Obama Sending 13,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
The Washington Post reported on October 13 that the U.S. military is deploying 13,000 additional troops to Afghanistan — in addition to the...
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McCaffrey: 10 More Years of War in Afghanistan
Retired General Barry McCaffrey told MSNBC's Meet the Press Sunday that the United States faces 10 more years of war in Afghanistan. ...
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Bangkok Climate Talks End on “Rich-Poor” Note
A two-week-long series of UN climate-change talks in Bangkok attended by delegates from 180 countries ended on October 9, with their most notable...
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Israel’s Foreign Minister Pessimistic About Palestine Peace
Speaking in a radio interview reported by the BBC on October 8, Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that those who think Israel...
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Saving the Planet, One Empty Bladder at a Time
All Nippon Airways declares that empty bladders will lead to cleaner air. According to their algorithm, an empty bladder means a lighter passenger...
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Communist China at 60
On October 1, the Beijing government celebrates the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, declared formally through a...
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Iran Sends Mixed Signals on Nuclear Program
Speaking two days before Iran is scheduled to meet the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany in Geneva to...
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Iran Tests Long-range Missiles
Iran’s state-sponsored Press TV news channel announced on September 28 that the nation’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) had test-fired two long-range missiles. ...
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Obama Condemns Iran Over Secret Nuclear Plant
Appearing at a press conference at the Pittsburgh Convention Center with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the...
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McChrystal Afghanistan Report Calls for More Troops
What had previously been suspected from reports leaked from private sources is now official: U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S....
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McChrystal Wants More Troops in Afghanistan
A Fox News report on September 16 cited sources that said U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces...
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Karzai Denies Afghan Vote Fraud, Blames Media
Speaking at his first press conference since Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election, President Hamid Karzai on September 17 denied that massive fraud had...
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Japan May Withdraw Support for Afghan War
Yukio Hatoyama took office on September 16 as Japan's new prime minister, following an August 30 electoral victory in which he led the...
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Karzai Gets 54% of Afghan Vote, Dispute Continues
Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission released figures on September 16 showing President Hamid Karzai with 54.6 percent of the vote in the first complete...
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China Calls for WTO to Settle Trade Dispute
China's Ministry of Commerce on September 14 called for the World Trade Organization to help settle a tariff dispute with the United States...
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