14 U.S. Deaths in Afghan Helicopter Crashes
NATO officials in Afghanistan have reported that three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopters crashed on October 26 in two separate incidents, killing...
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Iran Agrees to Nuclear Fuel Deal
Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the UN-spawned International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), announced on October 21 that Iranian negotiators have agreed to a...
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Karzai Agrees to Afghanistan Runoff
The incumbent President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, announced at a Kabul press conference on October 20 that he had accepted the findings of...
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China to Strengthen Trade Ties With Iran
According to Xinhua News, the Chinese government’s official press agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told visiting First Vice President of Iran Mohammad Reza...
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Global Police Seek More Power
During a conference in Singapore this week, delegates to the Interpol-United Nations meeting agreed: the budding global police force needs more power. ...
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Obama Sending 13,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
The Washington Post reported on October 13 that the U.S. military is deploying 13,000 additional troops to Afghanistan — in addition to the...
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McCaffrey: 10 More Years of War in Afghanistan
Retired General Barry McCaffrey told MSNBC's Meet the Press Sunday that the United States faces 10 more years of war in Afghanistan. ...
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Bangkok Climate Talks End on “Rich-Poor” Note
A two-week-long series of UN climate-change talks in Bangkok attended by delegates from 180 countries ended on October 9, with their most notable...
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Israel’s Foreign Minister Pessimistic About Palestine Peace
Speaking in a radio interview reported by the BBC on October 8, Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that those who think Israel...
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Saving the Planet, One Empty Bladder at a Time
All Nippon Airways declares that empty bladders will lead to cleaner air. According to their algorithm, an empty bladder means a lighter passenger...
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Communist China at 60
On October 1, the Beijing government celebrates the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, declared formally through a...
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Iran Sends Mixed Signals on Nuclear Program
Speaking two days before Iran is scheduled to meet the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany in Geneva to...
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Iran Tests Long-range Missiles
Iran’s state-sponsored Press TV news channel announced on September 28 that the nation’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) had test-fired two long-range missiles. ...
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Obama Condemns Iran Over Secret Nuclear Plant
Appearing at a press conference at the Pittsburgh Convention Center with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the...
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McChrystal Afghanistan Report Calls for More Troops
What had previously been suspected from reports leaked from private sources is now official: U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S....
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