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** FILE ** President Bush declares the end of major combat in Iraq as he speaks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast, in this May 1, 2003 file photo.

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Bullying and "Missions Accomplished"
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Americans and public officials should be extremely alarmed in the wake of an accused teenage bully who posted "Mission Accomplished" on her Facebook page. Her "Mission Accomplished" post described her euphoric mood after learning her victim, who had endured months of emotional abuse and torment,...

Britain's political Director Sir Geoffrey Adams, left, looks on as EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, center, arrives with Saeed Jalili, Iran's chief negotiator to the conference center near the Swiss mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010.

photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus

World powers, Iran move nuclear talks forward
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GENEVA (AFP) – World powers and Iran are due Tuesday to carry on talks over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme for a second day, after what both sides described as a "constructive" meeting. After a 14-month break, the first day of discussions in the Swiss city of Geneva was "constructive" and "forward...

A Pakistani soldier stands near caps of officials at the site of suicide bombing in Ghalanai, the main town in Pakistani tribal area Mohmand, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010.

photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad

Suicide Bombers Kill 50 Tribesmen in Pakistan
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Two militants wearing vests studded with explosives and bullets blew themselves up outside a government-backed meeting of anti-Taliban tribesmen close to the Afghan border Monday, killing 50 people and wounding 100 others. The strike in Mohmand region underscored the tenacity of the Islamist uprising in the northwest despite Pakistani army...

In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, a man prays at the grave of slain Lebanese former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in downtown Beirut, Lebanon.

photo: AP / Bilal Hussein

Hariri probe flouted the law
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Beirut: Four Lebanese generals detained over the killing of Rafik Hariri were held without legal basis, a UN investigator told US diplomats three years before they were freed, the Daily Star newspaper said on Monday. The English-language daily's report, which cited leaked diplomatic cables from the US embassy in Beirut, is likely to fuel...

A youth with a bag attacks a riot police during a rally in Athens on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010.

photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis

Greece: clashes at teen-shooting anniversary
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DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press= ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Youths hurled rocks and petrol bombs at police Monday during clashes at a student rally marking two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Sporadic clashes lasting more than two hours occurred in several parts of central Athens...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, reacts while holding a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010.

photo: AP / Saurabh Das

India, France sign multimillion nuclear power deal
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NEW DELHI-India and France signed a multibillion agreement Monday to build two nuclear power plants in India as French President Nicolas Sarkozy worked to drum up business for his nation during his four-day visit here. Areva SA, one of France's main nuclear power companies, will build two European pressurized reactors of 1,650 megawatts each at...

Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, speaks with media, during a press briefing, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010.

photo: AP / Vahid Salemi

Iran talks set to open in Geneva
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Iran will hold talks on its controversial nuclear programme with global powers on Monday, a day after announcing an important advance in its capability to enrich uranium. In what seemed a clear attempt to send a message before the talks, Tehran announced on Sunday that it had mined and enriched its first domestic uranium yellowcake, the raw...

South Korean navy ships sail near Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. South Korea is conducting naval firing drills just a day after North Korea warned such exercises would aggravate already high tensions between the rivals.

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SKorea Starts Naval Firing Drills Amid Tension
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea is conducting naval firing drills just a day after North Korea warned such exercises would aggravate already high tensions between the rival neighbors. South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff officers said Monday's drills off the Korean peninsula are not near the tense western sea border where the North shelled a...

A resident looks out at the site where dozens of homes were buried by a landslide following weeks of drenching rains in Bello, northwestern Colombia, Sunday Dec. 5, 2010. The Red Cross attributes more than 170 deaths to heavy rains in Colombia so far this year.

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Landslide buries up to 200 in Colombia: Red Cross
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Medellin: As many as 200 people may have been buried in a landslide Sunday that swept over 10 houses near Medellin, Colombia's second largest city, Red Cross relief workers said. "The initial count is that there may be 150-200 people considered missing. So far, we have rescued three alive," said Cesar Uruena, a Red Cross operations deputy director....

Sarah Palin greets fans and supporters as she signs her book "America by Heart," during a book signing event at a Barnes & Noble store on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, in Phoenix.

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Palin, Roosevelt and the Struggle over America's Heart
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "This is my America, from my heart, and by my heart." -Sarah Palin "Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one." -Eleanor Roosevelt Sarah Palin's new book, America by Heart, is another narrative and literary struggle over how America's heart...