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Ambassador: U.S. shouldn't pull out of Afghanistan
Sun,26 Feb 2012 04:44 PM PST
Reuters -  The United States should resist any urge to pull troops out of Afghanistan ahead of schedule in response to the violence against Americans sparked by a burning of the Koran at a U.S. military base, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker said on Sunday. "Tensions are running very high here. I think we need to let things calm down, return to a more normal atmosphere, and then get on with business," Crocker said in an interview from Kabul on CNN's "State of the Union." He added that a full investigation of the incident was underway at the Bagram airbase near Kabul. A ...
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Santorum: Romney isn't conservative enough for GOP
Sun,26 Feb 2012 06:55 PM PST
Associated Press -  The question of whether Mitt Romney is conservative enough to deserve the Republican presidential nomination regained center stage in the GOP contest Sunday, with Rick Santorum saying the former Massachusetts governor fails the test.
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Aussie PM defends job against colleague she ousted
Sun,26 Feb 2012 06:19 PM PST
Associated Press -  Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard won a resounding victory Monday against the party leader she deposed two years ago, Kevin Rudd, in a ballot of Labor Party lawmakers that she had ordered in hopes of putting down strife within her unpopular government.
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Afghan NATO base attacked, seven U.S. soldiers wounded
Sun,26 Feb 2012 05:48 PM PST
Reuters -  Seven U.S. military trainers were wounded on Sunday when a grenade was thrown at their base in northern Afghanistan, police said, underscoring the depth of anti-Western fury over the inadvertent burning of copies of the Koran at a NATO base. Despite an apology from U.S. President Barack Obama, riots raged across the country for a sixth day against the desecration of the Muslim holy book last week at the biggest NATO base in Afghanistan. Some protesters hoisted the white Taliban flag. With few signs of the crisis abating, the U.S. ...
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Emerging economies to challenge U.S. hold on World Bank
Sun,26 Feb 2012 07:34 PM PST
Yahoo! Finance - Emerging economies said on Sunday that they will challenge a tradition that has placed an American at the head of the World Bank for decades, as the Obama administration shows sensitivity to the need for change at global institutions. Full Story | Top |
Romney defends wealth, Santorum touts conservatism
Sun,26 Feb 2012 02:26 PM PST
Reuters -  In a tight race to win the Michigan primary, U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney strongly defended his wealth on Sunday and challenged voters to support someone else if they did not like his success. Romney is worth an estimated $250 million and has been accused of being out of touch with most Americans' economic struggles. The issue could be crucial in Tuesday's vote in Michigan, the state where Romney grew up but faces a tough fight after opposing President Barack Obama's bailout of the U.S. auto industry. ...
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Anti-Putin protesters form human chain in Moscow
Sun,26 Feb 2012 05:11 PM PST
Reuters -  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of Russians joined hands to form a human chain around Moscow city centre on Sunday in protest against Vladimir Putin's likely return as president in an election next week. The protesters stood side by side around the wide 16-km (10-mile) Moscow Garden Ring Road in gently falling snow, many of them wearing the white ribbons that symbolize the biggest opposition protests since Putin rose to power 12 years ago. The mood was festive as protesters, some chanting "Russia without Putin," waved at cars which hooted back in support. ...
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Santorum win in Michigan could spell chaos
Sun,26 Feb 2012 03:48 PM PST
Reuters -  The Republican presidential race faces a potential turning point on Tuesday in contests in Arizona and Michigan, where upstart Rick Santorum threatens to plunge an already unpredictable nominating battle into complete chaos.
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Gingrich: 'Secular left' trying to undermine principles
Sun,26 Feb 2012 04:48 PM PST
Associated Press -  Newt Gingrich warned members of a Georgia church Sunday that the "secular left" is trying to undermine American principles established by the Founding Fathers as he sought to rejuvenate his presidential bid in his home state.
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Pakistan completes demolition of bin Laden compound
Sun,26 Feb 2012 11:23 AM PST
Reuters -  The Pakistani home of Osama bin Laden, the place where he was killed after the biggest manhunt in history, is no more. Pakistan security forces completed the demolition of bin Laden's compound on Sunday, erasing a symbol of humiliation for Pakistan's military that has marked one of the most difficult periods in U.S.-Pakistan ties.
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Army IDs remains of last missing service member in Iraq
Sun,26 Feb 2012 12:55 PM PST
Associated Press -  The U.S military announced Sunday that it has recovered the remains of the last American service member who was unaccounted for in Iraq, an Army interpreter seized by gunmen after sneaking off base to visit his Iraqi wife in Baghdad during the height of the insurgency.
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