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Soldier's daughter gets a school day surprise in Bristol
BRISTOL — Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but that doesn't mean the time apart is any easier. After being in Afghanistan for more than five months, a local soldier has returned home and he couldn't wait to see his 6-year-old daughter....Tags: Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Report: Westville Marine Birchfield's killer may have been using drugs
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A U.S. military report suggests an Afghan security contractor convicted in the fatal shooting a U.S. Marine from Indiana was a frequent drug user and may have smoked opium or hashish hours before the killing in one of...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, Recreational Substance Use, U.S. Military, Crimes
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Lieberman: Report on Army mind tricks 'weird'
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the U.S. senators allegedly targeted by an Army unit using psychological operations to help get more money and troops for the Afghanistan war says he doesn't believe he's been "brainwashed." Independent Sen. Joe...Tags: Connecticut, Joe Lieberman, Washington, DC, U.S. Army, CNN (tv network)
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Officer who fought dismissal under 'don't ask, don't tell' to retire with full rank, pension
Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach will be allowed to retire from the U.S. Air Force on Oct. 1 with his full rank and his pension intact.
When he got that news recently, the 20-year veteran decorated flight officer, who has flown combat missions over Kosovo,...Tags: Politics, Retirement, Wages and Pensions, U.S. Department of Justice, Interior Policy
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Highlights of Obama's $3.73 trillion budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at what President Barack Obama has requested in his $3.73 trillion budget for the 2012 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. ____ Agency: Agriculture Spending: $145.6 billion Percentage Change from 2011: 1.5 percent decrease...Tags: Medical Services, Labor Markets, Politics, Migration, Health Insurance
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Local group donates 'golf for troops'
BUCHANAN, Mich. -- Tens of thousands of American troops are serving overseas in Afghanistan right now. And while their mission is a big one, it doesn't mean they don't have some down time now and then.
Jim Foster of Buchanan learned that from his son,...Tags: Charity, Lifestyle and Leisure, Korean War (1950-1953), Golf, Facebook
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British soldiers descend on Imperial
Staff WriterIMPERIAL — Scorching heat, desert sand and locals’ scrutiny are just some of the things that members of the British Army Air Corps 672 Squadron 9 can expect when they deploy to Afghanistan. But when they landed a helicopter at T.L. Waggoner...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, United Kingdom, Armed Forces, Military Equipment
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British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street, in what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a terrorist attack. A dramatic clip filmed by an onlooker just minutes after...Tags: Suicide, Religion and Belief, Riots, Murder, Prosecution
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ANALYSIS-Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
Reuters* Moderate Islamist-led government cracks down on Salafists * Rupture raises risk of fuelling armed radicals in N.Africa * Main Salafist group rejects state, shuns elections * Secular Tunisians fear for freedom, stability By Tarek Amara TUNIS, May 23...Tags: Algeria, Egypt, Zine el Abidine ben Ali, Politics, Tunisian Revolution (2010-2011)
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Analysis: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
ReutersTUNIS (Reuters) - For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian cities. The...Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief, Religious Conflicts, Justice and Rights, Muammar Gaddafi
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REFILE-British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack
Reuters(Refiles overnight item to correct typographical error in crosshead) * Soldier hacked to death in attack in London * Police shoot two suspects who now in hospital * PM Cameron says likely terrorist incident * Attackers scream Islamic slogans By Maria...Tags: Suicide, Religion and Belief, Riots, Murder, Prosecution
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Khaled Hosseini discusses novel, "And the Mountains Echoed," at NY reading; book spans decades
AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Khaled Hosseini, whose novels have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide, knows what a lucky man he is. "What separates me from someone in the streets of Kabul is such a thin line," says the Afghan-American author of "The...Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Barnes & Noble, Authors, George Saunders, Manhattan (New York City)
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