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Nov 6 2009
Reporting from Washington - As President Obama struggles over a new military strategy for Afghanistan, his advisors are trying to satisfy sharply divergent demands: assuring Americans that any military buildup will be limited while convincing Pakistan...
Nov 6 2009
Taliban-led insurgents in Afghanistan have devised ways to cripple and even destroy the expensive armored vehicles that offer U.S. forces the best protection against roadside bombs by using increasingly large explosive charges and rocket-propelled...
Nov 5 2009
Barack Obama and his Democratic Party were given clear warning yesterday that they face a potentially disastrous 2010 after big Republican victories on Tuesday signalled mounting voter discontent with the economy and the President’s spending...
Nov 3 2009
Kidney donors may be stuck with shocking medical bills because having one kidney could constitute a pre-existing condition resulting in a denial of health care coverage, according to UPI . Hospital officials verbally warn organ donors that having one...
Oct 28 2009
These are heady times for advocates of legalized marijuana in California — and only in small part because of the newly relaxed approach of the federal government toward medical marijuana.
Oct 24 2009
US President Barack Obama’s call for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba has got quite the chorus line of support from the music world, with R.E.M., Pearl Jam and Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello all adding their...
Oct 24 2009
Crews struggled to contain a huge, smoky fire at fuel storage facility outside Puerto Rico’s capital Friday following an early morning explosion that knocked out windows and shook the ground in the U.S. territory. A plume of inky black smoke...
Oct 22 2009
Dick Cheney has emerged from the shadows once again to attack Barack Obama’s Afghanistan strategy. The former vice president accused Mr Obama of ‘dithering’ over a troop surge and urged him to ‘do what it takes to...
Oct 21 2009
Talks to end a nearly four-month-old political crisis in Honduras have again stalled, with a representative for deposed President Manuel Zelaya calling the interim government’s latest offer “insulting.” Representative Victor Meza...
Oct 21 2009
President Barack Obama challenged Wall Street to embrace his proposed financial regulations at a New York City fundraiser Tuesday night. Obama criticized the “reckless speculation and deceptive practices and short-sightedness and...