BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has offered members of armed groups in Mosul an amnesty in exchange for surrendering their weapons. He says the gunmen have 10 days starting Friday to hand over medium and heavy weapons and receive unspecified monetary compensation in return.
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Associated Press - August 20, 2008 9:03 PM ET EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) - Democratic Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones has died after suffering a brain hemorrhage caused by an aneurysm. She was 58. Tubbs Jones was a staunch...
Today Victor Davis Hanson envisions a world where the United States no longer plays the part of the “world’s policeman”. For all of the scorn and ridicule directed at the USA, is the rest of planet ready for a “Brave Old...
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) _ Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died Wednesday after having a brain hemorrhage, a Cleveland Clinic...
Story Created: Aug 20, 2008 at 7:23 PM CDT Story Updated: Aug 20, 2008 at 7:23 PM CDT WATERLOO - They're the Iowa National Guard - so called weekend warriors. Yet they're tour in Iraq had them away from home longer than many...