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Fort Hood shooting suspect's defense strategy could slow trial
ReutersFORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - The military trial of accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan hit a snag on Tuesday when lawyers ordered to help him told the judge he was making requests they could not ethically satisfy. Hasan, who faces 13 charges of...Tags: U.S. Army, Judges, Murder, Fort Hood (military base), Trials
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Fort Hood suspect expected to argue shooting was in defense of Taliban
ReutersSAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan is expected to tell a military judge on Tuesday how he plans to argue he was protecting the Taliban when he opened fire on dozens of people at the facility in 2009. The Army...Tags: U.S. Army, Military Justice, Judges, Afghanistan, Fort Hood (military base)
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Cause for hope -- and fear -- in Pakistan
There is reason for hope in Nawaz Sharif's victory in the recent Pakistani elections. Sharif, who has twice served as Pakistan's prime minister, has said he wants to build a more robust democracy, revive the country's shattered economy and end the...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, Terrorism, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Government
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America's go-to man in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province
TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan — A shy boy with filthy hands and a shabby tunic approached the great man, bowed and tried to kiss his hand. Gen. Matiullah Khan was seated like a sultan on a cushion in his hojra, his airy receiving room. He barely...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, Regional Authority, Kabul (Afghanistan), Afghanistan, National Government
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2 More U.S. Soldiers Killed by Taliban Posing as Afghan Troops
CNNA man wearing an Afghan police uniform opened fire on U.S. troops in southwest Afghanistan on Friday, killing two service members, military and Afghan officials said. The killings are the latest in a series of "green-on-blue" attacks carried out by...Tags: U.S. Army, Afghanistan, Taliban, NATO, International Organizations
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Afghanistan's Karzai urges Taliban leader Omar to run for president
World NowKABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai had a suggestion Thursday for Mullah Mohammed Omar, the fugitive leader of the Taliban movement: Run for president if you want. The Afghan leader, speaking at a news conference, urged the Taliban chief to... -
News briefs: GOP primaries in three states today; mass murder shooting at Christian school
3 GOP primaries Tuesday, but Romney and Obama act as though the fall campaign is all but set MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republican front-runner Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are trading jabs even before Republicans vote in their latest...
Tags: Democratic Party, College Sports, Hospitals and Clinics, Mumbai (India), Parties and Movements
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The Taliban's olive branch
American officials are welcoming a Taliban statement that the Afghan insurgents will set up an office in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. The move is being seen as a first step toward peace talks aimed at reconciling the Taliban and the Western-backed...Tags: Hamid Karzai, Burhanuddin Rabbani, NATO, Taliban, International Organizations
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Pakistan rips 'preposterous' ideas about its role in Afghan talks
World NowPakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said any expectations Pakistan could deliver the Taliban leader to the negotiating table for Afghan peace talks were “preposterous.”... -
U.S. offers $10-million bounty for Pakistani militant chief
World NowThe U.S. government has set a $10-million bounty on Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the founder of a Pakistani militant group with suspected links to Al Qaeda and the alleged mastermind behind the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people....
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