U.S. troops likely for Afghanistan in January
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though probably not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there. The White House emphasized that the president hasn t made a deci...
 3.3K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 740.0 Bomb kills 24, wounds 102 in NW Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A car bomb exploded outside a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan today, killing at least 24 people in the latest attack by suspected militants apparently aimed at avenging an army offensive along the Afghan border. The ...
2.5K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 61.0 FBI reassess its past look at Fort Hood suspect
WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an assessment of him before deciding he did not pose a threat. After the shooting, the FBI is doing a new a...
5.9K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 61.0 Give Pakistan aid, not weapons
Canada should lend Pakistan a helping hand as it struggles to stabilize its chaotic border region with Afghanistan, which is plagued by Taliban militants who threaten stability. It doesn t follow that Prime Minister Stephen Harper s government needs ...
1.0K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 61.0 The war in Afghanistan is lost
The dimensions of the unfolding disaster in Afghanistan are becoming bigger and more daunting by the day. Once-staunch defenders of the good war are starting to break ranks. Kim Howells, a former Foreign Office minister with responsibility for Afgh...
1.0K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 409.0 Fort Hood is on the mend after shootings
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) Pvt. Joseph Foster took a bullet in the leg during the Fort Hood shooting rampage. He pauses when he s asked about the mayhem, then credits a stout heritage with bringing him through the ordeal and leaving him eager for his sc...
4.0K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 61.0 Casey: Shootings leading to a hard look at Army
WASHINGTON (AP) The Army s chief of staff says the Army is taking a hard look at itself to make certain that something like the Fort Hood rampage doesn t happen again. The shootings left 13 dead and 29 wounded. The alleged gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik ...
0.8K - Nov. 8, 2009; scored 97.0 British PM: Afghan success is vital
LONDON (AP) Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan s government today to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more British lives there unless it reforms. Brown said in a speech that success in Afghanistan is vital to Bri...
1.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 123.0 Gunman: 'Allahu Akbar!'
FORT HOOD, Texas Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted Allahu Akbar! an Arabic phrase for God is great! before opening fire, the base commander said Friday. U.S. A...
9.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 160.0 Army post shooting rampage leaves 13 dead, 30 hurt
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Tex...
7.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 370.0 U.N. plans to relocate its workers
KABUL (AP) The United Nations said today that it is temporarily relocating more than half its international staff in Afghanistan following last week s deadly Taliban attack against U.N. workers the most direct targeting of its employees during de...
0.7K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 97.0 Pakistan army enters Taliban stronghold
ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters today in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan. The soldiers were fighti...
3.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 61.0 Avoidance won't end overseas war
Our military waits for Obama to act on his commanding general s request for more personnel. These additional troops are needed to effectively defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan. While our brave men and women in uniform wait for reinforcements, Obama s...
1.3K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 97.0 German leader urges U.S. to act on climate
WASHINGTON (AP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress today to tear down the walls of today and reach a deal to combat global warming. Frequently ...
5.3K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 185.0 Karzai wins Afghan election without a vote
KABUL Afghanistan s election commission proclaimed President Hamid Karzai the victor of the country s tumultuous ballot today, canceling a planned runoff and ending a political crisis two and a half months after a fraud-marred first round. The Obam...
6.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 470.0 Suicide bomber kills 30 near Pakistan's capital; UN suspends work
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) A suicide bomber killed 30 people outside a bank near Pakistan s capital today, as the U.N. said spreading violence had forced it to pull out some expatriate staff and suspend long-term development work in areas along the ...
1.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 61.0 Pakistanis voice frustrations
ISLAMABAD (AP) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came face-to-face today with Pakistani anger over U.S. aerial drone attacks in tribal areas along the Afghan border, a strategy that U.S. officials say has succeeded in killing key terro...
5.1K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 97.0 Plane, copter collide
LOS ANGELES (AP) The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were searching early today for as many as nine people off the Southern California coast following a collision between a Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter, officials said. The crash was re...
2.4K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 61.0 Hate-crimes ploy undermines free speech
What does a hate-crimes bill have to do with money for U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq? Nothing, except the National Defense Authorization Act, which will soon win final passage in Congress, also contains the Matthew Shepard and James By...
3.6K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 61.0 UN evaluates Afghan mission after attack
KABUL (AP) Traumatized U.N. staff in Afghanistan were under orders to stay home today, one day after Taliban militants stormed a guest house in the capital and killed eight people in a brazen attack that is forcing the world body to re-evaluate its...
1.3K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 97.0 | 
