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UK denies entry to son of Osama bin Laden

AP - Thu Dec 3, 2:09 pm ET

The British government says it has refused to allow a son of Osama bin Laden to travel to Britain.

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Obama answers troop question, but prompts others
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 5:50 am ET
The much-anticipated new U.S. war strategy finally in hand, Afghans and U.S. troops on the ground began asking key questions Wednesday on the fate of the violence-battered nation: Can the Afghan government fight corruption and ready its forces to secure the nation? Can U.S. troops really start going home in July 2011? Will more troops mean more Afghans dying?
Speculation of Bush Administration's Failure
The Cowl - Thu Dec 3, 10:20 am ET
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New Haven Independent - Thu Dec 3, 9:46 am ET
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Gitmo detainee’s lawyers want all charges dismissed
New Haven Register - Thu Dec 3, 4:11 am ET
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Taliban: Surge Means More U.S. Casualties
CBS News - Wed Dec 2, 2:30 pm ET
Taliban: Surge Means More U.S. Casualties
Obama: Thousands More Troops Headed To Afghanistan
NPR - Wed Dec 2, 2:03 pm ET
President Obama announced Tuesday his decision to aggressively increase the presence of U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan to 30,000. He also outlined an equally tight timeline for their withdrawal by July 2011. Some say the plan is the most consequential decision of his presidency to-date. Ashraf Haidari, a political counselor from the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C., and ...
Pakistan hits back at Brown accusations over al-Qaeda - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 3, 7:17 am ET
London - Britain and Pakistan were embroiled in a public row Thursday over accusations that the government in Islamabad was not doing enough to take out al-Qaeda leaders believed by some to be hiding in Pakistan. During a visit to London, Pakistani...
Obama orders 30,000 troops to Afghanistan
The Mercury - Thu Dec 3, 6:33 am ET
WEST POINT, N.Y. — Declaring "our security is at stake," President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan Tuesday night, nearly tripling the force he inherited as commander-in-chief. He promised an impatient public he would begin bringing troops home in 18 months.
UK denies entry to son of Osama bin Laden
Boston Globe - Thu Dec 3, 2:49 pm ET
The British government says it has refused to allow a son of Osama bin Laden to travel to Britain.
Osama Bin Laden Escaped Pakistan, Gilani Says in Rift With U.K.
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 7:59 am ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani disputed U.K. claims that three-quarters of terror plots against Britain start in his country and said he does not believe al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan.
U.K. denies entry to son of Osama bin Laden
Deseret News - Thu Dec 3, 2:53 pm ET
LONDON (AP) — The British government says it has refused to allow a son of Osama bin Laden to travel to Britain.
Analysis: `Not Iraq:' one surge doesn't fit all
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 1:18 am ET
America's second major military "surge" shares the same goal as the first nearly three years ago: to stem runaway violence in Afghanistan as troops did eventually in Iraq. The comparisons quickly fade from there.
UK denies entry to son of Osama bin Laden
KJCT 8 Grand Junction - Thu Dec 3, 2:35 pm ET
LONDON (AP) - The British government says it has refused to allow a son of Osama bin Laden to travel to Britain. Omar bin Laden had appealed an earlier decision by U.K. authorities to keep him out of Britain.
Gitmo judge denies request to expand case
Boston Globe - Thu Dec 3, 8:18 pm ET
A judge in Guantanamo Bay's war crimes court has denied a request by military prosecutors to expand their case against a Sudanese detainee accused of being a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.