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Afghan MP survives convoy bombing

Nov. 20 (UPI) -- At least 25 people were killed in four bombings Friday in Afghanistan, including an attack on a politician who survived. The wave of violence came the day after President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated to a...

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U.S. Enlists Allies in New Surge

Americans Seek Up to 7,000 Extra NATO Troops for Ramp-Up in Afghanistan By PETER SPIEGEL and STEPHEN FIDLER WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is in advanced talks with its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies for a...

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H1N1 may have peaked, but not over

H1N1 cases starting to dwindle, even as Tamiflu-resistant cluster detected Dr. Toral Shah examines Sammi Jiminez, 4, in a tent clinic where patients with flu symptoms are treated outside the emergency room at Dell Children's...

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A Tiny Town Salutes Its Fallen

November 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Jim Sciutto: A Tiny Town Salutes Its Fallen ABC's Senior Foreign Correspondent Jim Sciutto reports: Today, the tiny British town of Wootton Bassett reached a sad milestone: the 100th...

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Panel: No new atomic weapons needed

Committee says life of existing weapons can be extended for decades Nov. 20: Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey examines President Barack Obama’s impending strategy decision with regard to Afghanistan. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - An...

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Iran irked still over Jundallah attacks

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The government of Pakistan is expected to hand the alleged perpetrators of an October bombing in southern Iran over to Tehran, Iranian leaders said. Pakistani ties with Iran soured in the...

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Military Video System Is Like YouTube With Artillery

Making footage shareable and searchable online has sparked a revolution in the cute animal, stupid human and delicious tamale communities. New software just might mean a similar upgrade for military video intelligence: Think of...

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Australia commits to Asian security

CANBERRA, Australia, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Australian government is committed to tackling the broad security challenges presented by the multiple threats in Central Asia, s defense minister said. Australian Defense Minister John...

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Charles Peters on Afghanistan, Taxes, and Jobs

I will be 83 next month, and I find myself wanting to get across a few things I've learned during these years. Most people seem not to know them; many of my contemporaries appear to have forgotten them.

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For a nation with doubts on war, Afghanistan strategy is a conundrum

WINONA, Minn. -- Christina and Jesse Fladmark were married on Flag Day last year at a band shell on the Mississippi River. They chose the spot largely because Jesse, a soldier, draws strength from the nearby war memorial.

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