers beyond text warnings like smoking kills.
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EU to require cigarette packs to display new anti smoking photos
The European Union plans mandatory anti smoking imagery on cigarette packs starting next year. Tobacco remains the leading avoidable death cause in the 25 nation bloc, responsible for over 650000 deaths annually, about 15 percent of all deaths and 25 percent of cancer deaths.
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Hamas militants kill collaborator in Gaza Strip
Hamas militants killed a Palestinian in his 20s said to have helped Israel by providing information that allowed it to kill Sheik Ahmed Yassin and nine others. The body was found bullet-ridden near a Gaza street trash can after the killing.
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