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Bomb targets Iraq lawmaker from Sunni-backed list (AP)

November 20th, 2010

In this photo provided by the New York City Mayor's Office, Medal of Honor winner Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, left, and his wife Jennifer, are welcomed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to City Hall in New York, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. Giunta, from Hiawatha, Iowa, is the first living veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to receive the award.  (AP Photo/New York City Mayor's Office, Edward Reed)AP - A roadside bomb went off in the northern city of Mosul Friday, narrowly missing a member of a Sunni-backed political bloc but killing one of his bodyguards, Iraqi…

NATO wants big pullout from Afghanistan by end-2014 (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Sgt. Ysidro Gonzalez, of Alice, Texas, from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines Alpha Company storms through the door of a compound after the door was blown open to search for bomb-making materials during a patrol that came under fire from Taliban insurgents in the town of Nabuk in Helmand province, in this October 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/FilesReuters - The head of NATO said on Friday the alliance would start turning security over to Afghan forces next year under a plan NATO officials say will allow for…

NATO set for end-2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Sgt. Ysidro Gonzalez, of Alice, Texas, from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines Alpha Company storms through the door of a compound after the door was blown open to search for bomb-making materials during a patrol that came under fire from Taliban insurgents in the town of Nabuk in Helmand province, in this October 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/FilesReuters - NATO is ready to begin turning security over to Afghan forces next year, U.S. leaders said on Friday, as the first step in a plan to withdraw almost…

NATO readies for 2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Reuters - NATO is ready to begin turning security over to Afghan forces next year, with the goal of withdrawing most of the foreign troops deployed there by 2014, U.S.…

U.N. panel cuts gay reference from violence measure (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

Reuters - Arab and African nations succeeded Tuesday in getting a U.N. General Assembly panel to delete from a resolution condemning unjustified executions a specific reference to killings due to…

Militants kidnap 7 from Exxon platform off Nigeria (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

Reuters - Nigeria’s main militant group said on Tuesday it was behind an attack on an Exxon Mobil oil platform and it had kidnapped seven Nigerian workers, the second such…

Toll from Afghan clash rises to five, worst in six months (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

French soldiers are seen in Surobi district in Afghanistan. Two foreign soldiers have been killed fighting Taliban-linked insurgents in Afghanistan, NATO's International Security Assistance Force has said.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)Reuters - The NATO-led force in Afghanistan on Monday raised the death toll from a weekend clash with insurgents in the volatile east to five, making it the deadliest attack…

Violence in Bangladesh as ex-PM evicted from home (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Reuters - At least three people were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Bangladesh Saturday, and over 100 protesters were injured as officials evicted the leader of the opposition…

Russia’s spies must learn from betrayal: Medvedev (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

A billboard with a view of Moscow's Kremlin reflects in a puddle as Muscovites walk past it in the centre of Moscow in 2006. A top Russian spy turned double agent helped Washington crack a major Moscow spy ring that sparked the worst post-Cold War espionage crisis between the two countries, media and a lawmaker said Thursday.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev told Russia’s once mighty spy agency on Friday to put its house in order after a senior spymaster betrayed a network of agents to the…

Behind an Israeli Strike in Gaza, Help from Egypt (Time.com)

November 11th, 2010

Time.com - An Israeli missile assassinates a Gaza militant allegedly plotting against US forces in the Sinai Peninsula. Did Cairo provide the key assist?

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