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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Gunshots have been heard from inside Pakistan's army headquarters, where Islamist militants are holding up to 15 soldiers hostage. An Associated Press photographer close to the complex said sporadic gunfire was taking place. The militants slipped into the complex after they and others attacked it, sparking a gunbattle that killed four assailants and six soldiers.

KABUL (AP) — Afghanistan's defense minister says thousands of foreign fighters have streamed into the country to bolster the Taliban insurgency, and he's calling for more international troops. Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak told lawmakers that about 4,000 fighters, mostly from Chechnya, North Africa and Pakistan, have joined the fighting.

PARIS (AP) — French military officials say pirates attacked two fishing boats in the Indian Ocean today, but French soldiers protecting the trawlers returned fire and forced the assailants to flee. One official says coast guard vessels from nearby Seychelles chased the pirates and disabled the engine of a boat that appeared to be their mothership. NATO says 11 suspected pirates were captured.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. military has brought in supplies and marshaled helicopters and Navy ships as the Philippines struggles with the aftermath of back-to-back storms that have left more than 600 dead. After pulling six people from landslides late Thursday and early yesterday, Filipino rescuers said they remain hopeful of locating more survivors, but so far today they've only found bodies.

DENVER (AP) — Game 3 of the Philadelphia Phillies-Colorado Rockies playoff in Denver tonight has been postponed because of cold, snowy weather. Major League Baseball rescheduled the game for tomorrow night, and Game 4 was pushed back to Monday. Game 5, if necessary, will be played as scheduled on Tuesday in Philadelphia, without a day off for travel.