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Tuesday, 01 May 2012

US military bases continue to form a strategic envelope around Iran, although the American withdrawal from Iraq at the end of 2011 may have changed the regional balance somewhat towards Iran's favour. While US forces are scaling back in many parts of the globe due to budget cuts - and have begun a gradual depature from Afghanistan to be completed by 2014 - their international presence remains vast. From an active-duty force of 1.4 million soldiers, the US has deployed some to at...

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Full video and transcript of President Obama’s speech from Afghanistan The Examiner

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Obama Speaks from Afghanistan Political Wire

"Speaking from a military base near Kabul after a brief, surprise night visit to Afghanistan on the anniversary...

Nigeria Islamist video warns of more attacks on media Yahoo Daily News

KANO (Reuters) - Islamist group Boko Haram released a video late on Tuesday celebrating its bombing of a Nigerian newspaper and warning of more attacks on local and foreign media if they published reports that were biased to the sect or insulting to Islam. Suicide car bombers targeted the offices of...

Military advances probe of Colombia scandal Yahoo Daily News

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