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submitted by eooties 43 months ago, from afp.google.com
Virginia Senator Jim Webb, a gruff marine veteran and military expert with blue collar appeal, on Monday definitively ruled out serving as Barack Obama's Democratic vice presidential running mate. Webb, who could have brought national security heft to Obama's ticket, and may have been able to help.. More
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submitted by bafficio 43 months ago, from afp.google.com
Leaders of the world's richest countries began arriving in northern Japan on Sunday for a summit aimed at tackling red-hot oil and food prices that could derail global economic growth. Authorities sealed off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, with demonstrations relegated to the island's largest.. More
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submitted by animaniac 43 months ago, from afp.google.com
Biofuels have caused world food prices to increase by 75 percent, according to the findings of an unpublished World Bank report published in The Guardian newspaper on Friday. More
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submitted by grandie4 43 months ago, from afp.google.com
Retired US General Wesley Clark on Sunday said Republican White House hopeful John McCain lacked executive experience to be president, in rare criticism of the Vietnam veteran's military service. Clark told CBS television that McCain was a hero for enduring years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam... More
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submitted by bafficio 43 months ago, from afp.google.com
Pakistani forces pressed ahead with an anti-militant offensive near the Afghan border for a second day Sunday, in a move aimed at easing US fears over Islamabad's talks with insurgents. Soldiers were setting up checkposts in the northwestern Khyber tribal district, a day after launching... More
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submitted by riverdrops 44 months ago, from afp.google.com
The US military is to hand over security control of the former Sunni insurgent bastion of Anbar province to Iraqi forces in the next 10 days, a US military spokesman announced on Monday. "The handover of Anbar is expected to take place in the next 10 days," Lieutenant David Russell told AFP... More
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submitted by bafficio 44 months ago, from afp.google.com
Afghan and NATO troops backed by helicopter gunships killed 23 Taliban rebels Wednesday in a huge "clean-up" operation to drive out militants entrenched in villages near Kandahar. Two Afghan troops also died in the offensive in southern Arghandab district, which was launched after a burst... More
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submitted by blueheat 48 months ago, from afp.google.com
US President George W. Bush plans to veto legislation passed by the Senate to bar the CIA from using harsh interrogation methods including waterboarding, his spokeswoman said Thursday. "The president will veto that bill," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino. More
