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Parents: No word on US journalist missing in Syria
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — From their New Hampshire home, the parents of a foreign journalist who has been missing in Syria since he was kidnapped more than a month ago appealed to his captors for...
View ArticleObama-Karzai talks near: How many US troops should stay in Afghanistan?
With Afghan President Hamid Karzai set to arrive for a meeting at the White House next week, the Obama administration is considering three options for how many troops it wants to leave in the country...
View ArticleArmy major pleads guilty to accepting gratuities
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Army major has pleaded guilty to accepting thousands of dollars in gratuities from contractors while in Iraq.
View ArticleHow Air Force database is preventing its old bombs from claiming new victims
The work of one amateur historian in the US Air Force is quietly upending the conventional wisdom and history of America’s wars.
View ArticleChildren's Defense Fund Proposes New Gun Safety Laws
New Key Facts Released on Children and GunsWASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) released a federal policy agenda to protect children from the...
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Record number of women sworn into new U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If the new U.S. Congress that convened on Thursday turns out to be less confrontational, more willing to reach reasoned, bipartisan compromise, less ... well ... on steroids,...
View ArticleTurkish Kurd deputies meet jailed militant leader Ocalan: lawmaker
DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) - Two Kurdish lawmakers made a rare visit to Abdullah Ocalan at his island prison on Thursday, signaling that Turkey is negotiating with the influential militant leader over ending...
View ArticleOpen Doors to Release 2013 Worst Persecutors List Jan. 8 at D.C. Press...
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View ArticleSupportingPals.com Redefines Fundraising by Allowing Online Shoppers to...
SupportingPals.com's innovative website allows shoppers to save money, while generating donations for their favorite non-profits and Schools. Over 2,000 merchants have joined SupportingPals.com each...
View ArticleRecord Low Mortgage Rates Make an Ideal Environment for Returning US Veterans...
US Military veterans can leverage a VA Home Loan today while taking advantage of a recovering housing market, and historically low mortgage rates. This unique combination of events is rare and...
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Excavators head to Myanmar to find WWII Spitfires
LONDON (AP) — An airplane-obsessed farmer, a freelance archaeologist and a team of excavators are heading to the Myanmar city of Yangon on Saturday to find a nearly forgotten stash of British fighter...
View ArticleSecurity America Mortgage Partners with Non-profit Organizations to Raise...
Enhancing the lives of veterans in Houston takes efforts from both private business and non-profit organizations.Houston, Tx (PRWEB) January 05, 2013 Recently, staff members from Security America...
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Sectarianism will prolong instability in Iraq: Saudi Arabia
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Saturday warned Iraq against sectarian extremism after two weeks of protests by Sunni Muslims against Baghdad's Shi'ite-led government. The street protests across...
View ArticleFugitive Saddam deputy lends support to Iraq Sunni protests
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The most senior member of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's entourage still at large has urged Sunni Muslim anti-government protesters to stand their ground until Shi'ite Prime...
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Vets face confusion using GI Bill at state schools
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In choosing to serve her country in uniform, Hayleigh Lynn Perez knowingly accepted a nomadic life. Now the former Army sergeant says she and thousands of other veterans trying to...
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McChrystal takes blame for Rolling Stone article
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaking out for the first time since he resigned, retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal takes the blame for a Rolling Stone article and the unflattering comments attributed to his staff...
View ArticleGun owners push back: a former Marine's letter to Dianne Feinstein
Talk of reviving an assault weapons ban and creating a national gun registry in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre is touching a deep nerve in America, epitomized this week by debate over...
View ArticleTakeaway from Assad's speech? There will be no meaningful dialogue.
Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN's special envoy to Syria, surely listened to President Bashar al-Assad's speech to the Syrian people today with a growing feeling of dread.
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Turkey's Erdogan rules out amnesty for Kurdish militants
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan ruled out a general amnesty for Kurdish militants on Sunday but said intelligence agents would continue to talk to the rebels' jailed leader...
View ArticleMcConnell takes wait-and-see approach on Hagel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's top Republican says he'll need to take a close look at what former Sen. Chuck Hagel — who's the front-runner to be the next defense secretary — has said in the past on...
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