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Iraq OKs pact with timetable for US pullout; suicide blasts kill 17, including 2 Americans
Associated Press WriterBAGHDAD (AP) — A security pact with a timetable for pulling U.S. forces from Iraq won final government approval Thursday, even as suicide bombers killed 17 people and wounded more than 100. Two Americans were among the dead. The brazen attacks &#...Tags: Bombings, Religious Conflicts, Referenda, Local Authority, George Bush
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India's top law enforcement official admits government 'lapses' in Mumbai attacks
Associated Press WriterMUMBAI, India (AP) — India's top law enforcement official admitted Friday there were government "lapses" in last week's terror attack on Mumbai, amid a public uproar over security and intelligence failures in the deadly siege. "There have been...Tags: Law Enforcement, Guerrilla Activity, Prosecution, Terrorism, Mumbai Terror Attacks
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US may use drug law provision with stiff sentences as indictments loom in Blackwater shootings
Associated Press WritersWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is readying indictments that could send Blackwater Worldwide guards to prison for at least 30 years for their involvement in the deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians, people close to the case said....Tags: Riverside (Riverside, California), Witnesses, Prosecution, Weaponry, Trials
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Wounded veterans competing in Marathon of the Palm Beaches refuse to slow down
South Florida Sun-SentinelSix months after Army 1st Lt. Larry Brian Hicks arrived in Iraq, he injured his leg, head and back when his Humvee struck a pothole at 60 mph. The 2003 crash triggered an old wound, which eventually led to doctors amputating his left leg in May after...Tags: Injuries, Veterans Affairs, Marathon of the Palm Beaches, Marathon, Defense
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2 Americans among 17 killed by Iraq suicide bombers
BAGHDAD - Suicide bombers killed 17 people, including two American soldiers, and wounded more than 100 in a string of blasts in two Iraqi cities yesterday as a timetable for withdrawing all U.S. troops won final government approval. The brazen attacks...Tags: National Government, Guerrilla Activity, Bombings, Wars and Interventions, George Bush
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Israeli soldiers drag settlers out of Hebron house
HEBRON, West Bank - Israeli soldiers and police stormed a disputed building yesterday, dragging out 250 young settlers in a raid meant to send a warning to Jewish extremists fighting to keep what they see as God-promised land. Activists responded with a...Tags: Riots
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Robert Gates lays out agenda for U.S. military
The U.S. military must do more to improve its ability to respond to the low-intensity, irregular fights it is likely to face in the years to come, even if the nation avoids another experience like Iraq or Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates...Tags: National Government, Government, Defense, Robert Gates, Barack Obama
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Mumbai attacks put spotlight on Lashkar-e-Taiba
Lashkar-e-Taiba, the self-styled "Army of the Pure," has left its footprints in the snows of Kashmir, the back alleys of Lahore and Karachi, the harsh terrain along the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier -- and now, investigators say, in Mumbai, India, the...Tags: Heads of State, Religious Conflicts, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mumbai Terror Attacks, Condoleezza Rice
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Three Keys To Fighting Terrorism
Barack Obama's inspirational presidential victory presents the United States with a rare opportunity to start fresh in many areas, domestically and internationally. And while he has no shortage of challenges, perhaps the most important remains the...Tags: National Government, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Foreign Aid, Guerrilla Activity, Barack Obama
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In Pakistan, Rice calls for "urgent" pursuit of terrorists
Tribune correspondentAs Indian authorities named two senior Pakistani militants they say planned last week's 60-hour siege in Mumbai, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that action was needed "urgently and transparently" to track down the perpetrators....Tags: Government, Terrorism, Condoleezza Rice
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Evidence of ties to Pakistan mounts
Associated PressThe gunmen who attacked Mumbai set out by boat from the Pakistani port of Karachi and then hijacked an Indian fishing trawler that carried them toward this financial capital on their suicide mission, a top police official said yesterday. As evidence of...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Robert Gates, Tourism and Leisure, Condoleezza Rice, Metal and Mineral
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Renditions fuel anger against U.S.
Tribune correspondentNAIROBI, Kenya—Clement Ibrahim Muhibitabo is one of the forgotten ones. So is Ines Chine. So is Abdul Hamid Moosa. Rwandan, Tunisian and South African citizens respectively, the three Africans are among the victims of one of the largest if most...Tags: Prisons, Bombings, Mwai Kibaki, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Deportation
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