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 384.0 Israel commandos seize ship loaded with guns
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli commandos seized a ship today that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons bound for Lebanon s Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas the largest arms shipment Israel has ever commandeered. The Israeli ...
5.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 708.0 N. Korea aims for direct U.S. talks
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea said today it has reprocessed 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods and extracted enough plutonium to bolster its atomic stockpile, raising the stakes in an apparent effort to push the U.S. into direct negotiations. Repr...
3.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 323.0 U.S. reverses policy, engages Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) The United States began a new policy of engagement with Myanmar s ruling military junta today, sending two senior diplomats for the highest-level visit in more than a decade. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, the top ...
2.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 586.0 Sailing home
NEW YORK The new U.S. Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city today with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack. First responders, families of Sept. 11 victims and the pu...
3.4K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 384.0 N. Korea pushes for talks with U.S.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea pressed the United States to accept its demand for direct talks on the communist regime s nuclear program, issuing a veiled threat today that Pyongyang will expand its nuclear arsenal unless Washington agrees. Th...
3.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 384.0 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 553.0 China's military buildup concerns U.S. Navy leader
HONG KONG (AP) A U.S. Navy admiral expressed new concern today over China s military buildup and urged Beijing to be clearer about its intentions. With China s military growing at an unprecedented rate, the U.S. wants to ensure that expansion doe...
1.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 572.0 Current strategy is a loser
More and more, it looks as though President Barack Obama is going to adopt a split the difference policy on Afghanistan that will basically continue current strategy and likely lead to catastrophe. Obama told congressional leaders he does not int...
3.2K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 323.0 Gates: Disputed U.S. airfield should stay on Okinawa
TOKYO (AP) U.S. leaders expect Japan s new government to stick with existing agreements between the two nations, America s top defense official said Tuesday amid debate over whether to shutter a U.S. military air field on Okinawa. Japanese official...
3.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 431.0 Afghan leader agrees to runoff
KABUL Afghanistan s election commission today ordered a Nov. 7 runoff in the disputed presidential poll after a fraud investigation dropped incumbent Hamid Karzai s votes below 50 percent of the total. Karzai accepted the finding and agreed to a se...
5.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 323.0 From Anglican to Catholic
VATICAN CITY (AP) The Vatican announced surprise plans today to make it easier for Anglicans to convert, reaching out to those who are disaffected by the election of female and gay bishops to join the Catholic Church s conservative ranks. Pope Bene...
6.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 427.0 Deficit surges to $1.42 trillion
WASHINGTON What is $1.42 trillion? It s more than the total national debt for the first 200 years of the Republic, more than the entire economy of India, almost as much as Canada s, and more than $4,700 for every man, woman and child in t...
8.3K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 605.0 Deficit surges to $1.42 trillion
WASHINGTON What is $1.42 trillion? It s more than the total national debt for the first 200 years of the Republic, more than the entire economy of India, almost as much as Canada s, and more than $4,700 for every man, woman and child in t...
8.3K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 605.0 Coming Soon
Coming Soon Meet Bigfoot During Saturday s Coquille Community Celebration folks can meet and have their picture taken with Bigfoot. The elusive creature, from McAvene Designs in N. Hollywood, Calif., will be in downtown Coquille from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m...
1.3K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 323.0 North Korea: Naval clash is a possibility
SEOUL, South Korea North Korea warned South Korea today that a rash of reckless incursions at their disputed maritime border could spark a naval clash. North Korea s navy accused South Korean warships of routinely broaching its territory 10 tim...
3.6K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 431.0 Words are easy; action has value
When it comes to making tough decisions, action speaks louder than words. Since the revelations of a covert uranium-enrichment facility near the Holy City of Qom, all hell has broken loose. President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ...
3.0K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 600.0 Afghanistan corruption worries McChrystal
WASHINGTON (AP) The top military commander in Afghanistan is asking for up to 80,000 more American troops even as he warns that rampant government corruption there may prevent victory against the Taliban and al-Qaida, according to U.S. officials br...
4.7K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 685.0 Russia: New Iran sanctions won't fly
MOSCOW (AP) Russia pushed back today at U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, a setback to the Obama administration s desire to present a united front with Moscow. After meeting with U....
5.1K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 605.0 Pakistani jets bomb militants near Afghan border
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani jets bombed militant targets in the main insurgent stronghold along the Afghan border today ahead of an expected ground offensive there, while the army killed 26 insurgents elsewhere in the northwest, autho...
3.5K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 516.0 | 
