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Pakistani-US 'Progress' on Ending NATO Blockade: Officials

Pakistani-US 'Progress' on Ending NATO Blockade: Officials

Pakistan and the United States have made “progress” in talks on ending Islamabad’s seven-month blockade of NATO supplies travelling overland into Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. The news emerged as Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf called a meeting of

Kabul, Pakistan at Logerheads over Border Violence

Kabul, Pakistan at Logerheads over Border Violence

Pakistani officials accused up to 60 Afghan soldiers on Monday of crossing into Pakistani territory and sparking clashes that killed two tribesman. It was the latest in a series of escalating cross-border attacks reported in Afghanistan and Pakistan that are

Barack Obama Makes Youth Appeal Based on Irresponsibility

Barack Obama Makes Youth Appeal Based on Irresponsibility

Barack Obama is manipulating America’s youth again. Not satisfied with promising them hope and change in 2008, Obama told a high school audience in Durham, New Hampshire, that they should vote for him because he wouldn’t restrict access to birth control or defund

Maybe War Is The Answer for Democrats After All

Maybe War Is The Answer for Democrats After All

War funding is problematic, even when we’re talking about funding a war that only lasts a few months, like the one in Libya last year. It still cost over $1 billion. And while it would be wise to pay for

Todd Palin Earns His Stripes

Todd Palin Earns His Stripes

Former Alaska Gov. and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s husband Todd Palin exclusively told Sarah Palin Radio this week he jumped out of helicopters, shot a .50 caliber WWI machine gun and rappelled into buildings and water for the upcoming NBC reality show

Taliban Attack Afghan Hotel; Hostages Taken

AMIR SHAHAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanThe Taliban stormed a lakeside hotel north of Kabul, killing three security guards, taking hostages and staging an hours-long gun battle with Afghan security forces, police said Friday. At least three suicide bombers _ armed with machines

DOJ Releases Muslim Terrorist; Stonewalls Inquiries

DOJ Releases Muslim Terrorist; Stonewalls Inquiries

Barack Obama’s Department of Justice is up to its secret ways again. Last year, six Muslims in south Florida were arrested and charged with sending tens of thousands of dollars to fund the Taliban in Afghanistan.  Now, as Judicial Watch

Media's Romance with Rodney King Continues In Death

Media's Romance with Rodney King Continues In Death

Yesterday, Rodney King was found dead at the bottom of his pool at the age of 47. King’s fiancée reported that he had been drinking heavily and smoking pot prior to his death; he apparently banged on her window, fully

Muslim Brotherhood Win in Egypt Paves Way for Civil War

Muslim Brotherhood Win in Egypt Paves Way for Civil War

The Muslim Brotherhood’s big win in Egypt may in fact cause civil unrest or even civil war. Surprisingly, with the future of the country balanced between two parties with radically opposing views, many voters protested the choices that were available

US Will Leave Afghan Police 'Hot Pink' Burqas

US Will Leave Afghan Police 'Hot Pink' Burqas

When United States forces leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014 (at least, that’s Barack Obama’s plan if he’s still in office) they plan to equip the Afghan police and army with the finest clothes and disguises money can buy. The Washington

US, India see progress with nuclear deal

US, India see progress with nuclear deal

The United States and India sought Wednesday to dispel doubts over their relationship as a US company signed a deal on nuclear power — an area emblematic of disappointment between the countries. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, holding annual

Obama: Bush 'Baked' Deficits 'Into The Cake'

Obama: Bush 'Baked' Deficits 'Into The Cake'

Blaming President Bush for everything that goes wrong with his presidency is Barack Obama’s favorite pastime. He decided to immerse himself in that warm bath of blame again today in Baltimore. “I love it when these guys talk about debt

Up to 100 feared dead in Afghan earthquake

Up to 100 feared dead in Afghan earthquake

(AP) Up to 100 feared dead in Afghan earthquakeBy RAHIM FAIEZ and HEIDI VOGTAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanAs many as 100 people are feared dead in an earthquake and landslide that buried more than 20 houses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials

US reaching 'limits of patience' with Pakistan: Panetta

US reaching 'limits of patience' with Pakistan: Panetta

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Thursday that the United States was reaching the limits of its patience with Pakistan over the Haqqani network that attacks US troops in Afghanistan. Pakistan “has to take action” against safe havens used by

Suicide Bombers Kill 22 Civilians at Afghan Market

Suicide Bombers Kill 22 Civilians at Afghan Market

(AP) Suicide bombers kill 22 civilians at Afghan marketMIRWAIS KHANAssociated PressKANDAHAR, AfghanistanThree suicide attackers blew themselves up in the largest city in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, leaving 22 people dead at least 50 others injured in a dusty marketplace that was

Suicide attack kills 21 in Afghanistan

Suicide attack kills 21 in Afghanistan

A suicide motorcycle bombing killed 21 people and wounded 22 others Wednesday in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, police said. The bomber struck in a parking lot crowded with dozens of trucks supplying the NATO-run Kandahar Air Base and a

Anti-War Activist Won't Rent Apartment to Veteran

Anti-War Activist Won't Rent Apartment to Veteran

Anti-war activist Janice Roberts, a 63-year-old Dorchester, Massachusetts resident, has refused to rent an apartment to Sgt. Joel Morgan, 29, a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Roberts told Morgan, according to the lawsuit Morgan filed this week, that

Officials: Al-Qaida's No. 2 Target of CIA Drones

Officials: Al-Qaida's No. 2 Target of CIA Drones

(AP) Officials: Al-Qaida’s No. 2 target of CIA dronesBy KIMBERLY DOZIERAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe CIA has carried out a half-dozen drone strikes in Pakistan in less than two weeks, the latest targeting al-Qaida’s second in command, as the U.S. pushes ahead with