Additional U.S. Troops to Head for Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, while flying on December 11 to a regional military base for international forces in Kandahar, Afghanistan, told reporters...
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British Troops to Start Iraq Exit in March
Sources within the British Ministry of Defence in London revealed on December 9 that British troops will start pulling out of Iraq in...
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Putin Optimistic About Dealings With Obama
During a nationwide call-in program called "A Conversation with Vladimir Putin," broadcast live from a Moscow studio on December 4, the Russian prime...
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Sweden Unsuccessful Integrating Immigrants
The Swedish welfare state is far from successful when it comes to integrating immigrants into its economy. Among first-generation immigrants from non-industrialized countries,...
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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer announced on December 2 that the alliance has agreed to a "conditional and graduated re-engagement" with...
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India Protests to Pakistan About Mumbai Attacks
On December 1, the Indian government summoned Shahid Malik, Pakistan's high commissioner, to lodge a formal protest over the terrorist attacks in Mumbai....
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Economic Impact of Piracy Hits Home
The piracy that has become rampant off the coast of Somalia is reported in the news almost daily, but the recent hijacking of...
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Separate Baghdad Bomb Attacks Kill 19
Three separate bomb blasts killed a total of 19 people in Baghdad during the Monday morning rush hour on November 24, with one...
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Ukrainian Genocide: NY Times Still Covering Up
Is the New York Times "airbrushing" history again? It would seem so. On Saturday, November 22, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko presided over a...
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Iraqis Protest Against U.S. Troop Pact
Thousands of people gathered in Baghdad's Firdous Square on November 21 to protest against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until...
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Israel to Boycott UN Conference on Racism
Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on November 19, that Israel will not attend the UN's World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia...
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UN to Increase Troop Strength in DR Congo
The UN Security Council voted unanimously on November 20 to send more than 3,000 additional personnel (2,785 troops and 300 police officers) to...
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Piracy May Draw U.S. Into Somali Vortex
In December 1992, just weeks before lame-duck President George Bush left office, the United States invaded Somalia to attempt to stabilize and provide...
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Iran Test Fires New Long-range Missile
Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on November 12, that Iran had test-fired a new generation of surface-to-surface missile capable of...
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North Korean Blackmail Beats the U.S. Blacklist
ITEM: In an article entitled "U.S. says North Korea stuck to nuclear promises," Reuters reported on October 17: "North Korea has kept its...
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