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- Senate OKs Obama's choice for Afghan commander
- Correction: Women In Combat story
- Syrian spokesman flees country, diplomat says
- Factbox: "Fiscal cliff" offers of Republicans, Obama compared
- Navy secretary supports upgrading Marine's medal
- House Republicans unveil new fiscal cliff offer
- Cough keeps former President George H.W. Bush in hospital
- Job Market Predictions for 2013 and Beyond, Part I
- Iran hints direct talks with US are possible
- Dutch police raid PKK meeting, hold 55 for questioning
- Veterans' gun rights sticky issue in defense bill
- Iran says direct talks with US are 'possible'
- Iraq telecom operator to go public in early 2013
- Soldier in WikiLeaks case seemed suicidal at times: sergeants
- Scandals: #4 General David Petraeus affair
| Senate OKs Obama's choice for Afghan commander Posted: 03 Dec 2012 04:23 PM PST The Senate has approved President Barack Obama's choice to be the top commander in Afghanistan. |
| Correction: Women In Combat story Posted: 03 Dec 2012 04:17 PM PST In a story Dec. 1 about women in combat, The Associated Press reported erroneously that former Marine Capt. Anu Bhagwati served at Camp Pendleton. Bhagwati served in officer training school at the base in Quantico, Va. She was stationed at Okinawa, Japan, and Camp Lejeune, N.C.. |
| Syrian spokesman flees country, diplomat says Posted: 03 Dec 2012 03:19 PM PST CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian foreign ministry spokesman, who was the most public face of Bashar al-Assad's government as it battled a 20-month-old uprising, has fled the country, a diplomat in the region said on Monday. Jihad al-Makdissi, who is in his 40s, previously worked at the Syrian embassy in London and returned to Damascus a year ago to serve as spokesman for the ministry, defending the government's crackdown on the revolt against Assad's rule. He had little influence in a system largely run by the security apparatus and the military. ... |
| Factbox: "Fiscal cliff" offers of Republicans, Obama compared Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:47 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Both President Barack Obama and Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have made opening offers in negotiations to resolve the "fiscal cliff. Here is a look at the two proposals, which are aimed at averting a more drastic combination of tax increases and spending cuts that economists say could cause a recession: REPUBLICAN OFFER House Republican leaders on Monday called for $2.2 trillion in new deficit reductions over 10 years. ... |
| Navy secretary supports upgrading Marine's medal Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:32 PM PST Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is recommending the Defense Department upgrade a fallen San Diego Marine's Navy Cross to the Medal of Honor. |
| House Republicans unveil new fiscal cliff offer Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:12 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republican leaders on Monday called for $2.2 trillion in new deficit-reduction over 10 years in their latest effort to avert an end-of-year fiscal cliff. When counting deficit reductions enacted last year and anticipated savings from winding down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the package would amount to $4.6 trillion in savings over a decade, according to House Republicans. House Speaker John Boehner and six other House Republican leaders made the offer in a letter to President Barack Obama. ... |
| Cough keeps former President George H.W. Bush in hospital Posted: 03 Dec 2012 09:25 AM PST
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| Job Market Predictions for 2013 and Beyond, Part I Posted: 03 Dec 2012 07:36 AM PST Whether you're a clerk or a CEO, unemployed, well-employed, or self-employed, it helps to have a sense of what's next. Here's my take: |
| Iran hints direct talks with US are possible Posted: 03 Dec 2012 07:25 AM PST Direct talks between Iran and the United States are possible, but any such breakthrough would have to be approved by the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's foreign minister said Monday. |
| Dutch police raid PKK meeting, hold 55 for questioning Posted: 03 Dec 2012 06:54 AM PST AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police raided a secret meeting of members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Monday and detained 55 people after a tip from the intelligence service, prosecutors said. The PKK has been fighting for Kurdish self-rule in southeastern Turkey since 1984 and is designated as a terrorist organization by Ankara, the United States and the European Union. It has also been banned in the Netherlands since 2007. ... |
| Veterans' gun rights sticky issue in defense bill Posted: 03 Dec 2012 06:28 AM PST
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| Iran says direct talks with US are 'possible' Posted: 03 Dec 2012 04:13 AM PST Iran's foreign minister says direct talks with the U.S. are "possible" but that any such breakthrough initiative must be approved by the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. |
| Iraq telecom operator to go public in early 2013 Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:18 AM PST The Iraq Stock Exchange says one of the country's largest mobile operators will start publicly trading its shares early next year. It will be the first stock float since the reign of Saddam Hussein. |
| Soldier in WikiLeaks case seemed suicidal at times: sergeants Posted: 02 Dec 2012 07:21 PM PST
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| Scandals: #4 General David Petraeus affair Posted: 02 Dec 2012 05:56 PM PST
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