Peace
UN chief demands immediate Gaza cease-fire
December 31, 2008UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and urged Mideast and world leaders to do more to help end the Israeli-Hamas conflict and promote political dialogue. Ban on Monday...
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Iraq, Blackwater and shoes
December 17, 2008More than a year after Blackwater USA security guards sprayed a busy Baghdad intersection with bullets, killing 17 Iraqi civilians and wounding others, the U.S. Justice Department finally filed criminal charges against the gunmen on Dec....
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Obama will review cluster bomb ban treaty
December 13, 2008The Obama administration will review the Bush administration's reasons for refusing to sign an international treaty banning the use of cluster bombs, its spokesperson announced the week. So far 90 countries have signed the international ban....
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Iraq pullout ploy
September 13, 2008Withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq is a political struggle both here and in Iraq. President Bush has announced plans to pull some 8,000 troops out of Iraq by early 2009. This leaves 138,000 U.S. troops there,...
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Iraq war remains major issue
August 29, 2008DENVER — The Iraq war is front and center here at the Democratic Party convention, but front and center like gravity is in our daily lives — a major force but not talked about all the...
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