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Gates on board with Obama's Iraq plan

a shared story    19 hours 22 minutes ago
The Defense secretary says the new U.S.-Iraq security agreement changes the conversation from debating a timeline for withdrawal to figuring out how to reduce troops responsibly. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he accepted President-elect Barack Obama's approach to scheduled troop reductions in Iraq, arguing Tuesday...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



Military chief urges Afghanistan rethink

a shared story    20 hours 22 minutes ago
No more British troops should be sent to Afghanistan unless other countries make greater efforts to promote the economic and political development of the country, senior British military officials have said.They are also concerned about the inability of Hamid Karzai's government to impose itself outside the...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Forty years on, Laos reaps bitter harvest of the secret war

a shared story    20 hours 22 minutes ago
The entrance to Craters restaurant is guarded by a phalanx of bombshells, each as big as a man. Opposite, the Dokkhoune hotel boasts an even finer warhead collection. For tourists who have not cottoned on, the Lao town of Phonsavanh lies at the heart of the...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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U.S. subcontractor confined more than 1,000 foreign workers in Iraq warehouses

a shared story    22 hours 21 minutes ago
About 1,000 Asian men who were hired by a Kuwaiti subcontractor to the U.S. military have been confined for as long as three months in windowless warehouses near the Baghdad airport without money or a place to work.  comments (0)  | report problem



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