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Iraq violence sparks fears of a Sunni revolt
BEIRUT — Security forces for the Shiite-led Iraqi government raided a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, igniting violence around the country that left at least 36 people dead. The unrest led two Sunni officials to resign from the...
Tags: Government, Political Dissent, Justice System, Politics, U.S. Army
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Laura Bush reflects at presidential library: 9/11 is touchstone
DALLAS -- Former First Lady Laura Bush spoke Wednesday during a preview tour of the new George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum at her alma mater, Southern Methodist University in Dallas. President Obama is expected to join the Bushes, George H....
Tags: George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, White House
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Iraqi immigrant wins Goldman Environmental Prize
During his 30-year reign in Iraq, Saddam Hussein repeatedly plunged the country into war, even transforming an ancestral marshland some say is the "historical" Garden of Eden into a battleground. To punish political enemies, Hussein built canals with...
Tags: Conservation, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues, Everglades, Science and Technology
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Iraqis vote in provincial elections amidst angst, ire
BEIRUT — After a week of violence, Iraq held its first provincial elections Saturday since the departure of U.S. troops last year. Results are not expected for several days, but the conditions under which the vote was held showed that little has...Tags: Government, Baghdad (Iraq), Politics, National Government, Elections
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Bombings in Iraq kill more than 30 people
BEIRUT -- A string of bombings in Iraq claimed the lives of more than 30 people Monday in the run-up to provincial elections scheduled for this weekend. The attacks, which left dozens wounded, took place around the country, including in Baghdad; the...
Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief, Military Equipment, Emergency Incidents, Baghdad (Iraq)
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Step toward possible military intervention in Syria
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending about 200 troops to Jordan, the vanguard of a potential U.S. military force of 20,000 or more that could be deployed if the Obama administration decides to intervene in Syria to secure chemical weapons arsenals...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of Defense, Bashar Assad, Israel, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Army sergeant pleads guilty to killing 5 service members in Iraq
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — U.S. Army Sgt. John Russell pleaded guilty Monday to the second-degree murder of five fellow service members at a mental health clinic in Iraq in 2009 after the government agreed to not seek the death penalty....
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Army, Crime, Law and Justice, Shootings, Mental Health
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Former O.C. resident wins $150,000 prize for restoring Iraq marshland
Azzam Alwash, an Iraqi immigrant and former Fullerton resident who returned to Iraq in 2003 to lead a marshlands restoration project, has received the Goldman Environmental Prize, a $150,000 prize awarded to six environmentalists annually. Alwash led...
Tags: Ecosystems, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Everglades, Science and Technology
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At Army base, an aggressive campaign against suicide
FT. BLISS, Texas — Army Pvt. John Jeffery stumbled into Kyle Boswell's barracks room at Ft. Bliss before dawn one day in February, his eyes glassy. "I've done something," Jeffery mumbled to his buddy. "I can't tell anyone. It's going to happen."...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, U.S. Department of Defense, Acupuncture, U.S. Army, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Letters: 1st Amendment isn't the issue
Re "Facing jail time for doing her job," Opinion, April 9 Judith Miller sees a "travesty of justice" in forcing a reporter to divulge the identity of a confidential source who leaked information pertinent to a criminal trial. The real travesty would...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Journalism, Judges, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Did the system fail a soldier?
SHERMAN, Texas — Sgt. John Russell designed his new house here so there would be room for everyone: for him and his wife, Mandy, his wife's parents and his own. There was a doggie door for Louie and Queenie — "the little ones," he called...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Army, Premature Birth, Dyslexia
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Iraq veterans remember the fallen on anniversary
FT. STEWART, Ga. — Angel Acevedo found the granite marker for his friend, Robert Stever, known to all as "Catfish." There it was on the Warriors Walk memorial. It lay beneath tree No. 31, one of 444 planted here to honor fallen soldiers: Army...
Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Armed Conflicts, Afghanistan, Weaponry, Armed Forces
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