 Operation Serve and Tell: Servicemembers encouraged to blog
U.S. troops are invading the blogosphere in increasing numbers to speak their minds about everything from the most mundane topics to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Stars and Stripes
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 How Obama's strategy on Afghanistan war evolved
This article is adapted from “Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power,” to be published by Crown on June 5. It was just one brief... (photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Bradley Lail) The Dallas Morning News
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 Obama weighs in on Euro economic crisis
Camp David - Leaders of the world's most powerful nations were to focus their attention on Europe's economic woes on Saturday after President Barack Obama threw his... (photo: AP) Independent online (SA)
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 Rush Limbaugh Defends Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin Over Tax Allegations
Rush Limbaugh praised Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who has been accused of attempting to dodge millions of dollars in taxes, for having business savvy on his... (photo: AP / Ron Edmonds) Huffington Post
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 UN says al Qaeda behind Syria suicide bombs death toll from civil war reaches 10,000
UN leader Ban Ki-moon has said he believes al-Qaeda committed a major bomb attack in Damascus that left dozens dead, and that up to 10,000 people have now been killed in... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Daily Telegraph
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 President Obama: Silence Is Still Betrayal
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When the White House refused to offer an explanation as to why U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan killed six innocent... (photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast) WorldNews.com
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 Bomb blasts at bird market in Baghdad kill 4
SAMEER N. YACOUB Associated Press= BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say three bombs have struck a bird market in eastern Baghdad, killing four people and wounding dozens.... (photo: AP / Emad Matti) The Guardian
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 US Is Ready for Attack on Iran If Need Be, Says Ambassador to Israel
The United States is militarily ready to carry out a strike on Iran to stop it from obtaining a nuclear weapon if international pressure fails, American ambassador to... (photo: US Navy / MCS3 Alex R. Forster) ABC News
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 Study links vets to brain disease seen in athletes
WASHINGTON (AP) — A small study raises more concern about the long-term consequences of brain injuries suffered by thousands of soldiers — suggesting they may be at risk... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Houston Chronicle
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 The power of thought
Cathy Hutchinson imagined picking up her coffee from the table. She thought hard about bringing the red bottle toward her lips and taking a drink, without any assistance.... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) The Boston Globe
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 Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses
Army leaders said Wednesday they are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder after... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) The Washington Times
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 Exclusive - Iran flouts U.N. sanctions, sends arms to Syria - panel
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic... (photo: AP) The Star
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 Iraqis held illegally in 'closed' prison, rights group claims
Human Rights Watch accuses Iraqi security forces of 'grabbing people outside of the law' and putting them in secret jails Human Rights Watch claims troops controlled by... (photo: US Army file / Staff Sgt. Brian D. Lehnhardt) The Guardian
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 Hollande to be sworn in as new French President
Paris, May 15: Francois Hollande will be sworn in as France's first Socialist president in 17 years in a hurried ceremony on Tuesday before a dash to Berlin to challenge... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena) The Siasat Daily
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 Fighting kills 32 as Syria peace plan falters
Fighting in Syria has killed at least 32 people, activists said, and Saudi Arabia said stubborn violence was shredding the credibility of a U.N.-Arab League peace plan... (photo: U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Joseph Roberts) Otago Daily Times
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 Palestinian prisoners to end mass hunger strike
Israel has reached a deal with Palestinian prisoners to end a mass-hunger strike in its jails, resolving a dangerous stand-off that had led to warnings of a major... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Daily Telegraph
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 Americans Train Ugandans For Somalia Mission
KAKOLA, Uganda (AP) â American military advisers in Uganda are drawing on lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to help train African Union soldiers to fight... (photo: AP / Stephen Wandera) National Public Radio
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 Iran tells West to 'correct its manner' ahead of talks
AFP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday urged the West to "correct its manners" if it wants to win the respect of Iranians, as Tehran and the world powers meet in... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) France24
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 Peter Berg takes command of 'Battleship' action
ABOARD THE USS SPRUANCE - On a clear, windless morning in January, director Peter Berg climbed from a U.S. Navy helicopter onto the deck of this 9,200-ton destroyer... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Torrey W Lee) The Charlotte Observer
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 Iraq bombings kill six
AFP - Six people were killed in attacks in central and northern Iraq on Monday, including five who died in a spate of bombings in the former insurgent bastion of... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) France24
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