The US signed a deal giving Afghans authority over military raids on homes, removing an obstacle to a long-term strategic partnership between the countries.
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Military chiefs air US options on Syria
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the nation’s top military leader delivered a sober assessment Wednesday of Syria’s sophisticated air defenses and its extensive stockpile of chemical weapons in a strategic reality check to the demand for U.S. military action to end President Bashar Assad’s deadly crackdown on his people. President Obama’s 2008 rival – Republican Sen. John McCain – has called for the president to launch air strikes against Assad to force him from power and end the bloodshed.
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World stocks fall ahead of EU summit
CARLO PIOVANO AP Business Writer LONDON …
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Safety agency calls for checks on A380 wing parts
GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN Europe’s air safety authority told airlines Friday to inspect nearly a third of the world’s A380…
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Safety agency calls for checks on A380 wing parts
GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN Europe’s air safety authority told airlines Friday to inspect nearly a third of the world’s A380…
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Transcript: Cruise captain and Italian coast guard
The Associated Press Here is a translation of the transcript of the conversation between Capt. Francesco Schettino, commander of the grounded Costa Concordia, and Capt. Gregorio De Falco of the Italian coast guard in Livorno. …
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Countries consider time out on the ‘leap second’
FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GENEVA It’s high noon for the humble leap second. …
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Re-elected Taiwan leader: China politics can wait
PETER ENAV Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan …
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Brazil employers accused of slave-like conditions
STAN LEHMAN Associated Press SAO PAULO Nearly 300 employers in South America’s biggest country submit workers to slave-like conditions,…
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Correction: Africa-Business Climate
The Associated Press The Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya In a Dec. 8 story about barriers to commercial success in Africa, The Associated…
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