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![]() NATO summit: Why US, allies don\'t just call it quits in Afghanistan Why can't the United States just make a clean break in Afghanistan, the way it did in Iraq? Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T21:29:17Z U.S. soldier to stand trial for 2009 Iraq shooting SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier accused of killing five fellow servicemen at a military combat stress center in Baghdad in 2009 has been ordered to stand trial in a U.S. military court, officials said on Friday. Sergeant John Russell, who could face the death penalty if convicted, is accused of going on a shooting spree at Camp Liberty, near the Baghdad airport, in an assault the military said at the time could have been triggered by combat stress. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T21:58:24Z Car bomb in eastern Syrian city kills 9
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T19:14:25Z Suicide blast in Syria hits military compound
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T14:54:35Z Iran, Syria among top for G-8 and NATO
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T03:46:10Z Syria: Suicide car bomb hits military compound in eastern city near Iraqi border BEIRUT - A suicide car bomb tore through the parking lot of a military compound in Syria's eastern city of Deir el-Zour on Saturday, the latest in a wave of blasts targeting security agencies in recent months, the country's state media reported. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T10:40:16Z Troops Today Have Better Prospects for PTSD Recovery, Expert Says There's reason to be optimistic about treating and preventing post-traumatic stress disorder in U.S. troops, researchers say. Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T18:53:13Z NATO summit: Why US, allies don\'t just call it quits in Afghanistan Why can't the United States just make a clean break in Afghanistan, the way it did in Iraq? Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T21:29:17Z Dinar Trade Streams Live Rates for Iraq Dinar Investors Dinar Trade streams live Inter-bank rates for the Iraqi Dinar and other exotic currencies.(PRWEB) May 19, 2012 Dinar Trade, the leading market-maker for the Iraqi Dinar, it is the first Iraqi Dinar dealer to offer inter-bank rates for the dinar (also won, yuan, dong and afghani) against all major currencies on its website http://www.dinartrade.com. The live-stream compares the dinar against the U.S. Dollar, British Pound Sterling, Euro and numerous other currencies. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T12:10:20Z 2 Utah men face felony charges for booby traps Two Utah men accused of setting potentially deadly booby traps along a popular hiking trail have been charged with felony aggravated assault. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T20:02:50Z Lift sanctions, Iran tells West before nuke talks
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T09:36:45Z U.S. tells G8 Syria\'s Assad must go, cites Yemen as model CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told G8 leaders meeting at Camp David that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave power, and pointed to Yemen as a model of how political transition could work there, the White House said on Saturday. The Group of Eight leaders, in a statement summing up their discussions, urged all parties in Syria to adhere to their commitments under a joint U.N.-Arab League peace plan "including immediately ceasing all violence so as to enable a Syrian-led, inclusive political transition leading to a democratic, plural political system. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T23:47:01Z Las Vegas Chiropractor Provides Free Chiropractic Care for Returning Veterans Only a small minority of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are offered chiropractic treatment through VA medical facilities. That is why Las Vegas Chiropractor Dr Derek Day has joined with the International Chiropractors Association to provide one year of free chiropractic services to American soldiers newly returned from combat overseas.Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) May 18, 2012 The top health problems for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are back and joint disorders, but currently only 20% of VA medical facilities provide chiropractic services for returning military. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T19:02:37Z Military Marriages Stay Strong in Face of Challenges: Study FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Despite being tested by long hours and frequent relocations and separations, military marriages are no more likely to end in divorce than civilian marriages, a new study shows. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T03:50:13Z Soldier to stand trial for 2009 Iraq shooting SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier accused of killing five fellow servicemen at a military combat stress center in Baghdad in 2009 has been ordered to stand trial in a U.S. military court, officials said on Friday. Sergeant John Russell, who could face the death penalty if convicted, is accused of going on a shooting spree at Camp Liberty, near the Baghdad airport, in an assault the military said at the time could have been triggered by combat stress. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T00:26:47Z Iraqi Kurdistan to push ahead with oil export plan ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region said on Sunday it expects to start exporting its crude oil along a new pipeline to the Turkish border by August 2013, defying Baghdad in a long-running dispute over who controls the country's oil sales. The Kurdistan region, which has its own government and armed forces, has already clashed with Iraq's central government over autonomy and oil rights, and halted its crude exports in April after accusing Baghdad of not making due payments. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T12:35:52Z Syria: Suicide vehicle bomb hits military compound
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T12:18:51Z Iran, Syria among topics for G-8 and NATO
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T00:17:05Z US soldier charged over 2009 Iraq killings
Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T23:03:54Z Lawyers for fugitive Iraqi VP quit case in protest
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T15:43:05Z Crude down, hits biggest 3-wk loss since Aug \'11
Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T22:15:21Z Syria: Suicide car bomb hits military compound
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T09:18:35Z Maliki, in charm offensive, invites scholars to Baghdad
Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T22:02:47Z NATO?s Paper Mache Agenda for Afghanistan The Afghanistan-related measures NATO members are expected to adopt in Chicago are a mix of concrete international agreements and paper promises that European capitals may or may not uphold. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T07:59:18Z Turkish civilian killed in attack by Kurdish rebels DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - A construction worker was killed and three people were wounded when Kurdish militants attacked a military outpost in southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border, security sources said on Saturday. Fevzi Altunc was killed late on Friday when gunmen from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) opened fire on the outpost in a remote area in Hakkari province, the sources said. The three wounded workers were being treated in hospital on Saturday, they said. They had been building the station in the wooded, mountainous area near the village of Yesilova. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T10:31:30Z Obama, Hollande talk turkey with cheeseburgers Ahhh, cheeseburgers. Diplomacy's comfort food.President Barack Obama's nod on Friday to visiting French President François Hollande's youthful fondness for the fast-food sandwich was not the first time that leaders from both countries have turned to cheeseburgers at a potentially tense moment.The June 2004 Group of Eight Summit brought together President George W. Bush and French President Jacques Chirac a little more than one year after the invasion of Iraq, which deeply divided the two allies. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T20:37:56Z Echoes of Eurozone crisis at NATO meeting
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T12:57:19Z Can President Obama Say Something Nice About George W. Bush? COMMENTARY | The Dallas Morning News is reporting former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush will be hosted at the White House by President Barack Obama for the unveiling of the former president's official portrait. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T17:41:00Z Afghanistan security for less? How low can NATO go? Can Afghanistan administer an ethnically diverse and geographically challenging country, hold off an insurgency, and prevent Al Qaeda from taking up residence again, all with fewer than a quarter million security personnel? Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T20:56:08Z World leaders confront flagging Afghan war
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T15:02:34Z Soldier faces murder charges in Iraq base deaths Murder charges have been filed against a sergeant accused of killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer in May 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq, the Army said Friday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T01:43:43Z Car bomb explodes near security agencies in Syria
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T08:03:13Z Ex-TV Anchor: Obama \'Condescending to Women\' President Obama's recent outreach to women voters has won him strong support in polls, but former CNN and NBC anchor Campbell Brown says in an op-ed column published Sunday that the effort "so far has seemed maddeningly off point." Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T12:20:10Z Bomb blasts at bird market in Baghdad kill 5 Three bombs struck near simultaneously at a busy bird market in eastern Baghdad on Friday morning, killing five people and wounding dozens, police and health officials said. Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T19:46:55Z Career Ladders Inc has Produced a New Catalog of Training Available for Veterans in Transition Since 2002, Career Ladders Inc. has been providing workshops on a variety of job search and resume writing services. The focus of the business in assisting federal employees, professionals in different career fields, and veterans seeking career transition advice and guidance in finding a career goal. This dynamic corporation is now sharing and expanding their expertise in career development globally. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T07:10:51Z Emanuel: Chicago NATO summit is already paying off
Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T23:13:40Z Iran MPs urge respect of \'rights\' in nuclear talks
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T15:17:53Z Iraq anti-terror officer, family shot dead
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T08:38:05Z Lawyers for fugitive Iraq VP withdraw from case
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T17:07:07Z Obama, France\'s Hollande hunt for Afghanistan compromise Visiting French President François Hollande told President Barack Obama on Friday that France's combat troops would leave Afghanistan by year's end and pledged to find a way "for our allies to pursue their mission" in talks at a looming NATO summit. The two leaders also bonded over jokes about fast-food, a move that recalled ugly Franco-American tensions ahead of the war in Iraq.France will support Afghanistan "in another way, another form" Hollande told Obama as they met for the first time in the Oval Office. But "the date of the end of 2012 is, for (French) combat troops, the final date. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T20:08:00Z |
![]() Maliki, in charm offensive, invites scholars to Baghdad
Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T22:02:47Z Iraq\'s fourth auction will boost oil hopes - UPI.com
Publ.Date : Thu, 17 May 2012 19:21:11 GMT US soldier charged over 2009 Iraq killings
Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T23:03:54Z Lawyers for Fugitive Iraqi VP Quit Case in Protest - ABC News
Publ.Date : Sun, 20 May 2012 15:44:23 GMT NATO?s Paper Mache Agenda for Afghanistan The Afghanistan-related measures NATO members are expected to adopt in Chicago are a mix of concrete international agreements and paper promises that European capitals may or may not uphold. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T07:59:18Z Career Ladders Inc has Produced a New Catalog of Training Available for Veterans in Transition Since 2002, Career Ladders Inc. has been providing workshops on a variety of job search and resume writing services. The focus of the business in assisting federal employees, professionals in different career fields, and veterans seeking career transition advice and guidance in finding a career goal. This dynamic corporation is now sharing and expanding their expertise in career development globally. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T07:10:51Z Bomb blasts at bird market in Baghdad kill 5 Three bombs struck near simultaneously at a busy bird market in eastern Baghdad on Friday morning, killing five people and wounding dozens, police and health officials said. Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T19:46:55Z Echoes of Eurozone crisis at NATO meeting
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T12:57:19Z Obama, Hollande talk turkey with cheeseburgers Ahhh, cheeseburgers. Diplomacy's comfort food.President Barack Obama's nod on Friday to visiting French President François Hollande's youthful fondness for the fast-food sandwich was not the first time that leaders from both countries have turned to cheeseburgers at a potentially tense moment.The June 2004 Group of Eight Summit brought together President George W. Bush and French President Jacques Chirac a little more than one year after the invasion of Iraq, which deeply divided the two allies. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T20:37:56Z Lawyers for fugitive Iraq VP withdraw from case
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T17:07:07Z Crude down, hits biggest 3-wk loss since Aug \'11
Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T22:15:21Z Afghanistan security for less? How low can NATO go? Can Afghanistan administer an ethnically diverse and geographically challenging country, hold off an insurgency, and prevent Al Qaeda from taking up residence again, all with fewer than a quarter million security personnel? Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T20:56:08Z Obama, France\'s Hollande hunt for Afghanistan compromise Visiting French President François Hollande told President Barack Obama on Friday that France's combat troops would leave Afghanistan by year's end and pledged to find a way "for our allies to pursue their mission" in talks at a looming NATO summit. The two leaders also bonded over jokes about fast-food, a move that recalled ugly Franco-American tensions ahead of the war in Iraq.France will support Afghanistan "in another way, another form" Hollande told Obama as they met for the first time in the Oval Office. But "the date of the end of 2012 is, for (French) combat troops, the final date. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T20:08:00Z Car bomb explodes near security agencies in Syria
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T08:03:13Z Can President Obama Say Something Nice About George W. Bush? COMMENTARY | The Dallas Morning News is reporting former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush will be hosted at the White House by President Barack Obama for the unveiling of the former president's official portrait. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T17:41:00Z Iraq anti-terror officer, family shot dead - Pakistan Observer
Publ.Date : Sun, 20 May 2012 00:52:23 GMT Iraq considers bids for $1 bln power plant - Reuters
Publ.Date : Sat, 19 May 2012 16:01:53 GMT Las Vegas Chiropractor Provides Free Chiropractic Care for Returning Veterans Only a small minority of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are offered chiropractic treatment through VA medical facilities. That is why Las Vegas Chiropractor Dr Derek Day has joined with the International Chiropractors Association to provide one year of free chiropractic services to American soldiers newly returned from combat overseas.Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) May 18, 2012 The top health problems for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are back and joint disorders, but currently only 20% of VA medical facilities provide chiropractic services for returning military. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T19:02:37Z Syria: Suicide vehicle bomb hits military compound
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T12:18:51Z Iraqi Kurdistan to push ahead with oil export plan ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region said on Sunday it expects to start exporting its crude oil along a new pipeline to the Turkish border by August 2013, defying Baghdad in a long-running dispute over who controls the country's oil sales. The Kurdistan region, which has its own government and armed forces, has already clashed with Iraq's central government over autonomy and oil rights, and halted its crude exports in April after accusing Baghdad of not making due payments. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T12:35:52Z Iraq replaces Iran as India second largest crude supplier - SteelGuru
Publ.Date : Sun, 20 May 2012 04:59:49 GMT Lift sanctions, Iran tells West before nuke talks
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T09:36:45Z Ex-TV Anchor: Obama \'Condescending to Women\' President Obama's recent outreach to women voters has won him strong support in polls, but former CNN and NBC anchor Campbell Brown says in an op-ed column published Sunday that the effort "so far has seemed maddeningly off point." Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T12:20:10Z Army: Soldier to stand trial in killings of 5 comrades - CNN
Publ.Date : Sat, 19 May 2012 22:40:45 GMT Iraq anti-terror officer, family shot dead
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T08:38:05Z Regional Crises Boost Turkey\'s Ties With Iraq\'s Kurds - Voice of America
Publ.Date : Thu, 17 May 2012 20:07:14 GMT Soldier to stand trial for 2009 Iraq shooting SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier accused of killing five fellow servicemen at a military combat stress center in Baghdad in 2009 has been ordered to stand trial in a U.S. military court, officials said on Friday. Sergeant John Russell, who could face the death penalty if convicted, is accused of going on a shooting spree at Camp Liberty, near the Baghdad airport, in an assault the military said at the time could have been triggered by combat stress. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T00:26:47Z Lawyers for fugitive Iraqi VP quit case in protest
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T15:43:05Z U.S. tells G8 Syria\'s Assad must go, cites Yemen as model CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told G8 leaders meeting at Camp David that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave power, and pointed to Yemen as a model of how political transition could work there, the White House said on Saturday. The Group of Eight leaders, in a statement summing up their discussions, urged all parties in Syria to adhere to their commitments under a joint U.N.-Arab League peace plan "including immediately ceasing all violence so as to enable a Syrian-led, inclusive political transition leading to a democratic, plural political system. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T23:47:01Z Soldier faces murder charges in Iraq base deaths Murder charges have been filed against a sergeant accused of killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer in May 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq, the Army said Friday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T01:43:43Z Military Marriages Stay Strong in Face of Challenges: Study FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Despite being tested by long hours and frequent relocations and separations, military marriages are no more likely to end in divorce than civilian marriages, a new study shows. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T03:50:13Z After months in Afghanistan, 70 trips to Iraq, she deserves to be heard - Chicago Sun-Times
Publ.Date : Sat, 19 May 2012 04:23:52 GMT Iran, Syria among topics for G-8 and NATO
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T00:17:05Z Iraq\'s southern oil exports fall from record in May - Reuters
Publ.Date : Fri, 18 May 2012 14:05:24 GMT Emanuel: Chicago NATO summit is already paying off
Publ.Date : 2012-05-18T23:13:40Z Iraqi Kurdistan to push ahead with oil export plan - Reuters
Publ.Date : Sun, 20 May 2012 11:02:00 GMT World leaders confront flagging Afghan war
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T15:02:34Z Turkish civilian killed in attack by Kurdish rebels DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - A construction worker was killed and three people were wounded when Kurdish militants attacked a military outpost in southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border, security sources said on Saturday. Fevzi Altunc was killed late on Friday when gunmen from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) opened fire on the outpost in a remote area in Hakkari province, the sources said. The three wounded workers were being treated in hospital on Saturday, they said. They had been building the station in the wooded, mountainous area near the village of Yesilova. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T10:31:30Z Syria: Suicide car bomb hits military compound
Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T09:18:35Z Iran MPs urge respect of \'rights\' in nuclear talks
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