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Stars and Stripes|by Drew Brown GOLESTAN DISTRICT, Afghanistan - Set amid a sweep of cragged peaks that run 40 miles from north to south and stretching just three miles across, the Golestan valley has been one of the most...
They warned him not to talk. When Maziar Bahari was finally freed after 118 days in an Iranian prison on phony espionage charges, he was instructed never to speak of what had happened in jail. If he told his story, his...
President Barack Obama exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing...
A presumed cigarette smuggling scheme was nipped in the bud by Swedish police earlier this week. Two North Korean diplomats were arrested Wednesday with a large quantity of cigarettes. The diplomats claimed immunity, but...
In a plea deal, he agrees to give up Zetas cartel’s plot By DANE SCHILLER HOUSTON CHRONICLE A Houston windshield repairman has admitted to helping manage a part of a broader conspiracy to traffic more than 300 military-style...
If you keep on excusing, you eventually give your blessing to the slave camp, to cowardly force, to organized executioners, to the cynicism of great political monsters; you finally hand over your brothers~~Albert Camus There is...
This week' Outlook section looks at Afghanistan and the future U.S. role there. First, read former congressman Paul McHale's take. He served as assistant secretary of defense from 2003 to 2009, and as a Marine colonel was...
By LARRY BALLARD • lballard@dmreg.com • November 21, 2009 Relatives of a Des Moines war veteran allegedly gunned down by her estranged husband last week issued what they described as "an awakening to lawmakers" Friday in an...
What better weapon is there to use against starving populations than food? A closer look at the article revealed it wasn't a Norm Coleman ploy to get folks in Minnesota to quit eating burgers and fries, nor a menu for the...
Police respond after woman spots man with weapon Tom Metcalf said he was sending apology notes Friday morning after the Carson City Sheriff's Office responded to a call that a man was carrying a weapon on Roop Street near the...
