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LONDON – A British judge has approved the extradition of an American accused of supplying Al Qaeda operatives with money and military equipment. Syed Hashmi, 26, who lived in New York City before moving to Britain in 2003, will face trial in the United States if Home Secretary John Reid, …

BOGOTA, Colombia – Authorities blamed Colombia’s largest rebel group for a car bomb that exploded in the parking lot of a military university in Bogota and injured at least 18 people and may have targeted the army’s top commander. “I imagine this has to be the FARC. I don’t see …

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A mariachi group played songs of mourning Monday as pallbearers brought the bodies of a family of four gunned down along the Florida Turnpike to a Brownsville cemetery Monday. About 200 mourners stood under an overcast sky as the caskets for 28-year-old Jose Luis Escobedo, his wife, …

SAN FRANCISCO – Finding the right attorney or plumber in the Yellow Pages has never been easy. It’s not just any professional or tradesman you may be after, but someone who comes recommended and at a fair price. LinkedIn, the biggest social network for business users, late on Sunday said …

LOS ANGELES – Doctor doctor, give us the news. But ABC is staying mum about the reported on-set scuffle between the actors portraying Dr. McDreamy and Dr. Burke on TV’s top-rated “Grey’s Anatomy.” An argument between Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey got physical and led to a temporary pause in …

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – The top U.S. operational commander in Afghanistan on Saturday told hundreds of troops at a Veterans Day memorial that American forces are preserving freedom from terrorism just as World War II veterans preserved freedom in Europe and Asia. Maj. Gen. Benjamin Freakley thanked troops gathered at Bagram, …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki lashed out at lawmakers in a closed-door session of parliament Sunday, ordering them to stop criticizing his government and instead declare their loyalty to a unified Iraq — not their religious sects or political parties, two members of parliament told The Associated Press. …

This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” November 14, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Earlier today, Alan sat down with the author of the brand new book “Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives“, former senator and V.P. candidate, John Edwards. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ALAN …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners rallied in front of the tightly guarded American Embassy Saturday, denouncing U.S. President George W. Bush’s planned trip to the world’s most populous Muslim nation and calling him a terrorist. “Bush should not come to Indonesia,” shouted Muhammad Ismail Yusanto, one of the …

LOS ANGELES – A camera phone captured a University of California, Los Angeles student being shot with a stun gun by a police officer after he allegedly refused repeated requests to show his student identification and would not leave a campus library, university police said Wednesday. The incident occurred about …