US military prosecutors building a case against Pfc. Bradley Manning are set to turn their focus on the May 2009 US air strike against the Farah Province, which the Afghan government’s investigation revealed killed 140 civilians.
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Water on both sides of the border is running out, so Mexico no longer honours an agreement to deliver water to the United States.
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They were blocked by the State Department from winning damages in court, because the agreement that freed them, the Algiers Accords, barred such suits. But now they could get compensated hrough fines on companies caught violating trade sanctions with Iran
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Former President Bill Clinton says endless speculation about his wife’s political future is a waste of time right now and the nation should be more focused on the “grimy details” of fixing its problems.
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Other than financing a few fringe libertarian publications, the Kochs have mostly avoided media investments. Now, Koch Industries, the sprawling private company of which Charles G. Koch serves as chairman and chief executive, is exploring a bid to buy the Tribune Company’s eight regional newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, The Orlando Sentinel and The Hartford Courant.
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Two years after Nato’s intervention, the militias are still terrorising the country. But hey, who cares? As long as the oil flows…
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Lawmakers around the world “unjustifiably” treat illicit drugs as if they were a greater public health concern than alcohol, according to a report published online Wednesday in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.
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Syria in Ruins – In Focus – The Atlantic.
These look real
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President Barack Obama’s aides and Republican lawmakers insist the scandal enveloping former CIA Director David H. Petraeus and a top general won’t distract them from negotiating a way to avoid the fiscal cliff.
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With nearly half of all suicides in the military having been committed with privately owned firearms, the Pentagon and Congress are moving to establish policies intended to separate at-risk service members from their personal weapons.
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