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Pullout debate rages despite calm in Iraq
The Swampby Liz Sly BAGHDAD -- No one disputes that Baghdad is calmer, but Iraqi opinions are deeply divided over whether the lull means it is safe to start contemplating a withdrawal of U.S. forces -- a debate that intensified ahead......Tags: George Bush, Religious Conflicts, Terrorism, Defense, Iraq War
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Obama arrives in Baghdad
Tribune correspondentSen. Barack Obama arrived in Baghdad on Monday for a firsthand look at conditions on the ground in Iraq as part of a tour of the Middle East and Europe designed to burnish his foreign-policy credentials. Obama landed first in the southern city of Basra,...Tags: George Bush, Religious Conflicts, Terrorism, Defense, Iraq War
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On this day in history
On July 19, 1553, Lady Jane Grey, 15, was deposed after nine days as Queen of England, and King Henry VIII's daughter Mary was proclaimed queen. In 1814 Samuel Colt, inventor of the Colt revolver, was born in Hartford, Conn. In 1848 a women's rights...Tags: George Bush, Michael Collins, Summer Olympics, ConAgra Foods Incorporated, Government
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Swap ends sad chapter of war
Associated PressIsrael freed a notorious Lebanese attacker and four other militants yesterday after Hezbollah handed over two black coffins with the bodies of Israeli soldiers, a dramatic prisoner swap that closes a painful chapter from the 2006 war in Lebanon. Samir...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Armed Conflicts, Civil Unrest
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Donated cell phones help military personnel overseas
Forum Publishing GroupStuart Wolfer spoke to his family at least once a month. Though Wolfer was in the Army serving in Baghdad, they hoped he would be relatively safe. He was an officer. He didn't fight on the front lines. Nothing could have prepared them for the knock on...Tags: Boynton Beach, Defense, Boca Raton, Charity, Beach Vacations
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U.S. base attack in Afghanistan spreads fears
The Associated PressAn insurgent raid that penetrated an American outpost in eastern Afghanistan, killing nine soldiers, has deepened doubts about the U.S. military's effort to contain Islamic militants and keep locals on its side. Moving before dawn Sunday, 200 fighters...Tags: Death and Dying, Religious Conflicts, Terrorism, Defense, Armed Conflicts
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Israel closes Gaza crossing after attack
Israel crossings with the Gaza Strip were closed Friday in retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire that has violated a rocky truce as Gaza's Islamic Hamas rulers responded by suspending talks on freeing a long-held Israeli soldier. Under the terms of the... -
Attacks in Iraq amid report of less violence
Associated PressBAGHDAD — Bombs and gunfire took a bloody toll Wednesday, killing 20 Iraqis and a U.S. soldier, even as military officials reported a sharp fall in attacks over the past year. The spate of bombings Wednesday came a day after Iraqi officials stepped...Tags: Law Enforcement, Bombings, Religious Conflicts, Terrorism, Defense
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Forget us versus them
The French historian Jacques Bainville once observed that "things have never gone well." A useful reminder. But still, the world's prospects seem to me more gloomy today than 10 or 20 years ago. Presumably they would look brighter to a communist...Tags: George Bush, Economic Policy, Confucianism, International Organizations, Philosophy
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Get a grip on Dhaka
While the CIA and the Pentagon search in vain for Osama bin Laden in the mountains of northwest Pakistan, an Al Qaeda affiliate has been quietly building up terrorist bases in the jungles of Bangladesh under the protective aegis of a new military regime...Tags: Corruption, Emergency Planning, Freedom of the Press, Terrorism, Defense
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