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I listened to Barack Obama's speech about Afghanistan and I played a little mind game with myself. "Will he mention the word 'opium'?" I bet $5 that he wouldn't, and my evil twin took the bet. At the end of the 35 minutes, I was triumphant. I transferred the...
Europe's main stock markets fell on Friday following overnight losses on Wall Street and ahead of key US jobs data.
Three suicide bombers fired on worshipers then blew themselves up at a mosque near Pakistan's military headquarters after Friday prayers, killing 40 people, including many army officials, police said.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The Czech Republic is ready to host a summit between President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev if Prague “is asked,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Milan Repka said today in a phone interview.
America's eight-year effort to build a functional Afghan security force has been a study in slow motion, raising doubts about President Barack Obama's new plan to quickly get the nation's army and police in shape so U.S. forces can begin to leave in 18 months.
The U.S. aerospace industry urged President Barack Obama on Thursday to press for changes to an international pact to spur the multibillion-dollar market for remotely piloted aircraft.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is giving different explanations of its July 2011 deadline for the start of an Afghanistan troop withdrawal, assuring foreign officials that it applies only to the 30,000 to 35,000 additional U.S. troops that President Barack Obama is sending next year, but suggesting to Congress that it covers all U.S. forces.
Russia and the United States are close to a deal to cut vast arsenals of nuclear weapons, Russia said on Friday, as the world's two biggest atomic powers rush to replace a Cold War treaty that expires at midnight.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged corporate America on Thursday to help tackle the nation's highest unemployment in 26 years but also hinted at federal tax credits and aid to states to ease jobless woes.
When most people think of nuclear fuel, uranium and plutonium come to mind. Should a different fuel — something called thorium — be used in our nuclear reactors instead?
WASHINGTON — With the jobless rate rising and his approval ratings sinking, President Barack Obama hosted academics and leaders of business and labor at a White House jobs summit Thursday, seeking advice on how to boost employment.
U.S. lawmakers told President Barack Obama's top advisers on Thursday not enough was being done to combat corruption in Afghanistan, singling out allegations against the Afghan president's brother, whom Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged was a problem.
The Bucks are obviously better offensively when Michael Redd is on the court. Redd is one of the premier scorers in the league and one of its deadliest perimeter shooters.
NATO's top official said Friday that at least 25 countries will send a total of about 7,000 additional forces to Afghanistan next year "with more to come," as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to bolster allied resolve.
After months dealing with economic misery, soaring unemployment, and a war going wrong, President Barack Obama sought solace in the season Thursday, by lighting the US national Christmas tree.
Three Secret Service officers have been put on administrative leave after the security breach at last week's White House dinner, an episode President Barack Obama said hasn't shaken his confidence in his protectors.
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