Articles filed under Terrorism
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Officials: U.S. to keep higher level of troops in AfghanistanMar 14, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is abandoning plans to cut the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan to 5,500 by year's end, bowing to military leaders who want to ...
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Kurds say Islamic State using chemical weaponsMar 14, 2015 1:00 am - BAGHDAD - Kurdish authorities in Iraq said Saturday they have evidence that the Islamic State group used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon against peshmerga fighters, th...
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South African nuclear cache unnerves U.S.Mar 14, 2015 1:00 am - PELINDABA, South Africa - Enough nuclear explosive to fuel half a dozen bombs, each powerful enough to obliterate central Washington or most of Lower Manhattan, is lock...
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Pakistani mother calls for halting son's executionMar 13, 2015 11:00 pm - ISLAMABAD (AP) - An elderly Pakistani mother made an emotional appeal Saturday for authorities to halt the execution of her son, who was sentenced to death at age 14. Sh...
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Egypt rakes billions in Gulf aid that boosts its presidentMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) - Egypt raked in promises of more than $12 billion in investment and aid from its Gulf Arab allies on Friday, kicking off an international co...
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AskHamas Twitter campaign backfires on Gaza militant groupMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM (AP) - A Twitter hashtag campaign launched by Hamas on Friday to build support in the West seems to be backfiring with users mocking the Islamic militant group...
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Pakistani court orders release of suspect in Mumbai attacksMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - ISLAMABAD (AP) - A Pakistani court on Friday ordered the release of the main suspect in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks by cancelling a government order under which he wa...
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Maldives' ex-president convicted, calls for protestsMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - MALE, Maldives (AP) - A former president of the Maldives called on his supporters to go out in the streets to protest his imprisonment after a quick and disputed trial t...
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Modi woos neighbors offering 1st benefit of India's progressMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that India's neighbors should be the first beneficiaries of the nation's economic progress as he so...
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Alleged Cosby victim testifies before Nevada LegislatureMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A woman who says Bill Cosby victimized her decades ago asked Nevada lawmakers on Friday to support a bill removing the state's statute of limita...