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Anti-Taliban Afghan police chief gunned down in motorcycle attack
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- A police chief who had stood up repeatedly to the Taliban was shot and killed in a drive-by attack by four insurgents on motorcycles, officials said Saturday. The police chief, Abdul Ghani, was leaving his driveway in his car...Tags: Hamid Karzai, Transportation Accidents, Shootings, NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Letters from a son: What Allentown's William Reichard saw at Antietam
He had never been in the smoky, confusing haze of gunfire. Never watched helplessly as strong young men fell dead in front of him. Until the Battle of Antietam, William Reichard didn't know war. Reichard, barely 20, left Allentown in the summer of...Tags: Battle of Antietam, Washington, DC, U.S. Army, Arts and Culture, Allentown
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Eight killed, 10 policemen kidnapped in Iraq's Sunni heartland
ReutersRAMADI, Iraq, May 18 (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with the Shi'ite-led government of a nation plagued by sectarian...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Islam, Religion and Belief, Iraq, Wars and Interventions
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Myanmar leader's record on reform pledges mixed going into historic White House meeting
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action for action" by deepening ties in response to...Tags: Thein Sein, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress, Islam, Religion and Belief
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Syrian rebel bites heart of dead soldier-video
ReutersBEIRUT, May 13 (Reuters) - A video of a Syrian rebel commander cutting the heart out of a soldier and biting into is emblematic of a civil war that has rapidly descended into sectarian hatred and revenge killings, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. The...Tags: Civil Rights, Islam, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights
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Stranger brightens Mother's Day for soldier's mom
The kindness of a stranger made Bonnie Jo Lobosco's Mother's Day. Lobosco, of Forks Township, lost her soldier son, Staff Sgt. Andrew Lobosco, in the war in Afghanistan. Sunday, she received a surprise email from a man in Australia with a photo showing...
Tags: Australia, Imperial and Royal Matters, Armed Forces, Mother's Day, Somerville
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Nigeria bombs Islamists, U.S. sounds alarm
ReutersMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian warplanes struck militant camps in the northeast on Friday in a major push against an Islamist insurgency, drawing a sharp warning from the United States to respect human rights and not harm civilians. Troops...Tags: Civil Rights, Military Equipment, Wildlife, Islam, Religion and Belief
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Egyptian police close Gaza border in protest, demanding release of kidnapped colleagues
Associated PressCAIRO (AP) — Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of their colleagues by suspected militants, underscoring the lawlessness and crisis of...Tags: Egypt, Libya, Criminals, Punishment, Hosni Mubarak
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Bahrain forces raid top cleric's house: opposition
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Bahraini security forces raided the house of top Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on Friday, the opposition said, an act likely to enrage the island's majority Shi'ite population which is at loggerheads with its Sunni rulers....Tags: Civil Rights, Bahrain, Justice and Rights, Iran, Crime, Law and Justice
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
DETROIT SHOOTING String of Detroit shootings leaves 1 dead, 12 hurt DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police say a 54-year-old woman was killed and four other people wounded in an argument and shooting on the city's west side. Chief Chester Logan says the...Tags: Theft, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The Detroit News, Same-Sex Marriage, Job Layoffs
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Bombers target markets, mosque in Iraq, 25 dead
ReutersBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs tore through markets in Baghdad and a suicide attacker blew himself up in a mosque in northern Iraq in violence across the country on Thursday that killed at least 25 people and extended a surge in sectarian-tinged bloodshed....Tags: Military Equipment, Islam, United Nations, Religion and Belief, Emergency Incidents
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Six Americans among at least 15 killed in Afghanistan bombing
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S.-military contractor DynCorp International says four American employees were killed in a suicide car bombing Thursday in the Afghan capital, Kabul, bringing the number of Americans slain to six. Nine Afghan civilians were...
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Taliban, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Suicide
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