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Betrayed? Citizen soldiers lose jobs; U.S. government biggest offender
The jobs of the nation's citizen soldiers are supposed to be safe while they are serving their country: Federal law does not allow employers to penalize service members because of their military duties. Yet every year, thousands of National Guard and...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Local Government, Armed Forces, The Home Depot, Employment Opportunities
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Navy bomb technician who survived blast in Iraq killed in California car crash
HOBART, Ind. (AP) — A Navy bomb technician who survived a blast in Iraq that left him with severe injuries has died in a California automobile accident. U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Timothy Johns was remembered as a thrill-seeker during his...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Explosions, Accidental Death, Emergency Incidents
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Bush's long-shot campaign to be seen as Truman
The dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum was more than an opportunity for the five living U.S. presidents to compare notes on what Stefan Lorant called "the glorious burden" of the office. It also was the beginning of Bush'...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Same-Sex Marriage, AIDS, Career and Workplace, Jimmy Carter
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Court-martial opens for sergeant who killed 5 U.S. troops in Iraq
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Army Sgt. John Russell opened fire on U.S. mental health workers at a combat stress center in Iraq out of revenge after doctors said he was not eligible to leave the Army, prosecutors said Monday at the opening of...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Lawyers, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health, Health
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Syrian intervention: Some questions
WASHINGTON -- For all the armchair generals advocating U.S. military intervention in Syria, I have a few questions: Is human suffering the reason for the United States to act? That is the noblest and most altruistic of motives, and the estimated 70,...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Weaponry, U.S. Military, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Central Intelligence Agency
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Children send off hundreds of 'Letters from Home'
South Coast Plaza played host to a recent letter-writing campaign that organizers believe broke a world record for most cards written for the troops in a single afternoon. The children who participated in the April 27 "Letters from Home" campaign at the...
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One man's extraordinary walk across America
Staff WriterSEELEY — Joe “Tiger” Patrick has been carrying across the country the names and faces of the 6,655 service men and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan on a 200-square-foot banner. He began his walk April 26 from Coronado Beach and...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Washington, DC, Genetic Condition, Veterans Affairs, Google Inc.
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Iraq-Kurd oil talks break ice, long-term fix unlikely
Reuters* No final deal reached at recent talks * Previous agreements have failed to last * Regional pressures encourage Shi'ite-Kurd co-operation By Ahmed Rasheed and Isabel Coles BAGHDAD/ARBIL, Iraq, May 7 (Reuters) - A lasting solution to Iraq's dispute...Tags: Iran, Nouri Maliki, Political Fundraising, Crime, Law and Justice, Baghdad (Iraq)
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The struggle for Syria
My cousin, Ramez, was dead before the echoes of the gunshot that killed him stopped ringing. His 4-year-old daughter, Zeynab, watched him fall on a narrow street in Damascus, but she never heard the shot because she is deaf. She held onto his lifeless...
Tags: Iran, Islam, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Saudi Arabia, International Military Interventions
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Few options for Syria's Assad to strike back after Israeli raids
Reuters* Assad and allies focused on fight against rebels * May withdraw from Golan, leaving vacuum for jihadis * Hezbollah, Iran likely to deepen support for Assad By Dominic Evans BEIRUT, May 6 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has few good...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Iran, Defense Equipment, Islam, Israel
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'Timmy Failure' feeds Stephan Pastis' success
The last time "Pearls Before Swine" cartoonist Stephan Pastis walked the halls of San Marino's K.L. Carver Elementary School, he was an 11-year-old, practical-joke-loving fifth-grader with a penchant for irreverent doodling — things like the Ty-D-...
Tags: Students, Lawyers, Teaching and Learning, San Marino, Entertainment
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China Galaxy's IPO bookrunner record sets grim stage for bankers
ReutersBy Elzio Barreto and Denny Thomas HONG KONG, May 6 (Reuters) - State-owned China Galaxy Securities Co Ltd set a record for Hong Kong's IPO market on Monday, with a total of 21 banks working as joint bookrunners on its $1.37 billion offering. That...Tags: Hong Kong, Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Japan, Securities
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