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Huffington Post
President Barack Obama's May 23rd speech at the National Defense University has been cited primarily for its assertion that the war against Al Qaeda has largely been won and that...
The New York Times
The United States has about 180 B61 gravity nuclear bombs based in Europe. They are the detritus of the cold war, tactical weapons deployed in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
VATICAN CITY -- He has criticized the "cult of money" and greed he sees driving the world financial system, reflecting his affinity for liberation theology. He has left Vatican...

In this photo provided by U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on his Twitter site, McCain visits troops at a Patriot missile site in southern Turkey, Monday, May 27, 2013.
SUZANNE GAMBOA Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of Syria's opposition forces got a chance to make their case for increased U.S. support directly with Sen. John McCain when he slipped into that country for a surprise visit. McCain, R-Ariz.,...
photo: AP / John McCain via Twitter
Royal Caribbean cruise cancelled in Bahamas after fire
A fire has broken out aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, forcing more than 2,200 passengers to end their trip early. The Grandeur of the Seas had left Baltimore on Friday and was en route to CocoCay in the Bahamas when fire broke out in the...
photo: Creative Commons / Leonard.inc
Austrainian Foreign Minister Bob Carr speaks to the media during the Security Council Meets on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security S/2013/133)
Foreign Minister Bob Carr says a report alleging Chinese hackers stole plans for Australia's new intelligence hub will not hit ties with Beijing. On Monday the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported blueprints setting out the...
photo: UN / UN
President Barack Obama speaks at the at the Urban and Metropolitan Policy Roundtable at the Eisenhower Old Executive Office Building in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2009
WASHINGTON — President Obama will soon accelerate his efforts to put a lasting imprint on the country’s judiciary by simultaneously nominating three judges to an important federal court, a move that is certain to unleash fierce Republican opposition...
photo: AP / Alex Brandon
William Hague
Posted: May 27, 2013 The European Union lifted the arms embargo on Syrian rebels after they were unable to gain agreement on what to do. The EU decision means that member states will be able to send weapons to the outgunned rebels beginning a few...
photo: Creative Commons / Chatham House
Myanmar Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, talks to journalists as she attends Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting of her National League for Democracy party at a restaurant in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, May 27, 2013.
AYE AYE WIN Associated Press= YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Islamic leaders expressed dismay over decisions by authorities in western Myanmar to restore a two-child limit on Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does...
photo: AP / Khin Maung Win
In this May 28, 2010 photo is seen the Camilo Cienfuegos oil refinery in Cienfuegos, Cuba. Cuba plans to build three additional loading docks and a terminal large enough to accommodate modern supertankers by 2014 at its port in Cienfuegos, part of the Cuban government's effort with Venezuela to rehabilitate and modernize the area's oil refinery.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Chevron Corp. has agreed to lend $2 billion to a joint venture with Venezuela's state oil company in an effort to boost production in an oil field in western Zulia state. Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez signed the...
photo: AP / Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina