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Gripped by grief, Thais mourn death of beloved monarch

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand began its first day in 70 years without a king on Friday in a profound state of mourning, with the government declaring a public holiday and people across the shaken nation dressed in black following the death of the world’s longest-reigning monarch, Bhumibol Adulyadej.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

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Hearts and grenades

SENJERAY, Afghanistan - Pfc. Sean Provenzano saw it whiz by out of the corner of his eye: a dark object hurled from a rooftop as he patrolled the medieval maze of alleyways in this fort-like walled village at the center of America's Afghan surge.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

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French raid pirate ship, US seeks to freeze assets

MOMBASA, Kenya - The U.S. and its allies battled Somalia's pirates on two fronts Wednesday, with French forces seizing a bandit mother ship and Washington seeking to keep the marauders from their spoils. Another U.S. freighter headed to port with armed sailors aboard after pirates damaged it with gunshots and …

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

French raid pirate ship, US seeks to freeze assets

MOMBASA, Kenya - The U.S. and its allies battled Somalia's pirates on two fronts Wednesday, with French forces seizing a bandit mother ship and Washington seeking to keep the marauders from their spoils. Another U.S. freighter headed to port with armed sailors aboard after pirates damaged it with gunshots and …

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

French raid pirate ship, US seeks to freeze assets

MOMBASA, Kenya - The U.S. and its allies battled Somalia's pirates on two fronts Wednesday, with French forces seizing a bandit mother ship and Washington seeking to keep the marauders from their spoils. Another U.S. freighter headed to port with armed sailors aboard after pirates damaged it with gunshots and …

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO