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AP - Afghanistan's president renewed his calls for calm Sunday in a televised address to the nation after the burning of Qurans at a U.S. base sparked five days of deadly protests. More...

AP - Afghan officials said Friday that at least seven people were killed in protests around the country against the burning of Qurans at a U.S. air base, bringing the overall death toll after four days of demonstrations to 20. More...

More than 400 firefighters continued Wednesday to battle a massive wildfire burning out of control for three weeks in the Richardson Backcountry about 60 kilometers north of Fort McMurray. "The length of this fire is about the same size as it is from Edmonton to Red Deer," said Sustainable...

KABUL, Afghanistan – Suicide attackers stormed a police compound with AK-47s, grenades and an explosives-rigged ambulance in southern Afghanistan Thursday in an escalation of fighting that coincides with demonstrations — some of them deadly — over the burning of a Quran in Florida. Six Afghan...

http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/10/08/dnt.ky.mom.dies.saving.kids.wdrb A Kentucky mother threw five children from the window of a burning home before succumbing to the fire. WDRB reports.