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President Barack Obama speaks about jobs, Friday, May 8, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office building
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 Indian Express 
US failed to read terror plot signals
Thu 31 Dec 2009
President Obama declared on Tuesday that there had been a “systemic failure” of the nation’s security apparatus after being told about more missed signals and uncorrelated intelligence that should... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
In this April 15, 2008 file photo a Northwest plane is seen parked as travelers wait for their flight at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Detroit.
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 Business Day Online 
US aware Abdulmutallab prepared for terror attack
Thu 31 Dec 2009
The US was aware that “a Nigerian” in Yemen was being prepared for a terrorist attack - weeks before an attempted bombing on a US plane. ABC News and the New York Times say there was intelligence to... (photo: AP / Kiichiro Sato, file)
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, left, and 2nd MEB Sgt. Major Hooph pay their respects to Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard during a memorial service at a forward operating base with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd MEB, 3rd MEF, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, in Now Zad in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. Bernard was mortally wounded during a Taliban ambush on Aug. 14.  Wall Street Journal  Thu 31 Dec 2009
Attack at Afghan Base Kills 8 U.S. Civilians
By ANAND GOPAL KABUL -- Eight Americans were killed in a suicide attack on a U.S. compound in Afghanistan, officials said, in what appears to be the biggest loss of American civilians since the war... (photo: AP / Julie Jacobson)
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Former prime minister of Poland and European deputy, Jerzy Buzek is seen inside the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, eastern France on the eve of the election of the new European Parliament’s president, Monday July 13, 2009.  Wall Street Journal  Wed 30 Dec 2009
EU Mission to Tehran Draws U.S. Ire

By JAY SOLOMON and DAVID CRAWFORD WASHINGTON -- An 11-person European Parliament delegation is scheduled to visit Tehran next week in a move that has drawn a rebuke from U.S. lawmakers concerned that... (photo: AP / Christian Lutz)
EU   Iran   Photos   Politics   US
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An aerial view of the Pentagon. 		          Location:                       PENTAGON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (DC) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)                   		%lt;table The Times Wed 30 Dec 2009
Obama considering military strikes after Christmas Day aircraft plot

The Pentagon is drawing up urgent plans for increased military co-operation with Yemen, including possible retaliatory strikes against al-Qaeda targets, according to US... (photo: US DoD)
Al Qaida   Defence   Photos   US   Yemen
A U.S. soldier stands guard following a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. A suicide car bomb attack on a heavily guarded road between the German Embassy and a U.S. military base set the embassy on fire Saturday, killing an Afghan child and wounding 21 people, including five U.S. tr Al Jazeera Wed 30 Dec 2009
Americans killed in Afghan attack
Eight Americans have been killed in a suicide attack on a military base in Afghanistan's southeastern Khost province, US officials say. Eight Americans were killed in "an... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   Taliban   US
President Barack Obama during taping of the weekly address, Sept. 25, 2009.  (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Daily Star Lebanon Wed 30 Dec 2009
Obama cites intelligence flaws amid reprisal strike report

By Agence France Presse (AFP) Thursday, December 31, 2009 - Powered by Stephen Collinson  Agence France Presse ... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
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Amr Moussa, Secretary-General of the Arab League (ayt1) The Star Wed 30 Dec 2009
Arab League chief wants bigger UN role in Middle East

CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Nations must play a bigger role in trying to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the United States should not be the only mediator,... (photo: AP Photo / Bassem Tellawi)
Arab League   Mideast   Peace   Photos   UN
President Barack Obama speaks during a Veteran's Day ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The Examiner Wed 30 Dec 2009
Giving Obama too much credit over Iran?

The New York Times editors called President Obama “…right to condemn the violence against Iranian citizens and to place the U.S. on their side, as he did in... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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This video file image broadcast on Feb. 26, 2008 by Arab satellite news network purportedly shows Peter Moore who was taken hostage in May 2007 by militants disguised as Iraqi policemen. The Times Wed 30 Dec 2009
Briton Peter Moore freed in Iraq after 946-day hostage ordeal

The British hostage Peter Moore was dramatically set free yesterday after the United States handed over an Iraqi insurgent suspected of planning the deaths of five... (photo: AP / Al Arabiya, Via AP Television News, File)
Defence   Diplomacy   Iraq   Photos   UK
shoppers walk past a defaced poster of leading challenger and reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, in Tadrish bazaar in northern Tehran. Mousavi is still nominally the guiding force of the fury over Iran's disputed election. But there are ample signs to suggest his rebel stature is being eroded by his hesitation to shift from campaigner to street fighter. The Times Wed 30 Dec 2009
Disappearance of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi could lift protest movement

The arrest or enforced disappearance of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi would be more likely to galvanise than neuter the Green movement of which they are merely... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
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President Barack Obama walks along the White House Colonnade in Washington, Monday, Sept. 21,2009, before departing to Troy, N.Y., to talk about the economy. The Times Wed 30 Dec 2009
Yemen becomes the focus of conflict for President Obama

The global war on terror began a year before September 2001, when a speedboat with militants and half a tonne of explosives rammed an American destroyer anchored in the... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
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Under a painting of the late Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini, right, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a woman chants slogans at a rally in support of the supreme leader at the conclusion of the Friday prayers, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 19, 2009. The Times Wed 30 Dec 2009
Iran Government stages rallies as Mousavi's nephew is quietly buried

Iran's beleaguered regime sought to bolster its support with stage-managed rallies in several cities yesterday and said last night that the leaders of the opposition had... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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