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Afghan teenager fatally stabs U.S. soldier
Gunmen attack Iraq's Akkas gasfield, three workers killed
Op-Ed: ‘Lend Your Leg’ to Pressure the U.S. to Ban Landmines
The Louis Berger Group to Help Establish the Erbil Stock Exchange in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region
The Admiral Nimitz Foundation Opens Membership for 2013 Premier Business Partners
North Korea: Where the Neocons Are Right
USO Supports Military Children When They Need it Most
Russia going back to Afghanistan? Kremlin confirms it could happen
Correspondent Byron Pitts joins ABC News from CBS
Readers Write: The tyranny of America's pro-gun majority; Do guns make us safer?
A man with one name is playing with shadow puppets on an Indonesian volcano
Column: Other issues in focus as war, economy fade
Suicide bomber in fuel truck kills nine in Iraq's Tikrit
Bomb-laden truck kills 7 at Iraqi police station
Bomb-laden truck kills 5 at Iraqi police station
Today in History

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 05:19 PM PDT

South Korea vows fast response to North; U.S. positions destroyer SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's new president vowed on Monday to strike back quickly if North Korea stages any attack, but the United States said it has seen no worrisome mobilization of armed forces by the North Koreans despite their bellicose rhetoric. "If there is any provocation against South Korea and its people, there should be a strong response in initial combat without any political considerations," South Korean President Park Geun-hye told the defense minister and senior officials at a meeting on Monday. ...

Afghan teenager fatally stabs U.S. soldier

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 04:31 PM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan teenager fatally stabbed an American soldier in the neck as he played with children in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday, as the U.S. death toll rose sharply last month with an uptick in fighting due to warmer weather.

Gunmen attack Iraq's Akkas gasfield, three workers killed

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 02:30 PM PDT

By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a contracting company in Iraq's Akkas gasfield on Monday, killing at least three local workers and kidnapping two more before burning their camp in the remote western desert. Akkas, operated by Korea Gas Company (KOGAS) in Anbar province near the Syrian border, is still not producing gas. But the attack is another indication of increased insurgent presence along the frontier where Syria's war is spilling into Iraq. ...

Op-Ed: ‘Lend Your Leg’ to Pressure the U.S. to Ban Landmines

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 01:45 PM PDT

What do United States students holding painted prostheses, a flash mob in Germany, an 11K race in Colombia, a concert in Afghanistan, and a photo exhibit in Turkey all have in common?

The Louis Berger Group to Help Establish the Erbil Stock Exchange in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 10:02 AM PDT

The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (Louis Berger) will help the Kurdistan Regional Government start up the Erbil Stock Exchange (ESX) in Iraq's Kurdistan region, a joint endeavor of the Iraqi government and private sector to build a modern securities market.Morristown, NJ (PRWEB) April 01, 2013 The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (Louis Berger) will help the Kurdistan Regional Government start up the Erbil Stock Exchange (ESX) in Iraq's Kurdistan region, a joint endeavor of the Iraqi government and private sector to build a modern securities market. ...

The Admiral Nimitz Foundation Opens Membership for 2013 Premier Business Partners

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 09:32 AM PDT

Business and corporate membership brings privileges which include free admission passes to both the museum and the Living History reenactments for customers or employeesFredericksburg, Texas (PRWEB) April 01, 2013 Please join Gen. Mike Hagee, USMC (Ret), President and CEO of the Admiral Nimitz Foundation, as he presents a special leadership seminar for members of the Foundation's Premier Business Partners featuring Marine Platoon Commander, now Corporate Executive, Donovan Campbell. This special one-day event will be held Friday, June 7th beginning at 2:30 p. ...

North Korea: Where the Neocons Are Right

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 09:23 AM PDT

Like a number of commentators, I've been fairly caustic lately about how much the neoconservatives got wrong about Iraq and the "war on terror." But when it comes to their political philosophy—summed up as "It's the regime, stupid"—the neoconservatives got a few things right. And no better proof exists than North Korea.

USO Supports Military Children When They Need it Most

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 09:06 AM PDT

USO Kicks Off April "Month of the Military Child" with Events and Activities Around the Globe.Arlington, VA (PRWEB) April 01, 2013 April is nationally recognized as Month of the Military Child and the USO will honor our nation's youngest heroes with events and activities at USO locations worldwide. ...

Russia going back to Afghanistan? Kremlin confirms it could happen

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 08:35 AM PDT

Almost a quarter century after Soviet troops left Afghanistan in defeat, Russia may return to the country by establishing "maintenance bases" for Russian-made military equipment after NATO winds down its operations there next year, defense ministry officials have confirmed.

Correspondent Byron Pitts joins ABC News from CBS

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 08:01 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran correspondent Byron Pitts is jumping from CBS to ABC News, where he will be chief national correspondent and a fill-in anchor for various broadcasts.

Readers Write: The tyranny of America's pro-gun majority; Do guns make us safer?

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 07:12 AM PDT

The Feb. 18 cover story, "My gun," says that in 2008, America became a "majority pro-gun country" in which 44 percent of US households "stash firearms" and 8 million – many of them women – carry concealed weapons. We should step back from the gun-control debate to consider the "tyranny of the majority" from Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America." While the majority rules, there is the inescapable fact that every law is not always right and doesn't always equal morality.

A man with one name is playing with shadow puppets on an Indonesian volcano

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 06:50 AM PDT

I've returned to Indonesia after a decade away. The country was where I became a reporter, and in many ways was where I was cursed (and blessed) with a certain estrangement from the country that spawned me.

Column: Other issues in focus as war, economy fade

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 06:11 AM PDT

After a dozen years of war and a half-dozen of economic troubles, the United States is beginning to wrestle with a question even more existential than those big events: What does it mean to be an American? ...

Suicide bomber in fuel truck kills nine in Iraq's Tikrit

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 03:59 AM PDT

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove an oil tanker packed with explosives into a local Iraqi government compound on Monday, killing at least nine people, mostly policemen, in the northern city of Tikrit. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Sunni Muslim insurgents tied to al Qaeda have been redoubling their efforts to weaken Iraq's Shi'ite-led government and stoke inter-communal conflict. ...

Bomb-laden truck kills 7 at Iraqi police station

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 03:01 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber drove a fuel-laden truck into a police station in central Iraq on Monday, killing seven policemen, officials said.

Bomb-laden truck kills 5 at Iraqi police station

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 01:11 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden truck near a police station in central Iraq, killing five policemen.

Today in History

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 09:01 PM PDT

Today is Monday, April 1, the 91st day of 2013. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool's Day.