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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 7:29 pm ET
Car bombs killed at least 112 people in the heart of the Iraqi capital Tuesday, striking government buildings despite a security crackdown after a series of high-profile attacks.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 8:54 pm ET
The United States will provide consular support for U.S. exchange student Amanda Knox as she appeals her conviction in Italy in a high profile murder case, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday.
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The Salem Gazette - 52 minutes ago
Attorney General Martha Coakley won Tuesday’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat the late Edward Kennedy held for 47 years, dramatically outdistancing a four-way field with nearly half the vote in a low-turnout contest, and heading into a Jan. 19 general election with Republican state Sen. Scott Brown.
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Belmont Citizen-Herald - 1 hour 8 minutes ago
Attorney General Martha Coakley won Tuesday’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat the late Edward Kennedy held for 47 years, dramatically outdistancing a four-way field with nearly half the vote in a low-turnout contest, and heading into a Jan. 19 general election with Republican state Sen. Scott Brown.
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Burlington Union - 2 hours 13 minutes ago
Attorney General Martha Coakley won Tuesday’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat the late Edward Kennedy held for 47 years, dramatically outdistancing a four-way field with nearly half the vote in a low-turnout contest, and heading into a Jan. 19 general election with Republican state Sen. Scott Brown.
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Boston Globe - Tue Dec 8, 6:04 pm ET
The State Department is cutting ties with the security contractor protecting the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan following an investigation of allegations that guards engaged in lewd behavior and sexual misconduct at their living quarters.
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Washington Post - Tue Dec 8, 12:00 am ET
Candor is, sadly, in short supply in Washington, particularly when government officials discuss shortcomings related to Afghanistan before congressional committees.
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Washington Post - Tue Dec 8, 12:00 am ET
SEOUL -- After a year of tensions, President Obama is sending a veteran diplomat to North Korea on Tuesday for the highest-profile talks between Pyongyang and Washington since he took office pledging to reach out to America's adversaries.
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Washington Post - Tue Dec 8, 12:00 am ET
LAHORE, PAKISTAN -- Bombings in two Pakistani cities killed 46 people Monday, as militants struck back in the wake of an army offensive against a Taliban stronghold in the northwest near the Afghan border.
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Fox News - Tue Dec 8, 11:02 am ET
Envoy Stephen Bosworth's mission is to find out whether North Korea will return to the stalled international talks on ending its nuclear programs after carrying out an atomic test blast in May and quitting the six-nation negotiations.
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OfficialWire - Wed Dec 9, 4:41 am ET
The armed resistance movement associated with Hezbollah should integrate into the national Lebanese military, a leading Christian cleric said Tuesday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 11:22 pm ET
Twin blasts at a market in eastern Pakistan killed up to 48 people as militants struck back amid an army offensive against the Taliban, but the country's president said the bombings would not deter the government in its campaign.
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McClatchy Washington Bureau - Tue Dec 8, 6:52 pm ET
WASHINGTON — The FBI has belatedly awarded $100,000 to a former Minnesota flight school manager whose phone tip eight years ago led to the arrest of al Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, but the bureau gave nothing to a man widely credited as a second tipster.
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Fox News - Tue Dec 8, 9:32 am ET
President Obama's job approval rating has fallen to 47 percent in the latest Gallup poll, the lowest ever recorded for any president at this point in his term.
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 7:26 am ET
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama ’s decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan won approval from most U.S. voters, who increasingly see the conflict as the right thing to do, according to a poll released today.