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U.S. vacates Pakistani airbase
- The Pakistani Army on Sunday took over the Shamsi airbase after it was vacated by the U.S. forces in line with a deadline set following a cross-border NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
- The American flag at the airbase, which was reportedly used by the CIA-operated drones targeting militants in the restive tribal belt, was lowered
U.S. hostage, 14, escapes in Philippine jungle
- A kidnapped American teenage boy escaped from suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants and wandered without shoes for two days in a southern Philippine jungle before villagers found him, ending his five-month captivity
- Initial reports had said the boy was freed by his captors.
