"‘The act of preventing the use of chemical weapons would be almost unachievable,’ Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters at the Pentagon. ‘You would have to …
U.S. Now Targeting Mexican Drug Lord’s Family, Too
"On Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department added two top-level Sinaloa Cartel lieutenants to its list of designated foreign narcotics traffickers. According to the department, the lieutenants include …
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Major Flu Outbreak Threatens to Slow Economy Further
"One of the worst flu seasons in a decade is putting further strains on an already sluggish U.S. economy as companies get slammed with increased health care costs and lower productivity from …
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Mali says army has repelled Islamist attack
"Mali's army repelled an attack on its advance positions by heavily armed Islamist groups moving southward, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday, in the first clashes since militants seized the …
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Heavy fighting rages in Darfur
"Rebels have seized two towns in Darfur, international peacekeepers quoted a local leader as saying, as fighting raged in at least two parts of the troubled region of western Sudan." Source: Heavy …
Nine killed in spate of Iraq attacks
"A spate of bombings and shootings in Baghdad and a restive province north of the capital killed nine people Thursday morning, security and medical officials said." Source: Nine killed in spate of …
Tribal clashes in Libya’s Kufra kill 4: military official
"Four people were killed in clashes pitting Toubou tribesmen against a brigade linked to the Libyan army in the southern town of Kufra, a military official told AFP on Wednesday." Source: Tribal …
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Pakistan says soldier killed amid worsening Kashmir violence
"Indian troops killed a Pakistani soldier on Thursday in the disputed region of Kashmir, the Pakistani army said, in the worst outbreak of violence in the area since the nuclear-armed neighbors agreed …
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Bomb, Drone Attack Kill 16 Militants In Pakistan
"A bomb targeting paramilitary soldiers killed 11 people in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, while five suspected militants died in a U.S. drone strike in the country's northwest, officials …
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Syria’s rebels form their own secret police
"Just the mention of the word would send shivers down the spine of Syrians: 'mukhabarat', or secret police. Abuses by President Bashar al-Assad's feared security units were among the reasons Syrians …
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