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An American In Germany: About My Upcoming Fellowship Of A Lifetime
International politics is not my “beat” at FOX CT, but that didn’t stop me from applying for the opportunity of a lifetime, a trip to Europe to visit with my professional counterparts and interview top brass at the European Union and...Tags: Czech Republic, Journalism, Trips and Vacations, Travel, European Union
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Anti-Taliban Afghan police chief gunned down in motorcycle attack
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- A police chief who had stood up repeatedly to the Taliban was shot and killed in a drive-by attack by four insurgents on motorcycles, officials said Saturday. The police chief, Abdul Ghani, was leaving his driveway in his car...Tags: Taliban, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bombings, Hamid Karzai, National Government
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Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law
ReutersBy Miriam Arghandiwal and Ibrahimi Aziz KABUL, May 18 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women's rights in the conservative Muslim country since the...Tags: Taliban, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan
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Cuts could force Ohio National Guard furloughs
The Columbus DispatchAbout 1,800 civilian employees of the Ohio National Guard face the possibility of being required to take off 11 days without pay under a Department of Defense budget-cutting plan announced this week, state officials said yesterday. The furloughs,...Tags: Unemployment, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hungary, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Grovetown man killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing
The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.A Grovetown man was killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan on Thursday, according to the company he was employed with as a civilian contractor. Michael Robert Bradford, 26, was one of four DynCorp International personnel killed in Kabul, a company...Tags: Bombings, U.S. Army, Kabul (Afghanistan), Afghanistan, Suicide
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3 Fort Bliss soldiers die in attack in Afghanistan
El Paso Times, TexasThree Fort Bliss soldiers were killed Tuesday in a bombing attack in Afghanistan, Fort Bliss officials said on Friday. The soldiers were killed when an homemade bomb detonated in the town of Senjaray, Fort Bliss officials said in a news release. Two...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bombings, Afghanistan
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Pastor, Sister, business manager cherish years together at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradenton
Bradenton HeraldAll together they've spent 62 years in ministry at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradenton. But the pastor, the sister and the business manager are all stepping away from the leadership team this year. "It's not easy and it didn't come just overnight....Tags: Peru, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Peace Corps
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Reuters World News Highlights at 2200 GMT, May 17
ReutersMay 17 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - The outgoing head of the Internal Revenue Service provided little help on Friday to lawmakers investigating who at the tax-collection agency was responsible for targeting conservative groups for...Tags: Jacob Zuma, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Nigeria, Moscow (Russia)
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Turkey's Erdogan says U.N. must decide on any Syria no-fly zone
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday it would be up to the U.N. Security Council to decide whether to establish a no-fly zone inside Syria and said he backed the involvement of Russia and China in planned peace...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Brookings Institution, Wars and Interventions, Moscow (Russia), National Government
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Russia defends weapons shipments to Syria
MOSCOW -- Russian officials on Friday defended the country’s weapons sales to Syria, saying the country is primarily providing defense systems that are in line with international treaties. Responding to news reports that Russia has sent advanced...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Military Equipment, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Missile Systems, Ban Ki-moon
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Top U.S. general warns of sexual assault 'crisis,' meets Obama
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top general in the U.S. Armed Forces warned of a crisis of confidence in the growing ranks of women soldiers due to a rash of sexual assault cases that has prompted lawmakers to act. The warning by Army General Martin Dempsey...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sexual Assault, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserved the right to resort to both diplomatic and military options to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but insisted that U.S. action alone would not be enough to resolve the...Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Ankara (Turkey), Israel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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