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NATO disputes report of casualties in airstrike

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 04:47
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S.-led coalition on Sunday disputed reports that eight civilians, including children, were killed in a NATO airstrike in a remote part of eastern Afghanistan....

Millions in global aid for Iraq sits unspent

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 04:47
BAQOUBA, Iraq (AP) -- Outside the crumbling elementary school, goats feed on trash strewn across the front yard. Inside, the ceiling is rotting, toilets don't work and students scrunch hip-to-hip behind narrow desks....

Millions in global aid for Iraq sits unspent

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 04:47
BAQOUBA, Iraq (AP) -- Outside the crumbling elementary school, goats feed on trash strewn across the front yard. Inside, the ceiling is rotting, toilets don't work and students scrunch hip-to-hip behind narrow desks....

Premier appeals to Ireland: Vote yes to EU treaty

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 04:47
DUBLIN (AP) -- Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny made a nationally televised appeal Sunday to voters to support the European Union's fiscal treaty in a referendum this week, warning that rejection would send the signal that Ireland was not serious about tackling its deficits and was no longer a secure member of the euro currency....

Afghan family killed by Nato air strike

TruthNews.US - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 04:47
The Guardian | 'Eight innocent civilians dead in Paktia province, say officials, but coalition says troops came under fire from insurgents.'

Palestinian Airlines resumes flights after 7 years

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 04:47
MARKA AIRBASE, Jordan (AP) -- Palestinian Airlines is back in the skies after being grounded for seven years by the deepening enmities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....

US slammed from both sides of Bahrain's divide

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 04:47
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- During one of the nightly clashes with Bahrain's security forces, a new chant broke out among opposition protesters: "The U.S. is the great Satan." A few days later, pro-government marchers also waved their fists against Washington....

Watching dissidents is a booming business in China

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 04:47
BEIJING (AP) -- Every workday at 7:20 a.m., colleagues pick up Yao Lifa from his second-floor apartment and drive him to the elementary school where he taught for years....

Watching dissidents is a booming business in China

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 04:47
BEIJING (AP) -- Every workday at 7:20 a.m., colleagues pick up Yao Lifa from his second-floor apartment and drive him to the elementary school where he taught for years....

Guinea-Bissau rambles on, despite coup

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 04:47
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Campaign banners from an election that was violently interrupted still hang in the main thoroughfare of this steamy capital, a reminder that a stable government is far from the country's grasp....

Memorial Day: Among post-9/11 veterans, deepening antiwar sentiment

TruthNews.US - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 04:47
CS Monitor |This Memorial Day the Iraq war is over and the Afghanistan war is winding down, but they're weighing heavily on post-9/11 veterans, 33 percent of whom said they weren't worth the cost.
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