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Fewer Marines needed in Iraq's western province (AP)
Thu Aug 28th at 12:57 am

AP - Conditions in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, where a brutal insurgency once ruled, have improved so dramatically that the United States is handing over resp...

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Thousands of war protesters march in Denver (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 10:46 pm

AP - Thousands of anti-war demonstrators converged near security gates outside the Democratic National Convention hall on Wednesday, chanting slogans and asking to tal...

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Iraq veterans endorse Obama (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 9:58 pm

AP - Iraq war veterans brought their military credibility to the podium on Wednesday and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama as the best candidate to lead the military and help...

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US Army continues Iraq murder conspiracy hearing (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 9:20 pm

AP - A military panel took evidence Wednesday in a hearing aimed at determining whether two U.S. soldiers should face a court-martial in the deaths of four Iraqi men l...

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Families of Nepalese workers killed in Iraq sue KBR (Reuters)
Wed Aug 27th at 8:51 pm

Reuters - KBR Inc and its Jordanian contractor are being sued for human trafficking by a Nepalese survivor and the families of 12 other employees who were killed wh...

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SoCal jury gets case of ex-Marine in Iraq deaths (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 8:10 pm

AP - A federal jury on Wednesday began deliberating whether a former Marine squad leader committed manslaughter in Iraq, marking the first time in which civilians will...

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2 US military men indicted on bribery charges (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 7:45 pm

AP - Two U.S. servicemen and several contractors exchanged nearly $100,000 to arrange contracts worth more than $1 million at an airfield in Afghanistan, according to ...

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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,148 (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 7:33 pm

AP - As of Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at least 4,148 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Pre...

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Police: Disabled Palestinian siblings hidden away (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 6:03 pm

AP - A Palestinian couple locked their disabled son and daughter away for decades out of fear they would ruin the marriage prospects of a healthy child if discovered, ...

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Israeli peace pioneer Abie Nathan dies at 81 (Reuters)
Wed Aug 27th at 5:37 pm

Reuters - Abie Nathan, an Israeli peace activist who blazed trails to Egypt and the Palestinians that his country would eventually follow, died on Wednesday. He was ...

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Top U.S. Marine sees shift from Iraq to Afghanistan (Reuters)
Wed Aug 27th at 5:27 pm

Reuters - The top U.S. Marine officer said on Wednesday he could reduce his 25,000-strong force in the former al Qaeda stronghold of Iraq's Anbar province to reinfor...

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UN: 1 more year for peacekeepers in Lebanon (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 5:23 pm

AP - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to keep a peacekeeping force in Lebanon for another year, calling for stepped-up efforts to achieve a perman...

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US forces to transfer control of Anbar to Iraqis (AFP)
Wed Aug 27th at 4:21 pm

AFP - US forces will hand over control of Anbar province to Iraqi troops in the coming days, military officials said Wednesday, touting improved security in the region.

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Obama Aide Says U.S.-Iran Negotiations Necessary for Iraq Exit (Bloomberg)
Wed Aug 27th at 3:57 pm

Bloomberg - Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Talks with Iran would help Senator Barack Obama make good on a pledge to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months ...

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Israeli peace warrior Abie Nathan dies at 81 (AFP)
Wed Aug 27th at 3:53 pm

AFP - Outspoken Israeli peace activist Abie Nathan, who served jail time for repeatedly defying Israeli law during his life-long campaign in the Middle East, died on W...

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Jordan reaches out to militant Hamas (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 3:41 pm

AP - In an about-face, Jordan is reaching out to the Hamas militant group amid fears that a collapse of Mideast peacemaking would bring an influx of refugees. But the ...

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US military says Baghdad bombing suspect detained (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 3:29 pm

AP - The U.S. military says it has captured a suspected senior Shiite militant believed to be behind a June bombing in Baghdad that killed four Americans and six Iraqis.

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Iraq's holy city of Najaf witnessing a boom (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 3:03 pm

AP - The city's first airport is weeks away from opening, but already a bigger one is talked about. Land prices are soaring. Merchants say they don't remember business...

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Woman given care after 20 years in cellar (Reuters)
Wed Aug 27th at 2:42 pm

Reuters - A charity in the West Bank offered shelter on Wednesday to a mentally handicapped Palestinian woman whose father had made her live for most of the past 20...

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Hamas breaks Gaza school strike led by rival Fatah (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 2:40 pm

AP - The ruling Hamas movement replaced hundreds of striking teachers with its own supporters Wednesday, purging Gaza's schools of political rivals and deepening its c...

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Combat flares in 3rd area of Pakistan border belt (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 2:08 pm

AP - Pakistani troops drove off a Taliban attack on a fort and pounded another band of militants holed up in a health center, officials said Wednesday as fighting spre...

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Israeli released from arrest after Gaza Strip protest (AFP)
Wed Aug 27th at 12:20 pm

AFP - Police on Wednesday released an Israeli they held overnight for joining international activists who sailed to the Gaza Strip in defiance of Israel's blockade of ...

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Japanese aid worker found dead as Afghan casualties rise (AFP)
Wed Aug 27th at 12:02 pm

AFP - Police found the bullet-ridden body of a Japanese aid worker in Afghanistan on Wednesday, a day after he was kidnapped, as scores of rebels died in bloody clashe...

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Russia Flexes Its Muscles in Mideast (Time.com)
Wed Aug 27th at 11:50 am

Time.com - The re-emerging Cold War tensions are spreading, as Russia agrees to strengthen military ties with Syria

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Nearly 50 militants killed on Pakistan-Afghan border: officials (AFP)
Wed Aug 27th at 9:31 am

AFP - Pakistani troops Wednesday killed up to 50 militants, including foreign fighters, near the troubled Afghan border amid an upsurge in Taliban-inspired bloodshed, ...

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Iran hangs second youth for crime committed as a minor (AFP)
Wed Aug 27th at 9:13 am

AFP - Iran has hanged a man for a murder committed at the age of 15, a report said on Wednesday, the second execution in a week that violated international rights conv...

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30 suspected Taliban killed in Afghanistan (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 9:06 am

AP - More than 30 suspected Taliban fighters died in clashes and airstrikes, while a Japanese aid worker kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan has been found dead, official...

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Iran general says Israel too vulnerable to attack (AFP)
Wed Aug 27th at 9:01 am

AFP - The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, General Mohammad Ali Jafari, said on Wednesday that Israel is too vulnerable to Iran's longer-range missiles to da...

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German soldier killed in Afghan attack: Berlin (AFP)
Wed Aug 27th at 8:42 am

AFP - A German soldier was killed in an attack in northern Afghanistan Wednesday that also slightly injured three other German troops, German Defence Minister Franz Jo...

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Russia: Afghan transport deal with NATO stands (AP)
Wed Aug 27th at 8:21 am

AP - A deal allowing NATO to supply its troops in Afghanistan using Russian territory is still valid despite Moscow's decision to freeze military cooperation over the ...

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