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Marines on way home face greatest danger

Richard Tomkins

'Relief' clears way for return stateside

Members of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines are heading home, with the first units due stateside just in time for Thanksgiving dinner.

Swiss approve Polanski bail, in jail for now
10 AM ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Swiss court has approved Roman Polanski's bail offer of $4.5 million to be released from prison and kept under house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Swiss chalet. Continue reading »
Soccer fans' ire stoked
5 AM Jason Keyser ASSOCIATED PRESS
Egyptians were infuriated by media reports that their fans were brutalized by their Algerian rivals after Algeria won a playoff match Wednesday in Khartoum, Sudan, to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. Continue reading »
Inquiry into Iraq war begins
5 AM Paisley Dodds ASSOCIATED PRESS
An inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war kicked off Tuesday with top government advisers testifying that some Bush administration officials were calling for Saddam Hussein's ouster as early as 2001 -- long before ... Continue reading »
World Scene
5 AM From wire dispatches and staff reports
The Philippine president placed two southern provinces under emergency rule Tuesday as security forces unearthed more bodies, pushing the death toll to 46 in some of the deadliest election violence in the nation's history. Continue reading »
China executes 2 men in milk tainting
5 AM Christopher Bodeen ASSOCIATED PRESS
China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman Tuesday for their roles in the sale of contaminated baby formula -- severe punishments that Beijing hopes will assuage public anger and put to rest one ... Continue reading »