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Soldier from Los Angeles is killed in Afghanistan
L.A. NOWA U.S. Army soldier from Los Angeles has been killed in combat in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday. Spc. Tofiga Tautolo, 23, from the Wilmington area of Los Angeles, died Sunday in Nangarhar province near Pakistan of wounds...... -
Kofi Annan arrives in Syria as massacre adds urgency to peace plan
World NowFormer United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Syria amid a flurry of diplomatic activity following the massacre of more than 100 people -- most of them women and children -- in the town of Houla.... -
On Memorial Day, Obama talks of closure for wars old and new
WASHINGTON — Most Memorial Day messages from presidents involve the sort of solemn boilerplate remarks that barely break through the barbecue smoke and picnic chatter. On Monday, President Obama took a decidedly different tack: He noted the end of...
Tags: Kathleen B. Hennessey, Republican Party, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Holidays
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Activists: Merchants in Syrian souk call strike to protest killings
AMMAN, Jordan -- Merchants held a general strike Monday in the Hamidiyeh Souk, the oldest and main market of the Syrian capital, to protest the killings of more than 100 people in the town of Houla last week, activists and witnesses said. The strike at...Tags: Politics, Wars and Interventions, Career and Workplace, Bashar Assad, Labor Disputes
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NATO says Al Qaeda's No. 2 in Afghanistan killed in air strike
World NowAfghanistan war: U.S.-led coalition troops battling Afghan Taliban insurgents have killed Al Qaeda’s second-in-command in Afghanistan in an air strike in the country’s eastern province of Kunar, the coalition said Tuesday.... -
Syrian government shelling in Hama kills more than 40, activist says
World NowA government assault on rebel areas in the central Syrian city of Hama has killed as many as 42 people, most of them civilians, an opposition activist claimed.... -
U.S. commander: Afghan officials combating 'green-on-blue' killings
World NowAfghan security officials have taken several strong measures to halt the rash of so-called “green on blue” killings where Afghan soldiers or police kill U.S. and NATO troops, according to the top Marine commander in a volatile region of... -
Afghan authorities: NATO air strike kills eight civilians
Afghan authorities on Sunday said a NATO air strike killed a family of eight at their house in eastern Afghanistan. If confirmed, the attack could anger Afghan leaders at a time when Washington needs Kabul’s cooperation in carrying out a...
Tags: International Organizations, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Pakistan, Afghanistan
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Army Spc. Edward J. Acosta, 21, Hesperia; killed by bomb in Afghanistan
Laura Acosta fondly remembers hunting with her older brother when they were younger, snowboarding in Mammoth and biking together in the Eastern Sierra.
She and Edward Acosta shared a room until she was 9. She looked up to him and jokingly called him...Tags: Afghanistan, Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Colleges and Universities
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Syrian government denies role in massacre of 90, including children
BEIRUT — Syrian authorities on Sunday denied responsibility for a weekend massacre in the central town of Houla that the United Nations said left about 90 people dead, more than a third of them children. The killings — documented in grisly...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Demonstration, Abusive Behavior, Armed Forces, Jihad
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Obama highlights end of Iraq war during Memorial Day commemoration
WASHINGTON-- Paying tribute to dead soldiers and their families, President Obama said Monday that the nation had reached a "milestone” of relative peace, noting the end of the Iraq war and plans to end America’s role in the Afghan war....
Tags: Kathleen B. Hennessey, Jill Biden, Wars and Interventions, Holidays, Afghanistan
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Nigeria Islamic group Boko Haram spreads fear far and wide
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — In brutally poor neighborhoods and mansions alike, this city choked by military checkpoints seethes with rumors, paranoia and conspiracy theories. Even academics like to assert a favorite: The homegrown Islamic extremist...
Tags: Goodluck Jonathan, Al-Qaeda, Niger, North Africa, Politics
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