- U.S. softens approach to Karzai
 Obama’s top diplomats and generals are abandoning for now their get-tough tactics with Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai and attempting to forge a far warmer relationship.
- Suicide bomber kills 16 in Afghanistan
 A suicide bomber killed 16 people in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, while near Kabul a powerful former warlord narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, officials said.
- Prosecution rests in Amanda Knox trial
 In closing arguments, an Italian prosecutor says Amanda Knox had a growing hatred for her roommate and killed her in retaliation during a drug-fueled sex game.
- Pakistan: 8 die in reported U.S. strike
A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least eight militants in northwestern Pakistan, officials said, the second attack this week in an area believed to hold many insurgents.
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