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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - National News and Headlines - 18 hours ago
A U.S. military review of an airstrike last week in western Afghanistan maintains that only five civilians were killed, Pentagon officials said yesterday, a finding that starkly contradicts reports by the United …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - National News and Headlines - 19 hours ago
When Mani al-Utaybi fixed a makeshift noose around his neck and hanged himself in a Guantanamo Bay cell in June 2006, the Saudi Arabian detainee had been close to being transferred to his homeland and freed, his …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Asia/Pacific - 20 hours ago
MOSCOW, Aug. 29 -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he had reason to think U.S. personnel were in the combat zone during the recent war in Georgia, adding that if confirmed, their presence …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Middle East - 24 hours ago
BAGHDAD, Aug. 28 -- Iraq and China signed a $3 billion deal this week to develop a large Iraqi oil field, the first major commercial oil contract here with a foreign company since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Asia/Pacific - 24 hours ago
A U.S. military review of an airstrike last week in western Afghanistan maintains that only five civilians were killed, Pentagon officials said yesterday, a finding that starkly contradicts reports by the United …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Business - Aug 28, 2008
Eager to avoid the missteps that plagued the first months of the Clinton administration, aides to Barack Obama have begun working in concert with top Democrats in Congress to craft a preliminary legislative agenda that …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - World - Aug 28, 2008
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Aug. 27 -- Hurricane Gustav triggered flooding and landslides that killed at least 23 people before weakening to a tropical storm, but forecasters said Wednesday that it remains a major threat to …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - National News and Headlines - Aug 28, 2008
For the past six years, military relations between the United States and Afghanistan have been governed by a two-page "diplomatic note" giving U.S. forces virtual carte blanche to conduct operations as they see fit.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Asia/Pacific - Aug 28, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 26 -- United Nations officials in Afghanistan said Tuesday that there was "convincing evidence" at least 90 civilians -- two-thirds of them children -- were killed in a U.S.-led airstrike last …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns - Aug 28, 2008
Russia's invasion of Georgia has led to a more serious foreign policy discussion in the presidential campaign. As tensions rise in the Caucasus and violence once again erupts in Afghanistan, we should recall the …
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