Archive for 'World'
Afghanistan: The rise of ‘green on blue’ deaths
By Emma Kasprzak | BBC News | 17 May 2012 Last updated at 04:26 ET After an increase in killings of foreign troops by Afghan army and police officers, and at a time when Afghanistan is [...]
U.S. drone strikes kill 10 suspected militants in Yemen
By Mohammed Mukhashaf | Reuters – 4 hrs ago ADEN (Reuters) – Two apparent U.S. drone attacks killed at least 10 suspected al Qaeda-linked militants in Yemen on Saturday, while Yemeni government forces killed 15 others [...]
China’s Chen says officials launch crazed reprisals on family
By Chris Buckley and Sui-Lee Wee | Reuters – 6 hrs ago BEIJING (Reuters) – Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng and a family lawyer have accused local officials of detaining two of his relatives and hounding [...]
Interpol issues ‘red notice’ for fugitive Iraq VP
By SAMEER N. YACOUB | Associated Press – 1 hr 17 mins ago BAGHDAD (AP) — Interpol has put Iraq’s fugitive Sunni vice president on its most-wanted list after issuing Tuesday a so-called “red notice” for [...]
Obama’s deal with Karzai bans raids on al-Qaida bases in Pakistan
By Neil Munro – The Daily Caller President Barack Obama has promised not to attack Pakistan-based al-Qaida leaders or fighters from bases inside Afghanistan. The surprising commitment effectively bars Obama and his successors from launching another [...]
George Vujnovich is Dead at 96; Led War Rescue
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN | NY Times George Vujnovich, an O.S.S. agent in World War II who oversaw the rescue of more than 500 downed Allied airmen from German-occupied Yugoslavia, his parents’ homeland, died Tuesday in Queens. He [...]
After Obama visit, Taliban attack in Afghan capital kills at least 7
By Amir Shah and Chris Blake | Associated Press | May 2, 2012 KABUL, Afghanistan—Taliban insurgents attacked a compound housing foreigners in the Afghan capital Wednesday, killing seven people, hours after President Barack Obama made a [...]
US keeps mum on some Afghan attacks
AP | May 1, 2012 4:36 AM WASHINGTON — The military is under-reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops. The U.S.-led coalition routinely reports each time [...]
Can Obama Safely Embrace Islamists?
By Michael Hirsh | April 23, 2012 | 11:44 AM In an article in the current National Journal called “The Post Al Qaida Era,” I write that the Obama administration is taking a new view of Islamist [...]
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Austrian town with obscene [F*cking] name voting for change
The small village of F—ing will vote on whether to change its moniker next week By Nina Mandell / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS / Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 11:53 AM A town in Austria is debating whether or [...]
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