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Four of eight Turks captured in Afghanistan are free -Turkish PM
ReutersISTANBUL, May 12 (Reuters) - Four of the eight Turks captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan last month have been freed and handed to Turkey's intelligence agency, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Eight Turkish engineers, an Afghan...Tags: Taliban, Turkey, Russia
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Four of eight Turks captured in Afghanistan are free: Turkish PM
ReutersISTANBUL (Reuters) - Four of the eight Turks captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan last month have been freed and handed to Turkey's intelligence agency, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Eight Turkish engineers, an Afghan and two...Tags: Turkey, Taliban, Russia
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The changing of the guard
Daily American Staff WriterANNVILLE — American involvement in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts could be drawing to a close, but the National Guard may never be the same. In the 10 years since the initial siege of Baghdad, the role of guardsmen and women has shifted...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Vietnam, Iraq, Labor Legislation
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U.S., Afghan diplomats work toward long-term agreement
KABUL, Afghanistan — Diplomats from the United States and Afghanistan met formally Saturday for just the second time since the two countries signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement a year ago as they sought to hammer out a pact defining Washington'...Tags: Organized Crime, Barack Obama, National Government, Elections, Contracts
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Vietnam veterans' new battle: getting disability compensation
Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war. He got married, raised two sons and made a career working at credit unions. But as Otte neared retirement, memories of combat flooded back. Starting in 2005, he filed a series of claims with...
Tags: New York University, Heart Disease, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Iraq
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U.S. and Afghan officials meet for formal talks; progress declared
KABUL, Afghanistan – Diplomats from the United States and Afghanistan met formally Saturday for only the second time since the two countries inked a strategic partnership agreement a year ago as they sought to hammer out an agreement defining...
Tags: Barack Obama, Pakistan, Elections, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Afghanistan arms take a twisting trail
Far from a great game, the British and American involvement in Afghanistan has been more of a case of sustained blowback. If there's one main take-away from J.T. Rogers' "Blood and Gifts," an epic, dramatic account of the allies' Afghan misadventures...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Theater, Lobbying, Philosophy, Religion and Belief
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Letters: Vietnam today
Re "The Vietnam syndrome," Opinion, May 5 Frank Snepp, a former CIA analyst who was in Vietnam during the fall of Saigon in 1975, worries that we may not have learned the lessons of our war in that country. He may have missed the most important lesson....
Tags: Vietnam, Barack Obama, Iraq, Birth Defects, Los Angeles International Airport
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Mom in military sees son graduate from university
Watching my son's FAU graduation from Afghanistan was bittersweet. I am so proud of my son, Travis Douglas, on his accomplishment. I want to thank the staff at FAU for making it possible for a mom to watch her son cross the stage and obtain his bachelor's...Tags: Engineering, Science and Technology, Technology
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Author Lisa Scottoline talks grief, crabs, podiatry
On paper, Lisa Scottoline is a little intimidating. She's got more than 30 million copies in print of her books, including 20 best-selling novels. She writes a weekly column, with her daughter, for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She's a graduate of...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Authors, Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Crime, Law and Justice
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RAW VIDEO: Prince harry pays respects at Arlington, visits wounded troops at Walter Reed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry saluted America's war dead in somber remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, pausing, too, to place flowers on the tombstone of President John F. Kennedy and visit the grave of a British World...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Greenwich, Washington, DC, Harry of Wales, John F. Kennedy
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Should we continue to be the indispensable nation?
In Hillary Clinton's farewell remarks in February on stepping down as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, she echoed one of her predecessors, Madeleine Albright, declaring America to be "the indispensable nation." "We are the force for...Tags: Barack Obama, Iraq, Elections, Mitt Romney, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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