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Domestic Thai airport hit by blast »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP ) _ Thailand's leader attended a Buddhist ritual Monday, seemingly indifferent to a deepening political crisis that has paralyzed his government, shut ...

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30-mile debris pile becomes symbol of FEMA delays »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

SMITH POINT, Texas (AP) _ A 30-mile scar of debris along the Texas coast stands as a festering testament to what state and local officials ...

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Obama pick gives Arizona a GOP governor »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

PHOENIX (AP) _ President-elect Barack Obama's announcement Monday that Gov. Janet Napolitano is his choice to head the Department of Homeland Security means a ...

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Jones brings hefty resume to security post »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) _ President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be national security adviser is a Vietnam war veteran who rose to become a Marine four-star ...

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National security adviser seeks to forge consensus »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) _ In an Associated Press telephone interview shortly after President-elect Barack Obama announced that James L. Jones will be his national security adviser ...

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Obama picks Gates, Clinton for foreign policy team »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

CHICAGO (AP) _ Barack Obama announced a national security team Monday headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fought him long and bitterly for the presidency ...

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Obama taps Clinton, Gates for US 'new dawn' abroad »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

CHICAGO (AP) _ Barack Obama promised "a new dawn of American leadership" in a troubled world Monday, announcing a strong-willed national security team headed by ...

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Official: India received intel on Mumbai attacks »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

MUMBAI, India (AP) _ India picked up intelligence in recent months that Pakistan-based terrorists were plotting attacks against Mumbai targets, an official said Tuesday, as ...

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China to work with Obama's national security team »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

BEIJING (AP) _ China said Tuesday it is looking forward to working with President-elect Barack Obama's national security team, welcoming Hillary Rodham Clinton as ...

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Federal jury clears Chevron of Nigeria abuses »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in Business & Finance

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ A federal jury has cleared Chevron Corp. of responsibility for any human rights abuses during a violent protest on a company ...

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Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in Business & Finance

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) _ Pirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise ship with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to ...

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US official: India attack may have Pakistani roots »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Evidence suggests that a group partly based in Pakistan carried out last week's attack in India, U.S. officials said Tuesday ...

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Execution stayed for ex-soldier who murdered women »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A federal judge in Kansas has issued a stay in what would be the military's first execution since 1961.

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US cruise ship outruns Somali pirates' guns »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in Business & Finance

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) _ The luxury American cruise ship steaming across the Gulf of Aden with hundreds of well-heeled tourists just might have been too ...

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Atheists want God out of Ky. homeland security »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) _ A group of atheists filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to remove part of a state anti-terrorism law that requires Kentucky's ...

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