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(AP) KABUL, Afghanistan – A bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed six NATO service members, on a day where a total of 29 people died from roadside bombs and insurgent attacks. NATO said the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device but provided no further details about the attack and did not identify the dead service members. The statement said NATO’s policy is to allow “national authorities” to give details about the soldiers. A surge in Afghan and coalition forces during the past two years routed Taliban fighters from many of their strongholds in the south, but the insurgents have stepped up their attacks this summer to take back key areas. The service members’ deaths were the latest on Sunday caused by bombs planted by insurgents along roadsides, paths or mountain tracks. More in Afghanistan: The way forward In addition to the six NATO deaths, bombs and attacks killed 16 Afghan civilians, five policemen and two members of the U.S.-led coalition in southern Afghanistan, Afghan and NATO authorities said. The civilians, including women and children, 바카라사이트 were killed in three blasts in Arghistan district, along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan. Kandahar province spokesman Ahmad Jawed Faisal said one bomb exploded when a minivan ran over it Sunday morning. A second went off when other civilians riding a tractor arrived to help the wounded. A third explosion occurred about...

The former American Idol winner invites fans to buy tickets to her upcoming concert in Jakarta, the nation’s capital. The logo of her sponsor is splashed in huge type above her head – the popular Indonesian cigarette brand L.A. Lights. Similar ads also run on TV. Such in-your-face tobacco advertising has been banned for years in the U.S. and many other countries. But in Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous nation, tobacco companies have virtual free rein to peddle their products, from movies to sports sponsorships and television shows. The country remains one of the last holdouts that has not signed the World Health Organization’s tobacco treaty. As smoking has declined in many Western countries, it has risen in Indonesia – about 63 percent of all men light up and one-third of the overall population smokes, an increase of 26 percent since 1995. Smoking-related illnesses kill at least 200,000 annually in a nation of 235 million. “Indonesia is a big concern, a big epidemic, a big population, and very little control,” said Dr. Prabhat Jha, a tobacco control expert at the University of Toronto’s Center for Global Health Research. “They have a chaotic taxation and regulatory structure. They have made the mistake of letting the Marlboro Man into the country.” In recent months, anti-tobacco forces have rallied. A new health law has declared smoking addictive and urged the government...

(CBS/AP) SYDNEY – Actor and comedy legend Jerry Lewis was hospitalized in Australia on Friday, canceling a show because of poor health, says the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation Australia. The actor and comedian was hospitalized but administrative assistant Violet Ostrowski at Lewis’ film company in Las Vegas said the company had not received any updates on his condition. Pictures: Jerry Lewis The Muscular Dystrophy Foundation Australia said the comedian’s show was sold out. Foundation CEO David Jack apologized in a statement, saying the 85-year-old was “not well enough to take the stage.” It didn’t give details. The Muscular Dystrophy Foundation in Australia is separate from the American association where Lewis serves as national chairman. Lewis was touring the country to raise funds for 해남콜걸 the Australian foundation. The statement said he arrived in Australia on Monday and had performed Wednesday in Brisbane. In recent years, Lewis has battled a debilitating back condition, heart issues and pulmonary fibrosis. Lewis is the longtime chairman of the U.S. Muscular Dystrophy Association. He announced last month he was retiring as host of the Labor Day telethon that is synonymous with...

(CBS/AP) SYDNEY – Actor and comedy legend Jerry Lewis was hospitalized in Australia on Friday, canceling a show because of poor health, says the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation Australia. The actor and comedian was hospitalized but administrative assistant Violet Ostrowski at Lewis’ film company in Las Vegas said the company had not received any updates on his condition. Pictures: Jerry Lewis The Muscular Dystrophy Foundation Australia said the comedian’s show was sold out. Foundation CEO David Jack apologized in a statement, saying the 85-year-old was “not well enough to take the stage.” It didn’t give details. The Muscular Dystrophy Foundation in Australia is separate from the American association where Lewis serves as national chairman. Lewis was touring the country to raise funds for 해남콜걸 the Australian foundation. The statement said he arrived in Australia on Monday and had performed Wednesday in Brisbane. In recent years, Lewis has battled a debilitating back condition, heart issues and pulmonary fibrosis. Lewis is the longtime chairman of the U.S. Muscular Dystrophy Association. He announced last month he was retiring as host of the Labor Day telethon that is synonymous with...

(CBS/AP) KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. officials confirm to CBS News that a roadside bombing Sunday in eastern Afghanistan killed six American service members – a blast which the Taliban claimed responsibility for on Monday morning. The statement from Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the soldiers died when their tank ran over a bomb around 8 p.m. Sunday in Wardak province, south of Kabul. NATO would not disclose the nationalities of the service members killed, but officials confirmed to CBS News correspondent David Martin that they were American. Wardak provincial police chief Gen. Abdul Qayum Baqizoi said after the blast in Jalrez district, a coalition air strike killed a local Taliban commander and wounded three insurgents. More in Afghanistan: The way forward Afghan donors offer $16B in development aidU.S. declares Afghanistan major non-NATO allyFirst NATO truck crosses Pakistan border after 7-month closure Also in the east, authorities said a chief prosecutor in Ghazni province was assassinated Monday morning as he drove to work. The Taliban routinely target Afghan government officials. In addition to the six U.S. deaths, bombs and attacks killed 16 Afghan civilians, five policemen and two members of the U.S.-led coalition in southern Afghanistan, Afghan and NATO authorities said. The civilians, including women and children, were killed in three blasts in Arghistan district, along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan. Kandahar province spokesman Ahmad Jawed Faisal said one bomb exploded...