Al-Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Baghdad Bombings
The Islamic State of Iraq, an extremist group linked to al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility in a website posting on October 27 for a pair...
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14 U.S. Deaths in Afghan Helicopter Crashes
NATO officials in Afghanistan have reported that three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopters crashed on October 26 in two separate incidents, killing...
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Lithuania Investigates CIA “Black Site” Torture Prison
The Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) is expected to approve this week President Dalia Grybauskaite's demand for a full investigation of allegations of a CIA...
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NATO Supports Obama’s Plan for Missile “Shield”
President Obama’s plans for a revamped "missile shield" for Eastern Europe has gained the support of Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer and NATO...
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NATO Meeting Heralds More Troops for Afghanistan
Day two of NATO’s Defense Ministers’ meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, continued on October 23, with NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen, U.S. Defense Secretary...
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Rich Germans Request Higher Taxes
Forty-four rich Germans have signed a petition, asking to be taxed more because they have too much money. ...
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Iran Agrees to Nuclear Fuel Deal
Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the UN-spawned International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), announced on October 21 that Iranian negotiators have agreed to a...
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Karzai Agrees to Afghanistan Runoff
The incumbent President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, announced at a Kabul press conference on October 20 that he had accepted the findings of...
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Leftist Regimes Agree to New Currency
Adding to pressure mounting against the U.S. dollar, left-wing Latin American leaders gathered in Cochabamba, Bolivia, over the weekend for the seventh Bolivarian...
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Muslims Call for Sharia in Britain
Britons learned last week that thousands of the nation’s Muslims will descend upon London to publicly protest for the implementation of Sharia or...
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China to Strengthen Trade Ties With Iran
According to Xinhua News, the Chinese government’s official press agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told visiting First Vice President of Iran Mohammad Reza...
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Hillary Clinton Ends Two-Day Trip to Russia
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton completed a two-day visit to Russia on October 14 by addressing a town-hall meeting attended by almost...
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Global Police Seek More Power
During a conference in Singapore this week, delegates to the Interpol-United Nations meeting agreed: the budding global police force needs more power. ...
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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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Wilders Wins Appeal In Britain
An immigration panel in Britain has overturned a decision by the country's Home Office that denied Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders entry into the...
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