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Reuters - Washington is to dramatically overhaul its Afghan anti-drug strategy, phasing out opium poppy eradication, the U.S. envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan told allies on Saturday.

AP - EDITOR’S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Two soldiers were killed and three wounded Friday in a suicide bombing in the part of Kashmir that Pakistan oversees, the military said. It was the first such bombing in that area in recent months. A military spokesman said the bomber struck near a military vehicle. Islamist militants have carried out a series of bombings across Pakistan in recent weeks in retaliation for a military offensive. Next Article in World (18 of 26) » A version of this article appeared in print on June 26, 2009, on page A7 of the New York edition. Times Reader 2.0: Welcome to the future. Your newspaper is here. Click here to try it free today. Past Coverage 3 Bomb Suspects in Kashmir Are Pakistanis, Police…

Reuters - Pakistani warplanes killed at least a dozen Taliban fighters on Saturday, in a strike on their stronghold near the Afghan border, while police in the southern city of Karachi shot dead five militants.

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Michael Jackson’s body was moved from a Los Angeles, California, coroner’s office to a mortuary Friday evening, a coroner said….

AP - The discovery of 10 lynx kittens this spring marks the first newborns documented in Colorado since 2006, heartening biologists overseeing restoration of the mountain feline.

Reuters - Michael Jackson’s family gathered at his parents’ suburban Los Angeles home on Saturday to make funeral arrangements for the troubled King of Pop amid reports that they are seeking a second, independent autopsy.