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In this Aug. 23, 2011 Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System photo, soldiers from Blackhorse Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, including Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, left, take part in exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. Five days after an attack on Afghan villagers killed 16 civilians, a senior U.S. off
photo: AP / DVIDS, Spc. Ryan Hallock
US suspect in Afghan shootings identified
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After five days cloaked in military secrecy, the US soldier suspected in a massacre of 16 Afghan civilians has been identified as a Washington state father of two who underwent anger management counseling a decade ago after an arrest for assault on a... Pin It

Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League on the Syrian Crisis, briefs the press after reporting to the Security Council on his visits less than a week ago to Syria and Turkey, where the Syrian National Council is based, 16 March, 2012
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Mission headed to Syria to push peace proposals, Annan says
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AP - U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan warned Friday the Syria conflict can have a “serious impact” regionally if not handled properly, saying he plans to return to the nation after an advance team makes preparations. The Security Council, the U.N.’s most powerful body, has been deeply divided over Syria. Moscow and Beijing have... Pin It

South Korean visitors walk by displays of mock North Korea's Scud-B missile, center, and other South Korean missiles at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 16, 2012. North Korea announced Friday it plans to launch a long-range rocket mounted with a satellite next month.
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon
North Korea: Long-Range Rocket To Launch To Mark Founder's Birth
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By Jack Kim and Jeremy Laurence SEOUL, March 16 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it will launch a "working" satellite to mark the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung's birth next month, prompting immediate fears from Japan it would in fact be another long-range missile launch in breach of a U.N. resolution. In April 2009, a long-range missile... Pin It

File - President Hamid Karzai addresses Afghan nationals during a conference held outside Provincial Gov. Abdul Karim Barahawi's compound in Zaranj, Nimroz province, Afghanistan, April 13, 2011.
photo: USMC / Sgt. Mallory VanderSchans
Afghan president, Taliban deal blow to U.S. plans
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Kabul -- In twin blows to American efforts to wage war and negotiate peace in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai on Thursday demanded a pullback of NATO troops from rural areas as part of an accelerated overall withdrawal, while the Taliban movement declared a suspension of dialogue with the United States. In practical terms, both developments... Pin It

A woman looks at paintings at the entrance gate of the Sint Lambertus school as she lays flowers, in Heverlee, Belgium, Thursday, March 15, 2012.
photo: AP / Yves Logghe
Belgium mourns victims of Swiss bus crash
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Belgium is holding a national day of mourning for 28 people killed in a bus crash in the Swiss Alps, as the first group of survivors of the horrific accident returned home. Forty-six children and four teachers from two Belgian schools were returning home from a skiing holiday late on Tuesday when their coach slammed into a concrete wall... Pin It

** TO GO WITH IRAN PETROLEO ** FILE ** An Iranian worker Bahman Famil Khalili works at Tehran's oil refinery, Iran, in a Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007 file photo.
photo: AP / Vahid Salemi, File
Iran cut off from global financial system
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WASHINGTON: A move Thursday by a Belgian-based financial-transfers company to block Iran from global transactions is expected to isolate the country further and send it tumbling back toward a barter economy. The move by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication is the latest and perhaps the most severe of a host of... Pin It

Protester chant slogans during an anti-Syrian regime protest in front of the Arab league headquarters in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. Over 100 people protested outside the Arab League's Cairo headquarters where foreign ministers met Wednesday, waving the tri-colored Syrian flag and chanting slogans against Assad. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra
UN to send humanitarian mission to Syria
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The UN has said it will send a humanitarian mission to Syria this weekend to assess the situation there. Its team will be part of a delegation led by the Syrian government, which will also... Pin It

File- Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, center, is escorted from a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, after closing arguments concluded in a military hearing that will determine if he should face court-martial for his alleged role in the WikiLeaks classified leaks case.
photo: AP / Patrick Semansky
Ally Manning Is No Axis Sally, But Is the U.S. Government?
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Not only did World War II change the entire world, but it completely transformed the nature of the United States, including its futuristic foreign policies. The reason for this change is that since World War II, the U.S. has viewed each and every war through a World War II narrative. America's entrance... Pin It

U.S. Army soldiers descend a mountaintop in the Paktya province while surveying a site for an observation post near the Enzarkay Pass, Afghanistan, March 2, 2012.
photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Jason Epperson
Karzai tells NATO to pull back, Taliban-U.S. talks off
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The Daily Briefing Veep Joe Biden will have effusive praise for his boss, President Barack Obama, during a campaign stop today in Toledo. Buckeye Forum Podcast Promo... Pin It

File - U.S. soldiers with 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, the Afghan National Army, and members of the Community Based Security Solutions police organization, climb a steep path above Pata Tili village, Jan 29, 2012.
photo: US Navy / MC1 Bill Steele
Taliban break off talks with US
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban militant group says it is suspending talks with the United States. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement Thursday that the United States kept changing the terms of the negotiations. Mujahid says that the Taliban only wanted to discuss prisoner transfers and the establishment of a political... Pin It


SANTA ANA, Calif -- SANTA ANA, Calif. - He joined the Marines to become a killer, police said,...
AP Photo Noori, a cloned pashmina goat, stands inside a sheep breeding center at Sher-e-Kashmir...

South Koreans watch a TV news program on the Sunday launch of a missile from Musudan-ri, North Korea, at a train station in Seoul, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. State-run television granted North Koreans their first glimpse Tuesday of the country's "auspicious" rocket blasting off from a launch pad and blazing into the sky and of an apparently healthy, affable leader Kim Jong Il touring the country's farms and factories
Tweet PYONGYANG: North Korea plans to blast a satellite into space next month to mark the centenary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il Sung, which the US quickly called a ``deal-breaker'' for a new agreement where the US would exchange food aid for...
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon
 Former Vice President Al Gore speaks during a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007 in New York. The conference, running through Friday, is focused on finding ways to solve some of the world´s mo
This week, former Vice President Al Gore called for an Occupy Democracy movement using the Internet to escalate the battle against the corruption of democracy. Meanwhile, the New York Times ran a major story describing how GOP super PAC mega-donors...
photo: AP/Jason DeCrow
India's Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat after scoring his 100th century during the Asia Cup cricket match against Bangladesh in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 16, 2012.
India's Sachin Tendulkar has become the first batsman in history to score 100 international centuries, adding another milestone in his record-breaking career. Tendulkar, who turns 39 next month, achieved the feat as he recorded his 49th one-day...
photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, left, looks at Cardinal Walter Kasper, President Emeritus of the Pontifical council for Promoting Christian Unity, as he speaks during a public commemoration to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, at the Vatican,Wednesday.
Rowan Williams has announced he will be stepping down as Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the 77 million-strong Anglican Communion after a turbulent decade in office. His tenure has been marked by a bruising war between liberals and...
photo: AP / Pier Paolo Cito
* In this photo made off APTN footage, tens of thousands of North Koreans attend a mass rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, April 8, 2009 to celebrate the April 5th launch of the country's rocket. The banner at bottom reads "We passionately celebrate successful launch of the satellite Kwangmyongsong-2
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner gestures during a talk to the Commonwealth Club in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, Oct. 18, 2010.
* U.S. faces choice in how to keep expansion going * Oil prices a worry, need to keep eye on Iran * Europe's actions have lowered global risks (Recasts lead, adds comments from question-and-answer period) By Leah Schnurr NEW YORK, March 15 (Reuters)...
photo: AP / Paul Sakuma
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks after visiting victims wounded in Tuesday's suicide bomb attack at the Emergency Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Afghanistan's president vowed Wednesday to confront the Pakistani government over a devastating suicide bombing against a Shiite shrine in Kabul that he said originated in Pakistan, putting further pressure on already strained relations between the two neighbors. (AP Photo/S. Sabawoon, pool)
Hamid Karzai has called on Nato troops to pull out of rural areas and retreat to the main international bases in the wake of anger over a US soldier's alleged killings of 16 civilians. President Barack Obama gave his fullest endorsement yet for the...
photo: AP / S. Sabawoon, pool

US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar; updated 16 Mar 2012; published 11 Mar 2012
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US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar
Indian Express 17 Mar 2012, After five days cloaked in military secrecy, the US soldier suspected in a massacre of 16 Afghan civilians has been identified as a Washington state father of two who underwent anger management counseling a decade ago after an arrest for assault on a...

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Inside Syria - Syria: Annan's 'mission imposible'; updated 14 Mar 2012; published 11 Mar 2012
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Inside Syria - Syria: Annan's 'mission imposible'
France24 16 Mar 2012, AP - U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan warned Friday the Syria conflict can have a “serious impact” regionally if not handled properly, saying he plans to return to the nation after an advance team makes preparations. The Security Council, the U.N.’s most powerful body, has been deeply divided over Syria. Moscow and Beijing have...

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N. Korea to defy UN with satellite launch next month; updated 16 Mar 2012; published 16 Mar 2012
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N. Korea to defy UN with satellite launch next month
Huffington Post 16 Mar 2012, By Jack Kim and Jeremy Laurence SEOUL, March 16 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it will launch a "working" satellite to mark the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung's birth next month, prompting immediate fears from Japan it would in fact be another long-range missile launch in breach of a U.N. resolution. In April 2009, a long-range missile...

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Video: NATO helicopter crash kills 16 in Afghanistan; updated 16 Mar 2012; published 16 Mar 2012
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Video: NATO helicopter crash kills 16 in Afghanistan
San Francisco Chronicle 16 Mar 2012, Kabul -- In twin blows to American efforts to wage war and negotiate peace in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai on Thursday demanded a pullback of NATO troops from rural areas as part of an accelerated overall withdrawal, while the Taliban movement declared a suspension of dialogue with the United States. In practical terms, both developments...

Video: Shocking Swiss bus crash kills 28, most children; updated 16 Mar 2012; published 14 Mar 2012
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Video: Shocking Swiss bus crash kills 28, most children
Al Jazeera 16 Mar 2012, Belgium is holding a national day of mourning for 28 people killed in a bus crash in the Swiss Alps, as the first group of survivors of the horrific accident returned home. Forty-six children and four teachers from two Belgian schools were returning home from a skiing holiday late on Tuesday when their coach slammed into a concrete wall...

US threatens India over Iran oil; updated 16 Mar 2012; published 15 Mar 2012
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US threatens India over Iran oil
Ohio 16 Mar 2012, WASHINGTON: A move Thursday by a Belgian-based financial-transfers company to block Iran from global transactions is expected to isolate the country further and send it tumbling back toward a barter economy. The move by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication is the latest and perhaps the most severe of a host of...

Peacing Together: How long till West intervenes in Syria?; updated 16 Mar 2012; published 16 Mar 2012
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Peacing Together: How long till West intervenes in Syria?
BBC News 16 Mar 2012, The UN has said it will send a humanitarian mission to Syria this weekend to assess the situation there. Its team will be part of a delegation led by the Syrian government, which will also...

Hopeless Err: 'Manning punished before trial'; updated 16 Mar 2012; published 16 Mar 2012
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Hopeless Err: 'Manning punished before trial'
WorldNews.com 15 Mar 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Not only did World War II change the entire world, but it completely transformed the nature of the United States, including its futuristic foreign policies. The reason for this change is that since World War II, the U.S. has viewed each and every war through a World War II narrative. America's entrance...

Karzai 'accepts' Taliban office in Qatar; updated 29 Feb 2012; published 28 Dec 2011
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Karzai 'accepts' Taliban office in Qatar
The Columbus Dispatch 15 Mar 2012, The Daily Briefing Veep Joe Biden will have effusive praise for his boss, President Barack Obama, during a campaign stop today in Toledo. Buckeye Forum Podcast Promo...

Taliban Vow Revenge for Afghan Civilian Deaths; updated 16 Mar 2012; published 12 Mar 2012
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Taliban Vow Revenge for Afghan Civilian Deaths
The Guardian 15 Mar 2012, KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban militant group says it is suspending talks with the United States. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement Thursday that the United States kept changing the terms of the negotiations. Mujahid says that the Taliban only wanted to discuss prisoner transfers and the establishment of a political...

US Marines In Theater Ordered To Disarm For Sec Of Defense Leon Panetta Visit; updated 16 Mar 2012; published 14 Mar 2012
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US Marines In Theater Ordered To Disarm For Sec Of Defense Leon Panetta Visit
The Siasat Daily 15 Mar 2012, Kabul, March 15: US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has ordered the disarmament of the US marines meeting with him in Helmand Province. This is noteworthy because it is customary for American troops to have their rifles in hand when the US Defense Secretary addresses them. The explanation given by officials is that the soldiers were ordered to...

Syrian uprising divides minority communities; updated 03 Mar 2012; published 09 Feb 2012
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Syrian uprising divides minority communities
Yahoo Daily News 15 Mar 2012, BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria marks the first anniversary on Thursday of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, with recent army gains unlikely to quell the revolt and no diplomatic solution in sight. Troops loyal to Assad have pummeled rebel strongholds across Syria this week, deploying tanks and heavy artillery to crush...

US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar; updated 16 Mar 2012; published 11 Mar 2012
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US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar
Zeenews 15 Mar 2012, Kabul: The American soldier accused of shooting 16 Afghan villagers in a pre-dawn killing spree was flown out of Afghanistan on Wednesday to Kuwait, even as many Afghans called for him to face justice in their country. Afghan government officials did not immediately respond to calls for comment on the late-night announcement. The US military said...

Social Media Erupts After Bo Xilai Firing; updated 17 Mar 2012; published 17 Mar 2012
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Social Media Erupts After Bo Xilai Firing
The Guardian 15 Mar 2012, Leadership succession plunged into high drama as favourite to join country's ruling panel is toppled amid defection scandal Bo Xilai has been removed as Chongqing party secretary by the Chinese regime in a serious blow to his run towards joining the country's top political body, the standing committee of the Communist party. Photograph: Liu...





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