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World powers react to WikiLeaks’ documents

Here are reactions to the posting on WikiLeaks.org of tens of thousands of leaked U.S. military and diplomatic reports on the war in Afghanistan: Go to Source

Karzai: NATO strike killed 52 civilians

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Monday condemned a NATO strike in Helmand province that he said caused 52 civilian deaths. Go to Source

AU Commission: Somalia neglected

The lack of a global response to the Somali crisis has created fertile ground for threats to regional peace in Eastern Africa and the rest of the continent, the president of the African Union Commission said. Go to Source

Oil’s invisible toll: Divorce, abuse

The family business has closed, and the couple can’t work — for themselves or for BP, it seems. Their neighbors and community leaders, she says, are showing a kind of greed she’s never seen before. They aren’t the people she thought they were. Go to Source

Obama blasts GOP opposition to campaign finance bill

President Barack Obama on Monday criticized Republican opposition to a Senate campaign finance bill, calling it partisan gamesmanship that threatens to give special interests undue influence on U.S. elections. Go to Source

BP CEO stepping down?

BP said Monday morning that no final decision had been made regarding changes to the company’s management. Go to Source

Obama to appear on daytime talk show ‘The View’

President Barack Obama will appear on the daytime talk show “The View” Thursday. Go to Source

Chatroulette tries to ditch the flashers

It all comes down to the flasher problem. Go to Source

2-year-old reported missing from Arizona campground

Authorities in Rimrock, Arizona, were searching Monday for a 2-year-old boy who went missing over the weekend while camping with a family that was preparing to adopt him, a spokesman for the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said. Go to Source

Cost-cutting endangers Alaska pipeline, critics warn

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, 800 miles long and carrying an estimated 650,000 barrels of oil a day, sweeps majestically over the fast-flowing Tanana River here. Go to Source