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| Canada says it took Guantanamo detainee early after US pressure Reuters Khadr, 26, the youngest prisoner and last Westerner held in the Guantanamo military base, was sent back to Canada on Saturday to finish his sentence. He was 15 years old when captured in Afghanistan and later confessed to killing a U.S. soldier and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Proteas thumped by Australia in World T20 Mail & Guardian Online South African captain AB de Villiers runs between the wickets during the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup's Super Eight match between South Africa and Australia at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Ishara S.Kodikara) ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Suspected insider attack kills US soldier, contractor in Afghanistan Los Angeles Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A U.S. soldier and an American civilian contractor were shot to death this weekend in what NATO officials said on Sunday was a suspected insider attack, the latest in a disturbing surge of so-called green-on-blue killings that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US embassy asks government for additional security Philippine Star Britain, Canada and Australia on Saturday joined the US in issuing a security alert, warning westerners to be on guard amid fears they could get caught up in an attempted attack against Americans. While the US embassy did not elaborate on the threat ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Before first US presidential debate, allies debate stakes Reuters WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Three days before the first U.S. presidential debate, allies of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney debated on Sunday how the encounter between the White House contenders will influence the U.S. election. In typical ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Canada beef warning broadened to new products Reuters U.S. ». Sun Sep 30, 2012 11:51am EDT. (Reuters) - A public warning in Canada on Friday about beef possibly tainted with E. coli has been updated to include additional products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Sunday released a list of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Perspective: Will France face facts? President Hollande's campaign promises ... St. Augustine Record French President Francois Hollande swept into power in May by offering a catnip agenda to France's struggling rank-and-file: Higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations, more government-subsidized jobs, more protection for pensions and entitlements ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Minnesota trial could reveal how al-Shabab terror group recruits inside the US Fox News MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota man accused of helping to recruit and finance U.S. fighters for an overseas terror group heads to trial Monday in a case that's expected to show how some young Somali expatriates in Minneapolis were persuaded to risk their ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mass. US Senate candidates on foreign affairs Boston.com Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard Law School professor, offered views on key foreign policy and national security issues in written responses to questions posed of their campaigns by The Associated ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Why US economy is flashing conflicting signals Businessweek WASHINGTON (AP) — Anyone puzzled by the most recent U.S. economic data has reason for feeling so: The numbers sketch a sometimes contradictory picture of the economy. We've learned that: Consumers are more confident but aren't spending much. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US Postal Service defaults. Fate lies with Congress. Christian Science Monitor The U.S. Postal Service, on the brink of default on a second multibillion-dollar payment it can't afford to pay, is sounding a new cautionary note that having squeezed out all the cost savings within its power, the mail agency's viability now lies ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US military deaths in Afghanistan hit 2000 The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The killing of an American serviceman in an exchange of fire with allied Afghan soldiers pushed U.S. military deaths in the war to 2,000, a cold reminder of the perils that remain after an 11-year conflict that now garners ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| The next cold war? US gas drilling boom rattles Russian markets and ... Minneapolis Star Tribune Like falling dominoes, the drilling process called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is shaking up world energy markets from Washington to Moscow to Beijing. Some predict what was once unthinkable: that the U.S. won't need to import natural gas in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| France's Hollande faces street protest over EU fiscal pact Reuters UK Wearing his signature red scarf, Melenchon marched at the head of protesters among giant banners bearing slogans such as "Francois Hollande, We Don't Want Your Treaty" and "In Greece and in France, Let's Fight Against Finance". It was the latest in a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN Secretary-General Covers Range of Key Issues in Meetings With World ... AllAfrica.com Cuba's contribution to peace efforts in Colombia, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the participation of Gisela Alonso in the High Level Panel on the post-2015 development agenda were some of the subjects discussed in the meeting between the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Zealand, West Indies reach women's World T20 semis Yahoo! Eurosport UK A strong all-round performance by Stafanie Taylor cemented a West Indies victory over South Africa by 10 wickets, while New Zealand defeated host Sri Lanka by eight wickets, with 26 balls remaining. West Indies finished on top of the table with New ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UK suppliers and workers wait on BAE deal Financial Times A new EADS-BAE group, assuming it kept the two companies' UK workforces, would employ 52,000 people in Britain. That compares with combined BAE-EADS workforces of roughly 50,000 in both France and Germany, and 40,000 in the US. The combined ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Preserving old ships is dear to US veterans, costly for museums Reuters MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina (Reuters) - The Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, a popular tourist spot in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor, is facing the same challenge as other U.S. Navy ship museums: keeping retired, once-storied ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Africa Must Have Due Representation in Security Council, Ministers Tell UN ... AllAfrica.com "The working methods of the Security Council must be revised to ensure democratization, and its membership must be expanded to include new permanent and non-permanent members of the developing world, particularly Africa, the cradle of civilization ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Chef Race: U.K. vs. U.S.' 'Vegas or Bust' Recap Gather.com BBC America premiered Chef Race: U.K. vs. U.S. last night. This new reality show is a combination of The Amazing Race and Top Chef. Eight chefs from the United States go up against eight chefs from the United Kingdom. The goal is to eliminate all the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US Secretary of State Meets With Country's Foreign Minister AllAfrica.com Washington — The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met on Friday with Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meetings. According to the statement released by Sudan's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A history of the US Alien Tort Statute Reuters (Reuters) - The 33-word Alien Tort Statute, at the center of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, was enacted by the First Congress in 1789. It reads: "The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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